The latest officially reported population of Ghana was 34,427,414 in 2024 vs 143,533,851 people in Russia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ghana's population is 35,572,974 people compared to 142,718,132 in Russia.
Population statistics:
- Russia's population is 4.01 times bigger than Ghana's.
- Ghana is ranked the 47th most populous country in the world, while Russia is the 9th.
- The countries together account for 2.16% of the world: 0.43% for Ghana vs 1.73% for Russia.
- For the last 10 years, Ghana has had an average growth rate of +2.1% per year vs -0.02% in Russia.
- Since 2005, the population of Ghana has increased from 22.4M people to 35.6M (58.5% growth), while Russia has declined from 144M to 143M (0.56% decline).
- Ghana is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 67.5M people, while Russia's population already peaked in 1992 at 149M people and is projected to decrease to 125M people by 2100.
Ghana vs Russia: live population counter
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| Current population |
35572974
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142718132
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| Population rank | 47/197 | 9/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.43% | 1.73% |
| One net population change |
49.3 seconds
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1.8 minutes
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| One birth every |
35.5 seconds
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25.5 seconds
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| One death every |
2.21 minutes
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18.1 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
40.1 minutes
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2.95 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -13,114 | -178,042 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,752 | -801 |
| Annual growth/decline | +639,500 | -292,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.89% | -0.2% |
| Population growth rate rank | 59/197 | 177/197 |
Ghana and Russia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 6,961,215 | 119,897,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,162,667 | 121,236,000 | 2.89% | 1.12% |
| 1962 | 7,337,375 | 122,591,000 | 2.44% | 1.12% |
| 1963 | 7,514,714 | 123,960,000 | 2.42% | 1.12% |
| 1964 | 7,695,739 | 125,345,000 | 2.41% | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 7,882,606 | 126,745,000 | 2.43% | 1.12% |
| 1966 | 8,074,521 | 127,468,000 | 2.43% | 0.57% |
| 1967 | 8,271,913 | 128,196,000 | 2.44% | 0.57% |
| 1968 | 8,475,729 | 128,928,000 | 2.46% | 0.57% |
| 1969 | 8,690,383 | 129,664,000 | 2.53% | 0.57% |
| 1970 | 8,925,813 | 130,404,000 | 2.71% | 0.57% |
| 1971 | 9,176,264 | 131,155,000 | 2.81% | 0.58% |
| 1972 | 9,438,187 | 131,909,000 | 2.85% | 0.57% |
| 1973 | 9,714,617 | 132,669,000 | 2.93% | 0.58% |
| 1974 | 10,000,523 | 133,432,000 | 2.94% | 0.58% |
| 1975 | 10,294,308 | 134,200,000 | 2.94% | 0.58% |
| 1976 | 10,594,913 | 135,147,000 | 2.92% | 0.71% |
| 1977 | 10,911,871 | 136,100,000 | 2.99% | 0.71% |
| 1978 | 11,248,450 | 137,060,000 | 3.08% | 0.71% |
| 1979 | 11,597,255 | 138,027,000 | 3.1% | 0.71% |
| 1980 | 11,941,448 | 139,010,000 | 2.97% | 0.71% |
| 1981 | 12,281,712 | 139,941,000 | 2.85% | 0.67% |
| 1982 | 12,643,819 | 140,823,000 | 2.95% | 0.63% |
| 1983 | 13,029,836 | 141,668,000 | 3.05% | 0.6% |
| 1984 | 13,370,590 | 142,745,000 | 2.62% | 0.76% |
| 1985 | 13,661,229 | 143,858,000 | 2.17% | 0.78% |
| 1986 | 13,965,217 | 144,894,000 | 2.23% | 0.72% |
| 1987 | 14,289,108 | 145,908,000 | 2.32% | 0.7% |
| 1988 | 14,636,568 | 146,857,000 | 2.43% | 0.65% |
| 1989 | 15,006,813 | 147,721,000 | 2.53% | 0.59% |
| 1990 | 15,394,648 | 147,969,406 | 2.58% | 0.17% |
| 1991 | 15,787,496 | 148,394,216 | 2.55% | 0.29% |
| 1992 | 16,184,855 | 148,538,197 | 2.52% | 0.1% |
| 1993 | 16,589,519 | 148,458,777 | 2.5% | -0.05% |
| 1994 | 16,993,190 | 148,407,912 | 2.43% | -0.03% |
| 1995 | 17,399,017 | 148,375,787 | 2.39% | -0.02% |
| 1996 | 17,810,181 | 148,160,129 | 2.36% | -0.15% |
| 1997 | 18,238,958 | 147,915,361 | 2.41% | -0.17% |
| 1998 | 18,688,036 | 147,670,784 | 2.46% | -0.17% |
| 1999 | 19,149,864 | 147,214,776 | 2.47% | -0.31% |
| 2000 | 19,637,087 | 146,596,869 | 2.54% | -0.42% |
| 2001 | 20,167,069 | 145,976,482 | 2.7% | -0.42% |
| 2002 | 20,729,388 | 145,306,497 | 2.79% | -0.46% |
| 2003 | 21,296,705 | 144,648,618 | 2.74% | -0.45% |
| 2004 | 21,868,298 | 144,067,316 | 2.68% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 22,449,438 | 143,518,814 | 2.66% | -0.38% |
| 2006 | 23,040,702 | 143,049,637 | 2.63% | -0.33% |
| 2007 | 23,642,279 | 142,805,114 | 2.61% | -0.17% |
| 2008 | 24,249,946 | 142,742,366 | 2.57% | -0.04% |
| 2009 | 24,862,664 | 142,785,348 | 2.53% | 0.03% |
| 2010 | 25,474,995 | 142,849,468 | 2.46% | 0.04% |
| 2011 | 26,095,088 | 143,018,195 | 2.43% | 0.12% |
| 2012 | 26,734,268 | 143,378,447 | 2.45% | 0.25% |
| 2013 | 27,386,193 | 143,805,638 | 2.44% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 28,041,592 | 144,237,223 | 2.39% | 0.3% |
| 2015 | 28,696,068 | 144,640,716 | 2.33% | 0.28% |
| 2016 | 29,356,742 | 145,015,460 | 2.3% | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 30,008,354 | 145,293,260 | 2.22% | 0.19% |
| 2018 | 30,637,585 | 145,398,106 | 2.1% | 0.07% |
| 2019 | 31,258,945 | 145,453,291 | 2.03% | 0.04% |
| 2020 | 31,887,809 | 145,245,148 | 2.01% | -0.14% |
| 2021 | 32,518,665 | 144,746,762 | 1.98% | -0.34% |
| 2022 | 33,149,152 | 144,236,933 | 1.94% | -0.35% |
| 2023 | 33,787,914 | 143,826,130 | 1.93% | -0.28% |
| 2024 | 34,427,414 | 143,533,851 | 1.89% | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 35,064,273 | 142,718,132 | 1.85% | -0.57% |
| 2026 | 35,697,555 | 142,120,553 | 1.81% | -0.42% |
| 2027 | 36,328,265 | 141,773,330 | 1.77% | -0.24% |
| 2028 | 36,959,310 | 141,402,326 | 1.74% | -0.26% |
| 2029 | 37,589,709 | 141,021,009 | 1.71% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 38,222,075 | 140,628,883 | 1.68% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 38,856,804 | 140,218,596 | 1.66% | -0.29% |
| 2032 | 39,492,788 | 139,807,207 | 1.64% | -0.29% |
| 2033 | 40,132,720 | 139,414,947 | 1.62% | -0.28% |
| 2034 | 40,774,152 | 139,034,543 | 1.6% | -0.27% |
| 2035 | 41,412,555 | 138,666,694 | 1.57% | -0.26% |
| 2036 | 42,047,450 | 138,311,757 | 1.53% | -0.26% |
| 2037 | 42,682,177 | 137,968,177 | 1.51% | -0.25% |
| 2038 | 43,314,971 | 137,643,032 | 1.48% | -0.24% |
| 2039 | 43,942,852 | 137,336,299 | 1.45% | -0.22% |
| 2040 | 44,568,346 | 137,053,347 | 1.42% | -0.21% |
| 2041 | 45,190,628 | 136,795,588 | 1.4% | -0.19% |
| 2042 | 45,808,597 | 136,558,692 | 1.37% | -0.17% |
| 2043 | 46,421,960 | 136,335,849 | 1.34% | -0.16% |
| 2044 | 47,030,351 | 136,124,845 | 1.31% | -0.15% |
| 2045 | 47,634,271 | 135,933,758 | 1.28% | -0.14% |
| 2046 | 48,231,602 | 135,756,848 | 1.25% | -0.13% |
| 2047 | 48,823,456 | 135,574,181 | 1.23% | -0.13% |
| 2048 | 49,408,506 | 135,372,557 | 1.2% | -0.15% |
| 2049 | 49,984,435 | 135,156,911 | 1.17% | -0.16% |
| 2050 | 50,553,041 | 134,923,391 | 1.14% | -0.17% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).
Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.
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 |
| Moscow | 13.3M |
| Saint Petersburg | 5.65M |
| Novosibirsk | 1.64M |
| Yekaterinburg | 1.47M |
| Kazan | 1.33M |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 1.2M |
| Chelyabinsk | 1.18M |
| Krasnodar | 1.15M |
| Samara | 1.15M |
| Ufa | 1.14M |
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Population differences between Ghana and Russia
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| Life expectancy | 65.9 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 26 years | 40.8 years |
| Median age | 22.2 years | 40.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 46.4:53.6 |
| Fertility rate | 3.4 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 392 ppl/mi² | 22.7 ppl/mi² |
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