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Ghana

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
35,064,272 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 32,833,031in 2021[4]
Land area
227,533 km²[5]
Total area
238,535 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Ivory Coast, Togo, Burkina Faso[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official names

Parts of Ghana

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202535.1M

6,961,215 in 1960, 35,064,272 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19606,961,215
19617,162,667
19627,337,375
19637,514,714
19647,695,739
19657,882,606
19668,074,521
19678,271,913
19688,475,729
19698,690,383
19708,925,813
19719,176,264
19729,438,187
19739,714,617
197410,000,523
197510,294,308
197610,594,913
197710,911,871
197811,248,450
197911,597,255
198011,941,448
198112,281,712
198212,643,819
198313,029,836
198413,370,590
198513,661,229
198613,965,217
198714,289,108
198814,636,568
198915,006,813
199015,394,648
199115,787,496
199216,184,855
199316,589,519
199416,993,190
199517,399,017
199617,810,181
199718,238,958
199818,688,036
199919,149,864
200019,637,087
200120,167,069
200220,729,388
200321,296,705
200421,868,298
200522,449,438
200623,040,702
200723,642,279
200824,249,946
200924,862,664
201025,474,995
201126,095,088
201226,734,268
201327,386,193
201428,041,592
201528,696,068
201629,356,742
201730,008,354
201830,637,585
201931,258,945
202031,887,809
202132,518,665
202233,149,152
202333,787,914
202434,427,414
202535,064,272

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
GH[15]
ISO alpha-3
GHA[16]
ISO numeric
288[17]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Ghana (Q117), capital: Accra (revision 2562960086) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Ghana (Q117), population (revision 2562960086) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Ghana (Q117), area (revision 2562960086) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Ghana (Q117), official language: English (revision 2562960086) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Ghana (Q117), currency: Ghana cedi (revision 2562960086) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Ghana (Q117), continent: Africa (revision 2562960086) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Ghana (Q117), official name (revision 2562960086) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Ghana (Q117), official name (revision 2562960086) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Ghana (Q117), official name (revision 2562960086) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  14. Wikidata: Ghana (Q117), official name (revision 2562960086) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Ghana (Q117), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562960086) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Ghana (Q117), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562960086) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Ghana (Q117), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562960086) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Ghana.svg, Public domain, Theodosia Okoh, via Wikimedia Commons.