This statistic shows the median age of the population in Ghana from 1950 to 2100. The median age is the age that divides a population into two numerically equal groups; that is, half the people are younger than this age and half are older. It is a single index that summarizes the age distribution of a population. In 2020, the median age of the Ghanaian population was 20.4 years.

Lower secondary school starting age (years) in Ghana was reported at 12 years in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ghana - Secondary school starting age (years) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Ghana GH: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data was reported at 66.310 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 66.760 % for 2016. Ghana GH: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data is updated yearly, averaging 83.052 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 89.835 % in 1974 and a record low of 66.310 % in 2017. Ghana GH: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

Primary school starting age (years) in Ghana was reported at 6 years in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ghana - Primary school starting age (years) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

This statistic shows the age structure in Ghana from 2013 to 2023. In 2023, about 36.18 percent of Ghana's total population were aged 0 to 14 years.

Population of compulsory school age, both sexes (number) in Ghana was reported at 7887015 Persons in 2019, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ghana - Population of compulsory school age, both sexes - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Ghana GH: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population data was reported at 72.136 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 72.608 % for 2016. Ghana GH: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population data is updated yearly, averaging 87.833 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 94.826 % in 1976 and a record low of 72.136 % in 2017. Ghana GH: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: this indicator implies the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. Many times single or widowed women who are the sole caregiver of a household have a high dependency ratio.

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Ghana was reported at 35.82 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ghana - Population ages 0-14 (% of total) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

The labor force in Ghana was estimated to comprise over 11.3 million people aged 25 years and older in 2022. Around 2.69 million people were between the ages of 15 and 24 years, following an increasing trend observed since 2015. The labor force comprises the employed and people of working age who qualify to be employed.

Ghana GH: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data was reported at 5.826 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.849 % for 2016. Ghana GH: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data is updated yearly, averaging 5.169 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.168 % in 2010 and a record low of 4.488 % in 1960. Ghana GH: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

School age population, primary education, both sexes (number) in Ghana was reported at 4431837 Persons in 2020, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ghana - Population of the official age for primary education, both sexes - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Age Dependency Ratio: Older Dependents to Working-Age Population for Ghana (SPPOPDPNDOLGHA) from 1960 to 2024 about 64 years +, Ghana, working-age, ratio, and population.

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Ghana was reported at 66.14 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ghana - Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Ghana GH: Labour Force With Basic Education: % of Total Working-age Population data was reported at 65.500 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 72.990 % for 2013. Ghana GH: Labour Force With Basic Education: % of Total Working-age Population data is updated yearly, averaging 65.500 % from Dec 2006 (Median) to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 72.990 % in 2013 and a record low of 64.600 % in 2006. Ghana GH: Labour Force With Basic Education: % of Total Working-age Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank: Labour Force. The percentage of the working age population with a basic level of education who are in the labor force. Basic education comprises primary education or lower secondary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).; ; International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in November 2017.; Weighted Average;

This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Lake. The data include parameters of paleolimnology (age control) with a geographic location of Ghana, Western Africa. The time period coverage is from 500000 to 0 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.

Ghana GH: Population: Female: Aged 65 and Above data was reported at 531,464.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 521,558.000 Person for 2016. Ghana GH: Population: Female: Aged 65 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 205,472.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 531,464.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 84,586.000 Person in 1960. Ghana GH: Population: Female: Aged 65 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Sum; Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.

As of 2022, the labor force participation rate in Ghana stood at slightly over ** percent for people aged 25 years and older. On the other hand, the rate was at **** percent for people between the ages of 15 and 24 years. The legal age allowed for a person to obtain employment in Ghana is 15 years.

Constrained estimates of total number of people per grid square broken down by gender and age groupings (including 0-1 and by 5-year up to 90+) for Ghana, version v1. The dataset is available to download in Geotiff format at a resolution of 3 arc (approximately 100m at the equator). The projection is Geographic Coordinate System, WGS84. The units are estimated number of male, female or both in each age group per grid square.

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File Descriptions:

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Three-letter country code

gender

m = male, f= female, t = both genders

age group

• 00 = age group 0 to 12 months
• 01 = age group 1 to 4 years
• 05 = age group 5 to 9 years
• 90 = age 90 years and over

year

Year that the population represents

type

CN = Constrained , UC= Unconstrained

resolution

Resolution of the data e.q. 100m = 3 arc (approximately 100m at the equator)

Ghana GH: Over-Age Students: Primary: % of Enrollment data was reported at 16.566 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16.975 % for 2015. Ghana GH: Over-Age Students: Primary: % of Enrollment data is updated yearly, averaging 21.843 % from Dec 1999 (Median) to 2016, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28.756 % in 2006 and a record low of 15.927 % in 2014. Ghana GH: Over-Age Students: Primary: % of Enrollment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank: Education Statistics. Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; ;

DATASET: Alpha version 2014 estimates of number of people in each 5-year age group per grid square, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates (http://esa.un.org/wpp/). REGION: Africa SPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.00833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator) PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84 UNITS: Estimated number of people in each 5-year age group per grid square MAPPING APPROACH: Land cover based, as described in: Linard, C., Gilbert, M., Snow, R.W., Noor, A.M. and Tatem, A.J., 2012, Population distribution, settlement patterns and accessibility across Africa in 2010, PLoS ONE, 7(2): e31743. 5-YEAR AGE PROPORTIONS: Tatem, Andrew J., Garcia, Andres J., Snow, Robert W., Noor, Abdisalan M., Gaughan, Andrea E.,Gilbert, Marius and Linard, Catherine, 2013, Millennium development health metrics: where do Africa's children and women of childbearing age live? Population Health Metrics, 11, (1), 11. FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org) FILENAMES: Example - BEN14_A0005_adjv1 = Benin (BEN) population count between 0 and 5 years old map (A0005) for 2014 (14) adjusted to match UN national estimates (adj), version 1 (v1). DATE OF PRODUCTION: August 2014