The latest officially reported population of Ghana was 34,427,414 in 2024 vs 5,572,272 people in Norway in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ghana's population is 35,572,974 people compared to 5,642,662 in Norway.
Population statistics:
- Ghana's population is 6.3 times bigger than Norway's.
- Ghana is ranked the 47th most populous country in the world, while Norway is the 119th.
- The countries together account for 0.5% of the world: 0.43% for Ghana vs 0.07% for Norway.
- For the last 10 years, Ghana has had an average growth rate of +2.1% per year vs +0.85% in Norway.
- Since 2005, the population of Ghana has increased from 22.4M people to 35.6M (58.5% growth), while Norway has grown from 4.62M to 5.64M (22% growth).
- Ghana is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 67.5M people compared to the peak of 5.9M people in 2050 for Norway.
Ghana vs Norway: live population counter
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| Current population |
35572974
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5642662
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| Population rank | 47/197 | 119/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.43% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
49.3 seconds
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9.98 minutes
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| One birth every |
35.5 seconds
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10.1 minutes
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| One death every |
2.21 minutes
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12.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
40.1 minutes
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11.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -13,114 | +44,356 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,752 | +144 |
| Annual growth/decline | +639,500 | +52,678 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.89% | +0.95% |
| Population growth rate rank | 59/197 | 107/197 |
Ghana and Norway: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 6,961,215 | 3,581,239 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,162,667 | 3,609,800 | 2.89% | 0.8% |
| 1962 | 7,337,375 | 3,638,918 | 2.44% | 0.81% |
| 1963 | 7,514,714 | 3,666,537 | 2.42% | 0.76% |
| 1964 | 7,695,739 | 3,694,339 | 2.41% | 0.76% |
| 1965 | 7,882,606 | 3,723,168 | 2.43% | 0.78% |
| 1966 | 8,074,521 | 3,753,012 | 2.43% | 0.8% |
| 1967 | 8,271,913 | 3,784,539 | 2.44% | 0.84% |
| 1968 | 8,475,729 | 3,816,486 | 2.46% | 0.84% |
| 1969 | 8,690,383 | 3,847,707 | 2.53% | 0.82% |
| 1970 | 8,925,813 | 3,875,763 | 2.71% | 0.73% |
| 1971 | 9,176,264 | 3,903,039 | 2.81% | 0.7% |
| 1972 | 9,438,187 | 3,933,004 | 2.85% | 0.77% |
| 1973 | 9,714,617 | 3,960,612 | 2.93% | 0.7% |
| 1974 | 10,000,523 | 3,985,258 | 2.94% | 0.62% |
| 1975 | 10,294,308 | 4,007,313 | 2.94% | 0.55% |
| 1976 | 10,594,913 | 4,026,152 | 2.92% | 0.47% |
| 1977 | 10,911,871 | 4,043,205 | 2.99% | 0.42% |
| 1978 | 11,248,450 | 4,058,671 | 3.08% | 0.38% |
| 1979 | 11,597,255 | 4,072,517 | 3.1% | 0.34% |
| 1980 | 11,941,448 | 4,085,620 | 2.97% | 0.32% |
| 1981 | 12,281,712 | 4,099,702 | 2.85% | 0.34% |
| 1982 | 12,643,819 | 4,114,787 | 2.95% | 0.37% |
| 1983 | 13,029,836 | 4,128,432 | 3.05% | 0.33% |
| 1984 | 13,370,590 | 4,140,099 | 2.62% | 0.28% |
| 1985 | 13,661,229 | 4,152,516 | 2.17% | 0.3% |
| 1986 | 13,965,217 | 4,167,354 | 2.23% | 0.36% |
| 1987 | 14,289,108 | 4,186,905 | 2.32% | 0.47% |
| 1988 | 14,636,568 | 4,209,488 | 2.43% | 0.54% |
| 1989 | 15,006,813 | 4,226,901 | 2.53% | 0.41% |
| 1990 | 15,394,648 | 4,241,473 | 2.58% | 0.34% |
| 1991 | 15,787,496 | 4,261,732 | 2.55% | 0.48% |
| 1992 | 16,184,855 | 4,286,401 | 2.52% | 0.58% |
| 1993 | 16,589,519 | 4,311,991 | 2.5% | 0.6% |
| 1994 | 16,993,190 | 4,336,613 | 2.43% | 0.57% |
| 1995 | 17,399,017 | 4,359,184 | 2.39% | 0.52% |
| 1996 | 17,810,181 | 4,381,336 | 2.36% | 0.51% |
| 1997 | 18,238,958 | 4,405,157 | 2.41% | 0.54% |
| 1998 | 18,688,036 | 4,431,464 | 2.46% | 0.6% |
| 1999 | 19,149,864 | 4,461,913 | 2.47% | 0.69% |
| 2000 | 19,637,087 | 4,490,967 | 2.54% | 0.65% |
| 2001 | 20,167,069 | 4,513,751 | 2.7% | 0.51% |
| 2002 | 20,729,388 | 4,538,159 | 2.79% | 0.54% |
| 2003 | 21,296,705 | 4,564,855 | 2.74% | 0.59% |
| 2004 | 21,868,298 | 4,591,910 | 2.68% | 0.59% |
| 2005 | 22,449,438 | 4,623,291 | 2.66% | 0.68% |
| 2006 | 23,040,702 | 4,660,677 | 2.63% | 0.81% |
| 2007 | 23,642,279 | 4,709,153 | 2.61% | 1.04% |
| 2008 | 24,249,946 | 4,768,212 | 2.57% | 1.25% |
| 2009 | 24,862,664 | 4,828,726 | 2.53% | 1.27% |
| 2010 | 25,474,995 | 4,889,252 | 2.46% | 1.25% |
| 2011 | 26,095,088 | 4,953,088 | 2.43% | 1.31% |
| 2012 | 26,734,268 | 5,018,573 | 2.45% | 1.32% |
| 2013 | 27,386,193 | 5,079,623 | 2.44% | 1.22% |
| 2014 | 28,041,592 | 5,137,232 | 2.39% | 1.13% |
| 2015 | 28,696,068 | 5,188,607 | 2.33% | 1% |
| 2016 | 29,356,742 | 5,234,519 | 2.3% | 0.88% |
| 2017 | 30,008,354 | 5,276,968 | 2.22% | 0.81% |
| 2018 | 30,637,585 | 5,311,916 | 2.1% | 0.66% |
| 2019 | 31,258,945 | 5,347,896 | 2.03% | 0.68% |
| 2020 | 31,887,809 | 5,379,475 | 2.01% | 0.59% |
| 2021 | 32,518,665 | 5,408,320 | 1.98% | 0.54% |
| 2022 | 33,149,152 | 5,457,127 | 1.94% | 0.9% |
| 2023 | 33,787,914 | 5,519,594 | 1.93% | 1.14% |
| 2024 | 34,427,414 | 5,572,272 | 1.89% | 0.95% |
| 2025 | 35,064,273 | 5,618,653 | 1.85% | 0.83% |
| 2026 | 35,697,555 | 5,648,542 | 1.81% | 0.53% |
| 2027 | 36,328,265 | 5,669,085 | 1.77% | 0.36% |
| 2028 | 36,959,310 | 5,688,775 | 1.74% | 0.35% |
| 2029 | 37,589,709 | 5,707,206 | 1.71% | 0.32% |
| 2030 | 38,222,075 | 5,724,586 | 1.68% | 0.3% |
| 2031 | 38,856,804 | 5,741,140 | 1.66% | 0.29% |
| 2032 | 39,492,788 | 5,756,663 | 1.64% | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 40,132,720 | 5,771,048 | 1.62% | 0.25% |
| 2034 | 40,774,152 | 5,784,408 | 1.6% | 0.23% |
| 2035 | 41,412,555 | 5,796,851 | 1.57% | 0.22% |
| 2036 | 42,047,450 | 5,808,721 | 1.53% | 0.2% |
| 2037 | 42,682,177 | 5,819,995 | 1.51% | 0.19% |
| 2038 | 43,314,971 | 5,830,604 | 1.48% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 43,942,852 | 5,840,493 | 1.45% | 0.17% |
| 2040 | 44,568,346 | 5,849,273 | 1.42% | 0.15% |
| 2041 | 45,190,628 | 5,857,345 | 1.4% | 0.14% |
| 2042 | 45,808,597 | 5,864,766 | 1.37% | 0.13% |
| 2043 | 46,421,960 | 5,870,957 | 1.34% | 0.11% |
| 2044 | 47,030,351 | 5,876,291 | 1.31% | 0.09% |
| 2045 | 47,634,271 | 5,881,391 | 1.28% | 0.09% |
| 2046 | 48,231,602 | 5,885,772 | 1.25% | 0.07% |
| 2047 | 48,823,456 | 5,889,156 | 1.23% | 0.06% |
| 2048 | 49,408,506 | 5,892,131 | 1.2% | 0.05% |
| 2049 | 49,984,435 | 5,894,300 | 1.17% | 0.04% |
| 2050 | 50,553,041 | 5,895,192 | 1.14% | 0.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Norway gained 565,316 people (a 12.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Norway's population increased by 454,055 (a 8.75% growth).
Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Norway was ranked 116th in 2005 and ranked 119th 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 Norway will increase by 4.48% to 5,895,192 people and rank change from 119th to 121st.
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Population differences between Ghana and Norway
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| Life expectancy | 65.9 years | 83.6 years |
| Average age | 26 years | 41.3 years |
| Median age | 22.2 years | 40.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 50.4:49.6 |
| Fertility rate | 3.4 births per woman | 1.4 births per woman |
| Population density | 392 ppl/mi² | 39.6 ppl/mi² |
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