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.

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