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Population Figure 6.13 shows population projections for Ghana by the United Nations (UN) population office through 2050. The high variant scenario shows Ghana’s population reaching over 50 million by 2050, the medium variant 45 million, and the low variant fewer than 40 million. The low variant and high variant can be viewed as the best-case and worst-case scenarios in terms of population growth. Even in the best-case scenario, Ghana’s population is shown as increasing by 50 percent within a 40-year period. The implications of such a population growth rate for overall national development could be sig- nificant with regard to the provision of required infrastructure and services.
Income Figure 6.14 presents three overall scenarios for the gross domestic product (GDP) of Ghana derived by combining three GDP scenarios with the three population scenarios of Figure 6.13 (based on UN population data). The
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0 2010 Source: UNPOP (2009). 2020 2030 2040 Population projections for Ghana, 2010–50