Demographics of Ghana
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
Date | 14 Apr 2024 |
There are 17.34 million males and 17.43 million females in Ghana. The percentage of the male population is 49.87%, compared to 50.13% of the female population. Ghana has 92k more females than males. The sex ratio in Ghana in 2024 will be 99.473 males per 100 females. Ghana is in the 140th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 5,077,596 | 2.70 |
1955 | 5,887,163 | 3.15 |
1960 | 6,911,510 | 3.25 |
1965 | 7,827,726 | 2.44 |
1970 | 8,861,895 | 2.76 |
1975 | 10,209,848 | 2.90 |
1980 | 11,865,246 | 2.86 |
1985 | 13,651,443 | 2.28 |
1990 | 15,446,982 | 2.59 |
1995 | 17,438,874 | 2.31 |
2000 | 19,665,502 | 2.57 |
2005 | 22,496,951 | 2.66 |
2010 | 25,574,719 | 2.42 |
2015 | 28,870,939 | 2.35 |
2020 | 32,180,401 | 2.06 |
2021 | 32,833,031 | 1.96 |
2022 | 33,475,870 | 1.92 |
2023 | 34,121,985 | 1.90 |
2024 | 34,777,522 | 1.90 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 114,495 | 237,147 | 22.578 | 46.764 |
1955 | 122,244 | 298,295 | 20.775 | 50.695 |
1960 | 131,212 | 343,974 | 18.998 | 49.804 |
1965 | 146,189 | 375,735 | 18.628 | 47.878 |
1970 | 163,373 | 418,396 | 18.422 | 47.179 |
1975 | 167,687 | 463,679 | 16.421 | 45.408 |
1980 | 179,403 | 532,322 | 15.111 | 44.838 |
1985 | 189,115 | 607,581 | 13.798 | 44.329 |
1990 | 177,795 | 624,635 | 11.492 | 40.372 |
1995 | 186,417 | 631,591 | 10.676 | 36.171 |
2000 | 195,201 | 705,624 | 9.922 | 35.865 |
2005 | 208,014 | 784,717 | 9.247 | 34.885 |
2010 | 220,690 | 844,348 | 8.626 | 33.004 |
2015 | 224,502 | 915,988 | 7.773 | 31.713 |
2020 | 239,693 | 902,298 | 7.448 | 28.038 |
2021 | 250,471 | 904,679 | 7.627 | 27.548 |
2022 | 253,955 | 906,677 | 7.585 | 27.080 |
2023 | 250,410 | 909,913 | 7.337 | 26.662 |
2024 | 239,728 | 911,299 | 6.892 | 26.199 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | ||
1950 | 769,242 | 4,211,633 | 15.444 |
1955 | 1,084,305 | 4,596,105 | 19.089 |
1960 | 1,546,791 | 5,105,496 | 23.252 |
1965 | 2,009,926 | 5,700,623 | 26.067 |
1970 | 2,489,533 | 6,107,450 | 28.958 |
1975 | 2,954,226 | 6,877,181 | 30.049 |
1980 | 3,366,222 | 7,435,806 | 31.163 |
1985 | 4,183,103 | 8,533,125 | 32.896 |
1990 | 5,330,699 | 9,297,561 | 36.441 |
1995 | 6,727,643 | 10,032,824 | 40.140 |
2000 | 8,319,630 | 10,619,132 | 43.929 |
2005 | 10,191,110 | 11,350,899 | 47.308 |
2010 | 12,430,779 | 12,081,325 | 50.713 |
2015 | 14,918,455 | 12,664,366 | 54.086 |
2020 | 17,625,567 | 13,108,188 | 57.349 |
2021 | 18,192,301 | 13,181,751 | 57.985 |
2022 | 18,767,205 | 13,250,620 | 58.615 |
2023 | 19,350,121 | 13,314,948 | 59.238 |
2024 | 19,940,842 | 13,374,866 | 59.854 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 2,215,304 | 2,151,248 | 4,366,552 | 12.56 | 102.978 |
05-09 | 2,143,381 | 2,089,840 | 4,233,221 | 12.17 | 102.562 |
10-14 | 2,022,546 | 1,980,046 | 4,002,593 | 11.51 | 102.146 |
15-19 | 1,791,520 | 1,760,393 | 3,551,912 | 10.21 | 101.768 |
20-24 | 1,576,358 | 1,554,389 | 3,130,746 | 9.00 | 101.413 |
25-29 | 1,335,929 | 1,324,422 | 2,660,352 | 7.65 | 100.869 |
30-34 | 1,247,982 | 1,240,991 | 2,488,972 | 7.16 | 100.563 |
35-39 | 1,161,702 | 1,160,250 | 2,321,952 | 6.68 | 100.125 |
40-44 | 1,045,766 | 1,041,633 | 2,087,399 | 6.00 | 100.397 |
45-49 | 827,306 | 823,188 | 1,650,495 | 4.75 | 100.500 |
50-54 | 591,957 | 617,951 | 1,209,908 | 3.48 | 95.794 |
55-59 | 438,099 | 510,560 | 948,659 | 2.73 | 85.808 |
60-64 | 361,189 | 453,966 | 815,155 | 2.34 | 79.563 |
65-69 | 266,570 | 331,788 | 598,358 | 1.72 | 80.343 |
70-74 | 163,284 | 197,714 | 360,998 | 1.04 | 82.586 |
75-79 | 90,801 | 103,885 | 194,686 | 0.56 | 87.405 |
80-84 | 43,245 | 58,771 | 102,016 | 0.29 | 73.582 |
85-89 | 15,943 | 25,797 | 41,740 | 0.12 | 61.802 |
90-94 | 3,578 | 6,865 | 10,444 | 0.03 | 52.119 |
95-99 | 368 | 928 | 1,296 | 0.00 | 39.655 |
100+ | 15 | 54 | 70 | 0.00 | 27.778 |
Total | 17,342,843 | 17,434,679 | 34,777,524 | 99.473 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio