Population of Ghana

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	19 Aug 2025

The current population of Ghana is 35,202,262 as of September 19, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Ghana is projected at 35,064,272, or 35.06 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Ghana is projected at 34,427,414, or 34.43 million people, for the year 2024.

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.

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	0.422
2025	34,746,370	35,064,272	635,805	1.813	0.426
2026	35,382,175	35,697,557	630,764	1.767	0.430
2027	36,012,939	36,328,263	630,648	1.736	0.434
2028	36,643,587	36,959,314	631,454	1.709	0.438
2029	37,275,041	37,589,710	629,338	1.674	0.442
2030	37,904,379	38,222,089	635,420	1.662	0.446
2031	38,539,799	38,856,803	634,008	1.632	0.450
2032	39,173,807	39,492,793	637,973	1.615	0.454
2033	39,811,780	40,132,725	641,890	1.599	0.458
2034	40,453,670	40,774,156	640,971	1.572	0.462
2035	41,094,641	41,412,554	635,827	1.535	0.466
2036	41,730,468	42,047,456	633,976	1.508	0.470
2037	42,364,444	42,682,175	635,462	1.489	0.474
2038	42,999,906	43,314,977	630,142	1.455	0.478
2039	43,630,048	43,942,859	625,621	1.424	0.482
2040	44,255,669	44,568,350	625,362	1.403	0.486
2041	44,881,031	45,190,635	619,209	1.370	0.489
2042	45,500,240	45,808,599	616,719	1.346	0.493
2043	46,116,959	46,421,965	610,012	1.314	0.497
2044	46,726,971	47,030,358	606,774	1.290	0.501
2045	47,333,745	47,634,274	601,057	1.262	0.505
2046	47,934,802	48,231,610	593,616	1.231	0.508
2047	48,528,418	48,823,459	590,082	1.209	0.512
2048	49,118,500	49,408,510	580,019	1.174	0.516
2049	49,698,519	49,984,440	571,843	1.144	0.519
2050	50,270,362	50,553,047	565,370	1.118	0.523
2051	50,835,732	51,112,490	553,515	1.083	0.527
2052	51,389,247	51,660,600	542,706	1.051	0.530
2053	51,931,953	52,200,454	537,001	1.029	0.534
2054	52,468,954	52,732,753	527,598	1.001	0.537
2055	52,996,552	53,257,057	521,010	0.978	0.541
2056	53,517,562	53,773,860	512,596	0.953	0.544
2057	54,030,158	54,281,344	502,373	0.926	0.548
2058	54,532,531	54,779,347	493,632	0.901	0.551
2059	55,026,163	55,269,089	485,852	0.879	0.555
2060	55,512,015	55,750,054	476,078	0.854	0.558
2061	55,988,093	56,223,233	470,280	0.836	0.561
2062	56,458,373	56,688,795	460,843	0.813	0.565
2063	56,919,216	57,143,823	449,213	0.786	0.568
2064	57,368,429	57,590,435	444,011	0.771	0.571
2065	57,812,440	58,027,209	429,538	0.740	0.574
2066	58,241,978	58,454,299	424,642	0.726	0.578
2067	58,666,620	58,876,561	419,882	0.713	0.581
2068	59,086,502	59,291,914	410,824	0.693	0.584
2069	59,497,326	59,695,870	397,087	0.665	0.587
2070	59,894,413	60,088,946	389,065	0.647	0.590
2071	60,283,478	60,477,744	388,532	0.642	0.593
2072	60,672,010	60,858,973	373,926	0.614	0.596
2073	61,045,936	61,229,391	366,910	0.599	0.599
2074	61,412,846	61,592,819	359,946	0.584	0.601
2075	61,772,792	61,951,859	358,134	0.578	0.604
2076	62,130,926	62,303,141	344,429	0.553	0.607
2077	62,475,355	62,642,671	334,631	0.534	0.610
2078	62,809,986	62,974,917	329,862	0.524	0.613
2079	63,139,848	63,296,773	313,850	0.496	0.616
2080	63,453,698	63,606,282	305,168	0.480	0.619
2081	63,758,866	63,905,541	293,349	0.459	0.621
2082	64,052,215	64,193,034	281,638	0.439	0.624
2083	64,333,853	64,469,403	271,100	0.421	0.627
2084	64,604,953	64,731,609	253,311	0.391	0.629
2085	64,858,264	64,981,219	245,911	0.378	0.632
2086	65,104,175	65,221,846	235,343	0.361	0.634
2087	65,339,518	65,456,512	233,989	0.357	0.636
2088	65,573,507	65,683,291	219,568	0.334	0.639
2089	65,793,075	65,897,245	208,340	0.316	0.641
2090	66,001,415	66,099,925	197,020	0.298	0.644
2091	66,198,435	66,291,458	186,046	0.281	0.646
2092	66,384,481	66,469,227	169,493	0.255	0.648
2093	66,553,974	66,634,785	161,623	0.243	0.650
2094	66,715,597	66,792,569	153,944	0.230	0.652
2095	66,869,541	66,940,848	142,613	0.213	0.654
2096	67,012,154	67,078,480	132,652	0.198	0.656
2097	67,144,806	67,208,861	128,110	0.191	0.658
2098	67,272,916	67,332,183	118,534	0.176	0.660
2099	67,391,450	67,445,746	108,592	0.161	0.662
2100	67,500,042	67,547,746	95,408	0.141	0.664

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	0.204
1951	5,152,180	5,229,124	153,888	2.943	0.206
1952	5,306,068	5,387,497	162,857	3.023	0.208
1953	5,468,925	5,553,970	170,089	3.063	0.211
1954	5,639,014	5,729,428	180,828	3.156	0.213
1955	5,819,842	5,914,923	190,163	3.215	0.216
1956	6,010,005	6,109,609	199,208	3.261	0.219
1957	6,209,213	6,312,501	206,576	3.273	0.221
1958	6,415,789	6,520,156	208,734	3.202	0.224
1959	6,624,523	6,735,541	222,035	3.297	0.227
1960	6,846,558	6,961,215	229,313	3.294	0.231
1961	7,075,871	7,162,667	173,591	2.424	0.234
1962	7,249,462	7,337,375	175,826	2.396	0.235
1963	7,425,288	7,514,714	178,852	2.380	0.235
1964	7,604,140	7,695,739	183,197	2.381	0.236
1965	7,787,337	7,882,606	190,538	2.417	0.236
1966	7,977,875	8,074,521	193,292	2.394	0.237
1967	8,171,167	8,271,913	201,492	2.436	0.238
1968	8,372,659	8,475,729	206,141	2.432	0.239
1969	8,578,800	8,690,383	223,166	2.568	0.240
1970	8,801,966	8,925,813	247,693	2.775	0.242
1971	9,049,659	9,176,264	253,210	2.760	0.243
1972	9,302,869	9,438,187	270,636	2.868	0.245
1973	9,573,505	9,714,617	282,223	2.905	0.248
1974	9,855,728	10,000,523	289,591	2.896	0.250
1975	10,145,319	10,294,308	297,979	2.895	0.253
1976	10,443,298	10,594,913	303,230	2.862	0.256
1977	10,746,528	10,911,871	330,685	3.031	0.259
1978	11,077,213	11,248,450	342,474	3.045	0.262
1979	11,419,687	11,597,255	355,137	3.062	0.265
1980	11,774,824	11,941,448	333,248	2.791	0.268
1981	12,108,072	12,281,712	347,280	2.828	0.271
1982	12,455,352	12,643,819	376,934	2.981	0.274
1983	12,832,286	13,029,836	395,101	3.033	0.277
1984	13,227,387	13,370,590	286,405	2.142	0.280
1985	13,513,792	13,661,229	294,875	2.159	0.281
1986	13,808,667	13,965,217	313,099	2.242	0.282
1987	14,121,766	14,289,108	334,683	2.342	0.283
1988	14,456,449	14,636,568	360,238	2.461	0.285
1989	14,816,687	15,006,813	380,251	2.534	0.287
1990	15,196,938	15,394,648	395,421	2.569	0.289
1991	15,592,359	15,787,496	390,274	2.472	0.291
1992	15,982,633	16,184,855	404,445	2.499	0.294
1993	16,387,078	16,589,519	404,882	2.441	0.297
1994	16,791,960	16,993,190	402,459	2.368	0.299
1995	17,194,419	17,399,017	409,195	2.352	0.302
1996	17,603,614	17,810,181	413,135	2.320	0.305
1997	18,016,749	18,238,958	444,417	2.437	0.308
1998	18,461,166	18,688,036	453,741	2.428	0.311
1999	18,914,907	19,149,864	469,915	2.454	0.314
2000	19,384,822	19,637,087	504,530	2.569	0.318
2001	19,889,352	20,167,069	555,433	2.754	0.322
2002	20,444,785	20,729,388	569,206	2.746	0.327
2003	21,013,991	21,296,705	565,428	2.655	0.332
2004	21,579,419	21,868,298	577,758	2.642	0.336
2005	22,157,177	22,449,438	584,522	2.604	0.341
2006	22,741,699	23,040,702	598,006	2.596	0.345
2007	23,339,705	23,642,279	605,148	2.560	0.350
2008	23,944,853	24,249,946	610,186	2.516	0.354
2009	24,555,039	24,862,664	615,251	2.475	0.359
2010	25,170,290	25,474,995	609,409	2.392	0.363
2011	25,779,699	26,095,088	630,778	2.417	0.367
2012	26,410,477	26,734,268	647,583	2.422	0.371
2013	27,058,060	27,386,193	656,265	2.396	0.376
2014	27,714,325	28,041,592	654,535	2.334	0.380
2015	28,368,860	28,696,068	654,415	2.281	0.384
2016	29,023,275	29,356,742	666,933	2.272	0.388
2017	29,690,208	30,008,354	636,292	2.120	0.392
2018	30,326,500	30,637,585	622,169	2.031	0.396
2019	30,948,669	31,258,945	620,552	1.985	0.400
2020	31,569,221	31,887,809	637,176	1.998	0.404
2021	32,206,397	32,518,665	624,536	1.921	0.409
2022	32,830,933	33,149,152	636,438	1.920	0.413
2023	33,467,371	33,787,914	641,086	1.897	0.418