Name | Ghana |
Long name | Republic of Ghana |
Population (people) | 24,200,000 (2010) |
Population (source) | census |
Constitutional form | Republic |
Drives on | Right |
Head of state authority | Executive |
Main continent | Africa |
Number of airports | 10 |
Airports - with paved runways | 7 |
Airports - with unpaved runways | 3 |
Area (m²) | 238,537 |
Birth rate (births/1,000 population) | 27 |
Calling code | |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight (%) | 14 |
Current Account Balance (US$) | -2,895,000,064 |
Death rate (deaths/1,000 population) | 9 |
Debt - external (Billion US$) | 8 |
Economic aid donor (Billion $) | |
Electricity consumption (billion kWh) | 6 |
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh per person) | 246 |
Electricity exports (million kWh) | 538 |
Electricity imports (million kWh) | 263 |
Electricity production (billion kWh) | 8 |
Exports (Billion $) | 13 |
GDP - per capita (PPP) (US$) | 3,100 |
GDP (purchasing power parity) (Billion $) | 76 |
GDP real growth rate (%) | 14 |
Gross national income (US$) | 43 |
Human Development Index | 1 |
Health expenditures (% of GDP) | 11 |
Heliports | |
HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate (%) | 2 |
HIV AIDS deaths | 18,000 |
HIV AIDS people living with HIV AIDS | 260,000 |
Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population) | 1 |
Capital city | Accra |
Currency | Ghanaian cedi |
Imports (Billion $) | 15 |
Industrial production growth rate (%) | 5 |
Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births) | 47 |
Inflation rate consumer prices (%) | 9 |
Internet hosts | 60,282 |
Internet tld | .gh |
Internet users | 1,297,000 |
Investment (gross fixed) (%) | 20 |
Iso 3166 code | GH |
ISO CODE | GHA |
Labor force | 11,440,000 |
Life expectancy at birth (years) | 61 |
Literacy (%) | 67 |
Manpower available for military service | 6,268,191 |
Manpower fit for military service | 4,136,406 |
Manpower reaching militarily age annually | 267,896 |
Is democracy | Yes |
Market value of publicly traded shares (US$) | 3,096,999,936 |
Maternal mortality rate (deaths/100,000 live births) | 350 |
Merchant marine | 3 |
Military expenditures percent of GDP | 2 |
Natural gas consumption (cubic meters) | 0 |
Natural gas consumption per capita (cubic meters per person) | 0 |
Natural gas exports (cubic meters) | 0 |
Natural gas imports (cubic meters) | 0 |
Natural gas production (cubic meters) | 0 |
Natural gas proved reserves (cubic meters) | 22,649,999,360 |
Net migration rate (migrant/1,000 population) | -1 |
Obesity adult prevalence rate (%) | |
Oil consumption (bbl/day) | 60,000 |
Oil consumption per capita (bbl/day per 1000 people) | 2 |
Oil exports (bbl/day) | 5,752 |
Oil imports (bbl/day) | 68,830 |
Oil production (bbl/day) | 8,880 |
Oil proved reserves (bbl) | 660,000,000 |
Physicians density (physicians/1,000 population) | 0 |
Population below poverty line (%) | 29 |
Population census (people) | 24,200,000 (2010) |
Population density (Number of people per square kilometer) | 103 |
Population estimate (people) | 27,000,000 (2014) |
Population growth rate (%) | 2 |
Public debt (% of GDP) | 36 |
Railways (km) | 947 |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (US$) | 4,809,999,872 |
Roadways (km) | 62,221 |
Stock of direct foreign investment abroad (US$) | |
Stock of direct foreign investment at home (US$) | |
Telephones main lines in use | 277,900 |
Telephones main lines in use per capita | 1 |
Telephones mobile cellular | 17,436,000 |
Telephones mobile cellular per capita | 73 |
Total fertility rate (children born/woman) | 4 |
Unemployment rate (%) | 11 |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 (%) | |
Waterways (km) | 1,293 |
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Continent | Africa |
Border | Frontière entre la Côte d'Ivoire et le Ghana, Frontière entre le Burkina Faso et le Ghana, Frontière entre le Ghana et le Togo |
Plateau | |
Marsh | |
Demonym | ghanaian |