Population in Ghana compared to the Seychelles: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ghana and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Seychelles	Ghana	Seychelles
1960	6,961,215	41,700	-	-
1961	7,162,667	42,889	2.89%	2.85%
1962	7,337,375	44,042	2.44%	2.69%
1963	7,514,714	45,176	2.42%	2.57%
1964	7,695,739	46,322	2.41%	2.54%
1965	7,882,606	47,500	2.43%	2.54%
1966	8,074,521	48,699	2.43%	2.52%
1967	8,271,913	49,911	2.44%	2.49%
1968	8,475,729	51,134	2.46%	2.45%
1969	8,690,383	52,365	2.53%	2.41%
1970	8,925,813	53,600	2.71%	2.36%
1971	9,176,264	54,695	2.81%	2.04%
1972	9,438,187	56,029	2.85%	2.44%
1973	9,714,617	56,892	2.93%	1.54%
1974	10,000,523	57,937	2.94%	1.84%
1975	10,294,308	59,292	2.94%	2.34%
1976	10,594,913	60,504	2.92%	2.04%
1977	10,911,871	61,786	2.99%	2.12%
1978	11,248,450	62,150	3.08%	0.59%
1979	11,597,255	62,686	3.1%	0.86%
1980	11,941,448	63,261	2.97%	0.92%
1981	12,281,712	64,035	2.85%	1.22%
1982	12,643,819	64,413	2.95%	0.59%
1983	13,029,836	64,335	3.05%	-0.12%
1984	13,370,590	64,717	2.62%	0.59%
1985	13,661,229	65,244	2.17%	0.81%
1986	13,965,217	65,652	2.23%	0.63%
1987	14,289,108	68,499	2.32%	4.34%
1988	14,636,568	68,755	2.43%	0.37%
1989	15,006,813	69,167	2.53%	0.6%
1990	15,394,648	69,507	2.58%	0.49%
1991	15,787,496	70,439	2.55%	1.34%
1992	16,184,855	70,763	2.52%	0.46%
1993	16,589,519	72,253	2.5%	2.11%
1994	16,993,190	74,205	2.43%	2.7%
1995	17,399,017	75,304	2.39%	1.48%
1996	17,810,181	76,417	2.36%	1.48%
1997	18,238,958	77,319	2.41%	1.18%
1998	18,688,036	78,846	2.46%	1.97%
1999	19,149,864	80,410	2.47%	1.98%
2000	19,637,087	81,131	2.54%	0.9%
2001	20,167,069	81,202	2.7%	0.09%
2002	20,729,388	83,723	2.79%	3.1%
2003	21,296,705	82,781	2.74%	-1.13%
2004	21,868,298	82,475	2.68%	-0.37%
2005	22,449,438	82,858	2.66%	0.46%
2006	23,040,702	84,600	2.63%	2.1%
2007	23,642,279	85,033	2.61%	0.51%
2008	24,249,946	86,956	2.57%	2.26%
2009	24,862,664	87,298	2.53%	0.39%
2010	25,474,995	89,770	2.46%	2.83%
2011	26,095,088	87,441	2.43%	-2.59%
2012	26,734,268	88,303	2.45%	0.99%
2013	27,386,193	89,949	2.44%	1.86%
2014	28,041,592	91,359	2.39%	1.57%
2015	28,696,068	93,419	2.33%	2.25%
2016	29,356,742	94,677	2.3%	1.35%
2017	30,008,354	95,843	2.22%	1.23%
2018	30,637,585	96,762	2.1%	0.96%
2019	31,258,945	97,625	2.03%	0.89%
2020	31,887,809	98,462	2.01%	0.86%
2021	32,518,665	99,258	1.98%	0.81%
2022	33,149,152	119,878	1.94%	20.8%
2023	33,787,914	119,773	1.93%	-0.09%
2024	34,427,414	121,354	1.89%	1.32%
2025	35,064,273	123,549	1.85%	1.81%
2026	35,697,555	125,581	1.81%	1.64%
2027	36,328,265	127,380	1.77%	1.43%
2028	36,959,310	128,883	1.74%	1.18%
2029	37,589,709	130,011	1.71%	0.87%
2030	38,222,075	130,635	1.68%	0.48%
2031	38,856,804	130,989	1.66%	0.27%
2032	39,492,788	131,305	1.64%	0.24%
2033	40,132,720	131,578	1.62%	0.21%
2034	40,774,152	131,816	1.6%	0.18%
2035	41,412,555	132,027	1.57%	0.16%
2036	42,047,450	132,202	1.53%	0.13%
2037	42,682,177	132,348	1.51%	0.11%
2038	43,314,971	132,467	1.48%	0.09%
2039	43,942,852	132,552	1.45%	0.06%
2040	44,568,346	132,631	1.42%	0.06%
2041	45,190,628	132,681	1.4%	0.04%
2042	45,808,597	132,700	1.37%	0.01%
2043	46,421,960	132,698	1.34%	-0.001%
2044	47,030,351	132,665	1.31%	-0.03%
2045	47,634,271	132,613	1.28%	-0.04%
2046	48,231,602	132,531	1.25%	-0.06%
2047	48,823,456	132,415	1.23%	-0.09%
2048	49,408,506	132,264	1.2%	-0.11%
2049	49,984,435	132,085	1.17%	-0.14%
2050	50,553,041	131,885	1.14%	-0.15%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Ghana's population will grow by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people with a rank change from 47th to 42nd. The population of the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.