Ghana
Population 2026
35,697,559
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.81%
- Density
- 157 per km²
- Land area
- 227,533 km²
- Capital
- Accra
- Currency
- Cedi (GHS)
- Official languages
- EN-GH, AK, EE, TW
- Urban population
- 58.9%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 903,7352026
- Deaths
- 248,7752026
- Birth rate
- 25.9per 1,000
- Death rate
- 7.0per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 3.34
- Life expectancy
- 65.7At birth, years
- Median age
- 21.6
- Net migration
- -17,079
Age distribution
- 0–1435.4%
- 15–6460.8%
- 65+3.8%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $114B
- GDP per capita
- $3.3K
- GDP growth
- +6.0%
- Inflation
- 14.2%
- Unemployment
- 3.0%
- Exports
- $29.2B
- Imports
- $28.2B
- Tourism receipts
- 0.9%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture21.3%
- Industry29.3%
- Manufacturing10.1%
- Services42.9%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture34.6%
- Industry18.3%
- Services47.2%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KumasiAshanti | 2,544,5302024 |
| 2 | AccraGreater Accra | 1,963,2642026 |
| 3 | TamaleNorthern | 464,3162023 |
| 4 | TakoradiWestern | 389,1142026 |
| 5 | SekondiWestern | 285,5062026 |
| 6 | Cape CoastCentral | 212,4262023 |
| 7 | AtsiamanGreater Accra | 202,9322026 |
| 8 | AshaimanGreater Accra | 190,9722023 |
| 9 | ObuaseAshanti | 179,6042023 |
| 10 | TemaGreater Accra | 155,7822019 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35,697,559 | 904K | 249K |
| 2020 | 31,887,802 | 875K | 237K |
| 2010 | 25,475,000 | 832K | 219K |
| 2000 | 19,637,085 | 705K | 196K |
| 1990 | 15,394,650 | 623K | 181K |
| 1980 | 11,941,451 | 527K | 180K |
| 1970 | 8,925,813 | 426K | 168K |
| 1960 | 6,961,216 | 351K | 134K |
| 1950 | 5,080,664 | 244K | 115K |