Ghana 
Facts
Population:
19,894,014
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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
41.18% (male 4,123,317; female 4,068,786)
15-64 years:
55.35% (male 5,455,577; female 5,555,278)
65 years and over:
3.47% (male 328,809; female 362,247) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.79% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
28.95 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
10.26 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.91 male(s)/female
total population:
0.99 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
56.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
57.24 years
male:
55.86 years
female:
58.66 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
3.82 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
3.6% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
340,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
33,000 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Ghanaian(s)
adjective:
Ghanaian
Ethnic groups:
black African 99.8% (major tribes - Akan 44%, Moshi-Dagomba 16%, Ewe 13%, 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:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
64.5%
male:
75.9%
female:
53.5% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $37.4 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
3% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,900 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
36%
industry:
25%
services:
39% (2000 est.)
Population below poverty line:
31.4% (1992 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
3.6%
highest 10%:
26.1% (1997)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
22.8% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
9 million (2000 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 60%, industry 15%, services 25% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
20% (1997 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$1.39 billion
expenditures:
$1.47 billion, including capital expenditures of $370 million (1996 est.)
Industries:
mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum smelting, food processing
Industrial production growth rate:
4.2% (1996 est.)
Electricity - production:
5.466 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
26.82%
hydro:
73.18%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
5.573 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
400 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
890 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
cocoa, rice, coffee, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, corn, shea nuts, bananas; timber
Exports:
$1.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Exports - commodities:
gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds
Exports - partners:
Togo, UK, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, US, France (1998)
Imports:
$2.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Imports - commodities:
capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
UK, Nigeria, US, Germany, Italy, Spain (1998)
Debt - external:
$7 billion (1999 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$477.3 million (1995)
Currency:
cedi (GHC)
Currency code:
GHC
Exchange rates:
cedis per US dollar - 6,895.77 (January 2001), 5,321.68 (2000), 2,647.32 (1999), 2,314.15 (1998), 2,050.17 (1997), 1,637.23 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
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People & Places
(Privately-owned), Accra
Pinoeer, The
(Independent conservative semi-weekly), Kumasi
Public Agenda
Accra
Public Agenda, The
(Privately-owned weekly), Accra
Search Light, The
(Privately owned), Accra
Searchlight, The
(Privately owned), Accra
Standard
(Catholic weekly), Accra
Ghana in the News
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The Obama administration is making it clear to African nations that it intends to play an increasing role in Africa's development and governance.
The United States wishes to respect the will of African people, but the tools of expression can be hard to reach without the declaration and enforcement of U.S. support.
The term
Obama's recent visit to Ghana says much about the country's potential, but it may say even more about the country Obama chose not to visit.
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