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Africa > Ghana > People

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African countries by population density > area 239,460 [31st of 56]
African countries by population density > pop. dens. 85 [15th of 56]
African countries by population density > population 20,244,154 [12th of 56]
Age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population 0.74 Time series [57th of 185]
Age structure > 0-14 years 38.8 % [57th of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years 37.1 [74th of 226]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Females 4,360,359 Time series [39th of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years > From total 37.8% Time series [61st of 227]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Males 4,470,382 Time series [40th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years 59.1 [160th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years 57.7 % [165th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Females 6,866,470 Time series [53rd of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > From total 58.7% Time series [160th of 227]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Males 6,852,363 Time series [53rd of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over 3.5 % [163rd of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Females 447,124 Time series [68th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > From total 3.6% Time series [159th of 227]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Males 386,150 Time series [65th of 225]
Birth rate 29.22 births/1,000 population Time series [52nd of 226]
Chinese population 500 [86th of 127]
    Chinese population (per capita) 2.278 per 100,000 people [100th of 126]
CPIA social protection rating 3.5 Time series [27th of 75]
Death rate 9.39 deaths/1,000 population Time series [78th of 226]
Education expenditures 5.4 % of GDP Time series [20th of 55]
Ethnic groups
Akan 45.3%, Mole-Dagbon 15.2%, Ewe 11.7%, Ga-Dangme 7.3%, Guan 4%, Gurma 3.6%, Grusi 2.6%, Mande-Busanga 1%, other tribes 1.4%, other 7.8%
Ethnicity > London 46,513 [10th of 21]
Female population > Age 10-14 1,330,471 [41st of 224]
Female population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 5.94 [59th of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19 1,276,406 [42nd of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 5.7 [28th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 1,081,553 [46th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 4.83 [53rd of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 871,464 [50th of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 3.89 [103rd of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 788,845 [50th of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.52 [109th of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 673,148 [51st of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3 [147th of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 551,105 [53rd of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 2.46 [156th of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 442,406 [52nd of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 1.97 [158th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 338,491 [60th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 1.51 [175th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 251,522 [65th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 1.12 [192nd of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 208,841 [61st of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 0.93 [167th of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 169,710 [64th of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 0.76 [162nd of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 119,741 [64th of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 0.53 [159th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 73,444 [75th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 0.33 [165th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 56,176 [74th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 0.25 [161st of 224]
Gender development 0.544 [105th of 141]
Jewish population > By country > Jews > % Jewish 0.0043 % [78th of 97]
Jewish population > By country > Jews > Estimated number of Jews 800 [68th of 102]
Male population > Age 10-14 1,364,830 [42nd of 224]
Male population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 6.09 [56th of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19 1,297,124 [43rd of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 5.79 [31st of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 1,101,077 [47th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 4.91 [60th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 892,486 [50th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 3.98 [107th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 802,697 [50th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.58 [109th of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 679,808 [51st of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.03 [153rd of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 550,369 [53rd of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 2.46 [162nd of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 428,717 [52nd of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 1.91 [164th of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 314,224 [59th of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 1.4 [174th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 214,334 [67th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 0.96 [191st of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 169,992 [63rd of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 0.76 [178th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 147,040 [64th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 0.66 [162nd of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 108,877 [62nd of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 0.49 [155th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 66,622 [68th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 0.3 [156th of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 48,889 [63rd of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 0.22 [146th of 224]
Median age > Female 20.7 years Time series [164th of 224]
Median age > Male 20.2 years Time series [166th of 224]
Median age > Total 20.4 years Time series [167th of 224]
Nationality > Adjective Ghanaian Time series
Nationality > Noun Ghanaian(s) Time series
People > Note
there are 9,500 Liberians, 2,000 Sierra Leoneans, and 1,000 Togolese refugees residing in Ghana
Percentage living in rural areas. 55% [66th of 193]
Percentage living in urban areas 45% [135th of 199]
Population 23,382,848 Time series [48th of 242]
Population > CIA Factbook 23,382,848 Time series [48th of 240]
Population > Note
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)
Population ages 0-14 > % of total 39.02 % Time series [54th of 185]
Population ages 15-64 > % of total 57.31 % Time series [129th of 185]
Population ages 65 and above > % of total 3.66 % Time series [126th of 185]
Population growth > annual % 2.05 annual % Time series [50th of 195]
Population growth rate 1.928% Time series [71st of 235]
Population in 2015 26,562 [48th of 225]
Population in largest city 1,981,468 Time series [62nd of 118]
    Population in largest city (per capita) 0.09 per capita Time series [84th of 118]
Population in the largest city > % of urban population 18.75 % Time series [91st of 118]
Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million 3,498,042 Time series [46th of 106]
    Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million (per capita) 0.158 per capita Time series [69th of 106]
Population, female > % of total 49.4 % Time series [156th of 190]
Projected population growth 60.62% [61st of 141]
Rights of the Child Convention > Ratification Dates 5 Feb 1990
Rights of the Child Convention > Signatories 29 Jan 1990
Rural population 11,542,880 Time series [42nd of 193]
    Rural population (per capita) 0.522 per capita Time series [75th of 194]
Rural population growth > annual % 0.6 annual % Time series [81st of 193]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1 [115th of 223]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1 male(s)/female Time series [115th of 224]
Sex ratio > 65 years and over 0.86 male(s)/female Time series [66th of 223]
Sex ratio > At birth 1.03 male(s)/female Time series [190th of 223]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > 15–65 1 [111st of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > at birth 1.03 [194th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > over 65 0.89 [49th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > total 1 [80th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > under 15 1.03 [158th of 215]
Sex ratio > Total population 1 male(s)/female Time series [89th of 224]
Sex ratio > Under 15 years 1.02 male(s)/female Time series [177th of 224]
Total fertility rate 3.78 children born/woman Time series [52nd of 225]
Total Population 22,409,572 [49th of 227]
Total population > Age 10-14 2,695,301 [42nd of 224]
Total population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 12.03 [58th of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19 2,573,530 [42nd of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 11.48 [28th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 2,182,630 [47th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 9.74 [56th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 1,763,950 [49th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 7.87 [105th of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 1,591,542 [50th of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 7.1 [114th of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 1,352,956 [51st of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 6.04 [153rd of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 1,101,474 [54th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 4.92 [162nd of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 871,123 [52nd of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.89 [163rd of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 652,715 [60th of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 2.91 [172nd of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 465,856 [65th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 2.08 [191st of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 378,833 [62nd of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 1.69 [178th of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 316,750 [64th of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 1.41 [161st of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 228,618 [63rd of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 1.02 [157th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 140,066 [68th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 0.63 [162nd of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 105,065 [72nd of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 0.47 [155th of 224]
Total Population > Female 11,191,572 [50th of 227]
Total Population > Male 11,218,000 [49th of 227]
Urban population 10,569,920 Time series [46th of 195]
    Urban population (per capita) 0.478 per capita Time series [120th of 196]
Urban population growth > annual % 3.65 annual % Time series [35th of 195]
Urbanization 36 [156th of 204]
Urbanization in 1975 30.1% [111st of 164]
Urbanization in 2015 42.4% [127th of 164]
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males 79 [99th of 144]
Women > Antenatal care coverage % 88 [66th of 133]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence % 22 [142nd of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males 105 [117th of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported 210 [51st of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted 540 [41st of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery % 44 [143rd of 172]

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of African countries by population density ; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; University Libraries, Ohio University; Wikipedia: London ; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center ; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Wikipedia: Jewish population ; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human RIghts; Wikipedia: Sex ratio ; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Ghana, Republic of Ghana

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