Ghana | Population, total
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.
| year | value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 6742107 |
| 1961 | 6958364 |
| 1962 | 7179577 |
| 1963 | 7399678 |
| 1964 | 7610752 |
| 1965 | 7807845 |
| 1966 | 7986643 |
| 1967 | 8150359 |
| 1968 | 8310713 |
| 1969 | 8484140 |
| 1970 | 8681818 |
| 1971 | 8911291 |
| 1972 | 9167822 |
| 1973 | 9435673 |
| 1974 | 9692196 |
| 1975 | 9922663 |
| 1976 | 10119038 |
| 1977 | 10290712 |
| 1978 | 10461377 |
| 1979 | 10664342 |
| 1980 | 10922708 |
| 1981 | 11246007 |
| 1982 | 11624726 |
| 1983 | 12039663 |
| 1984 | 12462279 |
| 1985 | 12871965 |
| 1986 | 13261929 |
| 1987 | 13638708 |
| 1988 | 14010951 |
| 1989 | 14392619 |
| 1990 | 14793415 |
| 1991 | 15216133 |
| 1992 | 15655847 |
| 1993 | 16105502 |
| 1994 | 16554855 |
| 1995 | 16996901 |
| 1996 | 17429209 |
| 1997 | 17855250 |
| 1998 | 18281113 |
| 1999 | 18715676 |
| 2000 | 19165490 |
| 2001 | 19632265 |
| 2002 | 20114361 |
| 2003 | 20610897 |
| 2004 | 21119911 |
| 2005 | 21639806 |
| 2006 | 22170556 |
| 2007 | 22712403 |
| 2008 | 23264176 |
| 2009 | 23824402 |
| 2010 | 24391823 |
| 2011 | 24965816 |
| 2012 |
Ghana | Population, total
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.