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Country Resource - Ghana

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Ghana

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  • Population......................................................................28,102,471 (July 2018 est.)
  • Population growth rate ..............................................................2.16% (2018 est.)
  • Birth rate....................................................30.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
  • Death rate.................................................6.8 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................-1.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)
  • Ethnic groups...........Akan 47.5%, Mole-Dagbon 16.6%, Ewe 13.9%, Ga-Dangme 7.4%, Gurma 5.7%, Guan 3.7%, Grusi 2.5%, Mande 1.1%, other 1.4% (2010 est.)

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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.

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