Ghana

Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
29,463,643 1
Urban
56.10% 1
Rural
43.90% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
1.5% 2
Level of Public Corruption
70 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
59 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
4.12 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
6.20% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
62 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
71.50% 6
Internet Users
19% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$1,590 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
25.2% 6
  • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
  • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
  • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
  • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
  • 5 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.
  • 6 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics
4,254,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
13.74
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
25,936
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
25,163
First Communions per Year
30,210
Confirmations per Year
20,209
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
496,740
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
289,155
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
16,379
Church Marriages per Year
5,330
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
4,047
Priests
1,863
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
1,114
Catholics per Priest
2,283
Parishes
652
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
3,577
Catholic Hospitals
70
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
8
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