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Ghana — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Ghana, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.83%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -35.7% since 1961
Population growth for Ghana was 1.83% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.05% in 1979. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.69% per year.
Ghana ranks 58 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 27%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Ghana sits below it. It peaked in 1979 and has fallen 40% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 21%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.83%
First (1961)
2.85%
Change
-35.7%
Highest
3.05%
in 1979
Lowest
1.83%
in 2025
Average
2.49%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.69%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.83% |
| 2024 | 1.88% |
| 2023 | 1.91% |
| 2022 | 1.92% |
| 2021 | 1.96% |
| 2020 | 1.99% |
| 2019 | 2.01% |
| 2018 | 2.08% |
| 2017 | 2.2% |
| 2016 | 2.28% |
| 2015 | 2.31% |
| 2014 | 2.36% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.