Population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Ghana
Ghana: Population ages 0-14, total, per capita was 0.3543 units per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
Population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Ghana, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
In 2025, population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Ghana stood at 0.3543 units per person. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Ghana peaked at 0.4844 units per person in 1972 and was at its lowest, 0.3543 units per person, in 2025.
Ghana ranks 51st of 217 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Ghana, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.454 units per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.4593 units per person | +1.2% |
| 1962 | 0.464 units per person | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 0.468 units per person | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 0.4711 units per person | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 0.4736 units per person | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 0.4758 units per person | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 0.4777 units per person | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 0.4794 units per person | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 0.4809 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 0.4823 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 0.4836 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.4844 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.4841 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.4832 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.482 units per person | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.4792 units per person | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 0.4745 units per person | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.4696 units per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.4649 units per person | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 0.4616 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.4593 units per person | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.4568 units per person | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.4537 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 0.4522 units per person | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.4526 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.4536 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.4545 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 0.4545 units per person | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.4537 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.4527 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.4518 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.4505 units per person | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.448 units per person | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.4447 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.4416 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.439 units per person | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.4354 units per person | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.4308 units per person | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.4265 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.4227 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.4187 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.4146 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.4108 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.4072 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.4039 units per person | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.4009 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.3979 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.3951 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.3927 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.3911 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.3901 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.3894 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.3886 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.3876 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.3861 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.384 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.3814 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.3785 units per person | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.3755 units per person | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.3722 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.3688 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.3653 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.3618 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.3582 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 0.3543 units per person | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4704 units per person | 0.454 units per person | 0.4809 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4788 units per person | 0.4649 units per person | 0.4844 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4552 units per person | 0.4522 units per person | 0.4616 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4421 units per person | 0.4265 units per person | 0.4527 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4065 units per person | 0.3927 units per person | 0.4227 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3852 units per person | 0.3755 units per person | 0.3911 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3634 units per person | 0.3543 units per person | 0.3722 units per person | 6 |
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.37 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.6224 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 986.1 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 8,361 (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, total, annual growth rate 0.7453 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 2.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.3048 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 2.35 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Ghana?
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Ghana was 0.3543 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest population ages 0-14, total, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4844 units per person in 1972.
- What is the lowest population ages 0-14, total, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3543 units per person in 2025.
- How does Ghana rank for population ages 0-14, total, per capita?
- Ghana ranks 51st out of 217 countries with data for 2025.
- Is population ages 0-14, total, per capita rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Population ages 0-14, total, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population ages 0-14, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Population ages 0-14, total ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Population ages 0-14, total Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects., publi
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Population ages 0-14, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.