Population
Tamale Metropolis has 233,252 inhabitants, or 9.4% of the region's total population, according to the 2010 Population and Housing Census. 49.7% of people are men and 50.3% of people are women.
Tamale is still Ghana's fastest-growing metropolis after Kumasi, with a population growth of 116% between 1984 and 2000 (Ghana Statistical Service, 2005, Ghana Statistical Service, 2013a, Ghana Statistical Service, 2013b, Ghana Statistical Service, 2013c, Ghana Statistical Service, 2013d).