Ghana's population is estimated by the United Nations to be 34.1 million in 2021.
The population of Ghana grew at 2.1% in the last year and is ranked the 13th most populated country in Africa, ahead of Mozambique.
Ghana last conducted a national census in 2021 and 70.6% of births in Ghana are recorded. Read more from the World Econcomics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Ghana compares to other countries around the world and in the Africa region.
Ghana's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.
Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C., Eurostat, Luxembourg and World Economics Research, London