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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	South Sudan	Ghana	South Sudan
1960	6,961,215	2,931,559	-	-
1961	7,162,667	2,976,724	2.89%	1.54%
1962	7,337,375	3,024,308	2.44%	1.6%
1963	7,514,714	3,072,669	2.42%	1.6%
1964	7,695,739	3,129,918	2.41%	1.86%
1965	7,882,606	3,189,835	2.43%	1.91%
1966	8,074,521	3,236,423	2.43%	1.46%
1967	8,271,913	3,277,648	2.44%	1.27%
1968	8,475,729	3,321,528	2.46%	1.34%
1969	8,690,383	3,365,533	2.53%	1.32%
1970	8,925,813	3,409,614	2.71%	1.31%
1971	9,176,264	3,468,646	2.81%	1.73%
1972	9,438,187	3,542,497	2.85%	2.13%
1973	9,714,617	3,627,383	2.93%	2.4%
1974	10,000,523	3,723,259	2.94%	2.64%
1975	10,294,308	3,821,494	2.94%	2.64%
1976	10,594,913	3,921,910	2.92%	2.63%
1977	10,911,871	4,024,032	2.99%	2.6%
1978	11,248,450	4,127,657	3.08%	2.58%
1979	11,597,255	4,232,605	3.1%	2.54%
1980	11,941,448	4,339,030	2.97%	2.51%
1981	12,281,712	4,447,272	2.85%	2.49%
1982	12,643,819	4,557,686	2.95%	2.48%
1983	13,029,836	4,661,574	3.05%	2.28%
1984	13,370,590	4,750,627	2.62%	1.91%
1985	13,661,229	4,834,296	2.17%	1.76%
1986	13,965,217	4,921,240	2.23%	1.8%
1987	14,289,108	4,962,395	2.32%	0.84%
1988	14,636,568	4,848,029	2.43%	-2.3%
1989	15,006,813	4,713,229	2.53%	-2.78%
1990	15,394,648	4,737,633	2.58%	0.52%
1991	15,787,496	4,836,677	2.55%	2.09%
1992	16,184,855	4,909,749	2.52%	1.51%
1993	16,589,519	4,956,002	2.5%	0.94%
1994	16,993,190	5,071,184	2.43%	2.32%
1995	17,399,017	5,225,836	2.39%	3.05%
1996	17,810,181	5,356,925	2.36%	2.51%
1997	18,238,958	5,509,136	2.41%	2.84%
1998	18,688,036	5,620,068	2.46%	2.01%
1999	19,149,864	5,771,628	2.47%	2.7%
2000	19,637,087	6,032,267	2.54%	4.52%
2001	20,167,069	6,308,391	2.7%	4.58%
2002	20,729,388	6,596,806	2.79%	4.57%
2003	21,296,705	6,903,127	2.74%	4.64%
2004	21,868,298	7,233,041	2.68%	4.78%
2005	22,449,438	7,590,143	2.66%	4.94%
2006	23,040,702	7,976,526	2.63%	5.09%
2007	23,642,279	8,388,788	2.61%	5.17%
2008	24,249,946	8,817,647	2.57%	5.11%
2009	24,862,664	9,243,556	2.53%	4.83%
2010	25,474,995	9,745,953	2.46%	5.44%
2011	26,095,088	10,288,109	2.43%	5.56%
2012	26,734,268	10,756,240	2.45%	4.55%
2013	27,386,193	11,166,275	2.44%	3.81%
2014	28,041,592	11,235,073	2.39%	0.62%
2015	28,696,068	11,107,561	2.33%	-1.13%
2016	29,356,742	10,830,102	2.3%	-2.5%
2017	30,008,354	10,259,154	2.22%	-5.27%
2018	30,637,585	10,122,977	2.1%	-1.33%
2019	31,258,945	10,423,384	2.03%	2.97%
2020	31,887,809	10,698,467	2.01%	2.64%
2021	32,518,665	10,865,780	1.98%	1.56%
2022	33,149,152	11,021,177	1.94%	1.43%
2023	33,787,914	11,483,374	1.93%	4.19%
2024	34,427,414	11,943,408	1.89%	4.01%
2025	35,064,273	12,188,793	1.85%	2.05%
2026	35,697,555	12,436,036	1.81%	2.03%
2027	36,328,265	12,687,301	1.77%	2.02%
2028	36,959,310	12,941,503	1.74%	2%
2029	37,589,709	13,198,080	1.71%	1.98%
2030	38,222,075	13,457,446	1.68%	1.97%
2031	38,856,804	13,725,413	1.66%	1.99%
2032	39,492,788	13,996,343	1.64%	1.97%
2033	40,132,720	14,261,762	1.62%	1.9%
2034	40,774,152	14,527,550	1.6%	1.86%
2035	41,412,555	14,798,602	1.57%	1.87%
2036	42,047,450	15,070,098	1.53%	1.83%
2037	42,682,177	15,335,700	1.51%	1.76%
2038	43,314,971	15,595,968	1.48%	1.7%
2039	43,942,852	15,850,696	1.45%	1.63%
2040	44,568,346	16,101,470	1.42%	1.58%
2041	45,190,628	16,350,149	1.4%	1.54%
2042	45,808,597	16,593,361	1.37%	1.49%
2043	46,421,960	16,829,209	1.34%	1.42%
2044	47,030,351	17,060,176	1.31%	1.37%
2045	47,634,271	17,286,412	1.28%	1.33%
2046	48,231,602	17,509,693	1.25%	1.29%
2047	48,823,456	17,728,331	1.23%	1.25%
2048	49,408,506	17,938,437	1.2%	1.19%
2049	49,984,435	18,142,893	1.17%	1.14%
2050	50,553,041	18,341,968	1.14%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.