Demographic profile
Ghana is the 47th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.43% of everyone alive. Within Western Africa, it ranks 2 of 16.
Each day brings roughly 2,651 births and 677 deaths, adding about 720,988 people over a year. At the current natural-increase rate of 2.01% annually, the population would double in roughly 35 years if the rate held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Oti, holding an estimated 24.7% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 16 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 80.4% and adult smoking prevalence around 3.5%, with life expectancy at about 57.4 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Ghana in 2026? Approximately 35,866,212 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Ghana growing? About 2.01% per year — roughly 2,651 births and 677 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Ghana? Around 0.43% — ranked 47 worldwide by population.