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Geography

Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo

Area:
total area: 238,540 sq km
land area: 230,020 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Oregon

Land boundaries: total 2,093 km, Burkina 548 km, Cote d'Ivoire 668 km, Togo 877 km

Coastline: 539 km


People

Population: 17,763,138 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 46% (female 4,030,154; male 4,069,945)
15-64 years: 51% (female 4,638,451; male 4,494,533)
65 years and over: 3% (female 276,186; male 253,869)

Population growth rate: 3.06% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 43.57 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 12.02 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -0.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 81.7 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 55.85 years
male: 53.88 years
female: 57.88 years

Total fertility rate: 6.09 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: black African 99.8% (major tribes - Akan 44%, Moshi-Dagomba 16%, Ewe13%, Ga 8%), European and other 0.2%

Religions: indigenous beliefs 38%, Muslim 30%, Christian 24%, other 8%

Languages: English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba,Ewe, and Ga)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 60%
male: 70%
female: 51%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Ghana
conventional short form: Ghana

Type: constitutional democracy

Capital: Accra

Independence: 6 March 1957 (from UK)

Constitution: new constitution approved 28 April 1992


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $22.6 billion

National product real growth rate: 5%

National product per capita: $1,310

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 25%

Unemployment rate: 10%

Electricity:
capacity: 1,180,000 kW
production: 6.1 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 323 kWh



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