Demographics of Ghana

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date14 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.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Ghana population

Year Population Growth (%)
19505,077,5962.70
19555,887,1633.15
19606,911,5103.25
19657,827,7262.44
19708,861,8952.76
197510,209,8482.90
198011,865,2462.86
198513,651,4432.28
199015,446,9822.59
199517,438,8742.31
200019,665,5022.57
200522,496,9512.66
201025,574,7192.42
201528,870,9392.35
202032,180,4012.06
202132,833,0311.96
202233,475,8701.92
202334,121,9851.90
202434,777,5221.90
  • Total
  • Crude

Ghana death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950114,495237,14722.57846.764
1955122,244298,29520.77550.695
1960131,212343,97418.99849.804
1965146,189375,73518.62847.878
1970163,373418,39618.42247.179
1975167,687463,67916.42145.408
1980179,403532,32215.11144.838
1985189,115607,58113.79844.329
1990177,795624,63511.49240.372
1995186,417631,59110.67636.171
2000195,201705,6249.92235.865
2005208,014784,7179.24734.885
2010220,690844,3488.62633.004
2015224,502915,9887.77331.713
2020239,693902,2987.44828.038
2021250,471904,6797.62727.548
2022253,955906,6777.58527.080
2023250,410909,9137.33726.662
2024239,728911,2996.89226.199
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Ghana

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950769,2424,211,63315.444
19551,084,3054,596,10519.089
19601,546,7915,105,49623.252
19652,009,9265,700,62326.067
19702,489,5336,107,45028.958
19752,954,2266,877,18130.049
19803,366,2227,435,80631.163
19854,183,1038,533,12532.896
19905,330,6999,297,56136.441
19956,727,64310,032,82440.140
20008,319,63010,619,13243.929
200510,191,11011,350,89947.308
201012,430,77912,081,32550.713
201514,918,45512,664,36654.086
202017,625,56713,108,18857.349
202118,192,30113,181,75157.985
202218,767,20513,250,62058.615
202319,350,12113,314,94859.238
202419,940,84213,374,86659.854
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  • Gender ratio

Ghana population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
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