Ghana's population rose from 17.8M in 1996 to 35.1M in 2025.
Ghana · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Ghana's population growth fell from 2.3 % in 1996 to 1.8 % in 2025.
Ghana's population density rose from 74.7 in 1994 to 148.5 in 2023.
Ghana's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.2 % in 1996 to 50.1 % in 2025.
Ghana's urbanisation rose from 40.8 % in 1996 to 58.9 % in 2025.
Ghana's urban population rose from 7.27M in 1996 to 20.7M in 2025.
Ghana's rural population rose from 10.5M in 1996 to 14.4M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.6 %46th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.5 %46th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.4 %119th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.4 %163rd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs168th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts51st of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts160th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts172nd of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.8 pts58th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts173rd of 217
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- Net migrationdown −30.2 %170th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts163rd of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +6.0 %100th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs189th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs187th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs188th of 217