COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Ghana Population
Ghana population: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 1980, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SP.POP.TOTL| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35,06 m | 636.858 |
| 2024 | 34,43 m | 639.500 |
| 2023 | 33,79 m | 638.762 |
| 2022 | 33,15 m | 630.487 |
| 2021 | 32,52 m | 630.856 |
| 2020 | 31,89 m | 628.864 |
| 2019 | 31,26 m | 621.360 |
| 2018 | 30,64 m | 629.231 |
| 2017 | 30,01 m | 651.612 |
| 2016 | 29,36 m | 660.742 |
| 2015 | 28,70 m | 654.000 |
| 2014 | 28,04 m | 656.000 |
| 2013 | 27,39 m | 652.000 |
| 2012 | 26,73 m | 639.000 |
| 2011 | 26,10 m | 620.000 |
| 2010 | 25,48 m | 612.000 |
| 2009 | 24,86 m | 613.000 |
| 2008 | 24,25 m | 608.000 |
| 2007 | 23,64 m | 601.000 |
| 2006 | 23,04 m | 592.000 |
| 2005 | 22,45 m | 581.000 |
| 2004 | 21,87 m | 571.000 |
| 2003 | 21,30 m | 568.000 |
| 2002 | 20,73 m | 562.000 |
| 2001 | 20,17 m | 530.000 |
| 2000 | 19,64 m | 487.000 |
| 1999 | 19,15 m | 462.000 |
| 1998 | 18,69 m | 449.000 |
| 1997 | 18,24 m | 429.000 |
| 1996 | 17,81 m | 411.000 |
| 1995 | 17,40 m | 406.000 |
| 1994 | 16,99 m | 403.000 |
| 1993 | 16,59 m | 405.000 |
| 1992 | 16,19 m | 398.000 |
| 1991 | 15,79 m | 392.000 |
| 1990 | 15,40 m | 388.000 |
| 1989 | 15,01 m | 370.000 |
| 1988 | 14,64 m | 348.000 |
| 1987 | 14,29 m | 324.000 |
| 1986 | 13,97 m | 304.000 |
| 1985 | 13,66 m | 290.000 |
| 1984 | 13,37 m | 341.000 |
| 1983 | 13,03 m | 386.000 |
| 1982 | 12,64 m | 362.000 |
| 1981 | 12,28 m | 341.000 |
| 1980 | 11,94 m | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Source organization: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
Metadata fetched: 2026-08-01 01:16:07. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
1 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 19:14:22 | 1992 | 16,19 m | 16,19 m | International Monetary Fund DataMapper | 2026-07-30 21:14:22 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesGhana recorded 35,06 m people in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the population increased by 636.858.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 46 observations from 1980 to 2025, the average was 22,03 m; the minimum was 11,94 m in 1980 and the maximum was 35,06 m in 2025.
Ghana ranks 47 out of 217 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also below the available average for the Lower middle income group.
Demographic scale and market size.