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This is a list of Ghanaian regions by population, ranked according to the latest census, which took place on 26 September 2010. Past census data (1960, 1970, 1984, and 2000) is included for comparison. (Note: The current boundaries of Ghana's administrative regions were not fully established until 1983.
In 1990 63 persons per square kilometer was the estimate for Ghana's overall population density. These averages did not reflect variations in population distribution. For example, while the Northern Region, one of ten administrative regions, showed a density of seventeen persons per square kilometer in 1984, in the same year Greater Accra ...
Ghana contributes 0.42% to the total world population. [169] With recent legal immigration of skilled workers who possess Ghana Cards, there is a small population of Chinese, Malaysian, Indian, Middle Eastern and European nationals.
Ghana has 5 billion barrels (790 × 10 ^ 6 m 3) to 7 billion barrels (1.1 × 10 ^ 9 m 3) of petroleum in reserves. A large oilfield which contains up to 3 billion barrels (480 × 10 ^ 6 m 3) of sweet crude oil was discovered in 2007. [62] Since these discoveries Ghana increased production steadily, the nations current peak is 200,000 barrels ...
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is a Ghanaian governing body established to report to the presidency. [1] The GSS conducts Population and Housing Census in the country. [ 2 ]
Most production came from the export sector, and by the 1992-93 crop year, cocoa production surpassed 300,000 tons, placing Ghana third in the world. [1] In 1990 exports of minerals — primarily gold but also diamonds, manganese, and bauxite — brought in US$234 million, an increase of 23.2 percent from the year before. [ 1 ]
Ghana's drylands in the northern Sudanese and Guinea savannah regions are especially at risk from erosion; in these areas, land deterioration is known as "desertification." The risk of desertification is present on about 35% of Ghana's land. An estimated $1.4 billion, or 6% of Ghana's GDP, is lost to land degradation each year in the country. [3]
Ghanaians predominantly inhabit the Republic of Ghana and are the predominant cultural group and residents of Ghana, numbering 34 million people as of 2024, making up 85% of the population. [27] [30] The word "Ghana" means "warrior king". [31] An estimated diaspora population of 4 million people worldwide are of Ghanaian descent. [32]