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Ghana

Ghana's best placing is 47th of 195 for population.

Best placing: #47Population
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 35.1 million
Land area: 227,533 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Ghana is.

Population

#47 of 195

35,064,272 people

14th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Forest

#58 of 194

80,074 km² of forest

18th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Population by area

#60 of 194

154.11 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

GDP

#67 of 182

114,209,905,279 US$ (current prices)

9th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Forest by area

#80 of 194

35.2 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Land area

#81 of 194

227,533 km² of land

32nd in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#75 of 179

1,187 mm of precipitation per year

18th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Forest per person

#103 of 194

0.0023 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#91 of 151

539 km of coastline

20th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Railways

#92 of 135

947 km of railway

19th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2022

Land area per person

#135 of 194

0.006 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#130 of 182

3,257 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#99 of 133

4.16 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2022

Airports

#148 of 193

11 airports

40th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways per person

#118 of 134

27.01 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2022

Airports by area

#182 of 191

0.48 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports per person

#188 of 192

0.31 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

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