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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Vanuatu	Ghana	Vanuatu
1960	6,961,215	64,431	-	-
1961	7,162,667	66,264	2.89%	2.84%
1962	7,337,375	68,174	2.44%	2.88%
1963	7,514,714	70,159	2.42%	2.91%
1964	7,695,739	72,219	2.41%	2.94%
1965	7,882,606	74,358	2.43%	2.96%
1966	8,074,521	76,590	2.43%	3%
1967	8,271,913	78,921	2.44%	3.04%
1968	8,475,729	81,314	2.46%	3.03%
1969	8,690,383	83,755	2.53%	3%
1970	8,925,813	86,266	2.71%	3%
1971	9,176,264	88,862	2.81%	3.01%
1972	9,438,187	91,562	2.85%	3.04%
1973	9,714,617	94,362	2.93%	3.06%
1974	10,000,523	97,260	2.94%	3.07%
1975	10,294,308	100,269	2.94%	3.09%
1976	10,594,913	103,388	2.92%	3.11%
1977	10,911,871	106,618	2.99%	3.12%
1978	11,248,450	109,963	3.08%	3.14%
1979	11,597,255	113,040	3.1%	2.8%
1980	11,941,448	115,660	2.97%	2.32%
1981	12,281,712	118,249	2.85%	2.24%
1982	12,643,819	121,035	2.95%	2.36%
1983	13,029,836	123,998	3.05%	2.45%
1984	13,370,590	127,109	2.62%	2.51%
1985	13,661,229	130,356	2.17%	2.55%
1986	13,965,217	133,720	2.23%	2.58%
1987	14,289,108	137,187	2.32%	2.59%
1988	14,636,568	140,756	2.43%	2.6%
1989	15,006,813	144,393	2.53%	2.58%
1990	15,394,648	148,063	2.58%	2.54%
1991	15,787,496	151,793	2.55%	2.52%
1992	16,184,855	155,608	2.52%	2.51%
1993	16,589,519	159,463	2.5%	2.48%
1994	16,993,190	163,314	2.43%	2.41%
1995	17,399,017	167,137	2.39%	2.34%
1996	17,810,181	170,911	2.36%	2.26%
1997	18,238,958	174,626	2.41%	2.17%
1998	18,688,036	178,313	2.46%	2.11%
1999	19,149,864	182,048	2.47%	2.09%
2000	19,637,087	186,281	2.54%	2.33%
2001	20,167,069	191,031	2.7%	2.55%
2002	20,729,388	195,863	2.79%	2.53%
2003	21,296,705	200,746	2.74%	2.49%
2004	21,868,298	205,711	2.68%	2.47%
2005	22,449,438	210,760	2.66%	2.45%
2006	23,040,702	215,923	2.63%	2.45%
2007	23,642,279	221,276	2.61%	2.48%
2008	24,249,946	226,896	2.57%	2.54%
2009	24,862,664	232,731	2.53%	2.57%
2010	25,474,995	238,248	2.46%	2.37%
2011	26,095,088	243,474	2.43%	2.19%
2012	26,734,268	248,883	2.45%	2.22%
2013	27,386,193	254,482	2.44%	2.25%
2014	28,041,592	260,240	2.39%	2.26%
2015	28,696,068	266,101	2.33%	2.25%
2016	29,356,742	272,087	2.3%	2.25%
2017	30,008,354	278,507	2.22%	2.36%
2018	30,637,585	285,259	2.1%	2.42%
2019	31,258,945	291,985	2.03%	2.36%
2020	31,887,809	298,858	2.01%	2.35%
2021	32,518,665	305,868	1.98%	2.35%
2022	33,149,152	313,046	1.94%	2.35%
2023	33,787,914	320,409	1.93%	2.35%
2024	34,427,414	327,777	1.89%	2.3%
2025	35,064,273	335,169	1.85%	2.26%
2026	35,697,555	342,565	1.81%	2.21%
2027	36,328,265	349,970	1.77%	2.16%
2028	36,959,310	357,397	1.74%	2.12%
2029	37,589,709	364,883	1.71%	2.09%
2030	38,222,075	372,429	1.68%	2.07%
2031	38,856,804	380,015	1.66%	2.04%
2032	39,492,788	387,657	1.64%	2.01%
2033	40,132,720	395,366	1.62%	1.99%
2034	40,774,152	403,188	1.6%	1.98%
2035	41,412,555	411,061	1.57%	1.95%
2036	42,047,450	419,006	1.53%	1.93%
2037	42,682,177	427,031	1.51%	1.92%
2038	43,314,971	435,150	1.48%	1.9%
2039	43,942,852	443,311	1.45%	1.88%
2040	44,568,346	451,509	1.42%	1.85%
2041	45,190,628	459,733	1.4%	1.82%
2042	45,808,597	468,003	1.37%	1.8%
2043	46,421,960	476,308	1.34%	1.77%
2044	47,030,351	484,636	1.31%	1.75%
2045	47,634,271	492,989	1.28%	1.72%
2046	48,231,602	501,316	1.25%	1.69%
2047	48,823,456	509,621	1.23%	1.66%
2048	49,408,506	517,889	1.2%	1.62%
2049	49,984,435	526,138	1.17%	1.59%
2050	50,553,041	534,374	1.14%	1.57%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Vanuatu gained 56,164 people (a 26% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 70,558 (a 25.9% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2006 and ranked 174th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Ghana's population will grow by 41.6% to 50,553,041 people with a rank change from 47th to 42nd. The population of Vanuatu will increase by 56% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.