Demographics of Ghana

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Ghana is projected at 31.73 million, up by 2.12% compared with 31.07 million in 2020. Ghana is ranked 47th in terms of population and 47th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.9 million births in Ghana in 2021. That is 2,456 per day, which is ranked 33rd. The crude birth rate is 28.23 per 1000 people. There are 0.22 million deaths in Ghana in 2021. That is 616 per day, which is ranked 44th. The crude death rate is 7.08 per 1000 people.

18.2 million people are living in urban areas, which is 57.99% of Ghana population. Ghana is ranked 132nd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Ghana in 2021 is 102.81 males per 100 females. There are 16.09 million males and 15.65 million females in Ghana. The percentage of female population is 49.31% compare to 50.69% male population. Ghana has 0.44 million more males than females. Ghana is at 174th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Ghana population

Year Population Growth (%)
19505,036,151-
19555,730,5922.91
19606,635,2293.11
19657,739,4632.86
19708,735,4932.53
19759,985,9462.43
198011,056,1122.32
198512,783,6173.05
199014,773,2742.93
199517,014,0582.73
200019,278,8502.48
200521,814,6482.55
201024,779,6142.52
201527,849,2032.29
201628,481,9472.27
201729,121,4642.25
201829,767,1082.22
201930,417,8582.19
202031,072,9452.15
202131,732,1282.12
  • Total
  • Crude

Ghana death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950112,549223,90921.9743.78
1955115,562262,80420.0845.71
1960123,164315,50518.4647.32
1965132,453366,89817.1847.63
1970140,670406,31215.9946.23
1975146,542437,75314.7744.13
1980153,132477,80513.6942.76
1985160,415537,11112.5341.95
1990161,552592,53210.9340.04
1995176,107642,54510.3237.77
2000201,043688,76410.4035.67
2005206,372736,2079.4533.64
2010207,388803,0538.3632.38
2015213,577855,8807.6630.71
2020222,224889,2917.1428.60
2021224,967896,3087.0828.23
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Ghana

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950769,2424,211,633-15.444
19551,084,3054,596,1057.5919.089
19601,546,7915,105,4966.8923.252
19652,009,9265,700,6234.9626.067
19702,489,5336,107,4504.1228.958
19752,954,2266,877,1813.1230.049
19803,366,2227,435,8063.1331.163
19854,183,1038,533,1255.4932.896
19905,330,6999,297,5614.8536.441
19956,727,64310,032,8244.5940.140
20008,319,63010,619,1324.2643.929
200510,191,11011,350,8994.1447.308
201012,430,77912,081,3253.9450.713
201514,918,45512,664,3663.5854.086
202017,625,56713,108,1883.2757.349
202118,192,30113,181,7513.2257.985
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Ghana population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 2,142,389 2,053,174 4,195,563 13.22 104.345
05-09 2,018,890 1,935,090 3,953,980 12.46 104.331
10-14 1,815,291 1,740,522 3,555,813 11.21 104.296
15-19 1,630,507 1,560,763 3,191,270 10.06 104.469
20-24 1,487,312 1,421,876 2,909,188 9.17 104.602
25-29 1,325,326 1,265,262 2,590,588 8.16 104.747
30-34 1,184,731 1,131,661 2,316,392 7.30 104.690
35-39 1,010,226 973,493 1,983,719 6.25 103.773
40-44 845,441 824,665 1,670,106 5.26 102.519
45-49 722,153 714,727 1,436,880 4.53 101.039
50-54 609,679 611,904 1,221,583 3.85 99.636
55-59 484,628 498,197 982,825 3.10 97.276
60-64 340,551 365,070 705,621 2.22 93.284
65-69 210,375 235,309 445,684 1.40 89.404
70-74 140,246 162,766 303,012 0.95 86.164
75-79 74,270 93,040 167,310 0.53 79.826
80-84 31,560 41,890 73,450 0.23 75.340
85-89 10,130 13,818 23,948 0.08 73.310
90-94 1,957 2,765 4,722 0.01 70.778
95-99 182 275 457 0.00 66.182
100+ 6 11 17 0.00 54.545
Total 16,085,850 15,646,278 31,732,128 102.809