Ghana - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Ghana was 6,047,002 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,047,002 in 2021 and a minimum value of 613,626 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 613,626
1961 643,385
1962 674,633
1963 707,399
1964 741,805
1965 777,783
1966 815,560
1967 855,172
1968 896,768
1969 940,264
1970 979,993
1971 1,009,184
1972 1,039,295
1973 1,070,225
1974 1,102,128
1975 1,134,991
1976 1,168,889
1977 1,203,712
1978 1,239,630
1979 1,276,631
1980 1,314,799
1981 1,354,007
1982 1,394,452
1983 1,436,114
1984 1,483,998
1985 1,544,986
1986 1,608,712
1987 1,675,218
1988 1,744,730
1989 1,817,089
1990 1,892,729
1991 1,971,699
1992 2,054,270
1993 2,140,257
1994 2,230,179
1995 2,324,097
1996 2,422,338
1997 2,524,683
1998 2,631,752
1999 2,743,626
2000 2,854,965
2001 2,954,597
2002 3,058,596
2003 3,167,029
2004 3,280,271
2005 3,398,071
2006 3,521,143
2007 3,649,576
2008 3,783,823
2009 3,923,594
2010 4,069,744
2011 4,222,391
2012 4,382,081
2013 4,548,947
2014 4,723,348
2015 4,905,658
2016 5,096,273
2017 5,295,610
2018 5,504,107
2019 5,680,794
2020 5,862,067
2021 6,047,002

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Ghana was 19.06 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 19.06 in 2021, while its lowest value was 9.25 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 9.25
1961 9.39
1962 9.54
1963 9.69
1964 9.86
1965 10.05
1966 10.27
1967 10.52
1968 10.78
1969 11.04
1970 11.22
1971 11.25
1972 11.26
1973 11.27
1974 11.30
1975 11.37
1976 11.46
1977 11.58
1978 11.71
1979 11.81
1980 11.89
1981 11.93
1982 11.94
1983 11.93
1984 11.96
1985 12.09
1986 12.22
1987 12.36
1988 12.51
1989 12.66
1990 12.81
1991 12.97
1992 13.12
1993 13.29
1994 13.47
1995 13.66
1996 13.87
1997 14.10
1998 14.34
1999 14.58
2000 14.81
2001 14.95
2002 15.11
2003 15.26
2004 15.42
2005 15.58
2006 15.73
2007 15.89
2008 16.06
2009 16.23
2010 16.42
2011 16.63
2012 16.86
2013 17.10
2014 17.35
2015 17.62
2016 17.89
2017 18.18
2018 18.49
2019 18.68
2020 18.87
2021 19.06

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization