Population in Ghana compared to the Solomon Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ghana and the Solomon Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Solomon Islands	Ghana	Solomon Islands
1960	6,961,215	139,688	-	-
1961	7,162,667	142,912	2.89%	2.31%
1962	7,337,375	146,201	2.44%	2.3%
1963	7,514,714	149,589	2.42%	2.32%
1964	7,695,739	153,085	2.41%	2.34%
1965	7,882,606	156,686	2.43%	2.35%
1966	8,074,521	160,393	2.43%	2.37%
1967	8,271,913	164,245	2.44%	2.4%
1968	8,475,729	168,282	2.46%	2.46%
1969	8,690,383	172,476	2.53%	2.49%
1970	8,925,813	176,579	2.71%	2.38%
1971	9,176,264	180,637	2.81%	2.3%
1972	9,438,187	184,994	2.85%	2.41%
1973	9,714,617	189,774	2.93%	2.58%
1974	10,000,523	195,041	2.94%	2.78%
1975	10,294,308	200,744	2.94%	2.92%
1976	10,594,913	207,194	2.92%	3.21%
1977	10,911,871	214,418	2.99%	3.49%
1978	11,248,450	222,029	3.08%	3.55%
1979	11,597,255	229,953	3.1%	3.57%
1980	11,941,448	238,135	2.97%	3.56%
1981	12,281,712	246,555	2.85%	3.54%
1982	12,643,819	255,200	2.95%	3.51%
1983	13,029,836	264,068	3.05%	3.47%
1984	13,370,590	273,163	2.62%	3.44%
1985	13,661,229	282,455	2.17%	3.4%
1986	13,965,217	291,842	2.23%	3.32%
1987	14,289,108	301,414	2.32%	3.28%
1988	14,636,568	311,265	2.43%	3.27%
1989	15,006,813	321,282	2.53%	3.22%
1990	15,394,648	331,435	2.58%	3.16%
1991	15,787,496	341,738	2.55%	3.11%
1992	16,184,855	352,205	2.52%	3.06%
1993	16,589,519	362,839	2.5%	3.02%
1994	16,993,190	373,675	2.43%	2.99%
1995	17,399,017	384,733	2.39%	2.96%
1996	17,810,181	396,009	2.36%	2.93%
1997	18,238,958	407,474	2.41%	2.9%
1998	18,688,036	419,071	2.46%	2.85%
1999	19,149,864	430,500	2.47%	2.73%
2000	19,637,087	440,469	2.54%	2.32%
2001	20,167,069	449,125	2.7%	1.97%
2002	20,729,388	457,671	2.79%	1.9%
2003	21,296,705	466,154	2.74%	1.85%
2004	21,868,298	474,611	2.68%	1.81%
2005	22,449,438	483,080	2.66%	1.78%
2006	23,040,702	491,594	2.63%	1.76%
2007	23,642,279	500,156	2.61%	1.74%
2008	24,249,946	508,790	2.57%	1.73%
2009	24,862,664	518,141	2.53%	1.84%
2010	25,474,995	532,968	2.46%	2.86%
2011	26,095,088	552,945	2.43%	3.75%
2012	26,734,268	573,606	2.45%	3.74%
2013	27,386,193	594,945	2.44%	3.72%
2014	28,041,592	616,908	2.39%	3.69%
2015	28,696,068	639,415	2.33%	3.65%
2016	29,356,742	662,379	2.3%	3.59%
2017	30,008,354	685,672	2.22%	3.52%
2018	30,637,585	709,101	2.1%	3.42%
2019	31,258,945	728,147	2.03%	2.69%
2020	31,887,809	744,498	2.01%	2.25%
2021	32,518,665	762,591	1.98%	2.43%
2022	33,149,152	781,066	1.94%	2.42%
2023	33,787,914	800,005	1.93%	2.42%
2024	34,427,414	819,198	1.89%	2.4%
2025	35,064,273	838,646	1.85%	2.37%
2026	35,697,555	858,283	1.81%	2.34%
2027	36,328,265	878,097	1.77%	2.31%
2028	36,959,310	898,073	1.74%	2.27%
2029	37,589,709	918,152	1.71%	2.24%
2030	38,222,075	938,340	1.68%	2.2%
2031	38,856,804	958,614	1.66%	2.16%
2032	39,492,788	978,977	1.64%	2.12%
2033	40,132,720	999,314	1.62%	2.08%
2034	40,774,152	1,019,534	1.6%	2.02%
2035	41,412,555	1,039,655	1.57%	1.97%
2036	42,047,450	1,059,521	1.53%	1.91%
2037	42,682,177	1,079,088	1.51%	1.85%
2038	43,314,971	1,098,284	1.48%	1.78%
2039	43,942,852	1,117,085	1.45%	1.71%
2040	44,568,346	1,135,445	1.42%	1.64%
2041	45,190,628	1,153,450	1.4%	1.59%
2042	45,808,597	1,171,334	1.37%	1.55%
2043	46,421,960	1,189,113	1.34%	1.52%
2044	47,030,351	1,206,729	1.31%	1.48%
2045	47,634,271	1,224,188	1.28%	1.45%
2046	48,231,602	1,241,491	1.25%	1.41%
2047	48,823,456	1,258,611	1.23%	1.38%
2048	49,408,506	1,275,579	1.2%	1.35%
2049	49,984,435	1,292,414	1.17%	1.32%
2050	50,553,041	1,309,098	1.14%	1.29%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 215,004 (a 33.6% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. The Solomon Islands was ranked 166th in 2005 and ranked 161st 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 Solomon Islands will increase by 53.2% to 1,309,098 people and rank change from 161st to 156th.