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This is a list of Ghanaian regions by population, ranked according to the latest census, which took place on 26 September 2010. Past census data (1960, 1970, 1984, and 2000) is included for comparison. (Note: The current boundaries of Ghana's administrative regions were not fully established until 1983.
Ghana has a hugely rural population that is dependent on subsistence agriculture. Ghana has continued to be a nation of rural communities. Rural residency was estimated to be 67% of the population in 1992. In the 1970s, 72% of Ghana's population lived in rural areas. [4]
The regions of Ghana are the first level of subnational government administration within the Republic of Ghana. As of 2020, there are 16 regions, [ 1 ] which are further divided for administrative purposes into 260 local metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (or MMDA's) .
These states included Bonoman (Brong-Ahafo region), Ashanti (Ashanti Region), Denkyira (Western North region), Mankessim Kingdom (Central region), and Akwamu (Eastern region). [22] By the 19th century, the territory of the southern part of Ghana was included in the Kingdom of Ashanti . [ 22 ]
The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. [3] This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the most populated region, with a population of 5,455,692 in 2021, accounting for 17.7 per cent of Ghana's total population. [4] [5]
Regions of Ghana from February 2019. Region Capital Ahafo: Goaso: ... Municipality districts of population between 75,000 and 95,000 and Metropolitan districts with ...
Toggle List of settlements in Ghana by population subsection. 1.1 Gallery. 2 Top ten largest metropolitan ... Northern region: 4: Sekondi-Takoradi: 445,205: Western ...
The following table presents a listing of Ghana's 16 regions ranked in order of ... Region km 2; 1 Northern: 26,524 2 Ashanti: ... List of Ghanaian regions by population;