Demographics	Data
Population (mid-2009)*	23,837,000
Population growth rate (Rate of Natural Incr: birth rate minus death rate, expressed as a %)*	2.1 percent
Gender (2009 est.)**	4.717 percent (constant prices)
Adult Literacy rate (% aged 15 and older ) 1999-2007***	7.618 Percent
Population below poverty line (Population living below the national poverty line (%), 2000-2006)***	28.5 percent
Age Distribution*	less than 15 yrs: 40% 15-65: 56% 65+: 4%
HIV/AIDS Among Adult Population, Ages 15-49, 2007/2008 (%)	10.33 million
Urban population*	48 percent
Average Annual Rate of Change of Urban Population, 2005-2010 (%)	3.5 percent
Urban Population Living in Slums (%), 2005	45 percent
Religion (2000 census)**	Christian 68.8% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 24.1%, Protestant 18.6%, Catholic 15.1%, other 11%), Muslim 15.9%, traditional 8.5%, other 0.7%, none 6.1%
Ethnic groups (2000 census)**	Akan 45.3%, Mole-Dagbon 15.2%, Ewe 11.7%, Ga-Dangme 7.3%, Guan 4%, Gurma 3.6%, Grusi 2.6%, Mande-Busanga 1%, other tribes 1.4%, other 7.8%
Languages**	Asante 14.8%, Ewe 12.7%, Fante 9.9%, Boron (Brong) 4.6%, Dagomba 4.3%, Dangme 4.3%, Dagarte (Dagaba) 3.7%, Akyem 3.4%, Ga 3.4%, Akuapem 2.9%, other 36.1% (includes English (official))
* = Population Reference Bureau ** = CIA World Factbook *** = UNDP Human Development Report