Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Ghana See also: Immigration to Ghana| Ethnicity in the Republic of Ghana | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Percentage | |||
| Akan | 45.3% | |||
| Moré–Dagbani | 15.2% | |||
| Ewe | 11.7% | |||
| Ga–Adangbe | 7.3% | |||
| Guan | 4.0% | |||
| Gurma | 3.6% | |||
| Others | 10.2% | |||
Ghana has a reported population of about 24 million people. Ghana's first post-independence population census, in 1960, counted 6.7 million inhabitants. The native and largest ethnic group is Akan, who are located in Akanland. As of 2012, 11 million of the population are Akan.
Ghana has not seen the kind of ethnic conflict that has created civil wars in many other African countries.
The minority ethnic groups in Ghana are: Moré–Dagbani (Population: 2,406,940) in Upper west region - Upper East region and Northern region, Ewe (Population: 2,200,000) in Volta region, Ga-Adangbe (Population: 1,022,144) in Greater Accra, Gurma (Population: 702,000) in Upper East region, and Guang (Population: 354,567) in Northern region, others are Europeans (of mostly Scottish, English, and Scandinavian descent), Asians (of mostly Han Chinese and Sindhi-Indian descent), Syrian and Lebanese. The immigrant and illegal immigrant population of Ghana is predominantly made up of Nigerians and other nationals from West African countries.
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