Country or area · Western Africa · Africa · UN WPP 2024

Ghana population

Ghana population now

35,852,223

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 35.4–36.7 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 33,787,914

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 35.6976 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 35.4–36.7 million
Median age: 22.6
Aged 65+: 3.9%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 10,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

GHA · 1950–2100 · in brief

Ghana in numbers

33,787,914 people lived in Ghana in mid-2023: 0.42% of the world's people, and the 46th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 6.7 times its 1950 population of 5.1 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 67.5 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 36.7 million to 142 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 18.7 in 1950 and 21.9 in 2023; the projection has 38.2 in 2100. 3.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 16.8% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

Its place in the world by population: 46th in 2023, 42nd in 2050, 39th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Peru in 2024, Malaysia in 2029 and Poland in 2029. It is overtaken by Mozambique in 2024, Côte d’Ivoire in 2037 and Madagascar in 2039.

Population, mid-2023: 33,787,914
Rank by population, 2023: 46 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.42%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +1.93% · +638,762 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 148
Land area, 2023: 227,533 km²
Births, 2023: 888,947
Deaths, 2023: 237,869
Net migration, 2023: −10,003
Children per woman, 2023: 3.40
Median age, 2023: 21.9 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 65.5 years
In a city, 2025: 49 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 5,080,664
Projected, mid-2050: 50,553,047
Projected, mid-2100: 67,547,746

GHA · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Ghana, 1950–2100

Ghana: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	5,009,148		244,091	115,318	6.70	43.1
1951	estimate	5,152,180		257,024	116,991	6.73	43.6
1952	estimate	5,306,068		269,607	118,991	6.75	44.0
1953	estimate	5,468,925		281,797	120,778	6.78	44.5
1954	estimate	5,639,014		293,412	122,354	6.80	45.0
1955	estimate	5,819,842		304,859	124,273	6.82	45.4
1956	estimate	6,010,005		315,881	126,163	6.84	45.8
1957	estimate	6,209,213		325,514	127,825	6.85	46.1
1958	estimate	6,415,789		334,863	129,876	6.86	46.4
1959	estimate	6,624,523		343,098	131,543	6.87	46.7
1960	estimate	6,846,558		350,661	133,531	6.89	46.9
1961	estimate	7,075,871		358,047	135,675	6.91	47.1
1962	estimate	7,249,462		364,417	140,578	6.94	47.3
1963	estimate	7,425,288		369,887	144,523	6.94	47.5
1964	estimate	7,604,140		374,465	147,781	6.90	47.6
1965	estimate	7,787,337		380,282	151,221	6.88	47.7
1966	estimate	7,977,875		385,845	154,413	6.86	47.7
1967	estimate	8,171,167		394,960	157,803	6.89	47.7
1968	estimate	8,372,659		403,977	161,158	6.89	47.8
1969	estimate	8,578,800		416,135	164,215	6.95	47.9
1970	estimate	8,801,966		425,552	167,620	6.95	47.9
1971	estimate	9,049,659		434,923	169,487	6.95	48.0
1972	estimate	9,302,869		442,860	167,627	6.92	48.3
1973	estimate	9,573,505		451,131	167,747	6.87	48.6
1974	estimate	9,855,728		458,925	168,129	6.82	48.9
1975	estimate	10,145,319		466,350	168,082	6.76	49.3
1976	estimate	10,443,298		473,983	168,220	6.70	49.7
1977	estimate	10,746,528		484,173	168,740	6.64	50.1
1978	estimate	11,077,213		496,350	171,918	6.56	50.5
1979	estimate	11,419,687		510,472	175,628	6.51	50.8
1980	estimate	11,774,824		526,952	180,134	6.47	51.1
1981	estimate	12,108,072		539,576	179,998	6.42	51.3
1982	estimate	12,455,352		550,956	181,896	6.31	51.4
1983	estimate	12,832,286		564,842	185,004	6.23	51.8
1984	estimate	13,227,387		580,059	188,004	6.15	52.2
1985	estimate	13,513,792		588,541	186,820	6.12	52.7
1986	estimate	13,808,667		596,655	185,455	6.08	53.3
1987	estimate	14,121,766		603,394	184,066	6.02	53.8
1988	estimate	14,456,449		607,349	182,307	5.92	54.4
1989	estimate	14,816,687		613,633	181,090	5.82	54.9
1990	estimate	15,196,938		623,064	180,860	5.74	55.4
1991	estimate	15,592,359		629,877	181,721	5.63	55.7
1992	estimate	15,982,633		634,503	182,333	5.52	56.1
1993	estimate	16,387,078		638,554	183,885	5.41	56.3
1994	estimate	16,791,960		637,124	187,540	5.25	56.2
1995	estimate	17,194,419		639,009	187,265	5.11	56.7
1996	estimate	17,603,614		638,278	188,028	4.96	57.0
1997	estimate	18,016,749		649,313	189,491	4.88	57.2
1998	estimate	18,461,166		662,819	191,514	4.83	57.5
1999	estimate	18,914,907		680,825	193,610	4.82	57.8
2000	estimate	19,384,822		704,930	196,202	4.83	58.1
2001	estimate	19,889,352		718,360	198,967	4.77	58.4
2002	estimate	20,444,785		730,160	201,522	4.69	58.7
2003	estimate	21,013,991		740,673	204,023	4.60	59.0
2004	estimate	21,579,419		749,683	206,351	4.50	59.3
2005	estimate	22,157,177		772,338	209,091	4.50	59.6
2006	estimate	22,741,699		780,543	211,076	4.40	60.0
2007	estimate	23,339,705		785,474	213,145	4.29	60.3
2008	estimate	23,944,853		795,141	215,446	4.22	60.6
2009	estimate	24,555,039		810,162	217,336	4.18	60.9
2010	estimate	25,170,290		832,331	219,199	4.18	61.3
2011	estimate	25,779,699		852,913	221,410	4.18	61.6
2012	estimate	26,410,477		869,374	222,789	4.15	62.0
2013	estimate	27,058,060		882,362	223,725	4.11	62.4
2014	estimate	27,714,325		884,637	223,799	4.03	62.8
2015	estimate	28,368,860		892,841	225,115	3.98	63.2
2016	estimate	29,023,275		885,765	225,844	3.87	63.5
2017	estimate	29,690,208		868,011	226,810	3.71	63.8
2018	estimate	30,326,500		869,738	228,182	3.65	64.1
2019	estimate	30,948,669		871,853	229,447	3.59	64.5
2020	estimate	31,569,221		874,684	237,221	3.54	64.3
2021	estimate	32,206,397		879,105	243,300	3.49	64.3
2022	estimate	32,830,933		881,635	235,197	3.43	65.3
2023	estimate	33,467,371		888,947	237,869	3.40	65.5
2024	estimate	34,108,457		892,343	241,311	3.34	65.7
2025	projection	34,746,370	34.5–35.0 million	897,874	244,991	3.30	65.9
2026	projection	35,382,175	35.0–35.8 million	903,735	248,774	3.26	66.1
2027	projection	36,012,939	35.4–36.7 million	909,465	252,616	3.22	66.3
2028	projection	36,643,587	35.8–37.6 million	916,517	256,616	3.18	66.5
2029	projection	37,275,041	36.2–38.5 million	922,888	260,951	3.14	66.7
2030	projection	37,904,379	36.5–39.5 million	929,536	265,431	3.10	66.8
2031	projection	38,539,799	36.8–40.4 million	936,419	270,134	3.06	67.0
2032	projection	39,173,807	37.2–41.3 million	943,366	275,107	3.02	67.2
2033	projection	39,811,780	37.5–42.3 million	951,814	280,180	2.99	67.4
2034	projection	40,453,670	37.8–43.2 million	958,778	285,468	2.96	67.5
2035	projection	41,094,641	38.1–44.3 million	965,550	290,945	2.93	67.7
2036	projection	41,730,468	38.4–45.4 million	971,414	296,595	2.90	67.9
2037	projection	42,364,444	38.8–46.4 million	975,955	302,282	2.87	68.0
2038	projection	42,999,906	39.0–47.5 million	980,878	308,294	2.84	68.2
2039	projection	43,630,048	39.4–48.7 million	985,419	314,359	2.81	68.4
2040	projection	44,255,669	39.6–49.7 million	988,500	320,706	2.78	68.5
2041	projection	44,881,031	39.9–50.8 million	991,942	327,240	2.76	68.7
2042	projection	45,500,240	40.1–52.0 million	994,198	333,756	2.73	68.8
2043	projection	46,116,959	40.3–53.2 million	996,459	340,056	2.71	69.0
2044	projection	46,726,971	40.6–54.4 million	996,925	346,712	2.68	69.1
2045	projection	47,333,745	40.9–55.6 million	998,237	353,493	2.66	69.3
2046	projection	47,934,802	41.2–56.7 million	999,233	360,344	2.64	69.4
2047	projection	48,528,418	41.4–57.8 million	999,424	366,999	2.62	69.6
2048	projection	49,118,500	41.5–59.2 million	998,989	373,816	2.59	69.8
2049	projection	49,698,519	41.8–60.2 million	998,943	380,479	2.57	69.9
2050	projection	50,270,362	41.8–61.5 million	997,386	387,587	2.55	70.0
2051	projection	50,835,732	41.9–62.6 million	994,790	394,656	2.53	70.2
2052	projection	51,389,247	42.1–63.8 million	992,978	401,638	2.50	70.3
2053	projection	51,931,953	42.1–65.0 million	991,128	408,640	2.48	70.5
2054	projection	52,468,954	42.4–66.4 million	990,957	415,630	2.47	70.6
2055	projection	52,996,552	42.6–67.5 million	989,744	422,477	2.45	70.8
2056	projection	53,517,562	42.7–68.7 million	988,488	429,136	2.43	71.0
2057	projection	54,030,158	42.9–70.0 million	987,117	436,235	2.41	71.1
2058	projection	54,532,531	42.8–71.1 million	985,702	443,787	2.39	71.2
2059	projection	55,026,163	42.8–72.4 million	984,308	450,714	2.37	71.4
2060	projection	55,512,015	42.8–73.5 million	983,303	458,390	2.35	71.5
2061	projection	55,988,093	42.9–74.8 million	982,825	465,360	2.33	71.6
2062	projection	56,458,373	42.8–76.3 million	982,473	472,632	2.31	71.8
2063	projection	56,919,216	42.8–77.7 million	982,500	479,901	2.30	71.9
2064	projection	57,368,429	42.6–79.2 million	982,304	486,947	2.29	72.0
2065	projection	57,812,440	42.5–80.6 million	980,438	493,368	2.27	72.2
2066	projection	58,241,978	42.2–81.9 million	979,378	500,091	2.25	72.3
2067	projection	58,666,620	42.1–83.5 million	977,763	506,619	2.24	72.5
2068	projection	59,086,502	42.1–85.1 million	975,434	513,370	2.22	72.6
2069	projection	59,497,326	42.0–86.5 million	973,023	519,676	2.21	72.7
2070	projection	59,894,413	41.9–88.0 million	970,322	525,573	2.19	72.9
2071	projection	60,283,478	41.9–89.7 million	968,433	531,617	2.18	73.0
2072	projection	60,672,010	41.9–91.4 million	966,292	537,274	2.17	73.2
2073	projection	61,045,936	41.7–93.1 million	964,443	543,229	2.16	73.3
2074	projection	61,412,846	41.6–95.0 million	962,080	549,513	2.15	73.5
2075	projection	61,772,792	41.5–96.6 million	958,629	555,436	2.13	73.6
2076	projection	62,130,926	41.4–98.4 million	956,833	561,653	2.13	73.7
2077	projection	62,475,355	41.3–100.6 million	953,245	567,890	2.11	73.9
2078	projection	62,809,986	41.1–101.8 million	949,089	574,139	2.10	74.0
2079	projection	63,139,848	40.8–103.6 million	945,578	580,258	2.09	74.1
2080	projection	63,453,698	40.7–105.7 million	942,021	586,708	2.08	74.3
2081	projection	63,758,866	40.6–107.3 million	937,385	592,649	2.07	74.4
2082	projection	64,052,215	40.3–108.7 million	933,108	599,141	2.06	74.6
2083	projection	64,333,853	40.3–110.5 million	928,335	605,736	2.05	74.7
2084	projection	64,604,953	40.1–112.2 million	923,343	612,776	2.04	74.8
2085	projection	64,858,264	39.8–114.1 million	919,264	619,723	2.04	75.0
2086	projection	65,104,175	39.7–115.3 million	916,117	625,898	2.03	75.1
2087	projection	65,339,518	39.5–117.8 million	912,016	632,781	2.02	75.3
2088	projection	65,573,507	39.5–120.4 million	906,937	639,343	2.01	75.4
2089	projection	65,793,075	39.4–121.6 million	901,963	645,813	2.00	75.5
2090	projection	66,001,415	39.2–124.5 million	898,289	651,798	2.00	75.7
2091	projection	66,198,435	38.8–125.4 million	895,268	657,632	1.99	75.8
2092	projection	66,384,481	38.7–127.7 million	890,471	663,526	1.98	76.0
2093	projection	66,553,974	38.6–129.4 million	886,398	669,061	1.98	76.1
2094	projection	66,715,597	38.3–129.9 million	882,690	674,901	1.97	76.2
2095	projection	66,869,541	38.1–130.6 million	878,991	680,945	1.96	76.4
2096	projection	67,012,154	37.8–132.9 million	875,988	686,265	1.96	76.5
2097	projection	67,144,806	37.6–135.5 million	870,488	691,652	1.95	76.6
2098	projection	67,272,916	37.4–137.6 million	866,442	696,396	1.95	76.8
2099	projection	67,391,450	37.1–140.2 million	860,455	700,711	1.94	76.9
2100	projection	67,500,042	36.7–141.8 million	856,155	705,641	1.93	77.1

Show the numbers: Ghana, mid-2026, by single year of age

Ghana: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	445,653	431,785
1	439,927	426,821
2	436,272	423,432
3	432,040	419,566
4	427,774	415,828
5	424,097	412,722
6	420,248	409,412
7	416,880	406,528
8	413,869	403,984
9	415,670	406,250
10	419,498	410,562
11	417,142	408,759
12	412,715	404,708
13	407,264	399,472
14	398,446	390,916
15	387,686	380,610
16	375,512	369,082
17	364,546	358,780
18	356,292	351,060
19	350,180	345,360
20	344,262	339,936
21	334,590	330,710
22	325,023	321,466
23	318,324	315,088
24	311,149	308,269
25	303,209	300,732
26	292,515	290,475
27	280,966	279,276
28	271,864	270,382
29	264,361	263,044
30	259,901	258,715
31	257,328	256,456
32	254,970	254,382
33	252,372	251,862
34	248,610	248,171
35	244,299	243,968
36	239,062	238,866
37	233,818	233,824
38	229,414	229,739
39	224,756	225,407
40	219,209	220,179
41	213,286	214,634
42	209,450	210,943
43	202,920	204,810
44	189,814	192,592
45	179,768	182,709
46	180,240	182,403
47	177,810	180,307
48	166,863	170,809
49	154,844	159,734
50	146,331	151,497
51	141,740	146,938
52	136,004	141,500
53	129,149	135,057
54	121,169	127,487
55	117,221	123,607
56	116,078	122,544
57	111,252	118,284
58	104,454	112,086
59	98,474	106,408
60	93,717	101,785
61	89,771	97,906
62	86,058	94,190
63	81,830	89,920
64	77,056	84,990
65	67,800	75,622
66	59,350	66,655
67	55,782	62,332
68	51,628	57,805
69	46,980	53,030
70	42,488	48,540
71	38,222	44,436
72	34,320	40,866
73	30,746	37,754
74	27,442	34,957
75	24,379	32,352
76	22,300	29,158
77	20,059	25,782
78	17,094	22,802
79	14,686	20,205
80	12,873	18,156
81	11,167	16,100
82	9,540	14,226
83	8,171	12,711
84	6,874	11,078
85	5,608	9,247
86	4,531	7,568
87	3,638	6,164
88	2,836	4,897
89	2,135	3,766
90	1,560	2,828
91	1,117	2,089
92	774	1,502
93	510	1,032
94	324	686
95	198	442
96	115	274
97	66	164
98	36	96
99	19	54
100+	16	58

GHA · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Ghana, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

GHA · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Ghana

In Ghana the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 20,336,700 of them.

100 aged 15–64

60 children

6 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

GHA · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Ghana, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Ghana loses 10,613 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 3,030 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 500 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 40,573 (2002), and a loss of 106,855 (1985).

In 2024, 532,286 people living in Ghana had been born in another country, 2 of every 100 people there, against 1 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

GHA · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Ghana

Of every 100 babies born in Ghana in 2023, 11 had a mother under 20, 70 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 19 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 20 under 20 and 14 aged 35 or older.

1950
20 · 66 · 14

2023
11 · 70 · 19

2050 · projected
9 · 72 · 19

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 888,947
Average age when women have a baby: 29.5 years; 29.7 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 58; 143 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Ghana by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	3,986	5,430	6,191	3,220	1,672	366
15–19	44,645	66,684	92,239	99,387	90,284	39,688
20–24	66,040	108,268	178,600	210,970	225,929	149,265
25–29	56,338	97,909	167,978	218,794	253,227	234,473
30–34	38,762	84,830	131,991	189,243	236,104	252,464
35–39	21,948	62,919	83,806	117,110	145,264	143,833
40–44	9,779	33,611	35,008	40,899	39,043	32,885
45–49	2,463	6,431	8,661	8,927	5,555	2,949
50–54	130	268	456	397	308	232
All babies	244,091	466,350	704,930	888,947	997,386	856,155

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

GHA · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Ghana

In Ghana, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 57.9 (95% range 56.9–58.8), out of 66.1 in all. The years in less than full health come to 8.2, below the world's 9.5: shorter lives leave fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

58.9 in full health, 9.7 not: 68.6 years

Men

56.9 in full health, 6.8 not: 63.7 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 58.9 healthy years of 68.6. Men: 56.9 of 63.7.

GHA · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Ghana

At the end of 2025, Ghana was hosting 21,525 people who had crossed a border into it, about 0.6 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad21,525
Ghana nationals abroad38,500

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 1,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Ghana living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 279 people asked for asylum in Ghana for the first time; 9,103 people from Ghana asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Ghana whose claims were decided that year, 30 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

GHA · of every 100 people

How people live in Ghana

Of every 100 people in Ghana in 2025, 49 lived in a city, 29 in a town or suburb and 22 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

8.1 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 27.8 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

GHA · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Ghana went in school

Of every 100 adults in Ghana in 2020, 25 never went to school and 23 finished upper secondary or went further.

25 never went to school 10 some primary 10 finished primary 32 finished lower secondary 16 finished upper secondary 7 studied after school

Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 43.5 of every 100 women and 27.7 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 12.2 and 9.9.

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2090; those among them who finished upper secondary are still growing in 2100.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

GHA · cities · 2025

Cities in Ghana

Ghana had 58 cities in 2025, home to 17.2 million people. The largest, Accra, holds 16 of every 100 people in Ghana.

Accra5,592,780
Kumasi4,297,984
Sekondi-Takoradi1,127,436
Tamale654,868
Cape Coast281,579
Koforidua246,770
Obuasi245,920
Ho243,211
Sunyani193,583
Agona Swedru174,180

How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Ghana are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.