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.

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Ghana

Peoples

Largest first.

PeoplePopulationLanguageReligion
Akan5368000 AkanChristianity
Ewe4668000 EweChristianity
Akan-Fante3831000 AkanChristianity
Brong1649000 AbronIslam
Dagomba1548000 DagbaniIslam
Dangme1427000 DangmeChristianity
Dagaaba, Southern1291000 Dagaare, SouthernChristianity
Konkomba1162000 KonkombaEthnic Religions
Akan-Akyem1148000 AkanChristianity
Ga, Amina1042000 GaChristianity
Akan-Akwapem876000 AkanChristianity
Kusaal743000 KusaalChristianity
Akan-Kwawu620000 AkanChristianity
Gur, Farefare611000 FarefareEthnic Religions
Mossi569000 MooreEthnic Religions
Yoruba568000 YorubaIslam
Sefwi452000 EsahieChristianity
Mamprusi442000 MampruliEthnic Religions
Gonja434000 GonjaIslam
Nzema, Appolo418000 NzemaChristianity
Wasa382000 WasaChristianity
Hausa340000 HausaIslam
Busanga300000 BisaEthnic Religions
Bimoba, Moba280000 BimobaEthnic Religions
Ahanta257000 AhantaChristianity
Nankansi240000 FarefareEthnic Religions
Bassar, Ntcham236000 NtchamEthnic Religions
Builsa, Buli235000 Buli (Ghana)Ethnic Religions
Birifor, Southern226000 Birifor, SouthernEthnic Religions
Kasem208000 KasemEthnic Religions
Akan-Asen199000 AkanChristianity
Sisaala, Tumulung190000 Sisaala, TumulungEthnic Religions
Kotokoli187000 TemIslam
Cherepon185000 ChereponChristianity
Efutu, Awutu180000 AwutuChristianity
Akan-Dankyira173000 AkanChristianity
Deaf155000 Ghanaian Sign LanguageUnknown
Larteh, Gua132000 LartehEthnic Religions
Chokosi128000 AnufoEthnic Religions
Akan-Ahafo120000 AkanChristianity
Wala119000 Wali (Ghana)Ethnic Religions
Nchumburu, Kyombaron117000 ChumburungEthnic Religions
Banda, Nafana110000 NafaanraEthnic Religions
Krache103000 KracheChristianity
Akpafu, Lolobi101000 SiwuChristianity
Dyula95000 JulaIslam
Anyi93000 AnyinChristianity
Buem88000 LelemiChristianity
Nanumba84000 DagbaniIslam
Akan-Akwamu76000 AkanChristianity

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
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix
du
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix
in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix
di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix
-
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix
i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix
em
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix
B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix
en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix
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