Ghana · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Ghana (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Ghana? Answer: Current population of Ghana is: 34 366 584*^[1], area 239460 km², population density 143.52 p/km². Capital of Ghana is Accra. Continent: Africa.

Ghana · Population 1950-2100

Ghana · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Ghana as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Ghana population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current Ghana population

34 366 584

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 50.719 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 36.362 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 128.45 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Ghana population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 1704 / day = 70.98 / hour = 1.183 / minute = 0.0197 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 2377 / day = 99.03 / hour = 1.647 / minute = 0.0278 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 673 / day = 28.03 / hour = 0.467 / minute = 0.0078 / seconds.

Current Ghana population by age and sex for 2026-09-04*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	2 567 588	⇐+5.1%	2 441 842
5-9	2 283 491	⇐+4.7%	2 180 125
10-14	1 937 192	⇐+4.4%	1 854 874
15-19	1 641 474	⇐+4.5%	1 570 372
20-24	1 511 994	⇐+7.7%	1 403 265
25-29	1 463 937	⇐+11%	1 319 217
30-34	1 241 615	⇐+1.2%	1 227 367
35-39	1 045 999	+12.1%⇒	1 172 995
40-44	864 608	+13.9%⇒	984 850
45-49	730 670	+11.1%⇒	812 127
50-54	607 612	+7%⇒	649 994
55-59	467 662	+8.5%⇒	507 530
60-64	321 910	+23.5%⇒	397 466
65-69	215 942	+21.6%⇒	262 577
70-74	175 230	⇐+2.6%	170 806
75-79	81 058	⇐+14.5%	70 763
80-84	44 537	+28.7%⇒	57 297
85-89	21 579	+66.2%⇒	35 863
90-94	6 753	+124.4%⇒	15 152
95-99	321	+183.8%⇒	911
100+	3	+433.3%⇒	16

Sources: [1]

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).