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.

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 June of 2025.

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.

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;

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 May of 2025.

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 June of 2025.

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;

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.

Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) in Ghana was reported at 9.2014 % in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ghana - Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

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

Ghana GH: Probability of Dying at Age 20-24 Years: per 1000 data was reported at 7.700 Ratio in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 7.800 Ratio for 2018. Ghana GH: Probability of Dying at Age 20-24 Years: per 1000 data is updated yearly, averaging 11.700 Ratio from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2019, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.400 Ratio in 1990 and a record low of 7.700 Ratio in 2019. Ghana GH: Probability of Dying at Age 20-24 Years: per 1000 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: Health Statistics. Probability of dying between age 20-24 years of age expressed per 1,000 youths age 20, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.; ; Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.; Weighted average; Aggregate data for LIC, UMC, LMC, HIC are computed based on the groupings for the World Bank fiscal year in which the data was released by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation.

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 June 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: Population: Female: Ages 35-39: % of Female Population data was reported at 6.420 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 6.358 % for 2016. Ghana GH: Population: Female: Ages 35-39: % of Female Population data is updated yearly, averaging 5.184 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.420 % in 2017 and a record low of 4.749 % in 1990. Ghana GH: Population: Female: Ages 35-39: % of Female 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: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population between the ages 35 to 39 as a percentage of the total female population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

The old age dependency ratio in Ghana saw no significant changes in 2023 in comparison to the previous year 2022 and remained at around 6.03 percent. Nevertheless, 2023 still represents a peak in the ratio in Ghana. The old-age dependency ratio refers to the number of people aged 65 years and older per 100 working-age individuals aged 15-64 years. It provides insights into the extent to which older people are dependent on the economically active population.Find more statistics on other topics about Ghana with key insights such as total fertility rate, age dependency ratio, and total life expectancy at birth.

Ghana GH: Women Who were First Married by Age 18: % of Women Aged 20-24 data was reported at 20.700 % in 2014. This stayed constant from the previous number of 20.700 % for 2011. Ghana GH: Women Who were First Married by Age 18: % of Women Aged 20-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 26.250 % from Dec 1988 (Median) to 2014, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 40.900 % in 1988 and a record low of 20.700 % in 2014. Ghana GH: Women Who were First Married by Age 18: % of Women Aged 20-24 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. Women who were first married by age 18 refers to the percentage of women ages 20-24 who were first married by age 18.; ; Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), AIDS Indicator Surveys(AIS), Reproductive Health Survey(RHS), and other household surveys.; ;

Ghana GH: Population: Total: Aged 15-64 data was reported at 16,750,447.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 16,341,478.000 Person for 2016. Ghana GH: Population: Total: Aged 15-64 data is updated yearly, averaging 7,451,383.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16,750,447.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 3,544,333.000 Person in 1960. Ghana GH: Population: Total: Aged 15-64 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. Total population between the ages 15 to 64. 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;

Ghana GH: Over-Age Students: Primary: Female: % of Female Enrollment data was reported at 16.366 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16.789 % for 2015. Ghana GH: Over-Age Students: Primary: Female: % of Female Enrollment data is updated yearly, averaging 20.509 % from Dec 1999 (Median) to 2016, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28.059 % in 2006 and a record low of 15.718 % in 2014. Ghana GH: Over-Age Students: Primary: Female: % of Female 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; ;

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.

The difference between constrained and unconstrained you can read on this page: https://www.worldpop.org/methods/top_down_constrained_vs_unconstrained

File Descriptions:

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iso

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: Primary Completion Rate: Male: % of Relevant Age Group data was reported at 95.322 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 100.609 % for 2015. Ghana GH: Primary Completion Rate: Male: % of Relevant Age Group data is updated yearly, averaging 73.425 % from Dec 1971 (Median) to 2017, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.609 % in 2015 and a record low of 60.598 % in 1974. Ghana GH: Primary Completion Rate: Male: % of Relevant Age Group 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. Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).