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Ghana – Population Density 2003

Midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Captures how concentrated the population is across the country. · World Bank
93.6 +2.5 from 2002 G20 rank: 114th

Ghana's population density was 93.6 in 2003, increased +2.5 from 91.1 in 2002. This was the 114th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2003▾
Population Density by Country – 2003
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Greenland 0.1 0.3%
2nd Mongolia 1.6 0.8%
3rd Namibia 2.3 1.5%
4th Australia 2.6 1.2%
5th Mauritania 2.7 2.3%
6th Iceland 2.9 0.7%
7th Botswana 3.1 1.8%
8th Suriname 3.2 2.0%
9th Libya 3.2 2.0%
10th Canada 3.5 0.9%
11th Guyana 3.9 -0.1%
12th Gabon 5.4 2.8%
13th Kazakhstan 5.8 0.6%
14th Central African Republic 6.6 2.4%
15th Chad 7.5 4.1%
16th Oman 7.6 1.1%
17th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 8.4 1.7%
18th Saudi Arabia 8.7 4.9%
19th Russian Federation 8.8 -0.5%
20th Congo, Republic of 10.1 2.8%
21st Niger 10.1 3.6%
22nd Turkmenistan 10.4 2.0%
23rd Mali 10.4 3.2%
24th Belize 11.6 3.0%
25th Norway 12.5 0.6%
26th New Caledonia 12.9 1.9%
27th Paraguay 13.4 1.2%
28th Algeria 13.5 1.3%
29th Papua New Guinea 13.5 3.4%
30th Argentina 14.0 1.0%
31st Angola 14.4 3.6%
32nd Zambia 14.8 3.2%
33rd New Zealand 15.3 2.0%
34th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 15.8 3.8%
35th Bhutan 16.0 2.1%
36th Vanuatu 16.5 2.5%
37th Solomon Islands 16.7 1.9%
38th Finland 17.1 0.2%
39th Uruguay 18.7 0.1%
40th Peru 21.5 1.1%
41st Chile 21.6 1.1%
42nd Brazil 21.6 1.2%
43rd Sweden 22.0 0.4%
44th Turks and Caicos Islands 22.9 5.5%
45th Congo, Democratic Republic of 24.4 3.0%
46th Mozambique 24.7 2.3%
47th Lao PDR 24.7 1.6%
48th Eritrea 24.7 4.2%
49th Kyrgyz Republic 26.3 1.1%
50th Equatorial Guinea 30.2 6.3%
51st Madagascar 31.1 3.0%
52nd Zimbabwe 31.6 1.2%
53rd United States 31.7 0.9%
54th Estonia 32.3 -0.6%
55th Liberia 32.4 0.8%
56th Bahamas, The 33.5 1.2%
57th Cameroon 34.2 2.8%
58th Faroe Islands 34.4 1.5%
59th Afghanistan 34.9 6.3%
60th Djibouti 35.1 2.3%
61st Guinea 36.1 2.3%
62nd Latvia 36.8 -1.0%
63rd Colombia 36.9 1.5%
64th South Africa 40.0 1.0%
65th Yemen, Republic of 40.6 3.0%
66th Tanzania 41.9 2.7%
67th Iran, Islamic Republic of 42.2 1.1%
68th Palau 42.7 0.8%
69th Panama 42.9 1.9%
70th Nicaragua 43.3 1.2%
71st Guinea-Bissau 46.9 2.3%
72nd Fiji 47.4 1.0%
73rd Tajikistan 47.6 1.9%
74th Burkina Faso 47.8 3.2%
75th Belarus 48.3 -0.7%
76th Mexico 53.0 1.4%
77th Ecuador 53.8 1.8%
78th Lithuania 54.5 -0.8%
79th Senegal 55.7 2.4%
80th Ireland 58.0 1.6%
81st Uzbekistan 59.0 1.2%
82nd United Arab Emirates 59.0 6.0%
83rd Kenya 59.1 3.1%
84th Côte d'Ivoire 60.1 2.5%
85th Iraq 61.3 3.1%
86th Timor-Leste 61.7 4.3%
87th Eswatini 62.0 0.7%
88th Honduras 63.6 2.6%
89th Qatar 64.1 4.7%
90th Tunisia 64.8 1.0%
91st Jordan 65.1 2.2%
92nd Lesotho 65.4 -0.5%
93rd Samoa 65.5 0.5%
94th Brunei Darussalam 65.8 1.9%
95th Morocco 66.3 1.3%
96th Georgia 69.1 -0.7%
97th Benin 70.2 3.1%
98th Myanmar 71.4 0.9%
99th Bulgaria 71.5 -0.8%
100th Sierra Leone 71.7 4.1%
101st French Polynesia 72.5 1.6%
102nd Cambodia 73.9 1.5%
103rd Malaysia 75.1 2.4%
104th Croatia 76.9 -0.1%
105th Egypt, Arab Republic of 78.2 2.1%
106th North Macedonia 79.5 0.1%
107th Costa Rica 81.1 1.5%
108th Bosnia and Herzegovina 81.6 -0.2%
109th Ukraine 83.4 -0.7%
110th Spain 84.5 1.8%
111th Greece 84.8 0.2%
112th Türkiye 88.1 1.2%
113th Dominica 91.4 0.2%
114th Ghana 93.6 2.7%
115th Romania 93.8 -0.8%
116th Syrian Arab Republic 97.4 2.5%
117th Austria 98.4 0.5%
118th Slovenia 99.1 0.1%
119th Azerbaijan 99.6 0.7%
120th Moldova 101.1 -0.2%
121st Togo 102.1 2.6%
122nd Cuba 105.4 0.3%
123rd Cyprus 108.2 1.8%
124th European Union 108.3 0.4%
125th Albania 110.9 -0.4%
126th Slovak Republic 111.7 -0.1%
127th Armenia 111.8 -0.5%
128th Hungary 113.0 -0.3%
129th Portugal 114.3 0.4%
130th France 115.5 0.7%
131st Kiribati 116.3 2.1%
132nd Guatemala 116.9 2.3%
133rd Cabo Verde 117.5 1.4%
134th Kuwait 118.4 2.4%
135th Indonesia 119.9 1.3%
136th Poland 124.8 -0.1%
137th Thailand 127.0 0.9%
138th Malawi 129.2 2.5%
139th Uganda 131.9 3.2%
140th Czechia 131.9 0.0%
141st Denmark 134.8 0.3%
142nd Isle of Man 136.9 1.0%
143rd China 137.2 0.6%
144th Northern Mariana Islands 142.2 -2.0%
145th Tonga 145.1 0.6%
146th British Virgin Islands 147.6 3.3%
147th Andorra 147.8 4.5%
148th Nigeria 150.6 2.8%
149th Gambia, The 155.9 2.7%
150th São Tomé and Principe 160.2 2.6%
151st Micronesia, Federated States of 160.4 -0.1%
152nd Luxembourg 175.4 1.2%
153rd Antigua and Barbuda 177.0 1.1%
154th St. Kitts and Nevis 177.6 0.3%
155th Nepal 179.2 1.4%
156th Seychelles 180.0 -1.1%
157th Cayman Islands 183.1 3.3%
158th Switzerland 185.7 0.7%
159th Dominican Republic 185.9 1.5%
160th Italy 194.1 0.5%
161st Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 200.1 0.6%
162nd Liechtenstein 213.0 1.1%
163rd Pakistan 216.8 2.4%
164th Germany 236.6 0.1%
165th Jamaica 245.3 0.6%
166th United Kingdom 246.5 0.5%
167th Viet Nam 256.6 1.2%
168th Trinidad and Tobago 261.0 0.5%
169th St. Lucia 267.2 0.8%
170th Burundi 274.3 3.2%
171st Philippines 284.2 2.0%
172nd American Samoa 284.9 -0.2%
173rd Marshall Islands 286.9 0.4%
174th El Salvador 289.5 0.2%
175th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 290.1 -0.2%
176th Guam 302.1 0.5%
177th Comoros 306.2 1.9%
178th Israel 309.1 1.8%
179th Virgin Islands (US) 310.0 0.0%
180th Haiti 317.8 1.8%
181st Sri Lanka 318.2 0.7%
182nd Grenada 320.2 0.4%
183rd Tuvalu 323.2 0.7%
184th Belgium 342.1 0.4%
185th Rwanda 348.1 2.2%
186th Japan 350.4 0.2%
187th India 375.6 1.7%
188th Puerto Rico (US) 431.4 0.1%
189th Lebanon 442.4 1.4%
190th San Marino 464.1 1.3%
191st Netherlands 480.6 0.5%
192nd Korea 494.8 0.5%
193rd Nauru 503.0 -0.2%
194th Aruba 517.4 1.1%
195th West Bank and Gaza 524.1 2.6%
196th Mauritius 597.7 0.7%
197th Barbados 618.1 0.6%
198th Channel Islands 762.4 0.7%
199th Maldives 988.3 1.7%
200th Bahrain 1,061.8 6.1%
201st Bangladesh 1,083.0 1.5%
202nd Bermuda 1,155.3 0.4%
203rd Malta 1,245.6 0.7%
204th Gibraltar 2,827.4 1.6%
205th Singapore 5,989.6 -3.2%
206th Hong Kong SAR, China 6,410.3 -0.2%
207th Monaco 15,971.4 -0.1%
208th Macao SAR, China 16,429.6 1.2%
Source: World Bank (EN.POP.DNST)
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Ghana matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2003. Historically: 682 occurrences, 460 successful (67%). Outcome 24 months later: 5.9%. View full analysis →

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