2021 Census: Ghana's Population Will Be 50 Million By 2050
A preliminary report by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) indicates that Ghana's population will soar from over 30 million to 50 million by 2050.
According to the report made available to Peacefmonline.com, the country's population will double within 33 years.
"The population has increased by 6.1 million from the 24.7 million recorded in 2010, constituting an annual intercensal growth rate of 2.1%. This rate is less than what was observed in the previous intercensal period (2000 – 2010: 2.5%) and is the lowest observed since independence. At this rate, the country ‘s population will double within 33 years. And by 2050, the population of Ghana would be over 50 million," it read.
The Statistical Service also revealed that the sex ratio of males to females in 2021 has increased.
"The sex ratio of 97 males for 100 females in 2021 represented a slight increase over the sex ratio of 95 recorded in 2010. The 1960 census is the only post-independence census which recorded more males than females (102 males to 100 females) . Since then, sex ratios have declined until the uptick observed in 2021. Regional sex ratios in the 2021 PHC range from 91 males for every 100 females in the Volta Region to 105 males to every 100 females in the Western North Region, and these rates are consistent with the findings from the 2010 Census where the then Volta Region had the lowest sex ratio of 89 with the then Western Region recording the highest of 104''.
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