Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Ghana
Ghana: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 33,788 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Ghana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
In 2023, population — total population - both sexes in Ghana stood at 33,788 1000 No. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Ghana peaked at 33,788 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 25,475 1000 No, in 2010.
That places Ghana 39th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 28,369 1000 No | 25,475 1000 No | 31,259 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,836 1000 No | 31,888 1000 No | 33,788 1000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 36 Uzbekistan 35,652 1000 No compare
- 37 Malaysia 35,126 1000 No compare
- 38 Peru 33,846 1000 No compare
- 40 Mozambique 33,635 1000 No compare
- 41 Saudi Arabia 33,264 1000 No compare
- 42 Australia and New Zealand 31,624 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 41.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2128 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 692.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4821 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4108 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 21.28 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.28 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Ghana?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Ghana was 33,788 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 33,788 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,475 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Ghana rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Ghana ranks 39th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.