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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Zambia	Ghana	Zambia
1960	6,961,215	3,153,729	-	-
1961	7,162,667	3,254,086	2.89%	3.18%
1962	7,337,375	3,358,099	2.44%	3.2%
1963	7,514,714	3,465,907	2.42%	3.21%
1964	7,695,739	3,577,017	2.41%	3.21%
1965	7,882,606	3,692,086	2.43%	3.22%
1966	8,074,521	3,812,003	2.43%	3.25%
1967	8,271,913	3,936,343	2.44%	3.26%
1968	8,475,729	4,065,593	2.46%	3.28%
1969	8,690,383	4,197,116	2.53%	3.24%
1970	8,925,813	4,321,718	2.71%	2.97%
1971	9,176,264	4,442,525	2.81%	2.8%
1972	9,438,187	4,569,309	2.85%	2.85%
1973	9,714,617	4,702,693	2.93%	2.92%
1974	10,000,523	4,842,746	2.94%	2.98%
1975	10,294,308	4,990,086	2.94%	3.04%
1976	10,594,913	5,143,842	2.92%	3.08%
1977	10,911,871	5,302,480	2.99%	3.08%
1978	11,248,450	5,465,374	3.08%	3.07%
1979	11,597,255	5,631,728	3.1%	3.04%
1980	11,941,448	5,802,833	2.97%	3.04%
1981	12,281,712	5,983,289	2.85%	3.11%
1982	12,643,819	6,178,637	2.95%	3.26%
1983	13,029,836	6,381,038	3.05%	3.28%
1984	13,370,590	6,580,490	2.62%	3.13%
1985	13,661,229	6,780,953	2.17%	3.05%
1986	13,965,217	6,986,471	2.23%	3.03%
1987	14,289,108	7,191,282	2.32%	2.93%
1988	14,636,568	7,391,440	2.43%	2.78%
1989	15,006,813	7,589,216	2.53%	2.68%
1990	15,394,648	7,786,169	2.58%	2.6%
1991	15,787,496	7,981,650	2.55%	2.51%
1992	16,184,855	8,176,680	2.52%	2.44%
1993	16,589,519	8,373,921	2.5%	2.41%
1994	16,993,190	8,576,269	2.43%	2.42%
1995	17,399,017	8,785,763	2.39%	2.44%
1996	17,810,181	9,004,053	2.36%	2.48%
1997	18,238,958	9,237,063	2.41%	2.59%
1998	18,688,036	9,482,408	2.46%	2.66%
1999	19,149,864	9,740,005	2.47%	2.72%
2000	19,637,087	10,017,631	2.54%	2.85%
2001	20,167,069	10,325,185	2.7%	3.07%
2002	20,729,388	10,647,949	2.79%	3.13%
2003	21,296,705	10,983,595	2.74%	3.15%
2004	21,868,298	11,338,198	2.68%	3.23%
2005	22,449,438	11,718,819	2.66%	3.36%
2006	23,040,702	12,129,553	2.63%	3.5%
2007	23,642,279	12,565,085	2.61%	3.59%
2008	24,249,946	13,021,324	2.57%	3.63%
2009	24,862,664	13,490,389	2.53%	3.6%
2010	25,474,995	13,965,594	2.46%	3.52%
2011	26,095,088	14,437,796	2.43%	3.38%
2012	26,734,268	14,913,629	2.45%	3.3%
2013	27,386,193	15,398,997	2.44%	3.25%
2014	28,041,592	15,895,315	2.39%	3.22%
2015	28,696,068	16,399,089	2.33%	3.17%
2016	29,356,742	16,914,423	2.3%	3.14%
2017	30,008,354	17,441,320	2.22%	3.12%
2018	30,637,585	17,973,569	2.1%	3.05%
2019	31,258,945	18,513,839	2.03%	3.01%
2020	31,887,809	19,059,395	2.01%	2.95%
2021	32,518,665	19,603,607	1.98%	2.86%
2022	33,149,152	20,152,938	1.94%	2.8%
2023	33,787,914	20,723,965	1.93%	2.83%
2024	34,427,414	21,314,956	1.89%	2.85%
2025	35,064,273	21,913,869	1.85%	2.81%
2026	35,697,555	22,521,905	1.81%	2.77%
2027	36,328,265	23,138,716	1.77%	2.74%
2028	36,959,310	23,761,368	1.74%	2.69%
2029	37,589,709	24,389,681	1.71%	2.64%
2030	38,222,075	25,024,887	1.68%	2.6%
2031	38,856,804	25,666,496	1.66%	2.56%
2032	39,492,788	26,311,946	1.64%	2.51%
2033	40,132,720	26,960,073	1.62%	2.46%
2034	40,774,152	27,611,621	1.6%	2.42%
2035	41,412,555	28,266,887	1.57%	2.37%
2036	42,047,450	28,925,103	1.53%	2.33%
2037	42,682,177	29,583,482	1.51%	2.28%
2038	43,314,971	30,240,549	1.48%	2.22%
2039	43,942,852	30,895,586	1.45%	2.17%
2040	44,568,346	31,550,394	1.42%	2.12%
2041	45,190,628	32,204,340	1.4%	2.07%
2042	45,808,597	32,856,596	1.37%	2.03%
2043	46,421,960	33,510,500	1.34%	1.99%
2044	47,030,351	34,165,920	1.31%	1.96%
2045	47,634,271	34,821,101	1.28%	1.92%
2046	48,231,602	35,475,795	1.25%	1.88%
2047	48,823,456	36,129,270	1.23%	1.84%
2048	49,408,506	36,782,260	1.2%	1.81%
2049	49,984,435	37,434,667	1.17%	1.77%
2050	50,553,041	38,083,369	1.14%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.