Population Ageing in Ghana: Research Gaps and the Way Forward
Table 3
Proportion of Ghana’s elderly to total population by region, 1960–2000.
Region
Percentage
60–69 years
70–79 years
80+ years
1960
1970
1984
2000
1960
1970
1984
2000
1960
1970
1984
2000
All regions
2.2
2.2
2.4
3.8
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.9
0.8
1.0
1.0
2.2
Western
2.1*
2.3
2.5
3.8
1.3*
1.3
1.4
1.9
0.9*
0.9
1.1
2.6
Central
—
1.9
2.3
3.9
—
1.2
1.2
1.7
—
1.2
1.2
2.1
Greater Accra
2.2
2.3
2.2
3.0
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.6
0.6
0.6
0.7
1.8
Volta
1.8
1.9
1.9
3.4
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.9
0.9
1.1
1.3
2.7
Eastern
1.9
2.0
2.3
3.9
1.0
1.2
1.2
2.0
0.8
1.3
1.3
2.4
Ashanti
2.3
2.3
2.4
4.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.8
0.9
1.2
1.1
2.7
Brong Ahafo
2.3
2.2
2.4
3.9
0.9
1.3
1.3
2.1
0.8
1.2
1.2
2.4
Northern
2.2+
2.1
2.1
3.6
1.1+
1.2
1.1
1.8
0.9+
0.9
1.0
2.0
Upper East
—
—
1.9
3.7
—
—
1.2
1.8
—
—
0.9
2.0
Upper West
—
2.3
3.7
—
1.2
1.9
—
0.9
1.9
Sources: 1960–2000 Ghana population censuses. Note. *Includes the present central region. Includes the present Upper East and Upper West regions. Includes the present Upper East region.
