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: 33 642 964*^[1], area 239460 km², population density 140.5 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

33 642 964

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 2025-07-06*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	2 516 000	⇐+5.1%	2 394 255
5-9	2 231 449	⇐+4.7%	2 131 344
10-14	1 899 862	⇐+4.4%	1 819 116
15-19	1 617 978	⇐+4.5%	1 547 956
20-24	1 490 416	⇐+7.4%	1 388 169
25-29	1 427 949	⇐+9.8%	1 299 977
30-34	1 210 645	⇐+0.3%	1 206 695
35-39	1 019 397	+12%⇒	1 141 782
40-44	843 233	+13.5%⇒	956 829
45-49	711 614	+10.8%⇒	788 678
50-54	589 169	+7%⇒	630 370
55-59	453 472	+8.9%⇒	493 606
60-64	313 481	+22.6%⇒	384 481
65-69	213 404	+20.2%⇒	256 603
70-74	169 282	⇐+1.4%	166 880
75-79	79 711	⇐+8.8%	73 274
80-84	43 203	+31.6%⇒	56 842
85-89	20 372	+67.8%⇒	34 191
90-94	6 215	+124%⇒	13 919
95-99	298	+179.5%⇒	833
100+	3	+400%⇒	15

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).