Information about Ghana

 

Geography

Capital: Accra

Area: 238.537 sq km

Borders with: Eastern border with Togo, Western border with Côte D'Ivoire, Northern border with Burkina Faso and Southern border with Golf of Guinea 

People

Population: 24.27 M (2010)

Population Growth Rate: 1.8 % (2010)

Ethnic Groups: Akan (45.3 %), Mole-Dagbon (15.2 %), Ewe (11.7 %), Ga-Dangme (7.3 %), Guan (4 %), Gurma (3.6 %), Grusi (2.6 %), Mande-Busanga (1 %), other tribes (1.4 %), other (7.8 %).  

Language: English (official), Asante, Ewe, Fante, Brong, Dagomba, Dangme, Dagarte, Akyem, Ga, Akuapem and many more.

Religion: Christian (68.8 %), Muslim (15.9 %), Traditional 8.5 %, Other 0.7 %, None 6.1 %

Economy

Currency: Ghana Cedi (GH₵). 1 GH₵ = 3.29 DKK. (Apr. 2012)

GDP Growth: 13.6 % (2011)

GDP per capita: USD 1,500 (2011)

External Debt: USD 7.6 B (Feb. 2012)

Inflation (Consumer Prices): 8.80 % (Mar. 2012)

Export: Mainly cocoa, gold, timber, tuna and oil.

Export value: USD 9,792 M (o/w oil USD 1,972.7 M) (Sep. 2011)

Danish Development Assistance: DKK 332 M (2011)

Danish-Ghanian Intra-state trade: Export: DKK 152.3 M - Import: DKK 13.2 M (2010)

Government

Head of State: President John Evans Atta-Mills

Vice President: John Dramani Mahama

Foreign Minister: Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni