Ghana vs Peru: Population

Ghana

33.79 million people

in 2023

Peru

33.85 million people

in 2023

Ghana rank

46th

Peru rank

45th

Population over time

Peru currently reports 33.85 million people against 33.79 million people in Ghana, a difference of 57,700 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Peru ahead.

Ghana ranks 46th and Peru ranks 45th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.