Area: 238,537 square kilometers

Population: 17,748,400 (1996 est.)

Population growth rate 3.12% (1993 est.)

Pop. density: 175 per sq. mi. Urban (1990): 33%.

Birth rate: 44.66 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 12.52 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: -1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 84.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 55.19 years   male- 53.27 years    female- 57.17 years

Total fertility rate: ~6 children/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality: noun - Ghanaian(s); adjective - Ghanaian Ethnic divisions: black African 99.8%

major tribes: Akan 44% Mole-Dagomba 16% Ewe 13% Ga 8% European and other 0.2%

Religions: Christian-42.8%; Muslim-12.0% ; Other religions-38.2%

Languages: English (official), African (Akan, Mole-Dagomba, Ewe,and Ga)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)

total population: 60%   male: 70%   female: 51%

Labor force: total- 3.7 million

agriculture and fishing- 54.7%; industry- 18.7%; sales and clerical- 15.2%

services, transportation, and communications- 7.7%; professional 3.7%;