| People | Ghana |
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Population:
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24,791,073 (July 2011 est.)
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
Population density:
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109 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 51% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 3.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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ACCRA (capital) 2.269 million; Kumasi 1.773 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 36.5% (male 4,568,273/female 4,468,939)
15-64 years: 60% (male 7,435,449/female 7,436,204)
65 years and over: 3.6% (male 399,737/female 482,471) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 21.4 years
male: 21.1 years
female: 21.6 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.822% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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27.55 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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8.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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350 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 48.55 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 51.99 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 45.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 61 years
male: 59.78 years
female: 62.25 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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3.48 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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10.6% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.085 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
Hospital bed density:
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0.93 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 90% of population
rural: 74% of population
total: 82% of population
unimproved:
urban: 10% of population
rural: 26% of population
total: 18% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 18% of population
rural: 7% of population
total: 13% of population
unimproved:
urban: 82% of population
rural: 93% of population
total: 87% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
animal contact disease: rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1.8% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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260,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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18,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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14.3% (2008) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Ghanaian(s)
adjective: Ghanaian |
Ethnic groups:
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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% (2000 census) |
Religions:
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Christian 68.8% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 24.1%, Protestant 18.6%, Catholic 15.1%, other 11%), Muslim 15.9%, traditional 8.5%, other 0.7%, none 6.1% (2000 census) |
Languages:
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Asante 14.8%, Ewe 12.7%, Fante 9.9%, Boron (Brong) 4.6%, Dagomba 4.3%, Dangme 4.3%, Dagarte (Dagaba) 3.7%, Akyem 3.4%, Ga 3.4%, Akuapem 2.9%, other (includes English (official)) 36.1% (2000 census) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.9%
male: 66.4%
female: 49.8% (2000 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2009) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.4% of GDP (2005) |
People - note:
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void |
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