🇬🇭Ghana

Accra

Africa

Lower middle income

GHA

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Population

35.1M

1.8%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

3.34

births/woman

Life Expectancy

65.7y

GDP / capita

$3.3K

Pop. Growth

1.83%

Net Migration

-17.1K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Ghana by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇹🇬Togo116K(25.6%)

+58%

🇳🇬Nigeria90.1K(19.9%)

+58%

🇨🇮

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male17.5MTotal 35.1M17.6MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

1.8

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇧🇫Burkina Faso75.3K(16.6%)

+55%

🇱🇷Liberia39K(8.6%)

+58%

🇧🇯Benin22.1K(4.9%)

+58%

🇳🇪Niger7.8K(1.7%)

+58%

🇲🇱Mali6.6K(1.5%)

+58%

🇸🇱Sierra Leone3.1K(0.7%)

+58%

🇬🇲Gambia, The2.1K(0.5%)

+58%

🇬🇧United Kingdom1.8K(0.4%)

+58%

🇱🇧Lebanon1.3K(0.3%)

+58%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Ghana diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Ghana who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇺🇸United States258.4K(24.5%)

+104%

🇳🇬Nigeria255.5K(24.2%)

+39%

🇬🇧United Kingdom154.8K(14.7%)

+68%

🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire97.3K(9.2%)

+0%

🇮🇹Italy48.8K(4.6%)

+37%

🇹🇬Togo47.6K(4.5%)

+11%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso34.2K(3.2%)

+11%

🇨🇦Canada26.4K(2.5%)

+23%

🇪🇸Spain24.2K(2.3%)

+63%

🇧🇯Benin17.2K(1.6%)

+43%

🇳🇱Netherlands16.8K(1.6%)

+26%

🇧🇪Belgium12.8K(1.2%)

+94%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024