Ghana
Ghana’s population has increased to 30.8 million according to provisional figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service on Wednesday 22 September 2021.
Announcing the provisional figures in Accra, Government Statistician Prof Samuel Kobina Annim says the country’s population increased by 6.1 million since the 2010 population census.
He says the 2021 census also shows that Ghana’s population since Independence has increased by five folds.
The preliminary figures also reveals 50.7 percent of population constitutes women whiles 49.3 percent being male
According to the report 6 out of the 16 regions in Ghana have a higher female population than men.
Ashanti and Greater Accra have a combined total of five million, four hundred thousand (5,400,000) people making them the two regions with the highest population.
The Ahafo region is the least populated region in Ghana with six hundred thousand (600,000) inhabitants.
Prof Annim said the final population results will be presented on 18 November 2021.
The 2021 PHC is Ghana’s first duly digital census and the first census in an African country to be conducted successfully during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The provisional results highlight findings from the 2021 PHC Preliminary Report which focuses on population size and sex composition, population density, and structures by region.
The preliminary report is the first of several census data products to be released over the next two years.
Regional Population Figures
- Greater Accra – 5,446,237
- Ashanti – 5,432,485
- Eastern – 2,917,039
- Central – 2,859,821
- Northern – 2,310,943
- Western – 2,057,225
- Volta – 1,649,523
- Upper East – 1,301,221
- Bono – 1,208,965
- Bono East – 1,203,306
- Upper West – 904,695
- Western North – 880,855
- Oti – 747,227
- North East – 658,903
- Savannah – 649,627
- Ahafo – 564,536
