Ghana population
Ghana: 35.1 million people in 2025 (35,064,272), 47th of 217 countries and areas — and 50.6 million projected for 2050.
Compare Ghana with another country
Where it stands
In 2025 Ghana has 35,064,272 people, which is 0.43% of the 8.19 billion counted across the 217 countries and areas on this site. That puts it 47th by population, behind Mozambique and ahead of Peru.
Since 1960
In 1960 the figure was 6,961,215. Since then the population has grown 5.04×, an average of 2.52% a year upward. It doubled at some point along the way — the year it first reached 13,922,430 was 1986.
The projection keeps rising to the end of the data: 50,553,047 in 2050, 44.2% above 2025. The highest figure on this page is that last one, so no peak has been reached yet.
The ranking in 2050
In 2050 the projected rank is 42nd, up 5 places from 47th. Rankings move when other countries grow faster or slower, not only when Ghana changes.
People and land
Ghana covers 227,533 km² of land, so 2025 density is 154 people per km² — 75th most crowded of 216 places with an area figure. At that density a square 10 km on a side holds about 15,411 people.
The fertility rate was 3.34 births per woman in 2024, well above replacement level; life expectancy at birth was 65.7 years (2024); 35.4% of people were under 15 and 3.8% were 65 or older (2025); 59% of the population lived in cities. These shape the curve above: a young population keeps growing after fertility falls, an old one starts shrinking sooner.
Its nearest neighbours in the ranking are Mozambique just above, with 35.6 million (1.02× as many), and Peru just below, with 34.6 million (1.01× as many as Peru has).
How the numbers are taken. Total population from the World Bank's population estimates and projections (built from United Nations and national statistics). Values to 2025 are estimates; 2026–2050 are projections that continue current fertility, mortality and migration trends. Sources and limits.