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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Sudan	Ghana	Sudan
1960	6,961,215	8,364,489	-	-
1961	7,162,667	8,634,941	2.89%	3.23%
1962	7,337,375	8,919,028	2.44%	3.29%
1963	7,514,714	9,218,077	2.42%	3.35%
1964	7,695,739	9,531,109	2.41%	3.4%
1965	7,882,606	9,858,030	2.43%	3.43%
1966	8,074,521	10,197,578	2.43%	3.44%
1967	8,271,913	10,550,597	2.44%	3.46%
1968	8,475,729	10,917,999	2.46%	3.48%
1969	8,690,383	11,298,936	2.53%	3.49%
1970	8,925,813	11,695,771	2.71%	3.51%
1971	9,176,264	12,105,539	2.81%	3.5%
1972	9,438,187	12,527,856	2.85%	3.49%
1973	9,714,617	13,049,315	2.93%	4.16%
1974	10,000,523	13,580,723	2.94%	4.07%
1975	10,294,308	14,064,798	2.94%	3.56%
1976	10,594,913	14,569,716	2.92%	3.59%
1977	10,911,871	15,086,614	2.99%	3.55%
1978	11,248,450	15,695,003	3.08%	4.03%
1979	11,597,255	16,355,352	3.1%	4.21%
1980	11,941,448	17,058,905	2.97%	4.3%
1981	12,281,712	17,780,572	2.85%	4.23%
1982	12,643,819	18,486,645	2.95%	3.97%
1983	13,029,836	19,109,770	3.05%	3.37%
1984	13,370,590	19,546,528	2.62%	2.29%
1985	13,661,229	19,905,872	2.17%	1.84%
1986	13,965,217	20,288,238	2.23%	1.92%
1987	14,289,108	20,704,904	2.32%	2.05%
1988	14,636,568	21,138,431	2.43%	2.09%
1989	15,006,813	21,578,022	2.53%	2.08%
1990	15,394,648	22,021,481	2.58%	2.06%
1991	15,787,496	22,470,676	2.55%	2.04%
1992	16,184,855	22,927,355	2.52%	2.03%
1993	16,589,519	23,445,592	2.5%	2.26%
1994	16,993,190	24,043,948	2.43%	2.55%
1995	17,399,017	24,672,143	2.39%	2.61%
1996	17,810,181	25,231,528	2.36%	2.27%
1997	18,238,958	25,799,821	2.41%	2.25%
1998	18,688,036	26,458,999	2.46%	2.55%
1999	19,149,864	27,130,613	2.47%	2.54%
2000	19,637,087	27,816,745	2.54%	2.53%
2001	20,167,069	28,516,770	2.7%	2.52%
2002	20,729,388	29,228,727	2.79%	2.5%
2003	21,296,705	29,896,035	2.74%	2.28%
2004	21,868,298	30,556,637	2.68%	2.21%
2005	22,449,438	31,262,444	2.66%	2.31%
2006	23,040,702	31,992,435	2.63%	2.34%
2007	23,642,279	32,764,135	2.61%	2.41%
2008	24,249,946	33,623,980	2.57%	2.62%
2009	24,862,664	34,569,113	2.53%	2.81%
2010	25,474,995	35,414,399	2.46%	2.45%
2011	26,095,088	36,140,806	2.43%	2.05%
2012	26,734,268	36,923,178	2.45%	2.16%
2013	27,386,193	37,785,849	2.44%	2.34%
2014	28,041,592	38,823,318	2.39%	2.75%
2015	28,696,068	40,024,431	2.33%	3.09%
2016	29,356,742	41,259,892	2.3%	3.09%
2017	30,008,354	42,714,306	2.22%	3.53%
2018	30,637,585	44,230,596	2.1%	3.55%
2019	31,258,945	45,548,175	2.03%	2.98%
2020	31,887,809	46,789,231	2.01%	2.72%
2021	32,518,665	48,066,924	1.98%	2.73%
2022	33,149,152	49,383,346	1.94%	2.74%
2023	33,787,914	50,042,791	1.93%	1.34%
2024	34,427,414	50,448,963	1.89%	0.81%
2025	35,064,273	51,662,152	1.85%	2.4%
2026	35,697,555	53,282,718	1.81%	3.14%
2027	36,328,265	54,724,215	1.77%	2.71%
2028	36,959,310	55,993,833	1.74%	2.32%
2029	37,589,709	57,275,443	1.71%	2.29%
2030	38,222,075	58,571,624	1.68%	2.26%
2031	38,856,804	59,872,936	1.66%	2.22%
2032	39,492,788	61,179,476	1.64%	2.18%
2033	40,132,720	62,497,205	1.62%	2.15%
2034	40,774,152	63,822,356	1.6%	2.12%
2035	41,412,555	65,148,317	1.57%	2.08%
2036	42,047,450	66,470,018	1.53%	2.03%
2037	42,682,177	67,791,240	1.51%	1.99%
2038	43,314,971	69,107,712	1.48%	1.94%
2039	43,942,852	70,416,631	1.45%	1.89%
2040	44,568,346	71,730,604	1.42%	1.87%
2041	45,190,628	73,056,213	1.4%	1.85%
2042	45,808,597	74,387,562	1.37%	1.82%
2043	46,421,960	75,723,670	1.34%	1.8%
2044	47,030,351	77,066,454	1.31%	1.77%
2045	47,634,271	78,415,205	1.28%	1.75%
2046	48,231,602	79,767,271	1.25%	1.72%
2047	48,823,456	81,115,241	1.23%	1.69%
2048	49,408,506	82,463,202	1.2%	1.66%
2049	49,984,435	83,828,356	1.17%	1.66%
2050	50,553,041	85,206,384	1.14%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.