Country profile · Africa · GHA
Ghana: area, population and density
Ghana has 227,533 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 35,064,272; calculated population density is 154 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Ghana ranks 81st of 196 by land area, 47th by population and 62nd by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 227,533 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 35,064,272World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 154 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Ghana in the country comparison set
Ghana has 227,533 sq km of land area and a population value of 35,064,272 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 81st by land area, 47th by population, and 62nd by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
Browse a separate Ghana first-level divisions map and list. It includes generalized reference boundaries and approximate outline-area comparisons, not official regional population or land-area statistics.
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