What is the difference in population by world region between Chad and Ghana?

2.00 million people, with Chad ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Ghana?

318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chad vs Ghana: Population by world region

Chad

69.55 million people

in 2100

Ghana

67.55 million people

in 2100

Chad rank

37th

Ghana rank

39th

Population by world region over time

Chad
Ghana

How they compare

Chad currently reports 69.55 million people against 67.55 million people in Ghana, a difference of 2.00 million people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Ghana ahead.

Chad ranks 37th and Ghana ranks 39th of 238 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 2 and Ghana in 46.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Ghana	Difference	Ahead
1000s	556,000 people	879,733 people	323,733 people	Ghana
1100s	597,700 people	1.01 million people	407,710 people	Ghana
1200s	639,400 people	1.15 million people	509,640 people	Ghana
1300s	700,000 people	1.31 million people	613,190 people	Ghana
1400s	780,000 people	1.50 million people	720,790 people	Ghana
1500s	834,000 people	1.72 million people	881,180 people	Ghana
1600s	973,000 people	1.96 million people	987,210 people	Ghana
1700s	1.11 million people	2.24 million people	1.13 million people	Ghana
1710s	1.18 million people	2.26 million people	1.08 million people	Ghana
1720s	1.19 million people	2.28 million people	1.09 million people	Ghana
1730s	1.20 million people	2.30 million people	1.10 million people	Ghana
1740s	1.21 million people	2.32 million people	1.11 million people	Ghana
1750s	1.22 million people	2.34 million people	1.12 million people	Ghana
1760s	1.24 million people	2.36 million people	1.13 million people	Ghana
1770s	1.25 million people	2.39 million people	1.14 million people	Ghana
1780s	1.26 million people	2.42 million people	1.16 million people	Ghana
1790s	1.28 million people	2.45 million people	1.17 million people	Ghana
1800s	1.46 million people	2.02 million people	555,044 people	Ghana
1810s	1.53 million people	2.02 million people	488,736 people	Ghana
1820s	1.60 million people	2.01 million people	414,122 people	Ghana
1830s	1.67 million people	2.00 million people	330,114 people	Ghana
1840s	1.74 million people	1.99 million people	243,164 people	Ghana
1850s	1.80 million people	2.03 million people	227,619 people	Ghana
1860s	1.83 million people	2.13 million people	301,540 people	Ghana
1870s	1.86 million people	2.25 million people	386,003 people	Ghana
1880s	1.91 million people	2.40 million people	497,072 people	Ghana
1890s	1.87 million people	2.60 million people	730,934 people	Ghana
1900s	1.77 million people	2.82 million people	1.05 million people	Ghana
1910s	1.70 million people	3.04 million people	1.34 million people	Ghana
1920s	1.77 million people	3.38 million people	1.61 million people	Ghana
1930s	2.00 million people	3.91 million people	1.90 million people	Ghana
1940s	2.30 million people	4.58 million people	2.28 million people	Ghana
1950s	2.75 million people	5.86 million people	3.11 million people	Ghana
1960s	3.34 million people	7.81 million people	4.46 million people	Ghana
1970s	4.12 million people	10.19 million people	6.07 million people	Ghana
1980s	5.10 million people	13.48 million people	8.38 million people	Ghana
1990s	7.04 million people	17.22 million people	10.18 million people	Ghana
2000s	10.13 million people	22.19 million people	12.06 million people	Ghana
2010s	14.44 million people	28.37 million people	13.93 million people	Ghana
2020s	20.42 million people	34.74 million people	14.32 million people	Ghana
2030s	27.37 million people	41.09 million people	13.72 million people	Ghana
2040s	34.67 million people	47.31 million people	12.64 million people	Ghana
2050s	42.36 million people	52.96 million people	10.60 million people	Ghana
2060s	49.95 million people	57.77 million people	7.82 million people	Ghana
2070s	56.83 million people	61.74 million people	4.91 million people	Ghana
2080s	62.84 million people	64.81 million people	1.98 million people	Ghana
2090s	67.54 million people	66.83 million people	714,490 people	Chad
2100s	69.55 million people	67.55 million people	2.00 million people	Chad

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Chad or Ghana?: Chad, at 69.55 million people against 67.55 million people in Ghana as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Chad and Ghana?: 2.00 million people, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Ghana?: 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Chad and Ghana rank globally for population by world region?: Chad ranks 37th and Ghana ranks 39th 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 by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population by world region
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, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.