👥 Ghanaian Regions by Population

Population of each of Ghana's 16 regions at the 2021 census.

📅 2021📏 million people16 entries🇬🇭 See all of this country’s rankings →

Greater Accra18%

Ashanti18%

Eastern9.5%

Central9.3%

Northern7.5%

Western6.7%

Volta5.4%

Upper East4.2%

Bono3.9%

Bono East3.9%

Upper West2.9%

Western North2.9%

Oti2.4%

North East Region2.1%

Savannah2.1%

Ahafo1.8%

Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 30.82M (16 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank.

Greater AccraAccra

5.45M

AshantiKumasi

5.44M

EasternKoforidua

2.93M

CentralCape Coast

2.86M

NorthernTamale

2.31M

WesternTakoradi

2.06M

VoltaHo

1.66M

Upper EastBolgatanga

1.30M

BonoSunyani

1.21M

Bono EastTechiman

1.20M

Upper WestWa

0.90M

Western NorthSefwi Wiawso

0.88M

OtiDambai

0.75M

North East RegionNalerigu

0.66M

SavannahDamongo

0.65M

AhafoGoaso

0.56M

Highlights

Within Ghana, Greater Accra ranks first in 2021 with 5.45M, followed by Ashanti (5.44M) and Eastern (2.93M).

The top two are virtually level: Greater Accra and Ashanti differ by less than 1%.

Across 16 entries, values run from 5.45M (Greater Accra) to 0.56M (Ahafo), with a median of 1.25M.

Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2021 census (via Wikipedia), 2021. Unit: million people.

Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2021 census (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 14, 2026