Table 3.
Area and allocated population values in the agreement categories for the overlay of census and GHSL-derived urban areas
| Count and Percentage, 50% Built-up | Count and Percentage, 25% Built-up | Count and Percentage, 1% Built-up | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHS_LDSMT 2015 |
GHS_LDSMT 2017 |
GHS_LDSMT 2015 |
GHS_LDSMT 2017 |
GHS_LDSMT 2015 |
GHS_LDSMT 2017 |
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| Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | ||
| Population | Urban Inclusive (UI) | 6,058,223 | 92.53 | 6,058,281 | 92.53 | 6,090,106 | 93.01 | 6,100,635 | 93.17 | 6,216,655 | 94.95 | 6,256,290 | 95.55 |
| Urban Agreement | 4,142,377 | 68.38 | 4,062,046 | 67.05 | 4,802,149 | 78.85 | 4,942,501 | 81.02 | 5,605,079 | 90.16 | 5,776,605 | 92.33 | |
| Census urban only | 1,890,699 | 31.21 | 1,977,354 | 32.64 | 1,229,289 | 20.19 | 1,096,498 | 17.97 | 427,773 | 6.88 | 262,820 | 4.20 | |
| GHSL only | 25,147 | 0.42 | 18,881 | 0.31 | 58,668 | 0.96 | 61,635 | 1.01 | 183,803 | 2.96 | 216,865 | 3.47 | |
| Census rural only | 489,406 | 7.47 | 489,348 | 7.47 | 457,523 | 6.99 | 446,994 | 6.83 | 330,974 | 5.05 | 291,339 | 4.45 | |
| Area (km2) | Urban Inclusive (UI) | 8,408 | 40.05 | 8,295 | 39.52 | 8,810 | 41.97 | 8,776 | 41.80 | 10,623 | 50.60 | 10,891 | 51.88 |
| Urban Agreement | 2,637 | 31.36 | 2,452 | 29.56 | 3,853 | 43.73 | 4,086 | 46.56 | 6,023 | 56.70 | 6,621 | 60.79 | |
| Census urban only | 5,457 | 64.90 | 5,654 | 68.15 | 4,236 | 48.08 | 4,017 | 45.77 | 2,067 | 19.46 | 1,482 | 13.60 | |
| GHSL only | 314 | 3.73 | 190 | 2.29 | 721 | 8.19 | 673 | 7.67 | 2,533 | 23.84 | 2,789 | 25.60 | |
| Census rural only | 12,585 | 59.95 | 12,698 | 60.48 | 12,183 | 58.03 | 12,217 | 58.20 | 10,370 | 49.40 | 10,102 | 48.12 | |
| Population Density (persons/km2) | Urban Inclusive (UI) | 721 | 730 | 691 | 695 | 585 | 574 | ||||||
| Urban Agreement | 1,571 | 1,657 | 1,246 | 1,209 | 931 | 872 | |||||||
| Census urban only | 346 | 350 | 290 | 273 | 207 | 177 | |||||||
| GHSL only | 80 | 100 | 81 | 92 | 73 | 78 | |||||||
| Census rural only | 39 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 32 | 29 | |||||||