Ghana records largest-ever youth population - GSS urges education, skills and job choices to turn youth window to dividend

The country's population reached 33.7 million in 2025, up from 18.9 million in 2000, with about 12 million people — approximately one in three Ghanaians — aged between 15 and 35, the largest youth population in the country's history. In a new flagship publication dubbed “Ghana in Numbers 2025”, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) reported that, during the first three…