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Ghana +233

International code · Africa

How to dial

Calling from abroad +233 XX XXX XXXX

Dial +233, then the local number. Drop the leading trunk prefix 0. Generate the full number →

For domestic long distance dial 0 first, then the area code. Local calls: dial directly.

Mobile length
9 digits
Mobile prefixes
XX XXX XXXX
International format
+233 XX XXX XXXX
Domestic trunk
0

Sign-up availability

What to expect when signing up for these services with a physical SIM from this country:

ChatGPT Works
Claude Works
WhatsApp Works
Telegram Works
LINE Works
WeChat Works
X Works
TikTok Works
Gemini Works

Applies to every platform: VoIP / virtual numbers and heavily-reused number pools get rejected. Physical SIM only.

Checked 2026-09-12. Platform region policies and number-range allocations change — always confirm against each platform’s official supported-regions list and the carrier’s notices.
4 sources
help.openai.com/articles/7947663www.anthropic.com/supported-countriessupport.google.com/gemini?p=gemini_web_availabilitywww.mappr.co/tiktok-bans-by-country

How to read a number

+233241234567

+233Country code
Ghana.
24Prefix
The numbering plan NCA notified to the ITU (updated through September 2026): a mobile number is a two-digit access code plus 7 digits. 24 is registered to MTN. Numbers are portable, so a range only tells you who it was first given to.
1234567Remaining 7 digits
The subscriber number.
This section checked 2026-10-31.
2 sources
www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/02/02/T02020000520010MSWE.docxtech.africa/mnp-in-ghana-over-6000-mobile-subscribers-ported-so-far

Number ranges & quality

RangeTypeNotes
Starts with 02X / 05X, 10 digits (9 without the 0) Mobile carrier The numbering plan NCA notified to the ITU (updated through September 2026): a mobile number is a two-digit access code plus 7 digits. Original allocations: 20 and 50 GT-Vodafone, 23 Glo, 24 MTN, 26 plus 560 and 561 Airtel, 27 and 57 Millicom (Tigo), 28 Kasapa; MTN later added 256, 257, 53, 54, 553–558 and all of 59. Vodafone Ghana has since become Telecel and Airtel and Tigo merged into AT, changes the plan doesn't reflect. Numbers are portable, so a range only tells you who it was first given to.
Intl SMSStable
Virtual-number riskMedium
ID requiredID is required; prepaid cards generally need real-name registration.

Physical SIMs can sign up without issues, but virtual numbers and recycled ranges face stricter risk control on some platforms — use a freshly issued physical SIM.

Carriers & prefixes

Mobile prefixes by carrier.

Number portability applies — a prefix only shows the original carrier.

Porting rules in full

Numbers are portable; NCA launched the service in July 2011 (local media, citing NCA figures, reported an average porting time of about 4 hours 17 minutes in the first ten days). We haven't confirmed today's deadline from an NCA text, so none is given.

  • MTN Mobile carrier

    024, 0256, 0257, 053, 054, 0553~0558, 059

    Registered in the numbering plan as Scancom PLC (MTN Ghana); ranges are the sum of successive allocations.

  • Telecel Ghana Mobile carrier

    In the 2014 plan, 20 and 50 were registered to GT-Vodafone; there's no official table of today's ranges, so none are listed.

  • AT Ghana Mobile carrier

    In the 2014 plan, 26 was registered to Airtel and 27/57 to Tigo; there's no official table of today's ranges, so none are listed.

This section checked 2026-10-20.
2 sources
www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/02/02/T02020000520010MSWE.docxtech.africa/mnp-in-ghana-over-6000-mobile-subscribers-ported-so-far

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