Population 20,244,154
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 2002 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 40.4% (male 4,116,600; female 4,063,654)
15-64 years: 56.1% (male 5,625,397; female 5,723,786)
65 years and over: 3.5% (male 338,352; female 376,365) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 1.7% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 28.08 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 10.31 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate -0.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 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: 0.9 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 55.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 57.06 years
female: 58.51 years (2002 est.)
male: 55.66 years

Total fertility rate 3.69 children born/woman (2002 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 98.5% (major tribes - Akan 44%, Moshi-Dagomba 16%, Ewe 13%, Ga 8%, Gurma 3%, Yoruba 1%), European and other 1.5% (1998)

Religions indigenous beliefs 21%, Muslim 16%, Christian 63%

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

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
male: 75.9%
female: 53.5% (1995 est.)
total population: 64.5%

People - note there are 9,500 Liberians, 2,000 Sierra Leoneans, and 1,000 Togolese refugees residing in Ghana (2002)

NOTE: The information regarding Ghana on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ghana People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ghana People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.