Official Languages
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Languages spoken here
Akan (secondary) · Ewe (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · German (secondary) · Ghanaian Sign Language (secondary) · Hausa (secondary) · Hindi (secondary) · Igbo (secondary) · Yoruba (secondary)
“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.
Ghana
Peoples
Largest first.
| People | Population | Language | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akan | 5368000 | Akan | Christianity |
| Ewe | 4668000 | Ewe | Christianity |
| Akan-Fante | 3831000 | Akan | Christianity |
| Brong | 1649000 | Abron | Islam |
| Dagomba | 1548000 | Dagbani | Islam |
| Dangme | 1427000 | Dangme | Christianity |
| Dagaaba, Southern | 1291000 | Dagaare, Southern | Christianity |
| Konkomba | 1162000 | Konkomba | Ethnic Religions |
| Akan-Akyem | 1148000 | Akan | Christianity |
| Ga, Amina | 1042000 | Ga | Christianity |
| Akan-Akwapem | 876000 | Akan | Christianity |
| Kusaal | 743000 | Kusaal | Christianity |
| Akan-Kwawu | 620000 | Akan | Christianity |
| Gur, Farefare | 611000 | Farefare | Ethnic Religions |
| Mossi | 569000 | Moore | Ethnic Religions |
| Yoruba | 568000 | Yoruba | Islam |
| Sefwi | 452000 | Esahie | Christianity |
| Mamprusi | 442000 | Mampruli | Ethnic Religions |
| Gonja | 434000 | Gonja | Islam |
| Nzema, Appolo | 418000 | Nzema | Christianity |
| Wasa | 382000 | Wasa | Christianity |
| Hausa | 340000 | Hausa | Islam |
| Busanga | 300000 | Bisa | Ethnic Religions |
| Bimoba, Moba | 280000 | Bimoba | Ethnic Religions |
| Ahanta | 257000 | Ahanta | Christianity |
| Nankansi | 240000 | Farefare | Ethnic Religions |
| Bassar, Ntcham | 236000 | Ntcham | Ethnic Religions |
| Builsa, Buli | 235000 | Buli (Ghana) | Ethnic Religions |
| Birifor, Southern | 226000 | Birifor, Southern | Ethnic Religions |
| Kasem | 208000 | Kasem | Ethnic Religions |
| Akan-Asen | 199000 | Akan | Christianity |
| Sisaala, Tumulung | 190000 | Sisaala, Tumulung | Ethnic Religions |
| Kotokoli | 187000 | Tem | Islam |
| Cherepon | 185000 | Cherepon | Christianity |
| Efutu, Awutu | 180000 | Awutu | Christianity |
| Akan-Dankyira | 173000 | Akan | Christianity |
| Deaf | 155000 | Ghanaian Sign Language | Unknown |
| Larteh, Gua | 132000 | Larteh | Ethnic Religions |
| Chokosi | 128000 | Anufo | Ethnic Religions |
| Akan-Ahafo | 120000 | Akan | Christianity |
| Wala | 119000 | Wali (Ghana) | Ethnic Religions |
| Nchumburu, Kyombaron | 117000 | Chumburung | Ethnic Religions |
| Banda, Nafana | 110000 | Nafaanra | Ethnic Religions |
| Krache | 103000 | Krache | Christianity |
| Akpafu, Lolobi | 101000 | Siwu | Christianity |
| Dyula | 95000 | Jula | Islam |
| Anyi | 93000 | Anyin | Christianity |
| Buem | 88000 | Lelemi | Christianity |
| Nanumba | 84000 | Dagbani | Islam |
| Akan-Akwamu | 76000 | Akan | Christianity |
Languages
96 languages recorded here.
Abron
Adangbe
Adele
Ahanta
Akan
Animere
Anufo
Anyin
Avatime
Awutu
Bimoba
Birifor, Southern
Bisa
Buli (Ghana)
Chakali
Chala
Cherepon
Chinese, Mandarin
Chumburung
Dagaare, Southern
Dagbani
Dangme
Deg
Delo
Dompo
Dwang
English
Esahie
Ewe
Farefare
Fon
Foodo
French
Fulfulde, Western Niger
Ga
German, Standard
Ghanaian Sign Language
Gikyode
Gonja
Gua
Hanga
Hausa
Hindi
Ibibio
Ife
Igbo
Ikposo
Jula
Jwira-Pepesa
Kabiye
Kalabari
Kamara
Kantosi
Kasem
Klao
Konkomba
Konni
Kplang
Krache
Kulango, Bondoukou
Kulango, Bouna
Kusaal
Lama
Larteh
Lelemi
Ligbi
Lobi
Logba
Mampruli
Mandinka
Moore
Nafaanra
Nawdm
Nawuri
Nchumbulu
Nkami
Nkonya
Ntcham
Nyagbo
Nzema
Paasaal
Safaliba
Sekpele
Selee
Sisaala, Tumulung
Sisaala, Western
Siwu
Tafi
Tampulma
Tem
Tuwuli
Vagla
Wali (Ghana)
Wasa
Yoruba
Zarma
All catalogue fields
154 fields recorded
- rog3
- GH
- iso3
- GHA
- iso2
- GH
- ctry
- Ghana
- poplpeoples
- 35522000
- cntpeoples
- 108
- cntpeopleslr
- 16
- poplpeopleslr
- 1903000
- jpscalectry
- 5
- rol3officiallanguage
- eng
- officiallang
- English
- rlg3primary
- 1
- religionprimary
- Christianity
- percentchristianity
- 61.967558396323
- percentevangelical
- 25.933859261259
- c_10_40window
- N
- rog2
- AFR
- continent
- Africa
- regioncode
- 8
- regionname
- Africa, West and Central
- workersneeded
- 46
- harvest_rog3
- GH
- harvest_iso3
- GHA
- harvest_iso2
- GH
- harvest_owcountrycode
- GHAN
- harvest_ethnologuecountrycode
- GH
- harvest_countrynumber
- 82
- harvest_ctry
- Ghana
- harvest_ctryshort
- Ghana
- harvest_countrynamechinese
- 加纳
- harvest_countrynamechineseshort
- 加纳
- harvest_countrynamedutch
- Ghana
- harvest_countrynamefrench
- Ghana
- harvest_countrynamefrenchshort
- Ghana
- harvest_countrynamegerman
- Ghana
- harvest_countrynamegermanshort
- Ghana
- harvest_countrynameindonesian
- Ghana
- harvest_countrynameindonesianshort
- Ghana
- harvest_countrynameitalian
- Ghana
- harvest_countrynameitalianshort
- Ghana
- harvest_countrynamekorean
- 가나
- harvest_countrynamekoreanshort
- 가나
- harvest_countrynamenorwegian
- Ghana
- harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort
- Ghana
- harvest_countrynameportuguese
- Gana
- harvest_countrynameportugueseshort
- Gana
- harvest_countrynamerussian
- Гана
- harvest_countrynamerussianshort
- Гана
- harvest_countrynamespanish
- Ghana
- harvest_countrynamespanishshort
- Ghana
- harvest_countrynamevietnamese
- Ghana
- harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort
- Ghana
- harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix
- 在
- harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix
- du
- harvest_germanconcatenationprefix
- in
- harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix
- di
- harvest_italianconcatenationprefix
- -
- harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix
- 의
- harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix
- i
- harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix
- em
- harvest_russianconcatenationprefix
- B
- harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix
- en
- harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix
- ở
- harvest_ethnologuemapexists
- Y
- harvest_rog2
- AFR
- harvest_regioncode2414
- 4
- harvest_regioncode
- 8
- harvest_unsr
- 011
- harvest_worldabc
- C
- harvest_maniregioncode
- AW
- harvest_capital
- Accra
- harvest_population
- 35064000
- harvest_populationsource
- UN Country Population (2025)
- harvest_prayercastvideo
- https://prayercast.com/ghana.html
- harvest_waldnerguide
- prayer-guide-gh.pdf
- harvest_unmap
- https://un.org/geospatial/content/ghana
- harvest_jpscale
- 5
- harvest_c_10_40window
- N
- harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal
- N
- harvest_biblerestrictionsrank
- 80
- harvest_bibleshortagerank
- 27
- harvest_bibleaccessurl
- https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/GH_2025_profile.pdf
- harvest_owpctevang
- 24.2
- harvest_owpctcharismatic
- 23.0627
- harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate
- 4.5
- harvest_owcountrypage
- ghana
- harvest_literacyrate
- 79
- harvest_literacysource
- Ethnologue
- harvest_percenturbanized
- 56
- harvest_rol3officiallanguage
- eng
- harvest_rol3secondarylanguage
- ewe
- harvest_rlg3primary
- 1
- harvest_rlg4primary
- 3
- harvest_pctanimist
- 12.5
- harvest_pctbahai
- 0.1
- harvest_pctbuddhism
- 0
- harvest_pctchinese
- 0
- harvest_pcthindu
- 0
- harvest_pctislam
- 23.79
- harvest_pctsikh
- 0
- harvest_pctjudaism
- 0
- harvest_pctnonreligious
- 0.21
- harvest_pctother
- 0
- harvest_pctchristian
- 63.4
- harvest_pctchristianprotestant
- 25.73999999999999
- harvest_pctchristianindependent
- 22.15
- harvest_pctchristiananglican
- 1.25
- harvest_pctchristianromancatholic
- 12.04
- harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic
- 0
- harvest_pctchristianmarginal
- 1.56
- harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated
- 0.66
- harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing
- 0
- harvest_pctchristianother
- 0
- harvest_pctchristianextra
- 0
- harvest_rop1
- A013
- harvest_hdiyear
- 2015
- harvest_hdivalue
- 0.579
- harvest_hdirank
- 139
- harvest_internetusers
- 34.7
- harvest_flashmapzoom
- 500
- harvest_flashmapzoomx
- -206
- harvest_flashmapzoomy
- -213
- harvest_googlemapzoom
- 6
- harvest_googlemaplat
- 8
- harvest_googlemaplng
- -2
- harvest_ctrylatitude
- 7.946527
- harvest_ctrylongitude
- -1.023194
- harvest_securitylevel
- 1
- harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom
- https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/ghana/
- harvest_provincesdisplayable
- Y
- harvest_adm1label
- Provinces
- harvest_wcdsubregioncode
- 105
- harvest_poplgrowthrate
- 2.225947989869083
- harvest_godreportsurl
- http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=gh&joshua=gh
- harvest_datareportalurl
- https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-ghana
- harvest_internetusage
- 39
- harvest_internetusagesourceyear
- 2017
- harvest_biblesocietyurl
- http://www.biblesociety-ghana.org/
- harvest_areasquaremiles
- 92100
- harvest_areasquarekilometers
- 238533
- harvest_populationpersquaremile
- 221
- harvest_countryphonecode
- 233
- harvest_owpctchristian1986
- 52
- harvest_owpctevangelical1986
- 9
- harvest_owpctchristian1993
- 44.3
- harvest_owpctevangelical1993
- 8.9
- harvest_owpctchristian2001
- 63.55
- harvest_owpctevangelical2001
- 14.8
- harvest_religiondatayear
- 2010
- harvest_internetctrycode
- .gh
- harvest_worldfactbookurl
- https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ghana
- harvest_source
- PJ
- harvest_editname
- BM
- harvest_editdate
- 09/12/02 00:00:00