The latest officially reported population of Ghana was 34,427,414 in 2024 vs 10,825,703 people in Honduras in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ghana's population is 35,572,974 people compared to 11,149,564 in Honduras.
Population statistics:
- Ghana's population is 3.19 times bigger than Honduras'.
- Ghana is ranked the 47th most populous country in the world, while Honduras is the 87th.
- The countries together account for 0.57% of the world: 0.43% for Ghana vs 0.13% for Honduras.
- For the last 10 years, Ghana has had an average growth rate of +2.1% per year vs +1.81% in Honduras.
- Since 2005, the population of Ghana has increased from 22.4M people to 35.6M (58.5% growth), while Honduras has grown from 7.48M to 11.1M (49.1% growth).
- Ghana is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 67.5M people compared to the peak of 17.1M people in 2090 for Honduras.
Ghana vs Honduras: live population counter
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| Current population |
35572974
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11149564
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| Population rank | 47/197 | 87/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.43% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
49.3 seconds
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2.91 minutes
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| One birth every |
35.5 seconds
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2.25 minutes
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| One death every |
2.21 minutes
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11 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
40.1 minutes
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1.82 hours
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| Annual migration change | -13,114 | -4,821 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,752 | +495 |
| Annual growth/decline | +639,500 | +180,852 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.89% | +1.7% |
| Population growth rate rank | 59/197 | 67/197 |
Ghana and Honduras: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 6,961,215 | 2,062,060 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,162,667 | 2,121,242 | 2.89% | 2.87% |
| 1962 | 7,337,375 | 2,182,064 | 2.44% | 2.87% |
| 1963 | 7,514,714 | 2,244,878 | 2.42% | 2.88% |
| 1964 | 7,695,739 | 2,309,855 | 2.41% | 2.89% |
| 1965 | 7,882,606 | 2,377,157 | 2.43% | 2.91% |
| 1966 | 8,074,521 | 2,446,751 | 2.43% | 2.93% |
| 1967 | 8,271,913 | 2,518,648 | 2.44% | 2.94% |
| 1968 | 8,475,729 | 2,593,057 | 2.46% | 2.95% |
| 1969 | 8,690,383 | 2,670,289 | 2.53% | 2.98% |
| 1970 | 8,925,813 | 2,750,715 | 2.71% | 3.01% |
| 1971 | 9,176,264 | 2,834,616 | 2.81% | 3.05% |
| 1972 | 9,438,187 | 2,922,064 | 2.85% | 3.09% |
| 1973 | 9,714,617 | 3,011,459 | 2.93% | 3.06% |
| 1974 | 10,000,523 | 3,099,836 | 2.94% | 2.93% |
| 1975 | 10,294,308 | 3,193,234 | 2.94% | 3.01% |
| 1976 | 10,594,913 | 3,294,457 | 2.92% | 3.17% |
| 1977 | 10,911,871 | 3,398,655 | 2.99% | 3.16% |
| 1978 | 11,248,450 | 3,505,463 | 3.08% | 3.14% |
| 1979 | 11,597,255 | 3,614,981 | 3.1% | 3.12% |
| 1980 | 11,941,448 | 3,727,173 | 2.97% | 3.1% |
| 1981 | 12,281,712 | 3,841,778 | 2.85% | 3.07% |
| 1982 | 12,643,819 | 3,958,728 | 2.95% | 3.04% |
| 1983 | 13,029,836 | 4,078,174 | 3.05% | 3.02% |
| 1984 | 13,370,590 | 4,199,850 | 2.62% | 2.98% |
| 1985 | 13,661,229 | 4,323,342 | 2.17% | 2.94% |
| 1986 | 13,965,217 | 4,448,899 | 2.23% | 2.9% |
| 1987 | 14,289,108 | 4,576,910 | 2.32% | 2.88% |
| 1988 | 14,636,568 | 4,707,677 | 2.43% | 2.86% |
| 1989 | 15,006,813 | 4,841,838 | 2.53% | 2.85% |
| 1990 | 15,394,648 | 4,980,488 | 2.58% | 2.86% |
| 1991 | 15,787,496 | 5,123,792 | 2.55% | 2.88% |
| 1992 | 16,184,855 | 5,271,431 | 2.52% | 2.88% |
| 1993 | 16,589,519 | 5,423,249 | 2.5% | 2.88% |
| 1994 | 16,993,190 | 5,579,242 | 2.43% | 2.88% |
| 1995 | 17,399,017 | 5,739,637 | 2.39% | 2.87% |
| 1996 | 17,810,181 | 5,903,954 | 2.36% | 2.86% |
| 1997 | 18,238,958 | 6,071,454 | 2.41% | 2.84% |
| 1998 | 18,688,036 | 6,234,431 | 2.46% | 2.68% |
| 1999 | 19,149,864 | 6,400,463 | 2.47% | 2.66% |
| 2000 | 19,637,087 | 6,577,773 | 2.54% | 2.77% |
| 2001 | 20,167,069 | 6,757,993 | 2.7% | 2.74% |
| 2002 | 20,729,388 | 6,938,859 | 2.79% | 2.68% |
| 2003 | 21,296,705 | 7,119,213 | 2.74% | 2.6% |
| 2004 | 21,868,298 | 7,298,994 | 2.68% | 2.53% |
| 2005 | 22,449,438 | 7,478,355 | 2.66% | 2.46% |
| 2006 | 23,040,702 | 7,656,832 | 2.63% | 2.39% |
| 2007 | 23,642,279 | 7,834,798 | 2.61% | 2.32% |
| 2008 | 24,249,946 | 8,012,587 | 2.57% | 2.27% |
| 2009 | 24,862,664 | 8,189,899 | 2.53% | 2.21% |
| 2010 | 25,474,995 | 8,365,878 | 2.46% | 2.15% |
| 2011 | 26,095,088 | 8,540,583 | 2.43% | 2.09% |
| 2012 | 26,734,268 | 8,715,076 | 2.45% | 2.04% |
| 2013 | 27,386,193 | 8,889,278 | 2.44% | 2% |
| 2014 | 28,041,592 | 9,063,122 | 2.39% | 1.96% |
| 2015 | 28,696,068 | 9,237,305 | 2.33% | 1.92% |
| 2016 | 29,356,742 | 9,412,380 | 2.3% | 1.9% |
| 2017 | 30,008,354 | 9,588,137 | 2.22% | 1.87% |
| 2018 | 30,637,585 | 9,765,210 | 2.1% | 1.85% |
| 2019 | 31,258,945 | 9,943,633 | 2.03% | 1.83% |
| 2020 | 31,887,809 | 10,119,640 | 2.01% | 1.77% |
| 2021 | 32,518,665 | 10,289,877 | 1.98% | 1.68% |
| 2022 | 33,149,152 | 10,463,872 | 1.94% | 1.69% |
| 2023 | 33,787,914 | 10,644,851 | 1.93% | 1.73% |
| 2024 | 34,427,414 | 10,825,703 | 1.89% | 1.7% |
| 2025 | 35,064,273 | 11,005,850 | 1.85% | 1.66% |
| 2026 | 35,697,555 | 11,184,760 | 1.81% | 1.63% |
| 2027 | 36,328,265 | 11,362,224 | 1.77% | 1.59% |
| 2028 | 36,959,310 | 11,538,364 | 1.74% | 1.55% |
| 2029 | 37,589,709 | 11,712,882 | 1.71% | 1.51% |
| 2030 | 38,222,075 | 11,885,318 | 1.68% | 1.47% |
| 2031 | 38,856,804 | 12,055,532 | 1.66% | 1.43% |
| 2032 | 39,492,788 | 12,223,559 | 1.64% | 1.39% |
| 2033 | 40,132,720 | 12,389,375 | 1.62% | 1.36% |
| 2034 | 40,774,152 | 12,552,871 | 1.6% | 1.32% |
| 2035 | 41,412,555 | 12,714,113 | 1.57% | 1.28% |
| 2036 | 42,047,450 | 12,873,077 | 1.53% | 1.25% |
| 2037 | 42,682,177 | 13,029,496 | 1.51% | 1.22% |
| 2038 | 43,314,971 | 13,183,524 | 1.48% | 1.18% |
| 2039 | 43,942,852 | 13,335,254 | 1.45% | 1.15% |
| 2040 | 44,568,346 | 13,484,651 | 1.42% | 1.12% |
| 2041 | 45,190,628 | 13,631,907 | 1.4% | 1.09% |
| 2042 | 45,808,597 | 13,776,955 | 1.37% | 1.06% |
| 2043 | 46,421,960 | 13,919,665 | 1.34% | 1.04% |
| 2044 | 47,030,351 | 14,060,018 | 1.31% | 1.01% |
| 2045 | 47,634,271 | 14,197,949 | 1.28% | 0.98% |
| 2046 | 48,231,602 | 14,333,292 | 1.25% | 0.95% |
| 2047 | 48,823,456 | 14,465,842 | 1.23% | 0.92% |
| 2048 | 49,408,506 | 14,595,534 | 1.2% | 0.9% |
| 2049 | 49,984,435 | 14,722,485 | 1.17% | 0.87% |
| 2050 | 50,553,041 | 14,846,778 | 1.14% | 0.84% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Honduras gained 1,758,950 people (a 23.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Honduras' population increased by 1,912,259 (a 20.7% growth).
Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Honduras was ranked 95th in 2005 and ranked 87th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Ghana's population will grow by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people with a rank change from 47th to 42nd. The population of Honduras will increase by 33.2% to 14,846,778 people and rank change from 87th to 86th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Kumasi | 3.9M |
| Accra | 1.78M |
| Tamale | 730K |
| Sekondi-Takoradi | 540K |
| Ashaiman | 208K |
| Obuasi | 180K |
| Tema | 162K |
| Koforidua | 127K |
| Ho | 83.7K |
| Hohoe | 56.2K |
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| City | Population |
| Tegucigalpa | 1.06M |
| San Pedro Sula | 719K |
| Choloma | 232K |
| La Ceiba | 197K |
| El Progreso | 188K |
| Villanueva | 150K |
| Comayagua | 145K |
| Puerto Cortes | 122K |
| Yoro | 86.7K |
| La Lima | 71.9K |
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Population differences between Ghana and Honduras
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| Life expectancy | 65.9 years | 73.2 years |
| Average age | 26 years | 27.7 years |
| Median age | 22.2 years | 24.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 3.4 births per woman | 2.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 392 ppl/mi² | 250.6 ppl/mi² |
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