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Republic of Ghana
President: Jerry John Rawlings (1981)
Area: 92,100 sq. mi. (238,540 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 18,887,626 (average annual rate of natural increase: 2.14%); birth rate: 31.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 76.2/1000; density per sq. mi.: 205
Capital: Accra
Largest cities (est. 1988): Accra, 949,100; Kumasi, 385,200; Tamale, 151,100
Monetary unit: Cedi
Languages: English (official), Native tongues (Brong Ahafo, Twi, Fanti, Ga, Ewe, Dagbani)
Ethnicity/race: black African 99.8% (major tribes: Akan 44%, Moshi-Dagomba 16%, Ewe 13%, Ga 8%), European and other 0.2%
Religions: indigenous beliefs, 38%; Islam, 30%; Christian, 24%
Literacy rate: 60%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $33.6 billion; $1,800 per capita. Real growth rate: 3%. Inflation: 27.7% (1997 est.). Unemployment: 20% (1997 est.). Arable land: 12%. Agriculture: cocoa, rice, coffee, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, corn, shea nuts, bananas; timber. Labor force: n.a.; agriculture and fishing, 61%; industry, 10%; services, 29% (1996 est.). Industry: mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum smelting, food processing. Natural resources: gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber. Exports: $1.5 billion (f.o.b., 1997): gold 39%, cocoa 35%, timber 9.4%, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, and diamonds (1996 est.). Imports: $2.1 billion (f.o.b., 1997): capital equipment, petroleum, consumer goods, foods, intermediate goods. Major trading partners: U.K., Germany, U.S., the Netherlands, Japan, Nigeria.
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
