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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Ghana
Records
53
Source
Ghana | Population, total
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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Ghana
Records
53
Source