Population of Ghana

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	27 Sep 2024

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The current population of Ghana is 34,996,978 as of May 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Ghana is projected at 34,427,414, or 34.43 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Ghana is projected at 33,787,914, or 33.79 million people for the year 2023.

Ghana ranks 46th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Ghana is ranked 14th among 58 countries/territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Ghana population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	5,009,148	5,080,664	143,032	2.815	0.20
1951	5,152,180	5,229,124	153,888	2.943	0.21
1952	5,306,068	5,387,497	162,857	3.023	0.21
1953	5,468,925	5,553,970	170,089	3.063	0.21
1954	5,639,014	5,729,428	180,828	3.156	0.21
1955	5,819,842	5,914,923	190,163	3.215	0.22
1956	6,010,005	6,109,609	199,208	3.261	0.22
1957	6,209,213	6,312,501	206,576	3.273	0.22
1958	6,415,789	6,520,156	208,734	3.202	0.22
1959	6,624,523	6,735,541	222,035	3.297	0.23
1960	6,846,558	6,961,215	229,313	3.294	0.23
1961	7,075,871	7,162,667	173,591	2.424	0.23
1962	7,249,462	7,337,375	175,826	2.396	0.23
1963	7,425,288	7,514,714	178,852	2.380	0.24
1964	7,604,140	7,695,739	183,197	2.381	0.24
1965	7,787,337	7,882,606	190,538	2.417	0.24
1966	7,977,875	8,074,521	193,292	2.394	0.24
1967	8,171,167	8,271,913	201,492	2.436	0.24
1968	8,372,659	8,475,729	206,141	2.432	0.24
1969	8,578,800	8,690,383	223,166	2.568	0.24
1970	8,801,966	8,925,813	247,693	2.775	0.24
1971	9,049,659	9,176,264	253,210	2.760	0.24
1972	9,302,869	9,438,187	270,636	2.868	0.25
1973	9,573,505	9,714,617	282,223	2.905	0.25
1974	9,855,728	10,000,523	289,591	2.896	0.25
1975	10,145,319	10,294,308	297,979	2.895	0.25
1976	10,443,298	10,594,913	303,230	2.862	0.26
1977	10,746,528	10,911,871	330,685	3.031	0.26
1978	11,077,213	11,248,450	342,474	3.045	0.26
1979	11,419,687	11,597,255	355,137	3.062	0.27
1980	11,774,824	11,941,448	333,248	2.791	0.27
1981	12,108,072	12,281,712	347,280	2.828	0.27
1982	12,455,352	12,643,819	376,934	2.981	0.27
1983	12,832,286	13,029,836	395,101	3.033	0.28
1984	13,227,387	13,370,590	286,405	2.142	0.28
1985	13,513,792	13,661,229	294,875	2.159	0.28
1986	13,808,667	13,965,217	313,099	2.242	0.28
1987	14,121,766	14,289,108	334,683	2.342	0.28
1988	14,456,449	14,636,568	360,238	2.461	0.28
1989	14,816,687	15,006,813	380,251	2.534	0.29
1990	15,196,938	15,394,648	395,421	2.569	0.29
1991	15,592,359	15,787,496	390,274	2.472	0.29
1992	15,982,633	16,184,855	404,445	2.499	0.29
1993	16,387,078	16,589,519	404,882	2.441	0.30
1994	16,791,960	16,993,190	402,459	2.368	0.30
1995	17,194,419	17,399,017	409,195	2.352	0.30
1996	17,603,614	17,810,181	413,135	2.320	0.30
1997	18,016,749	18,238,958	444,417	2.437	0.31
1998	18,461,166	18,688,036	453,741	2.428	0.31
1999	18,914,907	19,149,864	469,915	2.454	0.31
2000	19,384,822	19,637,087	504,530	2.569	0.32
2001	19,889,352	20,167,069	555,433	2.754	0.32
2002	20,444,785	20,729,388	569,206	2.746	0.33
2003	21,013,991	21,296,705	565,428	2.655	0.33
2004	21,579,419	21,868,298	577,758	2.642	0.34
2005	22,157,177	22,449,438	584,522	2.604	0.34
2006	22,741,699	23,040,702	598,006	2.596	0.35
2007	23,339,705	23,642,279	605,148	2.560	0.35
2008	23,944,853	24,249,946	610,186	2.516	0.35
2009	24,555,039	24,862,664	615,251	2.475	0.36
2010	25,170,290	25,474,995	609,409	2.392	0.36
2011	25,779,699	26,095,088	630,778	2.417	0.37
2012	26,410,477	26,734,268	647,583	2.422	0.37
2013	27,058,060	27,386,193	656,265	2.396	0.38
2014	27,714,325	28,041,592	654,535	2.334	0.38
2015	28,368,860	28,696,068	654,415	2.281	0.38
2016	29,023,275	29,356,742	666,933	2.272	0.39
2017	29,690,208	30,008,354	636,292	2.120	0.39
2018	30,326,500	30,637,585	622,169	2.031	0.40
2019	30,948,669	31,258,945	620,552	1.985	0.40
2020	31,569,221	31,887,809	637,176	1.998	0.40
2021	32,206,397	32,518,665	624,536	1.921	0.41
2022	32,830,933	33,149,152	636,438	1.920	0.41
2023	33,467,371	33,787,914	641,086	1.897	0.42

Ghana population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	34,108,457	34,427,414	637,913	1.853	0.42
2025	34,746,370	35,064,272	635,805	1.813	0.43
2026	35,382,175	35,697,557	630,764	1.767	0.43
2027	36,012,939	36,328,263	630,648	1.736	0.43
2028	36,643,587	36,959,314	631,454	1.709	0.44
2029	37,275,041	37,589,710	629,338	1.674	0.44
2030	37,904,379	38,222,089	635,420	1.662	0.45
2031	38,539,799	38,856,803	634,008	1.632	0.45
2032	39,173,807	39,492,793	637,973	1.615	0.45
2033	39,811,780	40,132,725	641,890	1.599	0.46
2034	40,453,670	40,774,156	640,971	1.572	0.46
2035	41,094,641	41,412,554	635,827	1.535	0.47
2036	41,730,468	42,047,456	633,976	1.508	0.47
2037	42,364,444	42,682,175	635,462	1.489	0.47
2038	42,999,906	43,314,977	630,142	1.455	0.48
2039	43,630,048	43,942,859	625,621	1.424	0.48
2040	44,255,669	44,568,350	625,362	1.403	0.49
2041	44,881,031	45,190,635	619,209	1.370	0.49
2042	45,500,240	45,808,599	616,719	1.346	0.49
2043	46,116,959	46,421,965	610,012	1.314	0.50
2044	46,726,971	47,030,358	606,774	1.290	0.50
2045	47,333,745	47,634,274	601,057	1.262	0.50
2046	47,934,802	48,231,610	593,616	1.231	0.51
2047	48,528,418	48,823,459	590,082	1.209	0.51
2048	49,118,500	49,408,510	580,019	1.174	0.52
2049	49,698,519	49,984,440	571,843	1.144	0.52
2050	50,270,362	50,553,047	565,370	1.118	0.52
2051	50,835,732	51,112,490	553,515	1.083	0.53
2052	51,389,247	51,660,600	542,706	1.051	0.53
2053	51,931,953	52,200,454	537,001	1.029	0.53
2054	52,468,954	52,732,753	527,598	1.001	0.54
2055	52,996,552	53,257,057	521,010	0.978	0.54
2056	53,517,562	53,773,860	512,596	0.953	0.54
2057	54,030,158	54,281,344	502,373	0.926	0.55
2058	54,532,531	54,779,347	493,632	0.901	0.55
2059	55,026,163	55,269,089	485,852	0.879	0.55
2060	55,512,015	55,750,054	476,078	0.854	0.56
2061	55,988,093	56,223,233	470,280	0.836	0.56
2062	56,458,373	56,688,795	460,843	0.813	0.56
2063	56,919,216	57,143,823	449,213	0.786	0.57
2064	57,368,429	57,590,435	444,011	0.771	0.57
2065	57,812,440	58,027,209	429,538	0.740	0.57
2066	58,241,978	58,454,299	424,642	0.726	0.58
2067	58,666,620	58,876,561	419,882	0.713	0.58
2068	59,086,502	59,291,914	410,824	0.693	0.58
2069	59,497,326	59,695,870	397,087	0.665	0.59
2070	59,894,413	60,088,946	389,065	0.647	0.59
2071	60,283,478	60,477,744	388,532	0.642	0.59
2072	60,672,010	60,858,973	373,926	0.614	0.60
2073	61,045,936	61,229,391	366,910	0.599	0.60
2074	61,412,846	61,592,819	359,946	0.584	0.60
2075	61,772,792	61,951,859	358,134	0.578	0.60
2076	62,130,926	62,303,141	344,429	0.553	0.61
2077	62,475,355	62,642,671	334,631	0.534	0.61
2078	62,809,986	62,974,917	329,862	0.524	0.61
2079	63,139,848	63,296,773	313,850	0.496	0.62
2080	63,453,698	63,606,282	305,168	0.480	0.62
2081	63,758,866	63,905,541	293,349	0.459	0.62
2082	64,052,215	64,193,034	281,638	0.439	0.62
2083	64,333,853	64,469,403	271,100	0.421	0.63
2084	64,604,953	64,731,609	253,311	0.391	0.63
2085	64,858,264	64,981,219	245,911	0.378	0.63
2086	65,104,175	65,221,846	235,343	0.361	0.63
2087	65,339,518	65,456,512	233,989	0.357	0.64
2088	65,573,507	65,683,291	219,568	0.334	0.64
2089	65,793,075	65,897,245	208,340	0.316	0.64
2090	66,001,415	66,099,925	197,020	0.298	0.64
2091	66,198,435	66,291,458	186,046	0.281	0.65
2092	66,384,481	66,469,227	169,493	0.255	0.65
2093	66,553,974	66,634,785	161,623	0.243	0.65
2094	66,715,597	66,792,569	153,944	0.230	0.65
2095	66,869,541	66,940,848	142,613	0.213	0.65
2096	67,012,154	67,078,480	132,652	0.198	0.66
2097	67,144,806	67,208,861	128,110	0.191	0.66
2098	67,272,916	67,332,183	118,534	0.176	0.66
2099	67,391,450	67,445,746	108,592	0.161	0.66
2100	67,500,042	67,547,746	95,408	0.141	0.66