Ghana  
   
Geography
Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo
Area: total: 238,533 sq km
land: 227,533 sq km
water: 11,000 sq km
Natural Resources: Gold, Timber, Industrial Diamonds, Bauxite, Manganese, Fish, Rubber, Hydropower, Petroleum, Silver, Salt, Limestone
Population and Health
Population:  25,758,108 (July 2014 est.)
Age structure:

0-14 years: 38.6% (male 4,988,823/female 4,943,451)
15-24 years: 18.7% (male 2,403,526/female 2,426,076)
25-54 years: 33.8% (male 4,228,326/female 4,480,090)
55-64 years: 4.1% (male 599,510/female 633,688)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 489,566/female 565,052) (2014 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.19% (2014 est.)
Birth rate:

31.4 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

Death rate:  7.37 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
Sex ratio: 

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 38.52 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 42.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 34.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: 

total population: 65.75 years
male: 63.38 years
female: 68.19 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate: 4.09 children born/woman (2014 est.)
Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old(any method): 34% (2007-2012)
Unmet need of contraceptive :  35.7% (2008)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  235,800 (2012)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  11,600 (2012)
Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 71.5%
male: 78.3%
female: 65.3% (2010 est.)

Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity): 

$90.41 billion (2013 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate): 

$45.55 billion (2013 est.)

GDP - real growth rate: 

7.9% (2013 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP): 

$3,500 (2013 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 21.5%
industry: 28.7%
services: 49.8% (2013 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: 

agriculture: 56%
industry: 15%
services: 29% (2005 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

11% (2013 est.)

Agriculture - products:

cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, corn, shea nuts, bananas; timber

Industries:

mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum smelting, food processing, cement, small commercial ship building

Industrial production growth rate:

10.5% (2013 est.)

Exports - commodities:

gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds, horticulture
Others
Nationality: noun: Ghanaian(s)
adjective: Ghanaian

Religions: 

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: 

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 36.1% (includes English (official)) (2000 census) 
Country name:

conventional long form: Republic of Ghana
conventional short form: Ghana
former: Gold Coast

Government type: 

constitutional democracy

Capital:

name: Accra
geographic coordinates: 5 33 N, 0 13 W
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions:

10 regions; Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Central, Eastern, Greater Accra, Northern, Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western

Independence: 

6 March 1957 (from UK)

Legal system: based on English common law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
 
 

 
 

Source :

UN_Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other national surveys; United Nations Population Division
CIA The World Factbook

Update date: August 2014