Ghana - Subnational Population Statistics

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Source UNFPA
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Time Period of the Dataset [?] January 01, 2021-December 31, 2021 ... More
Modified [?] 19 January 2024
Dataset Added on HDX [?] 18 June 2021 Less
Expected Update Frequency Every year
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Caveats / Comments

The following geographical caveats may not completely agree with the COD-PS metadata provided by UNFPA (found in the Metadata tab of the gha_admpop_2021.xlsx spreadsheet).

The COD-AB consolidates the following sub-metropolitan areas found in this COD-PS dataset:

"KMA-Bantama", "KMA-Manhyia", "KMA-Manhyia South", "KMA-Nhyiaeso", and "KMA-Subin" are consolidated into "Kumasi Metropolitan" [GH0228] "CCMA-Cape Coast North" and "CCMA-Cape Coast South" are consolidated into Coast Metropolitan [GH0511] "AMA-Ablekuma South", "AMA-Ashiedu Keteke", and "AMA-Okaikoi South" are consolidated into "Accra Metropolis" [GH0704] "TMA-Tema Central" and "TMA-Tema East" are consolidated into "Tema Metropolitan" [GH0727] "TMA-Tamale Central" and "TMA-Tamale South" are consolidated into "Tamale Metropolitan" [GH0812] "STMA-Essikado-Ketan", "STMA-Sekondi", and "STMA-Takoradi" are consolidated into "Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis" [GH1508]

The COD-AB excludes Guan district (census population 28,238) which was created in 2021 from Hohoe district [GH1410]. However, although Hohoe district is in Volta region [GH14], Guan was made a part of an enlarged Oti region [GH10].

The gha_admpop_2022.xlsx spreadsheet and associated .csv files handle the above discrepancies in the folllowing manner:

1) The spreadsheet includes the following tabs:

The complete census population data is found in the 'gha_admpop_adm2PS_2022' tab (272 data records) including the following fields: 'ADM2_PCODE' from the COD-AB, containing duplicates in the case of consolidations detailed above; 'ADM2_EN_PS' containing the census source district names; 'ADM2_EN' containing the corresponding COD-AB district name field with duplicates for the metropolitain consolidations names detailed above above and 'Hohoe' instead of 'Guan'. This table is not represented by a .csv file.

2) The census population data aligned to the COD-AB administrative level 2 layer is found in the 'gha_admpop_adm2_2022' tab (260 data records). This table is also represented in the 'gha_admpop_adm2_2022.csv' file.

3) The census population data aligned to the COD-AB administrative level 1 layer is found in the 'gha_admpop_adm1_2022' tab (16 data records). This table assigns the population of Guan district to the Oti region record even though Guan district was created from the Volta region. In this way the Oti and Volta polygons may be mapped with their census populations although the COD-AB is thought to have become slightly incorrect. This table is also represented in the 'gha_admpop_adm1_2022.csv' file.

The 'gha_admpop_adm0_2022' tab and 'gha_admpop_adm0_2022.csv' file are not influenced by these caveats.

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