Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 25+, total in Ghana
Ghana: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 25+, total was 10,208 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 25+, total in Ghana, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 25+, total in Ghana is 10,208, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 34.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: population in thousands, age 25+, total in Ghana peaked at 10,208 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2,578, in 1960.
That places Ghana 48th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,774 | 2,578 | 2,970 | 2 |
| 1970s | 3,504 | 3,272 | 3,737 | 2 |
| 1980s | 4,468 | 4,103 | 4,832 | 2 |
| 1990s | 6,067 | 5,610 | 6,524 | 2 |
| 2000s | 8,164 | 7,569 | 8,758 | 2 |
| 2010s | 10,208 | 10,208 | 10,208 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 45 Afghanistan 12,284 compare
- 46 Netherlands 11,711 compare
- 47 Chile 10,369 compare
- 49 Uganda 10,151 compare
- 50 Syria 9,492 compare
- 51 Kazakhstan 8,869 compare
More education data for Ghana
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 60.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 35.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 101.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 122,558 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.34 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 25+, total in Ghana?
- Barro-lee: population in thousands, age 25+, total in Ghana was 10,208 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 25+, total recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 10,208 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 25+, total recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,578 in 1960.
- How does Ghana rank for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 25+, total?
- Ghana ranks 48th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 25+, total rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 25+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population in thousands, age 25+, total is the total population over age 25 in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.