Ghana
population: National annual projection (1 Jul 2026) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 10 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography10 metros
Ghana metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 10 tracked metros
| Metro | State | Tier | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #397 | Accra★ Capital▲ Largest | Greater Accra | 6.2M | 6.5 | Established Metro |
| #844 | Kumasi | Ashanti | 3.7M | 2.1 | Emerging Metro |
| #1927 | Tamale | Northern | 716K | 0.5 | Local Metro |
| #2035 | Sekondi-Takoradi | Western | 419K | 0.4 | Local Metro |
| #2104 | Sunyani | Bono | 330K | 0.4 | Local Metro |
| #2128 | Wa Municipal | Upper West | 298K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #2272 | Ho Municipal | Volta | 180K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #3050 | Aflao | Volta | 368K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
| #3177 | Obuasi | Ashanti | 246K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
| #3268 | Cape Coast | Central | 190K | 0.1 | Local Metro |
🗂️ Regions
16 entries listed under Ghana. Click any to see its metros and footprint.
📋 At a glance
- Official language
- English
- Currency
- Ghana cedi (GHS)
- Government
- Democracy
- Legislature
- Parliament of Ghana
- Constitution
- 1992, 1 amendment event since
- Demonym
- Ghanaian
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +233
- Internet TLD
- .gh
- ISO 3166
- GH
- Established
- 1957
- Highest point
- Mount Afadja (2,904 m (9,528 ft))
- National anthem
- God Bless Our Homeland Ghana
Facts via Wikidata.
📰 In the news1 story
The Athletic · 28 Jun 2026
Tuchel laughs off England's omission questionsTuchel laughed off questions about England's squad omissions after a draw with Ghana.
💹 Economy and developmentLower middle income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
Alliances & Organisations4 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History14 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
Fourth Republic
John Mahama✦ Current
2025–PresentPresident
Nana Akufo-Addo
2017–2025President
John Mahama
2012–2017President
John Atta Mills
2009–2012President
John Kufuor
2001–2009President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| John Mahama✦ Current | President | 2025–Present |
| Nana Akufo-Addo | President | 2017–2025 |
| John Mahama | President | 2012–2017 |
| John Atta Mills | President | 2009–2012 |
| John Kufuor | President | 2001–2009 |
PNDC military rule then Fourth Republic
⚠️ Jerry Rawlings
1981–2001President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| ⚠️ Jerry Rawlings | President | 1981–2001 |
Third Republic
Hilla Limann
1979–1981President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Hilla Limann | President | 1979–1981 |
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (military, first rule)
⚠️ Jerry Rawlings
1979–1979President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| ⚠️ Jerry Rawlings | President | 1979–1979 |
Supreme Military Council (military)
Fred Akuffo
1978–1979President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Akuffo | President | 1978–1979 |
National Redemption Council / Supreme Military Council (military)
Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
1972–1978President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Ignatius Kutu Acheampong | President | 1972–1978 |
Second Republic
Edward Akufo-Addo
1970–1972President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Akufo-Addo | President | 1970–1972 |
National Liberation Council (military)
Akwasi Afrifa
1969–1970President
Joseph Arthur Ankrah
1966–1969President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Akwasi Afrifa | President | 1969–1970 |
| Joseph Arthur Ankrah | President | 1966–1969 |
First Republic
Kwame Nkrumah
1960–1966President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Kwame Nkrumah | President | 1960–1966 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Ghana: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Show all 16 decades
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
🏆 National Teams
Ghana on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.
National Teams Champions
Every major championship won by Ghana's national teams, newest first. 4 in total.
| Year | Date | Champion | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1982-03-19 | Ghana | Africa Cup of Nations |
| 1978 | 1978-03-16 | Ghana | Africa Cup of Nations |
| 1965 | 1965-11-21 | Ghana | Africa Cup of Nations |
| 1963 | 1963-12-01 | Ghana | Africa Cup of Nations |