Male population — all countries

Male population — Ghana

Male population in Ghana in 2025 — 17,509,380 people. Ranked 46 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 392.1%.

2025 17.51M people +1.83% vs 2024
World rank 46of 217
Period maximum 17.51M people2025
Period minimum 3.56M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Ghana, 1960–202505M10M15M20M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3,558,232 people1962: 3,728,849 people1964: 3,887,416 people1966: 4,057,908 people1968: 4,240,924 people1970: 4,451,938 people1972: 4,707,532 people1974: 4,986,217 people1976: 5,281,364 people1978: 5,598,383 people1980: 5,935,898 people1982: 6,291,269 people1984: 6,646,847 people1986: 6,942,914 people1988: 7,278,532 people1990: 7,659,160 people1992: 8,057,679 people1994: 8,462,561 people1996: 8,862,942 people1998: 9,300,774 people2000: 9,776,449 people2002: 10,328,145 people2004: 10,903,249 people2006: 11,495,055 people2008: 12,105,190 people2010: 12,722,558 people2012: 13,355,706 people2014: 14,011,629 people2016: 14,670,408 people2018: 15,311,203 people2020: 15,934,246 people2022: 16,560,812 people2024: 17,194,242 people2025: 17,509,380 people
Change over the period: +13.95M (+392.08%) Average annual rate: 2.48 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ghana

Ghana 17.51M people
World 4.13B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 659M people
Western Africa computed 235M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.66B people
Male population — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 17.51M +315,138 +1.83%
2024 17.19M +316,697 +1.88%
2023 16.88M +316,733 +1.91%
2022 16.56M +313,225 +1.93%
2021 16.25M +313,341 +1.97%
2020 15.93M +312,816 +2%
2019 15.62M +310,227 +2.03%
2018 15.31M +314,641 +2.1%
2017 15M +326,154 +2.22%
2016 14.67M +330,909 +2.31%
2015 14.34M +327,870 +2.34%
2014 14.01M +328,614 +2.4%
2013 13.68M +327,309 +2.45%
2012 13.36M +321,165 +2.46%
2011 13.03M +311,983 +2.45%
2010 12.72M +308,515 +2.49%
2009 12.41M +308,853 +2.55%
2008 12.11M +306,480 +2.6%
2007 11.8M +303,655 +2.64%
2006 11.5M +298,499 +2.67%
2005 11.2M +293,307 +2.69%
2004 10.9M +288,548 +2.72%
2003 10.61M +286,556 +2.77%
2002 10.33M +284,116 +2.83%
2001 10.04M +267,580 +2.74%
2000 9.78M +244,720 +2.57%
1999 9.53M +230,955 +2.48%
1998 9.3M +224,785 +2.48%
1997 9.08M +213,047 +2.4%
1996 8.86M +202,071 +2.33%
1995 8.66M +198,310 +2.34%
1994 8.46M +200,361 +2.43%
1993 8.26M +204,521 +2.54%
1992 8.06M +200,577 +2.55%
1991 7.86M +197,942 +2.58%
1990 7.66M +194,961 +2.61%
1989 7.46M +185,667 +2.55%
1988 7.28M +173,878 +2.45%
1987 7.1M +161,740 +2.33%
1986 6.94M +151,446 +2.23%
1985 6.79M +144,621 +2.18%
1984 6.65M +167,098 +2.58%
1983 6.48M +188,480 +3%
1982 6.29M +181,323 +2.97%
1981 6.11M +174,048 +2.93%
1980 5.94M +170,367 +2.95%
1979 5.77M +167,148 +2.99%
1978 5.6M +161,737 +2.97%
1977 5.44M +155,282 +2.94%
1976 5.28M +149,509 +2.91%
1975 5.13M +145,638 +2.92%
1974 4.99M +141,559 +2.92%
1973 4.84M +137,126 +2.91%
1972 4.71M +131,587 +2.88%
1971 4.58M +124,007 +2.79%
1970 4.45M +111,806 +2.58%
1969 4.34M +99,208 +2.34%
1968 4.24M +93,231 +2.25%
1967 4.15M +89,785 +2.21%
1966 4.06M +86,742 +2.18%
1965 3.97M +83,750 +2.15%
1964 3.89M +80,315 +2.11%
1963 3.81M +78,252 +2.1%
1962 3.73M +76,769 +2.1%
1961 3.65M +93,848 +2.64%
1960 3.56M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.