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name: Ghana
Nationality
noun: Ghanaian(s)
adjective:
Ghanaian
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Area
total: 239,460 sq km
land:
230,940 sq km
water: 8,520 sq
km
Population: 21,029,853
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 2005
est.)
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)
Capital: Accra
Largest Cities
Tema
Cape
Coast
Takoradi
Religion
Christian 63%,
Muslim
16%,
indigenous beliefs
21%
Political system: constitutional
democracy
GDP: purchasing power parity - $48.27
billion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power
parity - $2,300 (2004 est.)
Annual
growth: 5.4% (2004 est.)
GDP - composition
by sector
agriculture: 34.3%
industry: 24.2%
services:
41.4% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 13% (2004
est.)
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