Population in Ghana compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ghana and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	South Korea	Ghana	South Korea
1960	6,961,215	25,012,374	-	-
1961	7,162,667	25,765,673	2.89%	3.01%
1962	7,337,375	26,513,030	2.44%	2.9%
1963	7,514,714	27,261,747	2.42%	2.82%
1964	7,695,739	27,984,155	2.41%	2.65%
1965	7,882,606	28,704,674	2.43%	2.57%
1966	8,074,521	29,435,571	2.43%	2.55%
1967	8,271,913	30,130,983	2.44%	2.36%
1968	8,475,729	30,838,302	2.46%	2.35%
1969	8,690,383	31,544,266	2.53%	2.29%
1970	8,925,813	32,240,827	2.71%	2.21%
1971	9,176,264	32,882,704	2.81%	1.99%
1972	9,438,187	33,505,406	2.85%	1.89%
1973	9,714,617	34,103,149	2.93%	1.78%
1974	10,000,523	34,692,266	2.94%	1.73%
1975	10,294,308	35,280,725	2.94%	1.7%
1976	10,594,913	35,848,523	2.92%	1.61%
1977	10,911,871	36,411,795	2.99%	1.57%
1978	11,248,450	36,969,185	3.08%	1.53%
1979	11,597,255	37,534,236	3.1%	1.53%
1980	11,941,448	38,123,775	2.97%	1.57%
1981	12,281,712	38,723,248	2.85%	1.57%
1982	12,643,819	39,326,352	2.95%	1.56%
1983	13,029,836	39,910,403	3.05%	1.49%
1984	13,370,590	40,405,956	2.62%	1.24%
1985	13,661,229	40,805,744	2.17%	0.99%
1986	13,965,217	41,213,674	2.23%	1%
1987	14,289,108	41,621,690	2.32%	0.99%
1988	14,636,568	42,031,247	2.43%	0.98%
1989	15,006,813	42,449,038	2.53%	0.99%
1990	15,394,648	42,869,283	2.58%	0.99%
1991	15,787,496	43,295,704	2.55%	0.99%
1992	16,184,855	43,747,962	2.52%	1.04%
1993	16,589,519	44,194,628	2.5%	1.02%
1994	16,993,190	44,641,540	2.43%	1.01%
1995	17,399,017	45,092,991	2.39%	1.01%
1996	17,810,181	45,524,681	2.36%	0.96%
1997	18,238,958	45,953,580	2.41%	0.94%
1998	18,688,036	46,286,503	2.46%	0.72%
1999	19,149,864	46,616,677	2.47%	0.71%
2000	19,637,087	47,008,111	2.54%	0.84%
2001	20,167,069	47,370,164	2.7%	0.77%
2002	20,729,388	47,644,736	2.79%	0.58%
2003	21,296,705	47,892,330	2.74%	0.52%
2004	21,868,298	48,082,519	2.68%	0.4%
2005	22,449,438	48,184,561	2.66%	0.21%
2006	23,040,702	48,438,292	2.63%	0.53%
2007	23,642,279	48,683,638	2.61%	0.51%
2008	24,249,946	49,054,708	2.57%	0.76%
2009	24,862,664	49,307,835	2.53%	0.52%
2010	25,474,995	49,554,112	2.46%	0.5%
2011	26,095,088	49,936,638	2.43%	0.77%
2012	26,734,268	50,199,853	2.45%	0.53%
2013	27,386,193	50,428,893	2.44%	0.46%
2014	28,041,592	50,746,659	2.39%	0.63%
2015	28,696,068	51,014,947	2.33%	0.53%
2016	29,356,742	51,217,803	2.3%	0.4%
2017	30,008,354	51,361,911	2.22%	0.28%
2018	30,637,585	51,585,058	2.1%	0.43%
2019	31,258,945	51,764,822	2.03%	0.35%
2020	31,887,809	51,836,239	2.01%	0.14%
2021	32,518,665	51,769,539	1.98%	-0.13%
2022	33,149,152	51,672,569	1.94%	-0.19%
2023	33,787,914	51,712,619	1.93%	0.08%
2024	34,427,414	51,751,065	1.89%	0.07%
2025	35,064,273	51,700,480	1.85%	-0.1%
2026	35,697,555	51,633,793	1.81%	-0.13%
2027	36,328,265	51,552,198	1.77%	-0.16%
2028	36,959,310	51,456,707	1.74%	-0.19%
2029	37,589,709	51,347,230	1.71%	-0.21%
2030	38,222,075	51,221,713	1.68%	-0.24%
2031	38,856,804	51,081,220	1.66%	-0.27%
2032	39,492,788	50,924,233	1.64%	-0.31%
2033	40,132,720	50,747,132	1.62%	-0.35%
2034	40,774,152	50,549,508	1.6%	-0.39%
2035	41,412,555	50,333,286	1.57%	-0.43%
2036	42,047,450	50,098,951	1.53%	-0.47%
2037	42,682,177	49,845,669	1.51%	-0.51%
2038	43,314,971	49,573,234	1.48%	-0.55%
2039	43,942,852	49,283,770	1.45%	-0.58%
2040	44,568,346	48,980,369	1.42%	-0.62%
2041	45,190,628	48,661,905	1.4%	-0.65%
2042	45,808,597	48,331,004	1.37%	-0.68%
2043	46,421,960	47,990,085	1.34%	-0.71%
2044	47,030,351	47,634,183	1.31%	-0.74%
2045	47,634,271	47,263,526	1.28%	-0.78%
2046	48,231,602	46,881,228	1.25%	-0.81%
2047	48,823,456	46,482,133	1.23%	-0.85%
2048	49,408,506	46,063,595	1.2%	-0.9%
2049	49,984,435	45,626,805	1.17%	-0.95%
2050	50,553,041	45,172,356	1.14%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.