Republic of Ghana

Capital: Accra

Total Area: 92,100.81 sq mi,238,540.00 sq km,(slightly smaller than Oregon)

Population: 19,894,014 (July 2001 est.),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

Estimated Population in 2050: 31,952,685

Languages: English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)

Literacy: 64.5% total, 75.9% male, 53.5% female (1995 est.)

Religions: indigenous beliefs 38%, Muslim 30%, Christian 24%, other 8%

Life Expectancy: 55.86 male, 58.66 female (2001 est.)

Government Type: constitutional democracy

Currency: 1 new cedi (C) = 100 pesewas

GDP (per capita): $1,900 (2000 est.)

Industry: mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum smelting, food processing

Agriculture: cocoa, rice, coffee, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, corn, shea nuts, bananas; timber

Arable Land: 12%

Natural Resources: gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds

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