The total population of the District is estimated at 136,168 (2022) people with intercensal growth rate of 2.4%. This is an increase over the 2010 population of 102, 423.
The growth of the population is mainly as a result of an increase in net migration and natural increase due to increase in fertility rate especially in the capital (Donkorkrom).
The increase in net migration is as a result of the increase in economic activities which made the District more attractive to people from the cities and other parts of the
Country. The population is male dominated with the males representing 53% and the female making up 47% according to the 2010 population census.
The higher male population is due to the fact that the District is a typical migrant destination. Most of the people in the District are migrants from the Kwahu South District, the Volta Region, Ashanti Region and Northern Ghana, who were attracted to the area basically for employment in the agricultural sector.
Also, the increase in net migration to the District has its positive and negative
consequences on the development of the District. The district capital is gradually becoming an economic town due to the increase in economic activities such as the creation of new businesses to meet the increasing demands of the growing population.
Many migrants have also migrated to the District for agricultural purposes. These has led to an increase in agricultural activities such as farming and animal rearing. Apart from the positive impact migration has on the District, there has also been an increase in negative social vices which can be associated with migration.
There is a worrying incidence of insecurity in the District. This is as a result of the conflict between local
farmers and the Fulani herdsmen whose cattle destroy the farm produce of the indigenes. Most of these Fulani herdsmen are the nomads who migrated from the neighbouring countries to settle in the District.
As a result of these conflicts, the Assembly is spending most of its budgetary allocation earmarked for the provision of social services to maintain peace and order in the District. This deprives the citizens of better service delivery from the Assembly.
The population is scattered in about 280 Towns, villages and hamlets spread over the 2341.3 sq. km land area. Majority of these Villages are on islands in the Volta Lake and its tributaries and can only be reached by boat or canoe. Owing to the widespread nature of the population, the District has a low population density of 48 persons per square kilometre.
The District has only one urban settlement (Donkokrom) that has population in excess of 12,000. More than 75% of the District population resides in rural areas.
Data available indicate a youthful population of the District. This is in view that, more than half (52.4%) of the total population of the District fall within the age cohort of 15-64 years. The youthful nature of the population represents a huge potential in terms of labour availability.
44.5percent of the population is aged between 0-14 age cohorts and presents current as well as future requirement to increase investments in the Education, Health and skills training sectors of the District.
Efforts should also be geared towards increasing employment opportunities to cater for the productive population as 52.4 percent of the total population fall within the employable age cohort of 15-64.
The broad age cohorts indicate that males are more than females at birth and at the maturity stages of life (0-64 years). However, the situation is different during old age periods (65years and above).
Within the 0-14 age cohort, males accounted for 45.7 percent while females accounted for 43.2percent. The population increase over time is reflected in the density of population recorded for the periods 1970, 1984, 2000 and 2010.
The land area of the Kwahu Afram Plains North District is approximately (2341.3 sq. km) which is inhabited by 112,563 persons. The population density expresses the level of pressure that the sheer size of population exerts on land.
The increasing density in time therefore shows the increasing pressure of the District population on the land and its resources. The density is 48 persons per kilometer square.
The economically active population (labour force) is within the 15-64 age group and form 52.4% of the population of the District. The dependency ratio, which is the number of economically active persons catering for dependants who are within the 0-14 and above 65 years age groups, is 47.6% and hence, an age dependency ratio of 1:1.
This implies that every 1 person is catering for at most 2 persons. Despite the low dependency ratio in the District, its population growth rate of 2.4% as compared to that of the national average of 3.1 which might result in higher dependency ratio in the future.
Occupational distribution of Population total of 52.4% (58,928) of the total labour force are employed in the District. Within the employed labour force, the predominant occupation in the District is agriculture (employing 74.5 percent of the total labour force), Commerce (employs 7.9 percent), Agro- industry (6.1 percent) and Service
(11.5 percent).
It was detected that most of the females were engaged in trading/commerce and small- scale industries (agro-processing – cassava processing and palm oil extraction). The bulk of the tradesmen are in carpentry and automobile repairs.
There are three main ethnic groups existing in the District. These ethnic groups comprise Ewes (51.3%), Northerners (40.1%) and Akans (8.6%). The Ewes form the majority of the ethnic tribes in the District. This depicts the District as heterogeneous in terms of ethnicity.
Majority of the migrants (Ewes and other Northern tribes) however, have lived in the District all their lives. Again, the District is predominantly Christian as they constitute 77.1% whilst the Muslims constitute 6.8% and the rest, which is 9.8%, consists of pagans and traditionalists.