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Ghana: Population, total

Name: Ghana: Population, total
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

35.06Mpeople · 2025+22.2% since 2015

Total population. Annual figures for Ghana from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

Year	Value (people)	Note
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

Source

Published by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Population, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-total (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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