Ghana - Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)

Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) in Ghana was 59.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 59.70 in 2020, while its lowest value was 50.50 in 1977.

Definition: Female population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 53.74
1961 53.52
1962 53.47
1963 53.50
1964 53.49
1965 53.41
1966 52.92
1967 52.42
1968 51.95
1969 51.55
1970 51.25
1971 50.96
1972 50.77
1973 50.67
1974 50.66
1975 50.73
1976 50.56
1977 50.50
1978 50.53
1979 50.61
1980 50.72
1981 51.01
1982 51.34
1983 51.67
1984 52.01
1985 52.36
1986 52.52
1987 52.70
1988 52.89
1989 53.10
1990 53.30
1991 53.40
1992 53.55
1993 53.73
1994 53.92
1995 54.11
1996 54.23
1997 54.35
1998 54.49
1999 54.68
2000 54.93
2001 55.16
2002 55.46
2003 55.81
2004 56.17
2005 56.50
2006 56.81
2007 57.10
2008 57.38
2009 57.66
2010 57.94
2011 58.10
2012 58.26
2013 58.44
2014 58.62
2015 58.82
2016 58.96
2017 59.14
2018 59.33
2019 59.52
2020 59.70

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: 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.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population