Ghana Fact Sheet

Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries

Record Name Year Country Previous Ruler Country Date
Ghana Country Formation Date 1957 Ghana United Kingdom March 6, 1957

Database: Death Rates by Country

Record Name Country Death Rate (per 1000 persons) Source
Death Rate for Ghana Ghana 9.3 Wikipedia

Database: World Gold Mining Production By Country

Record Name Country Metal 1999 (Kilograms) 2000 (Kilograms) 2001 (Kilograms) 2002 (Kilograms) 2003 (Kilograms) Source
Gold production for Ghana Ghana Gold 79,946 72,100 68,341 69,271 69,600 United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

Database: World Wide Lanuage Speakers

Record Name Language Primary Country Source Rank Speakers
AKAN World Wide Language Speakers AKAN Ghana 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 104 7,000,000

Database: World Widfe life Expectancy by Country

Record Name Country Source Life Expectancy Rank
Ghana Life Expectancy Ghana World Fact Book 59.12 178

Database: World Oil Production by Country

Record Name Country Year Source Barrels per Day
Ghana Oil Production Ghana 2006 2006 CIA World Factbook 7,433

Database: Number of Airports in World Countries

Record Name Country Year Airports Source
Number of Airports in Ghana Ghana 2007 12 CIA World Fact Book

Database: Local Names of World Countries

Record Name Country Local Name
Local Name for Ghana Ghana Ghana

Database: United Nations Presidents

Record Name Origin Year Session
Alex Quaison-Sackey Ghana 1964 Nineteenth

Database: Unemployment rate for world countries

Record Name Country Rate (Percent) Note Source
Unemployment rate for Ghana Ghana 20.00 1997 est. Wikipedia

Database: Legal Driving Blood Alcohol Limits

Record Name Country Region Blood Alcohol Limit (Percent)
Driving Blood Alcohol Limit for Ghana Ghana Africa 0.08

Database: World List of Basilicas

Record Name Country Religion Region Number of Basilicas Note
Number of Basilicas in Ghana Ghana Catholic Africa 2 Basilicas are churches with historical importance or other significance.

Database: World Literacy Rates

Record Name Country Source Total Men Women Year
Ghana Literacy Rate Ghana UNESCO 76.9 percent 84.3 percent 69.8 percent 2005

Database: World Wide Chocolate Makers

Record Name Country Region Food Company
Jamieson's Chocolate Ghana Africa Chocolate Jamieson's Chocolate

Database: List of countries by train railway track length

Record Name Country Year Reported Transportation Type Railway Length (km) Source
Ghana Railway Length Ghana 2003 Train 977 Wikipedia

Database: Internet Country Codes

Record Name Country Internet Code
GH Ghana Ghana GH

Database: Prison Population by Country

Record Name Year Source
Prison population for Ghana 2007 Human Development Reports (UNDP)

Database: Global Alcohol Consumption by Country

Record Name Country 1975 (liters per year) 1979 (liters per year) 2003 (liters per year) 2004 (liters per year) Source
Average total alchohol consumption per person for Ghana Ghana n/a n/a 1.57 n/a World Health Organization

Database: Country Population (2002)

Record Name Country Capital City Year Land Area Population Source
Ghana Ghana Accra 2002 239,460 20,244,154 The World Factbook 2002, CIA

Database: List of Carbon Emissions by Country

Record Name Country Source Thousand Metric Tonnes per Capita (per thousand people)
Ghana CO2 Carbon Emissions Ghana World Resources Institute 5,921.8 0.269835

Database: Coastline of world countries

Record Name Country Coastline (KM)
Ghana Ocean Coastline Length Ghana 539

Database: Inflation rates by country (2003)

Record Name Country Source Rate (2003) Rate (2002) Rate (2001) Rate (2000)
GHANA Inflation Rate Ghana International Monetary Fund 10.2 15.9 33 25.2

Database: Capital Cities of World Countries

Record Name Country Capital City Country Long Name FIPS code
Republic of Ghana (Ghana) Ghana Accra Republic of Ghana GH

Database: World Currency List

Record Name Country Symbol Subdivision Name
Ghana (-July 2007) Ghana (-July 2007) ¢ 100 psewas new cedi
Ghana (Aug 2007-) Ghana (Aug 2007-) ¢ 100 psewas cedi

Database: Country GDP (2005)

Record Name Country Year Source GDP GDP per Capita Real Growth Rate Inflation
Ghana GDP Ghana 2005 The World Factbook 2006 54.45 billion 2,500 4.3 15.0

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