The current population of Ghana is 35,572,974 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 34,427,414 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Since 2005, population has increased from 22.4M people to 35.6M (58.5% growth in 20 years).
- Ghana is ranked 47/197 by population and was ranked 49th in 2005.
- For the last 20 years, Ghana has had an average growth rate of 2.92% per year.
- Ghana is projected to reach 67.5M people in 2100.
- Ghana accounts for 0.43% of the world's population.
Ghana population clock
Ghana
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
35572974
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 47/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.43% | N/A |
| One net population change |
49.3 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
35.5 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.21 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +1,752 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +639,500 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.89% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 59/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
40.1 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -13,114 | N/A |
Ghana population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6,961,215 | - |
| 1961 | 7,162,667 | 2.89% |
| 1962 | 7,337,375 | 2.44% |
| 1963 | 7,514,714 | 2.42% |
| 1964 | 7,695,739 | 2.41% |
| 1965 | 7,882,606 | 2.43% |
| 1966 | 8,074,521 | 2.43% |
| 1967 | 8,271,913 | 2.44% |
| 1968 | 8,475,729 | 2.46% |
| 1969 | 8,690,383 | 2.53% |
| 1970 | 8,925,813 | 2.71% |
| 1971 | 9,176,264 | 2.81% |
| 1972 | 9,438,187 | 2.85% |
| 1973 | 9,714,617 | 2.93% |
| 1974 | 10,000,523 | 2.94% |
| 1975 | 10,294,308 | 2.94% |
| 1976 | 10,594,913 | 2.92% |
| 1977 | 10,911,871 | 2.99% |
| 1978 | 11,248,450 | 3.08% |
| 1979 | 11,597,255 | 3.1% |
| 1980 | 11,941,448 | 2.97% |
| 1981 | 12,281,712 | 2.85% |
| 1982 | 12,643,819 | 2.95% |
| 1983 | 13,029,836 | 3.05% |
| 1984 | 13,370,590 | 2.62% |
| 1985 | 13,661,229 | 2.17% |
| 1986 | 13,965,217 | 2.23% |
| 1987 | 14,289,108 | 2.32% |
| 1988 | 14,636,568 | 2.43% |
| 1989 | 15,006,813 | 2.53% |
| 1990 | 15,394,648 | 2.58% |
| 1991 | 15,787,496 | 2.55% |
| 1992 | 16,184,855 | 2.52% |
| 1993 | 16,589,519 | 2.5% |
| 1994 | 16,993,190 | 2.43% |
| 1995 | 17,399,017 | 2.39% |
| 1996 | 17,810,181 | 2.36% |
| 1997 | 18,238,958 | 2.41% |
| 1998 | 18,688,036 | 2.46% |
| 1999 | 19,149,864 | 2.47% |
| 2000 | 19,637,087 | 2.54% |
| 2001 | 20,167,069 | 2.7% |
| 2002 | 20,729,388 | 2.79% |
| 2003 | 21,296,705 | 2.74% |
| 2004 | 21,868,298 | 2.68% |
| 2005 | 22,449,438 | 2.66% |
| 2006 | 23,040,702 | 2.63% |
| 2007 | 23,642,279 | 2.61% |
| 2008 | 24,249,946 | 2.57% |
| 2009 | 24,862,664 | 2.53% |
| 2010 | 25,474,995 | 2.46% |
| 2011 | 26,095,088 | 2.43% |
| 2012 | 26,734,268 | 2.45% |
| 2013 | 27,386,193 | 2.44% |
| 2014 | 28,041,592 | 2.39% |
| 2015 | 28,696,068 | 2.33% |
| 2016 | 29,356,742 | 2.3% |
| 2017 | 30,008,354 | 2.22% |
| 2018 | 30,637,585 | 2.1% |
| 2019 | 31,258,945 | 2.03% |
| 2020 | 31,887,809 | 2.01% |
| 2021 | 32,518,665 | 1.98% |
| 2022 | 33,149,152 | 1.94% |
| 2023 | 33,787,914 | 1.93% |
| 2024 | 34,427,414 | 1.89% |
| 2025 | 35,064,273 | 1.85% |
| 2026 | 35,697,555 | 1.81% |
| 2027 | 36,328,265 | 1.77% |
| 2028 | 36,959,310 | 1.74% |
| 2029 | 37,589,709 | 1.71% |
| 2030 | 38,222,075 | 1.68% |
| 2031 | 38,856,804 | 1.66% |
| 2032 | 39,492,788 | 1.64% |
| 2033 | 40,132,720 | 1.62% |
| 2034 | 40,774,152 | 1.6% |
| 2035 | 41,412,555 | 1.57% |
| 2036 | 42,047,450 | 1.53% |
| 2037 | 42,682,177 | 1.51% |
| 2038 | 43,314,971 | 1.48% |
| 2039 | 43,942,852 | 1.45% |
| 2040 | 44,568,346 | 1.42% |
| 2041 | 45,190,628 | 1.4% |
| 2042 | 45,808,597 | 1.37% |
| 2043 | 46,421,960 | 1.34% |
| 2044 | 47,030,351 | 1.31% |
| 2045 | 47,634,271 | 1.28% |
| 2046 | 48,231,602 | 1.25% |
| 2047 | 48,823,456 | 1.23% |
| 2048 | 49,408,506 | 1.2% |
| 2049 | 49,984,435 | 1.17% |
| 2050 | 50,553,041 | 1.14% |
Ghana has a population of 35.6M as of 2025, compared to 28.7M in 2015, 22.4M in 2005, and 17.4M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 2.4% per year. Ghana is ranked 55th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Ghana will have 47,634,271 people (33.9% growth) with a rank change from 47th to 41st.
By the year 2100, Ghana's population is projected to grow by 89.9% to 67.5M people.
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Ghana population statistics
|
Ghana
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 65.9 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 26 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 22.2 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 3.4 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 392 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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