Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Ghana

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Ghana in 2025 — 19.46%. Ranked 73 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 10.65 pp.

2025 19.46% +0.22 pp vs 2024
World rank 73of 121
Period maximum 19.46%2025
Period minimum 8.81%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Ghana, 1960–2025510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 8.81%1962: 9.19%1964: 9.64%1966: 10.1%1968: 10.58%1970: 10.98%1972: 11.01%1974: 11.02%1976: 11.03%1978: 11.02%1980: 11.01%1982: 11.03%1984: 11.1%1986: 11.52%1988: 11.92%1990: 12.29%1992: 12.69%1994: 13.12%1996: 13.6%1998: 14.08%2000: 14.54%2002: 14.75%2004: 15%2006: 15.28%2008: 15.6%2010: 15.98%2012: 16.39%2014: 16.84%2016: 17.36%2018: 17.97%2020: 18.38%2022: 18.81%2024: 19.24%2025: 19.46%
Change over the period: +10.65 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Ghana 19.46%
World 25.29%
Western Africa computed 17.01%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 19.46 +0.22 pp
2024 19.24 +0.22 pp
2023 19.03 +0.21 pp
2022 18.81 +0.22 pp
2021 18.6 +0.21 pp
2020 18.38 +0.21 pp
2019 18.17 +0.21 pp
2018 17.97 +0.32 pp
2017 17.65 +0.29 pp
2016 17.36 +0.26 pp
2015 17.1 +0.25 pp
2014 16.84 +0.23 pp
2013 16.61 +0.22 pp
2012 16.39 +0.21 pp
2011 16.18 +0.21 pp
2010 15.98 +0.19 pp
2009 15.78 +0.18 pp
2008 15.6 +0.17 pp
2007 15.44 +0.15 pp
2006 15.28 +0.15 pp
2005 15.14 +0.14 pp
2004 15 +0.13 pp
2003 14.87 +0.12 pp
2002 14.75 +0.1 pp
2001 14.65 +0.11 pp
2000 14.54 +0.21 pp
1999 14.33 +0.24 pp
1998 14.08 +0.24 pp
1997 13.84 +0.24 pp
1996 13.6 +0.24 pp
1995 13.36 +0.23 pp
1994 13.12 +0.22 pp
1993 12.9 +0.21 pp
1992 12.69 +0.2 pp
1991 12.49 +0.19 pp
1990 12.29 +0.19 pp
1989 12.11 +0.19 pp
1988 11.92 +0.2 pp
1987 11.72 +0.2 pp
1986 11.52 +0.21 pp
1985 11.31 +0.21 pp
1984 11.1 +0.08 pp
1983 11.02 −0.01 pp
1982 11.03 +0 pp
1981 11.02 +0.01 pp
1980 11.01 +0 pp
1979 11.01 −0.01 pp
1978 11.02 −0.01 pp
1977 11.03 −0 pp
1976 11.03 +0.01 pp
1975 11.03 +0 pp
1974 11.02 +0 pp
1973 11.02 +0.01 pp
1972 11.01 +0.01 pp
1971 11 +0.02 pp
1970 10.98 +0.16 pp
1969 10.82 +0.24 pp
1968 10.58 +0.24 pp
1967 10.34 +0.24 pp
1966 10.1 +0.23 pp
1965 9.87 +0.23 pp
1964 9.64 +0.23 pp
1963 9.41 +0.22 pp
1962 9.19 +0.21 pp
1961 8.98 +0.17 pp
1960 8.81

About the indicator

The share of a country's population living in urban agglomerations larger than one million people. The indicator separates countries with the same level of urbanization: in some the urban population is spread across many mid-sized cities, in others it is concentrated in one or two agglomerations. The highest values come from small countries with a single dominant city, where the capital agglomeration holds more than half of the country.

Important: Countries without agglomerations of this size are absent from the series rather than entered as zero. The aggregate for a group of countries is therefore calculated only where coverage is sufficient: averaging the countries that do have million-plus cities would overstate the share.

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