Population of Ghana

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Ghana is 33,218,426 as of September 27, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Ghana is projected at 31,732,129 or 31.732 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Ghana is projected at 31,072,940 or 31.073 million people for the year 2020. Ghana ranks number 47th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Ghana is ranked 14th among 58 countries in Africa.

Ghana's population will be increased year by year. The Ghana population is projected to reach 37.83 million in 2030 and increase further to 52,02 million in 2050 and 79.01 million by 2100. Ghana accounts for 0.40 percent of the world population. However, its global share will be increased by 0.20% in 1954 and is projected to increase by 0.73% by 2100.

Ghana was at 66th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 33rd in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Ghana population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	5,036,146	-	-	0.20
1951	5,140,313	104,167	2.07	0.20
1952	5,268,641	128,328	2.50	0.20
1953	5,413,372	144,731	2.75	0.20
1954	5,568,657	155,285	2.87	0.20
1955	5,730,594	161,937	2.91	0.21
1956	5,897,340	166,746	2.91	0.21
1957	6,068,995	171,655	2.91	0.21
1958	6,247,297	178,302	2.94	0.21
1959	6,435,173	187,876	3.01	0.22
1960	6,635,230	200,057	3.11	0.22
1961	6,848,295	213,065	3.21	0.22
1962	7,071,971	223,676	3.27	0.22
1963	7,300,116	228,145	3.23	0.23
1964	7,524,472	224,356	3.07	0.23
1965	7,739,473	215,001	2.86	0.23
1966	7,941,412	201,939	2.61	0.23
1967	8,132,803	191,391	2.41	0.23
1968	8,321,770	188,967	2.32	0.23
1969	8,520,015	198,245	2.38	0.23
1970	8,735,495	215,480	2.53	0.24
1971	8,973,244	237,749	2.72	0.24
1972	9,229,631	256,387	2.86	0.24
1973	9,493,556	263,925	2.86	0.24
1974	9,749,104	255,548	2.69	0.24
1975	9,985,946	236,842	2.43	0.24
1976	10,199,165	213,219	2.14	0.25
1977	10,395,452	196,287	1.92	0.25
1978	10,590,261	194,809	1.87	0.25
1979	10,805,314	215,053	2.03	0.25
1980	11,056,116	250,802	2.32	0.25
1981	11,348,289	292,173	2.64	0.25
1982	11,676,823	328,534	2.90	0.25
1983	12,033,575	356,752	3.06	0.26
1984	12,405,660	372,085	3.09	0.26
1985	12,783,613	377,953	3.05	0.26
1986	13,164,837	381,224	2.98	0.27
1987	13,552,021	387,184	2.94	0.27
1988	13,947,042	395,021	2.91	0.27
1989	14,353,410	406,368	2.91	0.27
1990	14,773,277	419,867	2.93	0.28
1991	15,207,367	434,090	2.94	0.28
1992	15,653,336	445,969	2.93	0.28
1993	16,106,765	453,429	2.90	0.29
1994	16,561,674	454,909	2.82	0.29
1995	17,014,057	452,383	2.73	0.30
1996	17,462,496	448,439	2.64	0.30
1997	17,908,985	446,489	2.56	0.30
1998	18,357,156	448,171	2.50	0.31
1999	18,812,359	455,203	2.48	0.31
2000	19,278,856	466,497	2.48	0.31
2001	19,756,928	478,072	2.48	0.32
2002	20,246,381	489,453	2.48	0.32
2003	20,750,299	503,918	2.49	0.33
2004	21,272,323	522,024	2.52	0.33
2005	21,814,642	542,319	2.55	0.33
2006	22,379,055	564,413	2.59	0.34
2007	22,963,946	584,891	2.61	0.34
2008	23,563,825	599,879	2.61	0.35
2009	24,170,940	607,115	2.58	0.35
2010	24,779,619	608,679	2.52	0.36
2011	25,387,712	608,093	2.45	0.36
2012	25,996,450	608,738	2.40	0.36
2013	26,607,645	611,195	2.35	0.37
2014	27,224,473	616,828	2.32	0.37
2015	27,849,205	624,732	2.29	0.38
2016	28,481,945	632,740	2.27	0.38
2017	29,121,465	639,520	2.25	0.39
2018	29,767,102	645,637	2.22	0.39
2019	30,417,856	650,754	2.19	0.39

Ghana population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	31,072,940	655,084	2.15	0.40
2021	31,732,129	659,189	2.12	0.40
2022	32,395,450	663,321	2.09	0.41
2023	33,062,746	667,296	2.06	0.41
2024	33,733,898	671,152	2.03	0.42
2025	34,408,768	674,870	2.00	0.42
2026	35,087,162	678,394	1.97	0.42
2027	35,768,890	681,728	1.94	0.43
2028	36,453,884	684,994	1.92	0.43
2029	37,142,079	688,195	1.89	0.44
2030	37,833,419	691,340	1.86	0.44
2031	38,527,747	694,328	1.84	0.45
2032	39,224,875	697,128	1.81	0.45
2033	39,924,665	699,790	1.78	0.46
2034	40,626,941	702,276	1.76	0.46
2035	41,331,551	704,610	1.73	0.47
2036	42,038,252	706,701	1.71	0.47
2037	42,746,853	708,601	1.69	0.47
2038	43,457,207	710,354	1.66	0.48
2039	44,169,219	712,012	1.64	0.48
2040	44,882,714	713,495	1.62	0.49
2041	45,597,448	714,734	1.59	0.49
2042	46,313,072	715,624	1.57	0.50
2043	47,029,150	716,078	1.55	0.50
2044	47,745,140	715,990	1.52	0.51
2045	48,460,553	715,413	1.50	0.51
2046	49,175,069	714,516	1.47	0.52
2047	49,888,358	713,289	1.45	0.52
2048	50,599,949	711,591	1.43	0.53
2049	51,309,352	709,403	1.40	0.53
2050	52,016,125	706,773	1.38	0.53
2051	52,719,928	703,803	1.35	0.54
2052	53,420,467	700,539	1.33	0.54
2053	54,117,511	697,044	1.30	0.55
2054	54,810,821	693,310	1.28	0.55
2055	55,500,195	689,374	1.26	0.56
2056	56,185,328	685,133	1.23	0.56
2057	56,865,986	680,658	1.21	0.57
2058	57,542,030	676,044	1.19	0.57
2059	58,213,406	671,376	1.17	0.58
2060	58,879,986	666,580	1.15	0.58
2061	59,541,641	661,655	1.12	0.58
2062	60,198,119	656,478	1.10	0.59
2063	60,848,945	650,826	1.08	0.59
2064	61,493,583	644,638	1.06	0.60
2065	62,131,609	638,026	1.04	0.60
2066	62,762,631	631,022	1.02	0.61
2067	63,386,614	623,983	0.99	0.61
2068	64,003,858	617,244	0.97	0.62
2069	64,614,895	611,037	0.95	0.62
2070	65,220,016	605,121	0.94	0.62
2071	65,819,211	599,195	0.92	0.63
2072	66,412,021	592,810	0.90	0.63
2073	66,997,690	585,669	0.88	0.64
2074	67,575,234	577,544	0.86	0.64
2075	68,143,861	568,627	0.84	0.64
2076	68,703,159	559,298	0.82	0.65
2077	69,253,035	549,876	0.80	0.65
2078	69,793,463	540,428	0.78	0.66
2079	70,324,530	531,067	0.76	0.66
2080	70,846,245	521,715	0.74	0.66
2081	71,358,510	512,265	0.72	0.67
2082	71,860,992	502,482	0.70	0.67
2083	72,353,134	492,142	0.68	0.67
2084	72,834,295	481,161	0.67	0.68
2085	73,303,983	469,688	0.64	0.68
2086	73,761,907	457,924	0.62	0.69
2087	74,208,117	446,210	0.60	0.69
2088	74,642,951	434,834	0.59	0.69
2089	75,066,949	423,998	0.57	0.70
2090	75,480,463	413,514	0.55	0.70
2091	75,883,586	403,123	0.53	0.70
2092	76,276,151	392,565	0.52	0.70
2093	76,657,848	381,697	0.50	0.71
2094	77,028,329	370,481	0.48	0.71
2095	77,387,366	359,037	0.47	0.71
2096	77,734,828	347,462	0.45	0.72
2097	78,070,723	335,895	0.43	0.72
2098	78,395,220	324,497	0.42	0.72
2099	78,708,629	313,409	0.40	0.72
2100	79,011,407	302,778	0.38	0.73