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The 2021 Population and Housing Census provisional results has been released by the Ghana Statistical Service . Based on the provisional results released by GSS the country's population now stands at 30.8 million which seems to have increased by 6.1 million from the 24.7 million where the country stood as at 2010, according to GSS. Just as world wide it has been proven that there are more women than men, the 2021 population census of Ghana seems to be towing the same path. The provisional figures indicates that…

Ghana's 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) officially ends on 18th July 2021 after it was extended. The census which began on the night of 27th June 2021, was stipulated to end on 11th July 2021 was extended to 18th July to help enumerators to mop up in districts where data collection wasn't done or completed. On Wednesday 14th July the Ghana Statistical Service assured the general public who are yet to be counted not to be worried because nobody will be left out. ''GSS wishes to assure the public who are yet…

In Zabzugu District of the Northern Region, some supervisors of the ongoing Population and Housing Census have threatened to boycott the exercise over unfair distribution of enumerators in the area along tribal lines. According to the supervisors, the personnel who Konkombas and have been recruited for the exercise are less-something they feel is unfair. According to them owing from the questionnaires being used in executing the work it will be difficult for personnel who are not Konkombas to work in Konkomba…