Table 6.

Measures of population aging in Ghana: 2010–2050.

Measure	Year
	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050
Median	21.0	23.5	26.0	28.8	31.7
overall dependency ratio	75.4	67.8	61.3	58.7	57.2
Aged dependency ratio	10.7	11.9	13.9	16.8	22.2
Extreme aged dependency ratio	0.8	1.2	1.5	1.7	2.2
Family support ratio	31.2	30.1	27.2	24.5	21.2

Source: computed from Table 5.

Note. The median is expressed in years while the ratios are expressed in percent.