Ghana

Population

The country has a total population of 32,833,031 (0.42% of worldwide)

The average net migration is -9,999 (-0.0% of pop)

The population density is around 144 ppl/km²

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Population distribution

The total population is 32,833,031

The male share is 49.9% and female 50.1%

The urban population represent 58.0% and rural 42.0%

Age distribution:

Location

Ghana is located in Western Africa, Africa

The total country area is 227,533 km² (0.18% of worldwide)

Accra is the capital

Cities

There are 66 cities in Ghana in our database, they represent 19.77% of the population of the country altogether

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UNESCO sites

There are 2 UNESCO World Heritage sites in Ghana:

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Politics

Ghana democracy type is: Flawed democracy

President Nana Akufo-Addo is the political leader of the country

Democracy forecast: protests for more democracy are likely

Parity forecast: at this rate of evolution, parity will be reached in 2207

Political parties

There are 5 parties in our database

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Gender Equality in Parliament

Between 1997 and 2022, the percentage of women in Parliament increased from 9% to 14.55%

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Unemployment

Between 1991 and 2022, unemployment in Ghana increased from 3.5% to 3.9%

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Self employment

Between 1991 and 2021, self employment in Ghana decreased from 81.17% to 75.05%

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GDP Evolution

Between 1960 and 2021, GDP in Ghana increased from 1,217,090,000 to 77,594,300,000

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The country GDP is 0.081% of worldwide

The GDP per capita is $2,363.3 and the GDP per km² is $341,024.38

Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO₂)

Latest: 20,041 kt CO₂ / yr (0.059% of worlwide)

Between 1990 and 2019, carbon dioxide emissions increased from 2,794 to 20,040.6 (kt CO₂) in Ghana

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Methane (CH₄) Emissions

Between 1990 and 2019, methane emissions increased from 5,014.88 to 10,895.5 (kt CO_{2 eq}) in Ghana

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Renewable Energy

Between 1971 and 2015, electricity renewable production increased from 0% to 0.026% in Ghana

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Media

Freedom of the Press: good

Internet access: 68%

Internet Access

Between 1990 and 2021, internet access increased from 0% to 68.2% in Ghana

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Artists

There are 3 artists in our database for Ghana:

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Here are 100 of the most prolific ones:

Health Expenditure % GDP

In Ghana, between 2000 and 2020, health expenditure increased from 2.8% to 4% of GDP

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Health Expenditure per Capita

In Ghana, between 2000 and 2020, health expenditure per capita increased from 16.27 to 84.98

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Hospital beds

In Ghana, between 1960 and 2011, global hospital beds increased from 0.78 to 0.9 per 1000 people

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Suicide Rate

In Ghana, between 2000 and 2019, suicide rate increased from 5.4 to 6.6 per 100,000 people

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HIV Incidence

In Ghana, between 1990 and 2021, HIV Incidence decreased from 2.2 to 0.57 per 1,000 people

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COVID-19 Situation

Latest total reported figures for Ghana

Reported Covid-19 deaths, Ghana

There have been a total of 1,462 deaths related to COVID-19 in Ghana, 0.0 yesterday and 0.0 in the last 7 days (nan%)

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Reported Covid-19 cases, Ghana

There have been a total 171,229 cases related to COVID-19 in Ghana, 0.0 yesterday and 57.0 in the last 7 days (1040.0%)

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In literature

There are 434 books about Ghana in our database:

Military Expenditure

Military expenditure as a percentage of GDP decreased from 1.7% to 0.49% between 1960 and 2021 in Ghana

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Armed forces

Armed forces increased from 15,100 to 16,000 between 1985 and 2019 in Ghana

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Universities

There are 2 universities in Ghana in our database

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