POPULATION & HOUSING CENSUS

1 2010 POPULATION & HOUSING CENSUS SUMMARY REPORT OF final RESULTS Ghana Statistical Service May, 2012 A publication of the G H ANA ST AT I ST I C AL SE R V I C E Box GP 1098 Accra. Printed by S ak oa P r ess L imited Email: Tel: +233 (0) 302 306636/ 304816 C opyright 2012 G hana S tatis tical S ervic e TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .. iii LIST OF TABLES .. iiv LIST OF FIGURES .. vi PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .. iii CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS .. ix BRIEF NOTES ON RESULTS .. 1 SUMMARY TABLES .. 20 iii L I ST OF T ABL E S Table 1: Distribution of POPULATION by region, sex and locality of 21 Table 2: Selected POPULATION characteristics.

2 22 Table 3: POPULATION by age group and region -Total 23 Table 4: Male POPULATION by age group and 24 Table 5: Female POPULATION by age group and 25 Table 6: Urban POPULATION by age group and 26 Table 7: Rural POPULATION by age group and 27 Table 8: Household POPULATION by sex, relationship to head of household and 28 Table 9: POPULATION by sex, nationality and 29 Table 10: POPULATION 12 years and older by sex, marital status and 31 Table 11: POPULATION 12-17 years by sex, marital status and 32 Table 12: POPULATION 18 years and older by sex, marital status and 33 Table 13: Ghanaians by birth, sex, major ethnic group and 34 Table 14: POPULATION by sex, birthplace and 35 Table 15: Emigration of Ghanaians 15 years and older by place of destination, activity status, sex and 38 Table 16: POPULATION by sex, religious affiliation and 40 Table 17: POPULATION 11 years and older by sex, literacy status, language in which literate and 41 Table 18: POPULATION 15 years and older by literacy status, language in which literate, sex and 42 Table 19a: POPULATION 3 years and older by school attendance, sex and 43 Table 19b: POPULATION 6 years and older by school attendance, sex and 45 Table 19c: POPULATION 15 years and older by school attendance, sex and 47 Table 20a: POPULATION 3 years and older by sex, level of education and 49 Table 20b: POPULATION 3 years and older currently in school by sex, level of education and Region.

3 51 Table 20c: POPULATION 3 years and older who attended school in the past by sex, level of education and 53 Table 21a: POPULATION 6 years and older by sex, level of education and 55 Table 21b: POPULATION 6 years and older currently in school by sex, level of education and 57 Table 21c: POPULATION 6 years and older who attended school in the past by sex, level of education and 59 Table 22a: POPULATION 15 years and older by sex, level of education and 61 iv Table 22b: POPULATION 15 years and older currently in school by sex, level of education and 63 Table 22c: POPULATION 15 years and older who attended school in the past by sex, level of education and region 64 Table 23: POPULATION 5 years and older by sex, economic activity status and 66 Table 24: POPULATION 5-14 years by sex, economic activity status and 68 Table 25: POPULATION 5-17 years by sex, economic activity status and 70 Table 26: POPULATION 15 years and older by sex, economic activity status and 72 Table 27: Economically active POPULATION 15 years and older by sex, occupation and 74 Table 28: Economically active POPULATION 15 years and older by sex, industry and region 75 Table 29: Economically active POPULATION 15 years and older by sex, employment status and region.

4 78 Table 30: Economically active POPULATION 15 years and older by sex, employment sector and 79 Table 31: Households engaged in agricultural activities by type of activity and 80 Table 32: POPULATION by sex, disability status, type of disability and 81 Table 33: Pregnancy related maternal mortality by 82 Table 34: Selected telecommunication indicators by type of locality , sex and region for persons 12 years and 83 Table 35: Stock of houses and households by region, 85 Table 36: Selected HOUSING characteristics of households by 86 Table : POPULATION by region, sex and type of locality , Total 92 Table : POPULATION by district, sex and type of locality , Western 93 Table : POPULATION by district, sex and type of locality , Central 94 Table : POPULATION by district, sex and type of locality , Greater Accra 95 Table : POPULATION by district, sex and type of locality , Volta 96 Table : POPULATION by district, sex and type of locality , Eastern 97 Table : POPULATION by district, sex and type of locality , Ashanti 98 Table : POPULATION by district, sex and type of locality , Brong Ahafo 100 Table : POPULATION by district, sex and type of locality , Northern 101 Table : POPULATION by district, sex and type of locality , Upper East 102 Table : POPULATION by districts, sex and type of locality , Upper West 103 v L I ST OF FI GUR E S Figure 1: Percentage share of POPULATION by region.

5 1 Figure 2: POPULATION size and growth rate by region, 2000 and 2 Figure 3: Age-sex structure of POPULATION .. 3 Figure 4: POPULATION by type of locality (urban and rural).. 4 Figure 5: Place of destination of Ghanaian 6 Figure 6a: Literacy level (11 years and older).. 7 Figure 6b: Literacy level (15 years and older).. 7 Figure 7: Activity status of children 5-17 years by 9 Figure 8: Employment status of employed persons 15 years and 10 Figure 9: Employment sector of the employed persons aged 15 years and 11 Figure 10: Percentage of households engaged in agricultural 12 Figure 11: POPULATION with disability by region .. 12 Figure 12: POPULATION with disability by 13 Figure 13: Pregnancy-related maternal mortality 13 Figure 14: Main construction material for 15 Figure 15: Main source of drinking 16 Figure 16: Main source of 17 Figure 17: Percentage distribution of toilet facilities by 18 vi PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The 2010 POPULATION and HOUSING CENSUS (PHC) is the fifth CENSUS conducted in Ghana since independence.

6 Previous post-independence censuses were conducted in 1960, 1970, 1984 and 2000. The 2010 PHC was carried out with reference to 26th September 2010 as the CENSUS Night. Enumeration was completed in November 2010 and data processing ended in May 2012. To facilitate optimal use of the data collected, a set of statistical tables will be produced in accordance with the CENSUS tabulation plan. Further analysis of the CENSUS data will be carried out and analytical and thematic reports produced and widely disseminated. This Summary Report of the final Results is the first in a series of publications to be released. It contains priority tables required by most Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), Development Partners, the private sector, researchers and other stakeholders for a variety of purposes, such as policy formulation, planning , programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

7 The report presents information on POPULATION and HOUSING characteristics for the entire country, the ten administrative regions and the 170 districts that existed at the time of the CENSUS . It also includes data on new topics which were included for the first time in the 2010 CENSUS such as emigration, ICT, agricultural activity, deaths in the household in the last 12 months, pregnancy-related deaths and disability. The conduct of any exercise of the magnitude of a CENSUS would not have been possible without the massive mobilization and utilization of human and material resources. We therefore, wish to express our profound appreciation to all the individuals and organisations that contributed to the effective planning , organisation and implementation of the CENSUS .

8 We particularly wish to thank the Ministry of Finance and Economic planning , the Controller and Accountant-General s Department and the Bank of Ghana for releasing funds for the CENSUS . Our gratitude also goes to the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Information, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Interior, the Ghana Education Service, National Identification Authority, Electoral Commission, Ghana Armed Forces, Ghana Police Service, Ghana Immigration Service, Ghana National Fire Service, Information Services Department, National Commission for Civic Education and all other MDAs and MMDAs for the roles they played at the different stages of the CENSUS . We acknowledge the immense contributions of the United Nations POPULATION Fund (UNFPA), Department for International Development (UK-DFID), European Union (EU), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF), and the Embassy of the People s Republic of China.

9 We also wish to acknowledge project funding support for the CENSUS data analysis from the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). vii We are grateful to the media in general and the UNFPA supported Media Communication and Advocacy Network (MCAN) for publicising the CENSUS activities and conveying messages from the public to the Ghana Statistical Service which greatly enhanced the conduct of the CENSUS . We also wish to thank chiefs and community leaders as well as the general public for their cooperation. We are indebted to the field personnel, the CENSUS monitors, Regional and District CENSUS Officers, Regional and District Administrative Offices, Regional and District CENSUS Committees, National CENSUS Steering Committee, National Publicity and Education Committee, and the CENSUS Technical Advisory Committee for the roles they played in the implementation of the CENSUS .

10 To all Consultants who were engaged on the various aspects of the CENSUS , we are most grateful. Finally, we wish to express our appreciation to the data processing assistants and all GSS staff for their dedication. DR . PH I L OM E NA NY AR K O ACTING GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN M A Y , 2012 viii C ONC E PT S AND DE F I NI T I ONS I n tr odu cti on The 2010 POPULATION and HOUSING CENSUS of Ghana followed the essential concepts and definitions of a modern POPULATION and HOUSING CENSUS as recommended by the United Nations (UN). It is important that the concepts, definitions and recommendations are adhered to since they form the basis upon which Ghana could compare her data with those of other countries.