Area Database (v4.2.1)
% population in urban areas
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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| Total | 25.7 | 27.7 | 29.7 | 31.7 | 33.7 | 35.7 | 37.7 | 39.7 | 41.7 | 41.6 | 41.5 | 41.4 | 42.5 | 43.7 | 45.3 | 46.8 | 48.3 | 48.7 | 49.1 | 49.5 | 48.4 | 47.2 | 46.1 | 45.0 | 43.8 | 42.7 | ||||
| Ashanti | 20.9 | 24.6 | 28.4 | 32.1 | 35.9 | 39.6 | 43.4 | 47.1 | 50.9 | 51.2 | 51.6 | 52.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | 51.9 | 51.9 | 54.2 | 56.4 | 58.7 | 57.1 | 55.5 | 54.0 | 52.4 | 50.8 | 49.2 | ||||
| Brong Ahafo | 15.4 | 18.4 | 21.3 | 24.2 | 27.1 | 30.1 | 33.0 | 35.9 | 38.8 | 38.8 | 38.8 | 38.8 | 40.7 | 42.6 | 42.1 | 41.6 | 41.2 | 42.7 | 44.2 | 45.7 | 45.9 | 46.1 | 46.3 | 46.5 | 46.7 | 47.0 | ||||
| Central | 26.6 | 27.3 | 27.9 | 28.5 | 29.1 | 29.7 | 30.3 | 30.9 | 31.5 | 33.5 | 35.6 | 37.6 | 35.0 | 32.4 | 37.0 | 41.6 | 46.2 | 43.4 | 40.6 | 37.7 | 40.7 | 43.6 | 46.6 | 49.5 | 52.4 | 55.4 | ||||
| Eastern | 23.6 | 25.0 | 26.4 | 27.8 | 29.2 | 30.6 | 31.9 | 33.3 | 34.7 | 33.9 | 33.0 | 32.1 | 34.5 | 36.9 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 46.1 | 45.4 | 44.7 | 44.1 | 44.3 | 44.5 | 44.7 | 44.9 | 45.1 | 45.4 | ||||
| Greater Accra | 83.1 | 83.6 | 84.1 | 84.6 | 85.0 | 85.5 | 86.0 | 86.5 | 86.9 | 87.1 | 87.2 | 87.3 | 87.7 | 88.2 | 88.3 | 88.4 | 88.5 | 88.1 | 87.7 | 87.3 | 87.2 | 87.1 | 87.0 | 86.9 | 86.8 | 86.7 | ||||
| Northern | 18.6 | 19.4 | 20.2 | 21.0 | 21.8 | 22.5 | 23.3 | 24.1 | 24.9 | 22.1 | 19.4 | 16.7 | 22.8 | 28.9 | 29.6 | 30.3 | 31.0 | 29.1 | 27.1 | 25.1 | 26.1 | 27.1 | 28.1 | 29.1 | 30.1 | 31.1 | ||||
| Upper East | 0.31 | 2.83 | 5.34 | 7.85 | 10.4 | 12.9 | 15.4 | 17.9 | 20.4 | 18.0 | 15.7 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 13.9 | 15.7 | 17.5 | 18.4 | 19.3 | 20.2 | 19.9 | 19.6 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 18.7 | 18.4 | ||||
| Upper West | 3.22 | 5.20 | 7.17 | 9.14 | 11.1 | 13.1 | 15.1 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 17.4 | 15.8 | 14.2 | 18.3 | 22.3 | 21.6 | 20.9 | 20.2 | 19.1 | 18.1 | 17.1 | 18.0 | 18.9 | 19.9 | 20.8 | 21.8 | 22.7 | ||||
| Volta | 7.24 | 9.56 | 11.9 | 14.2 | 16.5 | 18.8 | 21.1 | 23.4 | 25.7 | 26.5 | 27.2 | 27.9 | 25.7 | 23.4 | 26.2 | 28.9 | 31.7 | 33.5 | 35.2 | 37.0 | 33.2 | 29.3 | 25.5 | 21.7 | 17.9 | 14.1 | ||||
| Western | 11.1 | 14.2 | 17.3 | 20.4 | 23.5 | 26.6 | 29.6 | 32.7 | 35.8 | 35.6 | 35.4 | 35.2 | 39.3 | 43.3 | 41.8 | 40.2 | 38.6 | 38.8 | 38.9 | 39.0 | 37.9 | 36.9 | 35.9 | 34.8 | 33.8 | 32.8 | ||||
Lighter numbers are estimates