Population in Ghana compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ghana and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	United Kingdom	Ghana	United Kingdom
1960	6,961,215	52,400,000	-	-
1961	7,162,667	52,800,000	2.89%	0.76%
1962	7,337,375	53,250,000	2.44%	0.85%
1963	7,514,714	53,650,000	2.42%	0.75%
1964	7,695,739	54,000,000	2.41%	0.65%
1965	7,882,606	54,348,050	2.43%	0.64%
1966	8,074,521	54,648,500	2.43%	0.55%
1967	8,271,913	54,943,600	2.44%	0.54%
1968	8,475,729	55,211,700	2.46%	0.49%
1969	8,690,383	55,441,750	2.53%	0.42%
1970	8,925,813	55,663,250	2.71%	0.4%
1971	9,176,264	55,896,223	2.81%	0.42%
1972	9,438,187	56,086,065	2.85%	0.34%
1973	9,714,617	56,194,527	2.93%	0.19%
1974	10,000,523	56,229,974	2.94%	0.06%
1975	10,294,308	56,225,800	2.94%	-0.007%
1976	10,594,913	56,211,968	2.92%	-0.02%
1977	10,911,871	56,193,492	2.99%	-0.03%
1978	11,248,450	56,196,504	3.08%	0.005%
1979	11,597,255	56,246,951	3.1%	0.09%
1980	11,941,448	56,314,216	2.97%	0.12%
1981	12,281,712	56,333,829	2.85%	0.03%
1982	12,643,819	56,313,641	2.95%	-0.04%
1983	13,029,836	56,332,848	3.05%	0.03%
1984	13,370,590	56,422,072	2.62%	0.16%
1985	13,661,229	56,550,268	2.17%	0.23%
1986	13,965,217	56,681,396	2.23%	0.23%
1987	14,289,108	56,802,050	2.32%	0.21%
1988	14,636,568	56,928,327	2.43%	0.22%
1989	15,006,813	57,076,711	2.53%	0.26%
1990	15,394,648	57,247,586	2.58%	0.3%
1991	15,787,496	57,424,897	2.55%	0.31%
1992	16,184,855	57,580,402	2.52%	0.27%
1993	16,589,519	57,718,614	2.5%	0.24%
1994	16,993,190	57,865,745	2.43%	0.25%
1995	17,399,017	58,019,030	2.39%	0.26%
1996	17,810,181	58,166,950	2.36%	0.25%
1997	18,238,958	58,316,954	2.41%	0.26%
1998	18,688,036	58,487,141	2.46%	0.29%
1999	19,149,864	58,682,466	2.47%	0.33%
2000	19,637,087	58,892,514	2.54%	0.36%
2001	20,167,069	59,119,673	2.7%	0.39%
2002	20,729,388	59,370,479	2.79%	0.42%
2003	21,296,705	59,647,577	2.74%	0.47%
2004	21,868,298	59,987,905	2.68%	0.57%
2005	22,449,438	60,401,206	2.66%	0.69%
2006	23,040,702	60,846,820	2.63%	0.74%
2007	23,642,279	61,322,463	2.61%	0.78%
2008	24,249,946	61,806,995	2.57%	0.79%
2009	24,862,664	62,276,270	2.53%	0.76%
2010	25,474,995	62,766,365	2.46%	0.79%
2011	26,095,088	63,258,810	2.43%	0.78%
2012	26,734,268	63,711,000	2.45%	0.71%
2013	27,386,193	64,139,000	2.44%	0.67%
2014	28,041,592	64,620,000	2.39%	0.75%
2015	28,696,068	65,088,000	2.33%	0.72%
2016	29,356,742	65,607,000	2.3%	0.8%
2017	30,008,354	65,966,000	2.22%	0.55%
2018	30,637,585	66,289,000	2.1%	0.49%
2019	31,258,945	66,631,000	2.03%	0.52%
2020	31,887,809	66,744,000	2.01%	0.17%
2021	32,518,665	66,984,000	1.98%	0.36%
2022	33,149,152	67,604,000	1.94%	0.93%
2023	33,787,914	68,492,000	1.93%	1.31%
2024	34,427,414	69,226,000	1.89%	1.07%
2025	35,064,273	69,639,673	1.85%	0.6%
2026	35,697,555	70,020,350	1.81%	0.55%
2027	36,328,265	70,382,853	1.77%	0.52%
2028	36,959,310	70,732,699	1.74%	0.5%
2029	37,589,709	71,061,482	1.71%	0.46%
2030	38,222,075	71,377,535	1.68%	0.44%
2031	38,856,804	71,678,351	1.66%	0.42%
2032	39,492,788	71,959,934	1.64%	0.39%
2033	40,132,720	72,234,509	1.62%	0.38%
2034	40,774,152	72,497,650	1.6%	0.36%
2035	41,412,555	72,749,096	1.57%	0.35%
2036	42,047,450	72,990,847	1.53%	0.33%
2037	42,682,177	73,218,850	1.51%	0.31%
2038	43,314,971	73,441,349	1.48%	0.3%
2039	43,942,852	73,658,392	1.45%	0.3%
2040	44,568,346	73,868,334	1.42%	0.29%
2041	45,190,628	74,074,316	1.4%	0.28%
2042	45,808,597	74,275,779	1.37%	0.27%
2043	46,421,960	74,475,035	1.34%	0.27%
2044	47,030,351	74,667,284	1.31%	0.26%
2045	47,634,271	74,848,605	1.28%	0.24%
2046	48,231,602	75,020,949	1.25%	0.23%
2047	48,823,456	75,184,478	1.23%	0.22%
2048	49,408,506	75,337,543	1.2%	0.2%
2049	49,984,435	75,476,141	1.17%	0.18%
2050	50,553,041	75,600,588	1.14%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.