Population in Ghana compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ghana and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Sierra Leone	Ghana	Sierra Leone
1960	6,961,215	2,268,356	-	-
1961	7,162,667	2,304,227	2.89%	1.58%
1962	7,337,375	2,342,242	2.44%	1.65%
1963	7,514,714	2,382,258	2.42%	1.71%
1964	7,695,739	2,424,390	2.41%	1.77%
1965	7,882,606	2,468,666	2.43%	1.83%
1966	8,074,521	2,514,638	2.43%	1.86%
1967	8,271,913	2,562,384	2.44%	1.9%
1968	8,475,729	2,611,532	2.46%	1.92%
1969	8,690,383	2,661,365	2.53%	1.91%
1970	8,925,813	2,712,286	2.71%	1.91%
1971	9,176,264	2,763,222	2.81%	1.88%
1972	9,438,187	2,814,388	2.85%	1.85%
1973	9,714,617	2,866,955	2.93%	1.87%
1974	10,000,523	2,920,459	2.94%	1.87%
1975	10,294,308	2,974,657	2.94%	1.86%
1976	10,594,913	3,028,820	2.92%	1.82%
1977	10,911,871	3,085,354	2.99%	1.87%
1978	11,248,450	3,145,517	3.08%	1.95%
1979	11,597,255	3,207,499	3.1%	1.97%
1980	11,941,448	3,272,089	2.97%	2.01%
1981	12,281,712	3,338,940	2.85%	2.04%
1982	12,643,819	3,408,183	2.95%	2.07%
1983	13,029,836	3,481,646	3.05%	2.16%
1984	13,370,590	3,558,758	2.62%	2.21%
1985	13,661,229	3,638,438	2.17%	2.24%
1986	13,965,217	3,728,380	2.23%	2.47%
1987	14,289,108	3,829,718	2.32%	2.72%
1988	14,636,568	3,934,517	2.43%	2.74%
1989	15,006,813	4,034,037	2.53%	2.53%
1990	15,394,648	4,196,828	2.58%	4.04%
1991	15,787,496	4,246,267	2.55%	1.18%
1992	16,184,855	4,166,366	2.52%	-1.88%
1993	16,589,519	4,157,130	2.5%	-0.22%
1994	16,993,190	4,173,105	2.43%	0.38%
1995	17,399,017	4,179,179	2.39%	0.15%
1996	17,810,181	4,199,210	2.36%	0.48%
1997	18,238,958	4,253,716	2.41%	1.3%
1998	18,688,036	4,295,785	2.46%	0.99%
1999	19,149,864	4,318,043	2.47%	0.52%
2000	19,637,087	4,423,611	2.54%	2.44%
2001	20,167,069	4,692,716	2.7%	6.08%
2002	20,729,388	4,971,435	2.79%	5.94%
2003	21,296,705	5,177,687	2.74%	4.15%
2004	21,868,298	5,355,717	2.68%	3.44%
2005	22,449,438	5,501,712	2.66%	2.73%
2006	23,040,702	5,624,466	2.63%	2.23%
2007	23,642,279	5,749,352	2.61%	2.22%
2008	24,249,946	5,894,722	2.57%	2.53%
2009	24,862,664	6,055,646	2.53%	2.73%
2010	25,474,995	6,222,714	2.46%	2.76%
2011	26,095,088	6,387,251	2.43%	2.64%
2012	26,734,268	6,551,080	2.45%	2.56%
2013	27,386,193	6,714,051	2.44%	2.49%
2014	28,041,592	6,876,385	2.39%	2.42%
2015	28,696,068	7,037,655	2.33%	2.35%
2016	29,356,742	7,205,328	2.3%	2.38%
2017	30,008,354	7,379,299	2.22%	2.41%
2018	30,637,585	7,554,563	2.1%	2.38%
2019	31,258,945	7,731,991	2.03%	2.35%
2020	31,887,809	7,912,558	2.01%	2.34%
2021	32,518,665	8,094,602	1.98%	2.3%
2022	33,149,152	8,276,807	1.94%	2.25%
2023	33,787,914	8,460,512	1.93%	2.22%
2024	34,427,414	8,642,022	1.89%	2.15%
2025	35,064,273	8,819,789	1.85%	2.06%
2026	35,697,555	8,996,743	1.81%	2.01%
2027	36,328,265	9,174,695	1.77%	1.98%
2028	36,959,310	9,349,021	1.74%	1.9%
2029	37,589,709	9,520,811	1.71%	1.84%
2030	38,222,075	9,694,851	1.68%	1.83%
2031	38,856,804	9,870,295	1.66%	1.81%
2032	39,492,788	10,047,193	1.64%	1.79%
2033	40,132,720	10,221,006	1.62%	1.73%
2034	40,774,152	10,391,485	1.6%	1.67%
2035	41,412,555	10,563,163	1.57%	1.65%
2036	42,047,450	10,734,341	1.53%	1.62%
2037	42,682,177	10,902,263	1.51%	1.56%
2038	43,314,971	11,066,143	1.48%	1.5%
2039	43,942,852	11,230,060	1.45%	1.48%
2040	44,568,346	11,398,391	1.42%	1.5%
2041	45,190,628	11,566,213	1.4%	1.47%
2042	45,808,597	11,728,787	1.37%	1.41%
2043	46,421,960	11,887,934	1.34%	1.36%
2044	47,030,351	12,049,424	1.31%	1.36%
2045	47,634,271	12,208,872	1.28%	1.32%
2046	48,231,602	12,363,446	1.25%	1.27%
2047	48,823,456	12,512,739	1.23%	1.21%
2048	49,408,506	12,659,609	1.2%	1.17%
2049	49,984,435	12,805,136	1.17%	1.15%
2050	50,553,041	12,948,320	1.14%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.