Population in Ghana compared to Spain: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ghana and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Spain	Ghana	Spain
1960	6,961,215	30,455,000	-	-
1961	7,162,667	30,739,250	2.89%	0.93%
1962	7,337,375	31,023,366	2.44%	0.92%
1963	7,514,714	31,296,651	2.42%	0.88%
1964	7,695,739	31,609,195	2.41%	1%
1965	7,882,606	31,954,292	2.43%	1.09%
1966	8,074,521	32,283,194	2.43%	1.03%
1967	8,271,913	32,682,947	2.44%	1.24%
1968	8,475,729	33,113,134	2.46%	1.32%
1969	8,690,383	33,441,054	2.53%	0.99%
1970	8,925,813	33,814,531	2.71%	1.12%
1971	9,176,264	34,224,490	2.81%	1.21%
1972	9,438,187	34,604,469	2.85%	1.11%
1973	9,714,617	34,988,947	2.93%	1.11%
1974	10,000,523	35,373,335	2.94%	1.1%
1975	10,294,308	35,757,900	2.94%	1.09%
1976	10,594,913	36,137,812	2.92%	1.06%
1977	10,911,871	36,511,638	2.99%	1.03%
1978	11,248,450	36,864,898	3.08%	0.97%
1979	11,597,255	37,191,330	3.1%	0.89%
1980	11,941,448	37,491,165	2.97%	0.81%
1981	12,281,712	37,758,631	2.85%	0.71%
1982	12,643,819	37,986,012	2.95%	0.6%
1983	13,029,836	38,171,525	3.05%	0.49%
1984	13,370,590	38,330,364	2.62%	0.42%
1985	13,661,229	38,469,512	2.17%	0.36%
1986	13,965,217	38,584,624	2.23%	0.3%
1987	14,289,108	38,684,815	2.32%	0.26%
1988	14,636,568	38,766,939	2.43%	0.21%
1989	15,006,813	38,827,764	2.53%	0.16%
1990	15,394,648	38,867,322	2.58%	0.1%
1991	15,787,496	38,966,376	2.55%	0.25%
1992	16,184,855	39,157,685	2.52%	0.49%
1993	16,589,519	39,361,262	2.5%	0.52%
1994	16,993,190	39,549,108	2.43%	0.48%
1995	17,399,017	39,724,050	2.39%	0.44%
1996	17,810,181	39,889,852	2.36%	0.42%
1997	18,238,958	40,057,389	2.41%	0.42%
1998	18,688,036	40,223,509	2.46%	0.41%
1999	19,149,864	40,386,875	2.47%	0.41%
2000	19,637,087	40,567,864	2.54%	0.45%
2001	20,167,069	40,850,412	2.7%	0.7%
2002	20,729,388	41,431,558	2.79%	1.42%
2003	21,296,705	42,187,645	2.74%	1.82%
2004	21,868,298	42,921,895	2.68%	1.74%
2005	22,449,438	43,653,155	2.66%	1.7%
2006	23,040,702	44,397,319	2.63%	1.7%
2007	23,642,279	45,226,803	2.61%	1.87%
2008	24,249,946	45,954,106	2.57%	1.61%
2009	24,862,664	46,362,946	2.53%	0.89%
2010	25,474,995	46,576,897	2.46%	0.46%
2011	26,095,088	46,742,697	2.43%	0.36%
2012	26,734,268	46,773,055	2.45%	0.06%
2013	27,386,193	46,604,197	2.44%	-0.36%
2014	28,041,592	46,460,733	2.39%	-0.31%
2015	28,696,068	46,422,303	2.33%	-0.08%
2016	29,356,742	46,458,139	2.3%	0.08%
2017	30,008,354	46,571,232	2.22%	0.24%
2018	30,637,585	46,782,011	2.1%	0.45%
2019	31,258,945	47,118,501	2.03%	0.72%
2020	31,887,809	47,359,424	2.01%	0.51%
2021	32,518,665	47,443,821	1.98%	0.18%
2022	33,149,152	47,786,102	1.94%	0.72%
2023	33,787,914	48,347,910	1.93%	1.18%
2024	34,427,414	48,807,137	1.89%	0.95%
2025	35,064,273	48,786,181	1.85%	-0.04%
2026	35,697,555	48,746,279	1.81%	-0.08%
2027	36,328,265	48,696,847	1.77%	-0.1%
2028	36,959,310	48,642,132	1.74%	-0.11%
2029	37,589,709	48,578,166	1.71%	-0.13%
2030	38,222,075	48,501,513	1.68%	-0.16%
2031	38,856,804	48,412,854	1.66%	-0.18%
2032	39,492,788	48,321,195	1.64%	-0.19%
2033	40,132,720	48,230,054	1.62%	-0.19%
2034	40,774,152	48,136,421	1.6%	-0.19%
2035	41,412,555	48,036,650	1.57%	-0.21%
2036	42,047,450	47,929,957	1.53%	-0.22%
2037	42,682,177	47,819,257	1.51%	-0.23%
2038	43,314,971	47,706,580	1.48%	-0.24%
2039	43,942,852	47,588,878	1.45%	-0.25%
2040	44,568,346	47,463,597	1.42%	-0.26%
2041	45,190,628	47,332,618	1.4%	-0.28%
2042	45,808,597	47,194,588	1.37%	-0.29%
2043	46,421,960	47,052,293	1.34%	-0.3%
2044	47,030,351	46,902,636	1.31%	-0.32%
2045	47,634,271	46,738,565	1.28%	-0.35%
2046	48,231,602	46,564,383	1.25%	-0.37%
2047	48,823,456	46,381,681	1.23%	-0.39%
2048	49,408,506	46,190,642	1.2%	-0.41%
2049	49,984,435	45,985,428	1.17%	-0.44%
2050	50,553,041	45,769,362	1.14%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.