Quick Facts Continued... (Adapted from CIA World Factbook)

• People and Society :: GHANA

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• Population:
  ~27,000,000
  Nationality:
   Ghanaian
  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.)
  Languages:
  Asante 16%, Ewe 14%, Fante 11.6%, Boron (Brong) 4.9%, Dagomba 4.4%, Dangme 4.2%, Dagarte (Dagaba) 3.9%, Kokomba 3.5%, Akyem 3.2%, Ga 3.1%, other 31.2%
  note: English is the official language (2010 est.)
  Religions:
  Christian 71.2% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 28.3%, Protestant 18.4%, Catholic 13.1%, other 11.4%), Muslim 17.6%, traditional 5.2%, other 0.8%, none 5.2% (2010 est.)
  
  
  Net migration rate:
  -1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
  country comparison to the world: 161
  Urbanization:
  urban population: 54% of total population (2015)
  
  
  Mother's mean age at first birth:
  22.6
  Life expectancy:
  total population: 66.6 years
  HIV/AIDS - deaths:
  12,600 (2015 est.)
  Major infectious diseases:
  degree of risk: very high
  food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
  vectorborne diseases: malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever
  water contact disease: schistosomiasis
  respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
  animal contact disease: rabies (2016)
  
  
  Education expenditures:
  6% of GDP (2013)
  country comparison to the world: 13
  Literacy:
  definition: age 15 and over can read and write
  total population: 76.6%
  male: 82%
  female: 71.4% (2015 est.)
  School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
  total: 11 years
  Child labor - children ages 5-14:
  percentage: 34% (2006 est.)
  
  
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