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: 34 174 059*^[1], area 239460 km², population density 142.71 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

34 174 059

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 2026-05-14*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	2 553 863	⇐+5.1%	2 429 181
5-9	2 269 645	⇐+4.7%	2 167 146
10-14	1 927 260	⇐+4.4%	1 845 360
15-19	1 635 222	⇐+4.5%	1 564 408
20-24	1 506 253	⇐+7.6%	1 399 248
25-29	1 454 362	⇐+10.7%	1 314 098
30-34	1 233 375	⇐+0.9%	1 221 867
35-39	1 038 921	+12.1%⇒	1 164 690
40-44	858 921	+13.8%⇒	977 395
45-49	725 600	+11.1%⇒	805 889
50-54	602 705	+7%⇒	644 773
55-59	463 887	+8.6%⇒	503 826
60-64	319 667	+23.3%⇒	394 011
65-69	215 267	+21.2%⇒	260 988
70-74	173 647	⇐+2.3%	169 761
75-79	80 700	⇐+13%	71 431
80-84	44 182	+29.4%⇒	57 176
85-89	21 258	+66.6%⇒	35 418
90-94	6 610	+124.3%⇒	14 824
95-99	315	+182.5%⇒	890
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).