This may be explained in part by the better soil found in some areas. ===Urban–rural disparities=== Localities of 5,000 persons and above have been classified as urban since 1960.
The 1960 urban population totalled 1,551,174 persons, or 23.1 percent of total population.
Entrance to one of the best Ghanaian universities is by examination following completion of senior secondary school with a pass mark. ==Demographic trends== Ghana's first postindependence population census in 1961 counted about 6.7 million inhabitants.
Between 1965 and 1989, a constant 45 percent of Ghana total female population was of childbearing age. The crude death rate of 18 per 1,000 population in 1965 fell to 13 per 1,000 population in 1992.
By 1970 the urban percentage had increased to 28 percent.
In the 1970s, 72 percent of Ghana's population lived in rural areas.
The linkage of the national electricity grid to the northern areas of the country in the late 1980s may help to stabilize the north-to-south flow of internal migration. Ghana has a hugely rural population that is dependent on subsistence agriculture. Ghana has continued to be a nation of rural communities.
The Bank of Ghana established more than 120 rural banks to support rural entrepreneurs, and the rural electrification program was intensified in the late 1980s.
For example, while the Northern Region, one of ten administrative regions, showed a density of seventeen persons per square kilometer in 1984, in the same year Greater Accra Region recorded nine times the national average of 52 per square kilometer. A large part of the Volta Basin is sparsely populated.
That percentage rose to 32 in 1984 and was estimated at 33 percent for 1992. Urban areas in Ghana have customarily been supplied with more amenities than rural locations.
The "Rural Manifesto," which assessed the causes of rural underdevelopment, was introduced in April 1984.
Since 1987, the Government of Ghana has increased its education budget by 700%.
Between 1965 and 1989, a constant 45 percent of Ghana total female population was of childbearing age. The crude death rate of 18 per 1,000 population in 1965 fell to 13 per 1,000 population in 1992.
In 1990 63 persons per square kilometer was the estimate for Ghana's overall population density.
Between 1965 and 1989, a constant 45 percent of Ghana total female population was of childbearing age. The crude death rate of 18 per 1,000 population in 1965 fell to 13 per 1,000 population in 1992.
Life expectancy rose from a 1992 average of 42 years for men and 45 years for women to 52 and 56 years in 2002.
That percentage rose to 32 in 1984 and was estimated at 33 percent for 1992. Urban areas in Ghana have customarily been supplied with more amenities than rural locations.
Rural residency was estimated to be 67 percent of the population in 1992.
Life expectancy rose from a 1992 average of 42 years for men and 45 years for women to 52 and 56 years in 2002.
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Ghana, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Ghana's population is 31,072,940 (January 2020 estimate). == Languages == Ghana is a multilingual country in which about 80 languages are spoken.
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