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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Vietnam	Ghana	Vietnam
1960	6,961,215	32,531,933	-	-
1961	7,162,667	33,409,059	2.89%	2.7%
1962	7,337,375	34,288,560	2.44%	2.63%
1963	7,514,714	35,249,101	2.42%	2.8%
1964	7,695,739	36,201,563	2.41%	2.7%
1965	7,882,606	37,129,656	2.43%	2.56%
1966	8,074,521	38,024,836	2.43%	2.41%
1967	8,271,913	38,895,080	2.44%	2.29%
1968	8,475,729	39,734,609	2.46%	2.16%
1969	8,690,383	40,582,096	2.53%	2.13%
1970	8,925,813	41,475,230	2.71%	2.2%
1971	9,176,264	42,449,276	2.81%	2.35%
1972	9,438,187	43,429,168	2.85%	2.31%
1973	9,714,617	44,409,861	2.93%	2.26%
1974	10,000,523	45,413,537	2.94%	2.26%
1975	10,294,308	46,482,903	2.94%	2.35%
1976	10,594,913	47,684,931	2.92%	2.59%
1977	10,911,871	48,954,872	2.99%	2.66%
1978	11,248,450	50,249,552	3.08%	2.64%
1979	11,597,255	51,378,211	3.1%	2.25%
1980	11,941,448	52,490,101	2.97%	2.16%
1981	12,281,712	53,738,141	2.85%	2.38%
1982	12,643,819	55,011,289	2.95%	2.37%
1983	13,029,836	56,337,921	3.05%	2.41%
1984	13,370,590	57,706,067	2.62%	2.43%
1985	13,661,229	59,060,622	2.17%	2.35%
1986	13,965,217	60,347,048	2.23%	2.18%
1987	14,289,108	61,584,651	2.32%	2.05%
1988	14,636,568	62,843,228	2.43%	2.04%
1989	15,006,813	64,147,348	2.53%	2.08%
1990	15,394,648	65,504,552	2.58%	2.12%
1991	15,787,496	66,891,775	2.55%	2.12%
1992	16,184,855	68,260,337	2.52%	2.05%
1993	16,589,519	69,586,384	2.5%	1.94%
1994	16,993,190	70,854,391	2.43%	1.82%
1995	17,399,017	72,049,940	2.39%	1.69%
1996	17,810,181	73,156,447	2.36%	1.54%
1997	18,238,958	74,226,889	2.41%	1.46%
1998	18,688,036	75,299,660	2.46%	1.45%
1999	19,149,864	76,287,452	2.47%	1.31%
2000	19,637,087	77,154,011	2.54%	1.14%
2001	20,167,069	77,969,361	2.7%	1.06%
2002	20,729,388	78,772,224	2.79%	1.03%
2003	21,296,705	79,563,777	2.74%	1%
2004	21,868,298	80,338,971	2.68%	0.97%
2005	22,449,438	81,088,313	2.66%	0.93%
2006	23,040,702	82,167,897	2.63%	1.33%
2007	23,642,279	83,633,375	2.61%	1.78%
2008	24,249,946	85,175,788	2.57%	1.84%
2009	24,862,664	86,460,018	2.53%	1.51%
2010	25,474,995	87,455,152	2.46%	1.15%
2011	26,095,088	88,468,314	2.43%	1.16%
2012	26,734,268	89,510,356	2.45%	1.18%
2013	27,386,193	90,573,104	2.44%	1.19%
2014	28,041,592	91,679,578	2.39%	1.22%
2015	28,696,068	92,823,254	2.33%	1.25%
2016	29,356,742	94,000,117	2.3%	1.27%
2017	30,008,354	95,176,977	2.22%	1.25%
2018	30,637,585	96,237,319	2.1%	1.11%
2019	31,258,945	97,173,776	2.03%	0.97%
2020	31,887,809	98,079,191	2.01%	0.93%
2021	32,518,665	98,935,098	1.98%	0.87%
2022	33,149,152	99,680,655	1.94%	0.75%
2023	33,787,914	100,352,192	1.93%	0.67%
2024	34,427,414	100,987,686	1.89%	0.63%
2025	35,064,273	101,598,531	1.85%	0.6%
2026	35,697,555	102,177,434	1.81%	0.57%
2027	36,328,265	102,727,392	1.77%	0.54%
2028	36,959,310	103,255,746	1.74%	0.51%
2029	37,589,709	103,761,151	1.71%	0.49%
2030	38,222,075	104,254,900	1.68%	0.48%
2031	38,856,804	104,737,913	1.66%	0.46%
2032	39,492,788	105,204,401	1.64%	0.45%
2033	40,132,720	105,656,307	1.62%	0.43%
2034	40,774,152	106,097,515	1.6%	0.42%
2035	41,412,555	106,530,671	1.57%	0.41%
2036	42,047,450	106,945,842	1.53%	0.39%
2037	42,682,177	107,346,046	1.51%	0.37%
2038	43,314,971	107,732,019	1.48%	0.36%
2039	43,942,852	108,097,653	1.45%	0.34%
2040	44,568,346	108,437,634	1.42%	0.31%
2041	45,190,628	108,752,199	1.4%	0.29%
2042	45,808,597	109,040,314	1.37%	0.26%
2043	46,421,960	109,292,559	1.34%	0.23%
2044	47,030,351	109,506,274	1.31%	0.2%
2045	47,634,271	109,685,396	1.28%	0.16%
2046	48,231,602	109,827,664	1.25%	0.13%
2047	48,823,456	109,930,243	1.23%	0.09%
2048	49,408,506	109,994,024	1.2%	0.06%
2049	49,984,435	110,018,017	1.17%	0.02%
2050	50,553,041	110,008,910	1.14%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.