Accra, Ghana//-Provisional figures today released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) revealed that Ghana’s current population stood at 30.8 million.
According to Government Statistician, Prof Samuel Kobina Annim, this represents a 6.1 million increase from the 24.7 million recorded during the last count in 2010.
The gender demography also revealed that 50.7% of the national figure are females while males make up 49.3%, the data from the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC), said.
The Prof Anim described the 2.1% growth rate recorded as the slowest since independence.
Per the 2021 PHC computations, “Ghana’s population has grown five-fold over the past seven decades,” he said.
The Greater Accra according to the data remains the most populated area with 5.44 million people, compared to the 4 million recorded in 2010. It is followed by the Ashanti Region’s 5.43 million from 4.8 million recorded during the last count 2010.
But the Ahafo Region has the smallest population with 600,000 people.
He concluded that the final results of the 2021 PHC are expected to be announced in November 2021.
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