Ghana
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
532000
Immigrant Population
1.5%
Immigrant Share of Total Population
1055000
Emigrant Population
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EU Strategy on Voluntary Return and Reintegration: Crafting a Road Map to Better Cooperation with Migrants’ Countries of Origin
The European Union’s 2021 voluntary return strategy must deepen cooperation with origin countries to make assisted departures and reintegration more effective and sustainable.
Africa Moves Towards Intracontinental Free Movement for Its Booming Population
Africa's population boom is fueling intra-continental migration, but political fragmentation and security concerns leave the African Union's free movement vision unrealized.
Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States
The highly diverse sub-Saharan African immigrant population in the United States more than doubled since 2000, reaching 2 million in 2018.
Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States
Sub-Saharan Africans in the United States are a fast-growing, highly educated group, with many entering as refugees or through the Diversity Visa Lottery.
Select Diaspora Populations in the United States
Profiles of U.S. diaspora communities from 15 countries reflect how they drive homeland development through remittances and human capital. But their investment potential remains underutilized.
African Immigrants in the United States in 2007
In 2007, 42.5 percent of African-born adults held a bachelor's degree or higher, yet most had not naturalized.
Migrant Hometown Associations and Opportunities for Development: A Global Perspective
Migrant hometown associations fund community projects worldwide but reach their greatest development impact when matched by government or institutional co-investment.
Ghana: Searching for Opportunities at Home and Abroad
Ghana's diaspora of up to 4 million as of the mid-1990s remitted $1 billion in 2004, but the emigration of skilled professionals remains a challenge.
Characteristics of the African Born in the United States in 2000
The African-born U.S. population more than doubled from 1990 to 2000, reaching 880,000; more than two in five adults held college degrees, nearly twice the foreign-born average.
Changing Configurations of Migration in Africa
Feminization, commercialization, brain drain, and HIV/AIDS were among the forces transforming migration patterns across Africa.