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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Yemen	Ghana	Yemen
1960	6,961,215	5,532,301	-	-
1961	7,162,667	5,655,232	2.89%	2.22%
1962	7,337,375	5,782,221	2.44%	2.25%
1963	7,514,714	5,911,135	2.42%	2.23%
1964	7,695,739	6,048,006	2.41%	2.32%
1965	7,882,606	6,195,593	2.43%	2.44%
1966	8,074,521	6,351,494	2.43%	2.52%
1967	8,271,913	6,516,444	2.44%	2.6%
1968	8,475,729	6,690,524	2.46%	2.67%
1969	8,690,383	6,875,859	2.53%	2.77%
1970	8,925,813	7,065,279	2.71%	2.75%
1971	9,176,264	7,257,462	2.81%	2.72%
1972	9,438,187	7,460,068	2.85%	2.79%
1973	9,714,617	7,672,796	2.93%	2.85%
1974	10,000,523	7,896,783	2.94%	2.92%
1975	10,294,308	8,133,598	2.94%	3%
1976	10,594,913	8,384,113	2.92%	3.08%
1977	10,911,871	8,648,222	2.99%	3.15%
1978	11,248,450	8,926,586	3.08%	3.22%
1979	11,597,255	9,224,194	3.1%	3.33%
1980	11,941,448	9,543,358	2.97%	3.46%
1981	12,281,712	9,882,362	2.85%	3.55%
1982	12,643,819	10,241,006	2.95%	3.63%
1983	13,029,836	10,621,499	3.05%	3.72%
1984	13,370,590	11,025,597	2.62%	3.8%
1985	13,661,229	11,453,825	2.17%	3.88%
1986	13,965,217	11,901,040	2.23%	3.9%
1987	14,289,108	12,369,912	2.32%	3.94%
1988	14,636,568	12,859,708	2.43%	3.96%
1989	15,006,813	13,364,174	2.53%	3.92%
1990	15,394,648	13,887,862	2.58%	3.92%
1991	15,787,496	14,430,201	2.55%	3.91%
1992	16,184,855	14,989,494	2.52%	3.88%
1993	16,589,519	15,563,914	2.5%	3.83%
1994	16,993,190	16,149,147	2.43%	3.76%
1995	17,399,017	16,740,058	2.39%	3.66%
1996	17,810,181	17,313,177	2.36%	3.42%
1997	18,238,958	17,873,936	2.41%	3.24%
1998	18,688,036	18,446,013	2.46%	3.2%
1999	19,149,864	19,029,420	2.47%	3.16%
2000	19,637,087	19,624,141	2.54%	3.13%
2001	20,167,069	20,226,147	2.7%	3.07%
2002	20,729,388	20,835,086	2.79%	3.01%
2003	21,296,705	21,456,379	2.74%	2.98%
2004	21,868,298	22,095,167	2.68%	2.98%
2005	22,449,438	22,790,085	2.66%	3.15%
2006	23,040,702	23,543,083	2.63%	3.3%
2007	23,642,279	24,318,082	2.61%	3.29%
2008	24,249,946	25,111,941	2.57%	3.26%
2009	24,862,664	25,927,724	2.53%	3.25%
2010	25,474,995	26,754,387	2.46%	3.19%
2011	26,095,088	27,582,897	2.43%	3.1%
2012	26,734,268	28,433,647	2.45%	3.08%
2013	27,386,193	29,312,952	2.44%	3.09%
2014	28,041,592	30,226,309	2.39%	3.12%
2015	28,696,068	31,159,379	2.33%	3.09%
2016	29,356,742	32,109,010	2.3%	3.05%
2017	30,008,354	33,090,921	2.22%	3.06%
2018	30,637,585	34,085,182	2.1%	3%
2019	31,258,945	35,111,408	2.03%	3.01%
2020	31,887,809	36,134,863	2.01%	2.91%
2021	32,518,665	37,140,230	1.98%	2.78%
2022	33,149,152	38,222,876	1.94%	2.92%
2023	33,787,914	39,390,799	1.93%	3.06%
2024	34,427,414	40,583,164	1.89%	3.03%
2025	35,064,273	41,773,871	1.85%	2.93%
2026	35,697,555	42,961,650	1.81%	2.84%
2027	36,328,265	44,145,620	1.77%	2.76%
2028	36,959,310	45,323,685	1.74%	2.67%
2029	37,589,709	46,497,573	1.71%	2.59%
2030	38,222,075	47,667,649	1.68%	2.52%
2031	38,856,804	48,827,503	1.66%	2.43%
2032	39,492,788	49,979,089	1.64%	2.36%
2033	40,132,720	51,129,867	1.62%	2.3%
2034	40,774,152	52,279,989	1.6%	2.25%
2035	41,412,555	53,429,308	1.57%	2.2%
2036	42,047,450	54,578,046	1.53%	2.15%
2037	42,682,177	55,724,259	1.51%	2.1%
2038	43,314,971	56,872,152	1.48%	2.06%
2039	43,942,852	58,024,713	1.45%	2.03%
2040	44,568,346	59,181,514	1.42%	1.99%
2041	45,190,628	60,345,667	1.4%	1.97%
2042	45,808,597	61,517,965	1.37%	1.94%
2043	46,421,960	62,696,517	1.34%	1.92%
2044	47,030,351	63,880,172	1.31%	1.89%
2045	47,634,271	65,066,344	1.28%	1.86%
2046	48,231,602	66,253,578	1.25%	1.82%
2047	48,823,456	67,438,796	1.23%	1.79%
2048	49,408,506	68,620,844	1.2%	1.75%
2049	49,984,435	69,799,794	1.17%	1.72%
2050	50,553,041	70,976,389	1.14%	1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.