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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Tanzania	Ghana	Tanzania
1960	6,961,215	9,901,419	-	-
1961	7,162,667	10,187,886	2.89%	2.89%
1962	7,337,375	10,487,756	2.44%	2.94%
1963	7,514,714	10,799,528	2.42%	2.97%
1964	7,695,739	11,127,826	2.41%	3.04%
1965	7,882,606	11,470,728	2.43%	3.08%
1966	8,074,521	11,827,459	2.43%	3.11%
1967	8,271,913	12,200,109	2.44%	3.15%
1968	8,475,729	12,602,076	2.46%	3.29%
1969	8,690,383	13,036,700	2.53%	3.45%
1970	8,925,813	13,492,677	2.71%	3.5%
1971	9,176,264	13,971,451	2.81%	3.55%
1972	9,438,187	14,479,308	2.85%	3.63%
1973	9,714,617	15,010,101	2.93%	3.67%
1974	10,000,523	15,561,630	2.94%	3.67%
1975	10,294,308	16,138,361	2.94%	3.71%
1976	10,594,913	16,736,211	2.92%	3.7%
1977	10,911,871	17,352,929	2.99%	3.68%
1978	11,248,450	17,976,566	3.08%	3.59%
1979	11,597,255	18,592,038	3.1%	3.42%
1980	11,941,448	19,189,769	2.97%	3.21%
1981	12,281,712	19,784,703	2.85%	3.1%
1982	12,643,819	20,398,571	2.95%	3.1%
1983	13,029,836	21,079,874	3.05%	3.34%
1984	13,370,590	21,779,066	2.62%	3.32%
1985	13,661,229	22,501,693	2.17%	3.32%
1986	13,965,217	23,258,959	2.23%	3.37%
1987	14,289,108	24,030,378	2.32%	3.32%
1988	14,636,568	24,769,686	2.43%	3.08%
1989	15,006,813	25,438,759	2.53%	2.7%
1990	15,394,648	26,110,207	2.58%	2.64%
1991	15,787,496	26,780,436	2.55%	2.57%
1992	16,184,855	27,457,588	2.52%	2.53%
1993	16,589,519	28,332,692	2.5%	3.19%
1994	16,993,190	29,442,356	2.43%	3.92%
1995	17,399,017	30,383,497	2.39%	3.2%
1996	17,810,181	30,945,762	2.36%	1.85%
1997	18,238,958	31,578,089	2.41%	2.04%
1998	18,688,036	32,420,458	2.46%	2.67%
1999	19,149,864	33,300,330	2.47%	2.71%
2000	19,637,087	34,260,139	2.54%	2.88%
2001	20,167,069	35,198,299	2.7%	2.74%
2002	20,729,388	36,121,304	2.79%	2.62%
2003	21,296,705	37,089,555	2.74%	2.68%
2004	21,868,298	38,109,668	2.68%	2.75%
2005	22,449,438	39,182,076	2.66%	2.81%
2006	23,040,702	40,294,902	2.63%	2.84%
2007	23,642,279	41,435,512	2.61%	2.83%
2008	24,249,946	42,570,728	2.57%	2.74%
2009	24,862,664	43,633,982	2.53%	2.5%
2010	25,474,995	44,758,488	2.46%	2.58%
2011	26,095,088	46,029,367	2.43%	2.84%
2012	26,734,268	47,374,260	2.45%	2.92%
2013	27,386,193	48,824,128	2.44%	3.06%
2014	28,041,592	50,351,512	2.39%	3.13%
2015	28,696,068	52,020,962	2.33%	3.32%
2016	29,356,742	53,824,013	2.3%	3.47%
2017	30,008,354	55,652,890	2.22%	3.4%
2018	30,637,585	57,437,145	2.1%	3.21%
2019	31,258,945	59,174,891	2.03%	3.03%
2020	31,887,809	60,972,798	2.01%	3.04%
2021	32,518,665	62,830,412	1.98%	3.05%
2022	33,149,152	64,711,821	1.94%	2.99%
2023	33,787,914	66,617,606	1.93%	2.95%
2024	34,427,414	68,560,157	1.89%	2.92%
2025	35,064,273	70,545,858	1.85%	2.9%
2026	35,697,555	72,563,773	1.81%	2.86%
2027	36,328,265	74,604,804	1.77%	2.81%
2028	36,959,310	76,670,483	1.74%	2.77%
2029	37,589,709	78,773,192	1.71%	2.74%
2030	38,222,075	80,913,118	1.68%	2.72%
2031	38,856,804	83,087,927	1.66%	2.69%
2032	39,492,788	85,293,126	1.64%	2.65%
2033	40,132,720	87,520,491	1.62%	2.61%
2034	40,774,152	89,788,673	1.6%	2.59%
2035	41,412,555	92,091,418	1.57%	2.56%
2036	42,047,450	94,420,808	1.53%	2.53%
2037	42,682,177	96,775,766	1.51%	2.49%
2038	43,314,971	99,156,465	1.48%	2.46%
2039	43,942,852	101,567,525	1.45%	2.43%
2040	44,568,346	103,999,350	1.42%	2.39%
2041	45,190,628	106,448,475	1.4%	2.35%
2042	45,808,597	108,926,272	1.37%	2.33%
2043	46,421,960	111,433,788	1.34%	2.3%
2044	47,030,351	113,966,263	1.31%	2.27%
2045	47,634,271	116,525,463	1.28%	2.25%
2046	48,231,602	119,109,670	1.25%	2.22%
2047	48,823,456	121,721,018	1.23%	2.19%
2048	49,408,506	124,351,294	1.2%	2.16%
2049	49,984,435	126,981,394	1.17%	2.12%
2050	50,553,041	129,621,083	1.14%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.