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: 34 201 513*^[1], area 239460 km², population density 142.83 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

34 201 513

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 2026-05-30*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	2 555 820	⇐+5.1%	2 430 987
5-9	2 271 619	⇐+4.7%	2 168 997
10-14	1 928 676	⇐+4.4%	1 846 717
15-19	1 636 114	⇐+4.5%	1 565 258
20-24	1 507 072	⇐+7.7%	1 399 821
25-29	1 455 728	⇐+10.7%	1 314 828
30-34	1 234 550	⇐+1%	1 222 651
35-39	1 039 931	+12.1%⇒	1 165 875
40-44	859 732	+13.8%⇒	978 458
45-49	726 323	+11.1%⇒	806 778
50-54	603 405	+7%⇒	645 518
55-59	464 425	+8.6%⇒	504 354
60-64	319 987	+23.3%⇒	394 503
65-69	215 363	+21.3%⇒	261 214
70-74	173 873	⇐+2.3%	169 910
75-79	80 751	⇐+13.2%	71 335
80-84	44 233	+29.3%⇒	57 193
85-89	21 304	+66.6%⇒	35 482
90-94	6 630	+124.3%⇒	14 870
95-99	316	+182.6%⇒	893
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).