Ghana’s inhabitants is projected to extend by 20 million from now to 2050, bringing the variety of folks within the nation to about 53 million within the subsequent 26 years.
At the moment, the nation’s inhabitants stands at 33, 007, 618 million, which is 1.07 instances that of the 2021 inhabitants determine estimated at 30.8 million.
Over the interval, 15 of the 16 areas would have a inhabitants of multiple million, besides Oti Area, which might have a inhabitants of lower than a million.
As well as, within the subsequent 26 years, six of the nation’s areas, particularly the northern areas, will stay predominantly rural.
The Director of the College of Ghana Regional Institute of Inhabitants Research (RIPS), Professor Ayaga A. Bawah, acknowledged this on the dissemination of Ghana’s inhabitants prospects, district-level inhabitants projections, and launch of the maiden district rankings report and Ghana Stats Cell Utility.
The programme was organised by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) in collaboration with the College to debate the nation’s inhabitants traits and their influence on nationwide improvement, in addition to launch the Ghana Stats Cell Utility.
Talking on the subject “Key messages from 2024 revision of the World Inhabitants Prospects – Coverage Implications from the 2021 Inhabitants and Housing and Census (PHC) Thematic Report on Inhabitants Projections (2021-2050), Prof. Bawah stated the drivers of the projected inhabitants improve have been youngsters and ladies, including the projected inhabitants improve would have implications on the nation’s improvement.
He stated the projected inhabitants improve meant that the nation needed to put together and cater for an extra 20 million folks.
Prof. Bawah stated the elevated inhabitants would have an effect on water, vitality, and infrastructure use, including that the cities, significantly Accra, would have extra gridlock if nothing was performed on infrastructure planning.
He stated the youth “are and would” represent the vast majority of the inhabitants, which ought to function a superb demographic dividend for the nation to harness.
Prof. Bawah harassed the necessity for the federal government to place deliberate insurance policies in place to make the most of the youth bulge and broaden water, vitality and infrastructure.
He emphasised the necessity for employment opportunities to be created for the youth to soak up the rising unemployed youth via elevated funding in expertise coaching for the youth to make them make use ofready.
The Deputy Authorities Statistician, Dr Faustina Frempong-Ainguah, in a presentation on the District Inhabitants Projections (2021-2050) stated there have been barely extra females than males.
She stated it was estimated that about 711, 706 persons can be added to the nation’s inhabitants annually from now to 2030.
The Senior Coverage Advisor on the Workplace of the Vice President, Prof. Kwaku Appiah-Adu, who delivered a press release on behalf of the federal government reiterated the federal government’s dedication to harnessing the nation’s inhabitants knowledge to speed up nationwide improvement.
He lauded the GSS for churning out the inhabitants and district-level microdata to offer disaggregated info to assist in decision-making and planning.
The Authorities Statistician, Prof. Samuel Ok. Annim, stated the launch of the Ghana Stats Cell App was to offer District-Degree statistics primarily based on the 2010 and 2021 PHCs.
He stated the applying was a user-friendly cell software that allowed knowledge customers to entry ranges and ranks for all 261 districts in Ghana and indicators on the nationwide and regional ranges.
Professor Emeritus of the College of Cape Coast Division of Inhabitants and Well being, Prof. Kofi Awusabo-Asare, stated the wants of the youth must be effectively captured in state insurance policies, including insurance policies of the varied authorities businesses should be pushed by knowledge.