Population of Ghana
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 23 Aug 2021 |
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
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |