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Population growth — Ghana

Population growth in Ghana in 2025 — 1.83%. Ranked 58 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 1.02 pp.

2025 1.83% −0.04 pp vs 2024
World rank 58of 217
Period maximum 3.05%1979
Period minimum 1.83%2025

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Ghana, 1961–20251.522.533.519611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.85%1963: 2.39%1965: 2.4%1967: 2.42%1969: 2.5%1971: 2.77%1973: 2.89%1975: 2.9%1977: 2.95%1979: 3.05%1981: 2.81%1983: 3.01%1985: 2.15%1987: 2.29%1989: 2.5%1991: 2.52%1993: 2.47%1995: 2.36%1997: 2.38%1999: 2.44%2001: 2.66%2003: 2.7%2005: 2.62%2007: 2.58%2009: 2.5%2011: 2.4%2013: 2.41%2015: 2.31%2017: 2.2%2019: 2.01%2021: 1.96%2023: 1.91%2025: 1.83%
Change over the period: −1.02 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Ghana 1.83%
World 0.91%
Sub-Saharan Africa 2.43%
Western Africa computed 2.23%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.25%
Population growth — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 1.83 −0.04 pp
2024 1.88 −0.03 pp
2023 1.91 −0.01 pp
2022 1.92 −0.04 pp
2021 1.96 −0.03 pp
2020 1.99 −0.02 pp
2019 2.01 −0.07 pp
2018 2.08 −0.12 pp
2017 2.2 −0.08 pp
2016 2.28 −0.03 pp
2015 2.31 −0.06 pp
2014 2.36 −0.04 pp
2013 2.41 −0.01 pp
2012 2.42 +0.01 pp
2011 2.4 −0.03 pp
2010 2.43 −0.06 pp
2009 2.5 −0.04 pp
2008 2.54 −0.04 pp
2007 2.58 −0.02 pp
2006 2.6 −0.02 pp
2005 2.62 −0.03 pp
2004 2.65 −0.05 pp
2003 2.7 −0.05 pp
2002 2.75 +0.09 pp
2001 2.66 +0.15 pp
2000 2.51 +0.07 pp
1999 2.44 +0.01 pp
1998 2.43 +0.05 pp
1997 2.38 +0.04 pp
1996 2.34 −0.02 pp
1995 2.36 −0.04 pp
1994 2.4 −0.07 pp
1993 2.47 −0.02 pp
1992 2.49 −0.03 pp
1991 2.52 −0.03 pp
1990 2.55 +0.05 pp
1989 2.5 +0.1 pp
1988 2.4 +0.11 pp
1987 2.29 +0.09 pp
1986 2.2 +0.05 pp
1985 2.15 −0.43 pp
1984 2.58 −0.43 pp
1983 3.01 +0.1 pp
1982 2.91 +0.1 pp
1981 2.81 −0.12 pp
1980 2.92 −0.13 pp
1979 3.05 +0.02 pp
1978 3.04 +0.09 pp
1977 2.95 +0.07 pp
1976 2.88 −0.02 pp
1975 2.9 −0.01 pp
1974 2.9 +0.01 pp
1973 2.89 +0.07 pp
1972 2.81 +0.05 pp
1971 2.77 +0.09 pp
1970 2.67 +0.17 pp
1969 2.5 +0.07 pp
1968 2.43 +0.02 pp
1967 2.42 +0.01 pp
1966 2.41 +0.01 pp
1965 2.4 +0.02 pp
1964 2.38 −0.01 pp
1963 2.39 −0.02 pp
1962 2.41 −0.44 pp
1961 2.85 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NE Niger 3.22 ML Mali 2.9 MR Mauritania 2.78 CI Côte d'Ivoire 2.4 BJ Benin 2.4 GN Guinea 2.31 SN Senegal 2.3 GM Gambia 2.23 BF Burkina Faso 2.21 TG Togo 2.18 GW Guinea-Bissau 2.16 LR Liberia 2.09 NG Nigeria 2.06 SL Sierra Leone 2.04 GH Ghana 1.83 CV Cabo Verde 0.47
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About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

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

Other indicators for Ghana

Demography Population

Resident population of every country as of mid-year — series from 1960 onward.

Ghana by year Demography Total fertility rate

How many children one woman would bear on average if current age-specific fertility held.

Ghana by year Demography Net migration

The difference between the number of arrivals and departures over a five-year period.

Ghana by year Demography Crude birth rate

Live births per 1,000 people of population per year.

Ghana by year
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