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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Venezuela	Ghana	Venezuela
1960	6,961,215	8,160,090	-	-
1961	7,162,667	8,455,915	2.89%	3.63%
1962	7,337,375	8,756,870	2.44%	3.56%
1963	7,514,714	9,064,021	2.42%	3.51%
1964	7,695,739	9,377,712	2.41%	3.46%
1965	7,882,606	9,697,790	2.43%	3.41%
1966	8,074,521	10,024,854	2.43%	3.37%
1967	8,271,913	10,358,513	2.44%	3.33%
1968	8,475,729	10,697,530	2.46%	3.27%
1969	8,690,383	11,040,280	2.53%	3.2%
1970	8,925,813	11,387,790	2.71%	3.15%
1971	9,176,264	11,741,008	2.81%	3.1%
1972	9,438,187	12,099,180	2.85%	3.05%
1973	9,714,617	12,463,537	2.93%	3.01%
1974	10,000,523	12,835,351	2.94%	2.98%
1975	10,294,308	13,215,892	2.94%	2.96%
1976	10,594,913	13,606,284	2.92%	2.95%
1977	10,911,871	14,006,812	2.99%	2.94%
1978	11,248,450	14,416,684	3.08%	2.93%
1979	11,597,255	14,834,552	3.1%	2.9%
1980	11,941,448	15,258,218	2.97%	2.86%
1981	12,281,712	15,687,297	2.85%	2.81%
1982	12,643,819	16,121,874	2.95%	2.77%
1983	13,029,836	16,562,205	3.05%	2.73%
1984	13,370,590	17,008,841	2.62%	2.7%
1985	13,661,229	17,461,434	2.17%	2.66%
1986	13,965,217	17,923,536	2.23%	2.65%
1987	14,289,108	18,394,963	2.32%	2.63%
1988	14,636,568	18,871,020	2.43%	2.59%
1989	15,006,813	19,348,921	2.53%	2.53%
1990	15,394,648	19,827,010	2.58%	2.47%
1991	15,787,496	20,304,896	2.55%	2.41%
1992	16,184,855	20,780,948	2.52%	2.34%
1993	16,589,519	21,254,520	2.5%	2.28%
1994	16,993,190	21,725,188	2.43%	2.21%
1995	17,399,017	22,193,821	2.39%	2.16%
1996	17,810,181	22,662,113	2.36%	2.11%
1997	18,238,958	23,131,685	2.41%	2.07%
1998	18,688,036	23,601,337	2.46%	2.03%
1999	19,149,864	24,066,593	2.47%	1.97%
2000	19,637,087	24,526,708	2.54%	1.91%
2001	20,167,069	24,979,922	2.7%	1.85%
2002	20,729,388	25,435,671	2.79%	1.82%
2003	21,296,705	25,892,703	2.74%	1.8%
2004	21,868,298	26,340,838	2.68%	1.73%
2005	22,449,438	26,785,804	2.66%	1.69%
2006	23,040,702	27,224,686	2.63%	1.64%
2007	23,642,279	27,649,363	2.61%	1.56%
2008	24,249,946	28,053,696	2.57%	1.46%
2009	24,862,664	28,438,298	2.53%	1.37%
2010	25,474,995	28,813,101	2.46%	1.32%
2011	26,095,088	29,185,212	2.43%	1.29%
2012	26,734,268	29,553,826	2.45%	1.26%
2013	27,386,193	29,912,198	2.44%	1.21%
2014	28,041,592	30,254,079	2.39%	1.14%
2015	28,696,068	30,573,972	2.33%	1.06%
2016	29,356,742	30,765,720	2.3%	0.63%
2017	30,008,354	30,565,323	2.22%	-0.65%
2018	30,637,585	29,807,592	2.1%	-2.48%
2019	31,258,945	28,938,098	2.03%	-2.92%
2020	31,887,809	28,444,077	2.01%	-1.71%
2021	32,518,665	28,237,826	1.98%	-0.73%
2022	33,149,152	28,213,017	1.94%	-0.09%
2023	33,787,914	28,300,854	1.93%	0.31%
2024	34,427,414	28,405,543	1.89%	0.37%
2025	35,064,273	28,516,898	1.85%	0.39%
2026	35,697,555	28,633,718	1.81%	0.41%
2027	36,328,265	28,758,565	1.77%	0.44%
2028	36,959,310	28,885,166	1.74%	0.44%
2029	37,589,709	29,014,444	1.71%	0.45%
2030	38,222,075	29,151,809	1.68%	0.47%
2031	38,856,804	29,295,744	1.66%	0.49%
2032	39,492,788	29,442,534	1.64%	0.5%
2033	40,132,720	29,587,099	1.62%	0.49%
2034	40,774,152	29,735,159	1.6%	0.5%
2035	41,412,555	29,883,329	1.57%	0.5%
2036	42,047,450	30,020,167	1.53%	0.46%
2037	42,682,177	30,146,546	1.51%	0.42%
2038	43,314,971	30,268,328	1.48%	0.4%
2039	43,942,852	30,386,284	1.45%	0.39%
2040	44,568,346	30,495,445	1.42%	0.36%
2041	45,190,628	30,590,207	1.4%	0.31%
2042	45,808,597	30,674,532	1.37%	0.28%
2043	46,421,960	30,749,671	1.34%	0.24%
2044	47,030,351	30,813,805	1.31%	0.21%
2045	47,634,271	30,871,490	1.28%	0.19%
2046	48,231,602	30,923,463	1.25%	0.17%
2047	48,823,456	30,974,366	1.23%	0.16%
2048	49,408,506	31,021,600	1.2%	0.15%
2049	49,984,435	31,059,954	1.17%	0.12%
2050	50,553,041	31,094,884	1.14%	0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,541,034 people (a 13% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -2,130,638 (a 6.93% decline).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2006 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.59% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.