Ethnic Groups

Name: Ghana Ethnic Groups
Creator: Wikidata
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Ethnic groups of Ghana with population where recorded, the language each speaks and the area it is associated with. Sourced from Wikidata, CC0. 120 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵19.00120 recordsCulture

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
name	TEXT NOT NULL
description	TEXT
population	BIGINT
language	TEXT
region_named	TEXT
wikidata_id	TEXT
source	TEXT

Preview

five records, free

First 5 rows of Ethnic Groups
nameTEXT NOT NULL	descriptionTEXT	populationBIGINT	languageTEXT	region namedTEXT	wikidata idTEXT	sourceTEXT
Abe	ethnic group	—	—	—	Q55096070	Wikidata (CC0)
Abidji people	ethnic group in Ivory Coast	—	Nyo	—	Q4667609	Wikidata (CC0)
Aboure	Ivoirian people	—	—	—	Q2821774	Wikidata (CC0)
Ada	Ethnic group in Ghana and Togo	—	—	—	Q55342471	Wikidata (CC0)
Adangme people	ethnic group in Togo and Ghana	—	—	—	Q1159639	Wikidata (CC0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL	descriptionTEXT	populationBIGINT	languageTEXT	region namedTEXT	wikidata idTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-name-1	example-description-1	10	example-language-1	example-region_named-1	10	example-source-1
example-name-2	example-description-2	20	example-language-2	example-region_named-2	20	example-source-2
example-name-3	example-description-3	30	example-language-3	example-region_named-3	30	example-source-3
example-name-4	example-description-4	40	example-language-4	example-region_named-4	40	example-source-4
example-name-5	example-description-5	50	example-language-5	example-region_named-5	50	example-source-5
example-name-6	example-description-6	60	example-language-6	example-region_named-6	60	example-source-6
example-name-7	example-description-7	70	example-language-7	example-region_named-7	70	example-source-7
example-name-8	example-description-8	80	example-language-8	example-region_named-8	80	example-source-8

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/ethnic_groups

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 18, 2026from the source
Covers: A snapshotas of Sep 18, 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026had warnings
Source: Wikidata

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (Wikidata). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Ethnic groups (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Wikidata]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/ethnic-groups

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/ethnic_groups?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/ethnic_groups?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/ethnic_groups",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Field

Type

name

TEXT NOT NULL

description

TEXT

population

BIGINT

language

TEXT

region_named

TEXT

wikidata_id

TEXT

source

TEXT

nameTEXT NOT NULL

descriptionTEXT

populationBIGINT

languageTEXT

region namedTEXT

wikidata idTEXT

sourceTEXT

Abe

ethnic group

—

Q55096070

Wikidata (CC0)

Abidji people

ethnic group in Ivory Coast

—

Nyo

—

Q4667609

Wikidata (CC0)

Aboure

Ivoirian people

—

Q2821774

Wikidata (CC0)

Ada

Ethnic group in Ghana and Togo

—

Q55342471

Wikidata (CC0)

Adangme people

ethnic group in Togo and Ghana

—

Q1159639

Wikidata (CC0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL

descriptionTEXT

populationBIGINT

languageTEXT

region namedTEXT

wikidata idTEXT

sourceTEXT

example-name-1

example-description-1

example-language-1

example-region_named-1

example-source-1

example-name-2

example-description-2

example-language-2

example-region_named-2

example-source-2

example-name-3

example-description-3

example-language-3

example-region_named-3

example-source-3

example-name-4

example-description-4

example-language-4

example-region_named-4

example-source-4

example-name-5

example-description-5

example-language-5

example-region_named-5

example-source-5

example-name-6

example-description-6

example-language-6

example-region_named-6

example-source-6

example-name-7

example-description-7

example-language-7

example-region_named-7

example-source-7

example-name-8

example-description-8

example-language-8

example-region_named-8

example-source-8

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (Wikidata). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Ethnic groups (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Wikidata]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/ethnic-groups

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/ethnic_groups?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/ethnic_groups?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/ethnic_groups",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]