Population in Ghana compared to Senegal: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ghana and Senegal: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Senegal	Ghana	Senegal
1960	6,961,215	3,340,907	-	-
1961	7,162,667	3,436,375	2.89%	2.86%
1962	7,337,375	3,534,686	2.44%	2.86%
1963	7,514,714	3,635,876	2.42%	2.86%
1964	7,695,739	3,740,535	2.41%	2.88%
1965	7,882,606	3,849,788	2.43%	2.92%
1966	8,074,521	3,964,299	2.43%	2.97%
1967	8,271,913	4,083,870	2.44%	3.02%
1968	8,475,729	4,207,587	2.46%	3.03%
1969	8,690,383	4,334,974	2.53%	3.03%
1970	8,925,813	4,466,328	2.71%	3.03%
1971	9,176,264	4,601,864	2.81%	3.03%
1972	9,438,187	4,741,631	2.85%	3.04%
1973	9,714,617	4,885,181	2.93%	3.03%
1974	10,000,523	5,029,437	2.94%	2.95%
1975	10,294,308	5,170,810	2.94%	2.81%
1976	10,594,913	5,308,564	2.92%	2.66%
1977	10,911,871	5,439,549	2.99%	2.47%
1978	11,248,450	5,568,096	3.08%	2.36%
1979	11,597,255	5,702,895	3.1%	2.42%
1980	11,941,448	5,845,638	2.97%	2.5%
1981	12,281,712	5,997,160	2.85%	2.59%
1982	12,643,819	6,156,961	2.95%	2.66%
1983	13,029,836	6,324,504	3.05%	2.72%
1984	13,370,590	6,499,364	2.62%	2.76%
1985	13,661,229	6,683,287	2.17%	2.83%
1986	13,965,217	6,878,192	2.23%	2.92%
1987	14,289,108	7,081,530	2.32%	2.96%
1988	14,636,568	7,289,618	2.43%	2.94%
1989	15,006,813	7,502,207	2.53%	2.92%
1990	15,394,648	7,720,523	2.58%	2.91%
1991	15,787,496	7,943,085	2.55%	2.88%
1992	16,184,855	8,168,395	2.52%	2.84%
1993	16,589,519	8,396,288	2.5%	2.79%
1994	16,993,190	8,624,078	2.43%	2.71%
1995	17,399,017	8,848,101	2.39%	2.6%
1996	17,810,181	9,067,014	2.36%	2.47%
1997	18,238,958	9,283,495	2.41%	2.39%
1998	18,688,036	9,502,952	2.46%	2.36%
1999	19,149,864	9,730,887	2.47%	2.4%
2000	19,637,087	9,968,260	2.54%	2.44%
2001	20,167,069	10,212,942	2.7%	2.45%
2002	20,729,388	10,466,214	2.79%	2.48%
2003	21,296,705	10,721,176	2.74%	2.44%
2004	21,868,298	10,975,704	2.68%	2.37%
2005	22,449,438	11,235,472	2.66%	2.37%
2006	23,040,702	11,500,094	2.63%	2.36%
2007	23,642,279	11,770,344	2.61%	2.35%
2008	24,249,946	12,048,959	2.57%	2.37%
2009	24,862,664	12,337,389	2.53%	2.39%
2010	25,474,995	12,635,413	2.46%	2.42%
2011	26,095,088	12,958,897	2.43%	2.56%
2012	26,734,268	13,310,495	2.45%	2.71%
2013	27,386,193	13,710,849	2.44%	3.01%
2014	28,041,592	14,152,102	2.39%	3.22%
2015	28,696,068	14,593,331	2.33%	3.12%
2016	29,356,742	15,034,521	2.3%	3.02%
2017	30,008,354	15,475,002	2.22%	2.93%
2018	30,637,585	15,914,498	2.1%	2.84%
2019	31,258,945	16,352,922	2.03%	2.75%
2020	31,887,809	16,789,219	2.01%	2.67%
2021	32,518,665	17,220,867	1.98%	2.57%
2022	33,149,152	17,651,103	1.94%	2.5%
2023	33,787,914	18,077,573	1.93%	2.42%
2024	34,427,414	18,501,984	1.89%	2.35%
2025	35,064,273	18,931,964	1.85%	2.32%
2026	35,697,555	19,366,546	1.81%	2.3%
2027	36,328,265	19,807,242	1.77%	2.28%
2028	36,959,310	20,254,562	1.74%	2.26%
2029	37,589,709	20,706,628	1.71%	2.23%
2030	38,222,075	21,163,189	1.68%	2.2%
2031	38,856,804	21,623,709	1.66%	2.18%
2032	39,492,788	22,085,928	1.64%	2.14%
2033	40,132,720	22,548,831	1.62%	2.1%
2034	40,774,152	23,012,018	1.6%	2.05%
2035	41,412,555	23,476,591	1.57%	2.02%
2036	42,047,450	23,942,221	1.53%	1.98%
2037	42,682,177	24,407,574	1.51%	1.94%
2038	43,314,971	24,872,512	1.48%	1.9%
2039	43,942,852	25,335,991	1.45%	1.86%
2040	44,568,346	25,797,506	1.42%	1.82%
2041	45,190,628	26,257,464	1.4%	1.78%
2042	45,808,597	26,716,424	1.37%	1.75%
2043	46,421,960	27,174,896	1.34%	1.72%
2044	47,030,351	27,632,997	1.31%	1.69%
2045	47,634,271	28,089,695	1.28%	1.65%
2046	48,231,602	28,546,280	1.25%	1.63%
2047	48,823,456	29,002,001	1.23%	1.6%
2048	49,408,506	29,457,233	1.2%	1.57%
2049	49,984,435	29,911,840	1.17%	1.54%
2050	50,553,041	30,364,944	1.14%	1.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Senegal gained 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Senegal's population increased by 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Senegal was ranked 72nd in 2006 and ranked 68th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Ghana's population will grow by 41.6% to 50,553,041 people with a rank change from 47th to 42nd. The population of Senegal will increase by 56.8% to 30,364,944 people and rank change from 68th to 63rd.