Ghana’s total population now 30.8 million

The government statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim has revealed that the population of Ghana now stands at 30.8 million.

According to him, females are representing 57% of the provisional results of the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC)  with 15.6 million whiles 15.2 million males representing 43%.

He made this announcement at a press conference earlier today.

He added that between 2010 and 2021, 6.1 million persons have been born.

Presenting further highlights of the report, Prof. Annim said the Greater Accra Region has caught up with the Ashanti Region to take over as the most populous region in the country, although marginally.

The Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions both have a population size of 5.4 million each, while the Ahafo Region, the least populous region, has a total population of 600,000.