Geography

The administrative capital of each Ghanaian region and district with its coordinates, from OCHA's Common Operational Dataset for administrative boundaries. CC BY-IGO. 177 records.

Population by district, sex and five-year age band, from the official Common Operational Dataset produced by UNFPA with the Ghana Statistical Service. Read the geography before using it: this file covers 216 districts on Ghana's pre-2018 boundaries, not the current 260, and labels them with the old regions — Brong-Ahafo rather than Ahafo, Bono and Bono East. Its districts sum to 29.3 million against the 30.8 million in the companion region dataset, a gap of about 5%, because the two were compiled on different geographies. Use it for district-level shape, and the region dataset for totals. CC BY 4.0. 11664 records.

Population of each of Ghana's current 16 regions by sex and five-year age band, from the official Common Operational Dataset produced by UNFPA with the Ghana Statistical Service. The regions sum to 30.8 million, which matches the 2021 census. The companion district dataset is on the older 216-district geography and sums lower; these regional totals are the ones to use. CC BY 4.0. 1008 records.

Ghana's regions, districts and traditional areas as recorded in Wikidata, with capital, population, land area and the year each was created — including the areas abolished or split in past reorganisations. Sourced from Wikidata, CC0. 568 records.

Named mountains, hills, rivers, lakes, lagoons, islands and capes in Ghana with elevation, length or area where recorded, and the region and district each falls in. Sourced from Wikidata, CC0. 1194 records.

Every named place in Ghana — towns, villages, hills, rivers, farms and landmarks — with feature class, population and elevation where known, and the region and district each falls in. The gazetteer address matching and survey sampling are built on. Sourced from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. 23675 records.

Net migration, migrant stock, refugee population and personal remittances received and paid in Ghana. 6 indicators covering 1960-2025. 213 records.

Residential land across Ghana, with the kind of residential area where recorded — the built-up footprint of towns and estates, which is what population, utility and delivery coverage are judged against. Derived from OpenStreetMap. 20468 records.

Urban population, largest-city concentration, safely managed water and sanitation, and urban and rural electricity access in Ghana. 9 indicators covering 1960-2025. 390 records.

Ghana's metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies with their region, land area and centroid. 260 records.

The 16 regions of Ghana with land area, district count and centroid, computed from official boundary outlines. 16 records.

Population, growth, urbanisation, age structure, life expectancy and migration for Ghana, annual from 1960. 15 indicators covering 1960-2025. 981 records.