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Ghana vs Saudi Arabia: Population

Ghana
33.79 million people
in 2023
Saudi Arabia
33.26 million people
in 2023
Ghana rank
46th
Saudi Arabia rank
48th

Population over time

  • Ghana
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Ghana currently reports 33.79 million people against 33.26 million people in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 523,600 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Ghana ranks 46th and Saudi Arabia ranks 48th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 25 and Saudi Arabia in 15.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ghana Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1000s 879,733 people 2.00 million people 1.12 million people Saudi Arabia
1100s 1.01 million people 2.07 million people 1.07 million people Saudi Arabia
1200s 1.15 million people 2.15 million people 997,630 people Saudi Arabia
1300s 1.31 million people 2.22 million people 906,810 people Saudi Arabia
1400s 1.50 million people 1.95 million people 449,210 people Saudi Arabia
1500s 1.72 million people 2.00 million people 284,820 people Saudi Arabia
1600s 1.96 million people 2.25 million people 289,790 people Saudi Arabia
1700s 2.24 million people 2.00 million people 240,240 people Ghana
1710s 2.26 million people 2.01 million people 250,730 people Ghana
1720s 2.28 million people 2.02 million people 262,110 people Ghana
1730s 2.30 million people 2.02 million people 274,510 people Ghana
1740s 2.32 million people 2.03 million people 288,010 people Ghana
1750s 2.34 million people 2.04 million people 302,710 people Ghana
1760s 2.36 million people 2.05 million people 318,770 people Ghana
1770s 2.39 million people 2.05 million people 336,340 people Ghana
1780s 2.42 million people 2.06 million people 355,600 people Ghana
1790s 2.45 million people 2.07 million people 376,790 people Ghana
1800s 2.02 million people 2.02 million people 4,135 people Saudi Arabia
1810s 2.02 million people 2.07 million people 49,615 people Saudi Arabia
1820s 2.01 million people 2.11 million people 101,519 people Saudi Arabia
1830s 2.00 million people 2.16 million people 160,819 people Saudi Arabia
1840s 1.99 million people 2.21 million people 220,980 people Saudi Arabia
1850s 2.03 million people 2.23 million people 200,773 people Saudi Arabia
1860s 2.13 million people 2.21 million people 79,367 people Saudi Arabia
1870s 2.25 million people 2.18 million people 62,955 people Ghana
1880s 2.40 million people 2.16 million people 244,428 people Ghana
1890s 2.60 million people 2.13 million people 465,559 people Ghana
1900s 2.82 million people 2.15 million people 670,834 people Ghana
1910s 3.04 million people 2.24 million people 798,366 people Ghana
1920s 3.38 million people 2.43 million people 952,625 people Ghana
1930s 3.91 million people 2.66 million people 1.24 million people Ghana
1940s 4.58 million people 2.92 million people 1.66 million people Ghana
1950s 5.86 million people 2.01 million people 3.85 million people Ghana
1960s 7.81 million people 2.89 million people 4.91 million people Ghana
1970s 10.19 million people 4.52 million people 5.67 million people Ghana
1980s 13.48 million people 7.99 million people 5.49 million people Ghana
1990s 17.22 million people 13.03 million people 4.19 million people Ghana
2000s 22.19 million people 20.15 million people 2.05 million people Ghana
2010s 28.37 million people 28.77 million people 397,310 people Saudi Arabia
2020s 32.84 million people 31.94 million people 896,075 people Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Ghana or Saudi Arabia?
Ghana, at 33.79 million people against 33.26 million people in Saudi Arabia as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Ghana and Saudi Arabia?
523,600 people, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Saudi Arabia?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Ghana and Saudi Arabia rank globally for population?
Ghana ranks 46th and Saudi Arabia ranks 48th 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.