General information
Ghana | United States | |
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Region: | Western Africa | North America |
Area: | 238,540 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | English | English |
Government form: | Presidential republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1957 AD | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Accra | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Ghana | United States | |
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Population: | 31,073,000 | 331,501,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 130.3 | 33.7 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 63 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 65 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 21.4 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birthrate: | 28.60 ‰ | 10.90 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 7.15 ‰ | 10.30 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -0.17 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Ghana | United States | |
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Political stability: | 48 | 63 |
Civil rights: | 51 | 81 |
Health: | 26 | 71 |
Climate: | 56 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 42 | 38 |
Popularity: | 39 | 67 |
Economy
Ghana | United States | |
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Currency: | Ghana Cedi (1 GHS = 100 Pesewas) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 4.7 % | 5.5 % |
Inflation rate: | 9.97 % | 4.70 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 37.34 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 55.40 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 2,340 US$ | 64,140 US$ |
Corruption index: | 43 (bad) | 67 (moderate) |
GHA: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 68,532 M US$ | 2.21 M US$ | 20,953,030 M US$ | 63.21 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 72,856 M US$ | 2.34 M US$ | 21,261,523 M US$ | 64.14 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 22,077 M US$ | 0.71 M US$ | 2,134,445 M US$ | 6.44 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 24,545 M US$ | 0.79 M US$ | 2,811,124 M US$ | 8.48 M US$ |
Infrastructure
GHA: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 109,515 km | 3.52 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.87 km |
Railways: | 947 km | 0.03 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 1,293 km | 0.04 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 51 | 0.002 | 3,627 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 10 | 0.000 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
GHA: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 9.36 bn kWh | 301,323.23 kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.77 m kWh |
Energy production: | 12.52 bn kWh | 402,922.86 kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.35 m kWh |
Energy export: | 187.00 m kWh | 6,018.10 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,245.76 kWh |
Energy imports: | 511.00 m kWh | 16,445.17 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 219,365.80 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 16.11 m t | 518.46 t | 4.98 bn t | 15,026.50 t |
Telecommunication
Ghana | United States | |
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International dialing: | +233 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .gh | .us |
GHA total | GHA per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 307,668 | 10 | 103,052,000 | 311 |
Mobile cellulars: | 40,461,609 | 1302 | 442,457,000 | 1335 |
Internet server: | 59,086 | 2 | 505,000,000 | 1523 |
Internet users: | 16,468,661 | 530 | 294,658,590 | 889 |
Broadband Internet: | 78,371 | 3 | 121,176,000 | 366 |
Healthcare system
Ghana | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 0.90 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.18 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 2.5 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.94 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 1.4 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 84.0 % | 75.0 % |
Smokers: | 3.5 % | 23.0 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Ghana and United StatesGhana | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 32.0 °C | 18.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 23.2 °C | 7.1 °C |
Water temperature: | 26.4 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 78 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 6.3 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 6.5 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Ghana | United States | |
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English: | 15.3 % | 82.1 % |
Asante: | 14.8 % | n/a |
Ewe: | 12.7 % | n/a |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Fante: | 9.9 % | n/a |
Boron: | 4.6 % | n/a |
Dagomba: | 4.3 % | n/a |
Dangme: | 4.3 % | n/a |
Dagarte: | 3.7 % | n/a |
Akyem: | 3.4 % | n/a |
Ga: | 3.4 % | n/a |
Akuapem: | 2.9 % | n/a |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 20.7 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Ghana | United States | |
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Christianity: | 71.2 % | 78.5 % |
Islam: | 17.6 % | 1.1 % |
Nondenominational: | 5.2 % | n/a |
Native religions: | 5.2 % | n/a |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 0.8 % | 15.3 % |