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Ghana vs Mozambique: Population

Ghana
33.79 million people
in 2023
Mozambique
33.64 million people
in 2023
Ghana rank
46th
Mozambique rank
47th

Population over time

  • Ghana
  • Mozambique
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How they compare

Ghana currently reports 33.79 million people against 33.64 million people in Mozambique, a difference of 152,700 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 46th and Mozambique ranks 47th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 24 and Mozambique in 16.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ghana Mozambique Difference Ahead
1000s 879,733 people 300,000 people 579,733 people Ghana
1100s 1.01 million people 440,000 people 565,410 people Ghana
1200s 1.15 million people 580,000 people 569,040 people Ghana
1300s 1.31 million people 720,000 people 593,190 people Ghana
1400s 1.50 million people 860,000 people 640,790 people Ghana
1500s 1.72 million people 1.00 million people 715,180 people Ghana
1600s 1.96 million people 1.25 million people 710,210 people Ghana
1700s 2.24 million people 1.50 million people 740,240 people Ghana
1710s 2.26 million people 1.55 million people 708,640 people Ghana
1720s 2.28 million people 1.60 million people 677,950 people Ghana
1730s 2.30 million people 1.65 million people 648,260 people Ghana
1740s 2.32 million people 1.70 million people 619,670 people Ghana
1750s 2.34 million people 1.75 million people 592,300 people Ghana
1760s 2.36 million people 1.80 million people 566,270 people Ghana
1770s 2.39 million people 1.85 million people 541,750 people Ghana
1780s 2.42 million people 1.90 million people 518,940 people Ghana
1790s 2.45 million people 1.95 million people 498,040 people Ghana
1800s 2.02 million people 2.02 million people 5,225 people Mozambique
1810s 2.02 million people 2.07 million people 54,263 people Mozambique
1820s 2.01 million people 2.38 million people 372,332 people Mozambique
1830s 2.00 million people 3.13 million people 1.13 million people Mozambique
1840s 1.99 million people 4.10 million people 2.12 million people Mozambique
1850s 2.03 million people 4.72 million people 2.70 million people Mozambique
1860s 2.13 million people 4.67 million people 2.54 million people Mozambique
1870s 2.25 million people 4.55 million people 2.31 million people Mozambique
1880s 2.40 million people 4.48 million people 2.08 million people Mozambique
1890s 2.60 million people 4.38 million people 1.78 million people Mozambique
1900s 2.82 million people 4.09 million people 1.27 million people Mozambique
1910s 3.04 million people 3.81 million people 770,103 people Mozambique
1920s 3.38 million people 3.98 million people 597,499 people Mozambique
1930s 3.91 million people 4.59 million people 686,014 people Mozambique
1940s 4.58 million people 5.38 million people 801,784 people Mozambique
1950s 5.86 million people 6.25 million people 388,552 people Mozambique
1960s 7.81 million people 7.35 million people 453,047 people Ghana
1970s 10.19 million people 9.49 million people 703,217 people Ghana
1980s 13.48 million people 12.30 million people 1.19 million people Ghana
1990s 17.22 million people 15.36 million people 1.86 million people Ghana
2000s 22.19 million people 20.14 million people 2.05 million people Ghana
2010s 28.37 million people 26.28 million people 2.09 million people Ghana
2020s 32.84 million people 32.20 million people 640,175 people Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Ghana or Mozambique?
Ghana, at 33.79 million people against 33.64 million people in Mozambique as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Ghana and Mozambique?
152,700 people, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Mozambique?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Ghana and Mozambique rank globally for population?
Ghana ranks 46th and Mozambique ranks 47th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.