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Population and Housing Census 2021

Headline results of the 2021 census: national and regional population, urban/rural split and age structure.

Ghana Statistical Service · 2000–2021 · Every ten years

Figure 01

National population

Total population counted at each census.

Yearpeople
200018,912,079Ghana Statistical Service
201024,658,823Ghana Statistical Service
202130,832,019Ghana Statistical Service
Figure 02

Population by region, 2021

Population of each of the sixteen regions at the 2021 census.

Grouppeople
Savannah653,266Ghana Statistical Service
Greater Accra5,455,692Ghana Statistical Service
North East658,946Ghana Statistical Service
Western North880,921Ghana Statistical Service
Bono East1,203,400Ghana Statistical Service
Western2,060,585Ghana Statistical Service
Volta1,659,040Ghana Statistical Service
Ashanti5,440,463Ghana Statistical Service
Ahafo564,668Ghana Statistical Service
Eastern2,925,653Ghana Statistical Service
Bono1,208,649Ghana Statistical Service
Central2,859,821Ghana Statistical Service
Northern2,310,939Ghana Statistical Service
Oti747,248Ghana Statistical Service
Upper West901,502Ghana Statistical Service
Upper East1,301,226Ghana Statistical Service
Figure 03

Urban and rural population, 2021

Where people live.

Grouppeople
Rural13,359,48943.3% of the population, derived as total minus urbanGhana Statistical Service
Urban17,472,53056.7% of the populationGhana Statistical Service
Figure 04

Age structure, 2021

Share of the population in each broad age group.

Group%
0–14 years35.3%Ghana Statistical Service
15–64 years60.4%18,619,021 peopleGhana Statistical Service
65 years and over4.3%Ghana Statistical Service

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these published documents. Nothing is estimated or modelled by this site.

Attribution: Ghana Statistical Service, 2021 Population and Housing Census General Report Vol. 3A