# Population in Ghana

Population in Ghana was 35.06 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `gh`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/ghana
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/ghana.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=gh

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 35,064,272 |
| 2024 | 34,427,414 |
| 2023 | 33,787,914 |
| 2022 | 33,149,152 |
| 2021 | 32,518,665 |
| 2020 | 31,887,809 |
| 2019 | 31,258,945 |
| 2018 | 30,637,585 |
| 2017 | 30,008,354 |
| 2016 | 29,356,742 |
| 2015 | 28,696,068 |
| 2014 | 28,041,592 |
| 2013 | 27,386,193 |
| 2012 | 26,734,268 |
| 2011 | 26,095,088 |
| 2010 | 25,474,995 |
| 2009 | 24,862,664 |
| 2008 | 24,249,946 |
| 2007 | 23,642,279 |
| 2006 | 23,040,702 |
| 2005 | 22,449,438 |
| 2004 | 21,868,298 |
| 2003 | 21,296,705 |
| 2002 | 20,729,388 |
| 2001 | 20,167,069 |
| 2000 | 19,637,087 |
| 1999 | 19,149,864 |
| 1998 | 18,688,036 |
| 1997 | 18,238,958 |
| 1996 | 17,810,181 |
| 1995 | 17,399,017 |
| 1994 | 16,993,190 |
| 1993 | 16,589,519 |
| 1992 | 16,184,855 |
| 1991 | 15,787,496 |
| 1990 | 15,394,648 |
| 1989 | 15,006,813 |
| 1988 | 14,636,568 |
| 1987 | 14,289,108 |
| 1986 | 13,965,217 |
| 1985 | 13,661,229 |
| 1984 | 13,370,590 |
| 1983 | 13,029,836 |
| 1982 | 12,643,819 |
| 1981 | 12,281,712 |
| 1980 | 11,941,448 |
| 1979 | 11,597,255 |
| 1978 | 11,248,450 |
| 1977 | 10,911,871 |
| 1976 | 10,594,913 |
| 1975 | 10,294,308 |
| 1974 | 10,000,523 |
| 1973 | 9,714,617 |
| 1972 | 9,438,187 |
| 1971 | 9,176,264 |
| 1970 | 8,925,813 |
| 1969 | 8,690,383 |
| 1968 | 8,475,729 |
| 1967 | 8,271,913 |
| 1966 | 8,074,521 |
| 1965 | 7,882,606 |
| 1964 | 7,695,739 |
| 1963 | 7,514,714 |
| 1962 | 7,337,375 |
| 1961 | 7,162,667 |
| 1960 | 6,961,215 |