DETAILS OF THE PROVISIONAL RESULT, 2021 POPULATION CENSUS OF GHANA
30.8 million is the current population of Ghana, this information is from the provisional results of the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) released on Wednesday, 22nd September 2021 by the Government Statistician Professor Samuel Kobina Annim.
In 2019, Ghana's population was estimated at 30.42 million. If the estimated figures are right then is means about 380,000 increase from 2019-2021. In the 2010 population census, the total population was enumerated at 24,658,823. Professor Samuel Kobina Annim gave an update at a press conference in Accra.
Females make up 50.7% of the population and males 49.3%, giving a national sex ratio of 97 males for every 100 females. The female leads in 10 out of the 16 regions in Ghana.
A total of 8,345,414 households were enumerated, with a birth rate of 3.6 on an average. The current national population density is at 129 persons per square kilometre.
Over ten million (10,661,421) structures were counted during the listing, out of which 8,547,391 (80.2%) are fully completed i.e. roofed with windows and doors fixed.
"All indicators show the census results are in line with expectations based on the benchmark values used to assess coverage of the 2021 PHC. The 2021 PHC was compared with a range of benchmark indicators for this assessment including the 2010 PHC population (+24.9% of 24,658,823), GSS 2021 mid-year population projections (-2.7% of 31,636,804).
"For the listing as well, the numbers recorded were in line with benchmark indicators. The number of structures listed was within range (+6.1% of 10,051,915) of the expected number of structures predicted using building footprints derived from satellite imagery," Prof Annim said.
Regional provisional Population Figures
1. Greater Accra - 5,446,237
2. Ashanti - 5,432,485
3. Eastern - 2,917,039
4. Central - 2,859,821
5. Northern - 2,310,943
6. Western - 2,057,225
7. Volta - 1,649,523
8. Upper East - 1,301,221
9. Bono - 1,208,965
10. Bono East - 1,203,306
11. Upper West - 904,695
12. Western North - 880,855
13. Oti - 747,227
14. North East - 658,903
15. Savannah - 649,627
16. Ahafo - 564,536
From the above, greater Accra region for the first time is the populous region in Ghana. Ashanti region has been leading since 1960 when the first population census was conducted. Ahafo region is the least populous region in the country.
The provisional results from the 2021 Population and Housing Census, indicates that there are 400, 000 more women in Ghana than men.
THE TRUTH IS THERE ARE ONLY 400,000 MORE WOMEN THAN MEN IN GHANA
WOMEN 15.6M (50.7%)
MEN 15.2M (49.3%)
For Every Male To Get Two Wives In Ghana We Need 30.4 Millions Females, So Where From This Jubilations And Lies That Every Man In Ghana Can Marry As Many As Ten Females And Still Some Ladies Won't Get Husbands?
This is now the trend on social media, the Ghana ladies have started commenting that the men are trying their best to deceive them.
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