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Ghana 🇬🇭

Ghana is a country in Africa with a population of 33,475,870. Its capital is Accra. The official currency is GHS, and the main languages are English.

Quick facts

  • Capital: Accra
  • Continent: Africa
  • Population: 33,475,870
  • Area: 238,533 km²
  • Density: 140 people per km²
  • Currency: GHS
  • Languages: English
  • ISO code: GH

Where Ghana sits

Ghana 🇬🇭 is one of 54 countries in Africa, with its capital at Accra. It covers 238,533 square kilometres — 80th in the world — and is home to about 33,475,870 people, 47th globally.

The countries it shares a continent with include Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. If you are learning geography region by region — which works far better than alphabetically, because memory for places is spatial — those are the ones to learn alongside it.

How Ghana compares

Raw figures are hard to hold on their own, so it helps to anchor them. In population, Ghana sits closest to Yemen and Malaysia. In land area, its nearest counterparts are Romania and Laos.

At 140 people per square kilometre it is about 2.4 times the world average of 59.4. It ranks higher by population than by area, so it is more crowded than its size alone suggests.

English is an official language in 58 countries here, among them Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas and Barbados, and 53 others. The GHS is used by Ghana and no one else.

To see Ghana next to every other country, sort the country rankings by population, area or density; its currency and languages are listed alongside every other country's in world currencies and world languages.

How to remember Ghana

A for Accra, A for Atlantic: the capital is on the coast. On the flag, the black star sits in the gold stripe, just like Ghana's football team, the Black Stars.

The flag of Ghana: red, gold and green, with a black star

🇬🇭 The flag is three horizontal stripes of red, gold and green with a black five-pointed star in the centre. Red remembers those who died for independence, gold stands for the country's mineral wealth, green for its forests and natural wealth, and the black star is the guiding star of African freedom. It was designed by Theodosia Okoh.

Region and neighbours

Ghana is a country on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. It shares land borders with 3 countries: Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Togo.

Three facts about Ghana

  1. On 6 March 1957 Ghana became the first colony in sub-Saharan Africa to win its independence.
  2. Lake Volta is one of the largest artificial lakes in the world by area.
  3. The country is named after the ancient Ghana Empire, although that empire lay further north and west.

Sources: Wikipedia: Ghana, Wikipedia: Flag of Ghana, Wikipedia: Accra, CIA World Factbook.

Quiz yourself on Ghana

Quizzes that include Ghana

Three angles are worth covering for any country — where it is, what its flag looks like, and what its capital is. For Ghana those are:

Doing all three for one continent before moving on is far more efficient than learning flags globally, then capitals globally, then the map.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the colours of the Ghana flag?

The flag of Ghana is three horizontal stripes of red, gold and green with a black five-pointed star in the centre. Red remembers those who died for independence, gold stands for the country's mineral wealth, green for its forests and natural wealth, and the black star is the guiding star of African freedom. It was designed by Theodosia Okoh.

Which countries border Ghana?

Ghana shares land borders with Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Togo.

How can I remember the capital of Ghana?

A for Accra, A for Atlantic: the capital is on the coast. On the flag, the black star sits in the gold stripe, just like Ghana's football team, the Black Stars.