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🇬🇭 Ghana

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3GHA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2GH
UN M49 numeric288
IOC codeGHA
Official nameRepublic of Ghana
Native name(s)eng: official: Republic of Ghana; common: Ghana
Alt spellingsGH
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionWestern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalAccra
Area (km²)238,533
Lat / Lng8.0000, -2.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)BFA, CIV, TGO
Top-level domain.gh
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 33

Demographics

Population (World Bank)35,064,272 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)65.695 (2024)
Languageseng: English
Demonymseng: f: Ghanaian; m: Ghanaian; fra: f: Ghanéenne; m: Ghanéen
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)114,209,905,278.717 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)3,257.159 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)2.979 (2025)
CurrenciesGHS: name: Ghanaian cedi; symbol: ₵

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19505,080,664
19515,229,124
19525,387,497
19535,553,970
19545,729,428
19555,914,923
19566,109,609
19576,312,501
19586,520,156
19596,735,541
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

Full raw record (JSON)

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