1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Religions
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% (2000 census)
Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)
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)) (2000 census)
Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census)
machinery and transport equipment 52%, raw materials and fuel 9%, chemicals 5% (2003)
External Debt
$7,511,000,000 $
$101,600,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
cedis (GHC) per US dollar - 1.1 (2008 est.), 0.95 (2007), 9,174.8 (2006), 9,072.5 (2005), 9,004.6 (2004) note: in 2007 Ghana revalued its currency with 10,000 old cedis equal to 1 new cedis
koruny (CZK) per US dollar - 17.037 (2008 est.), 20.53 (2007), 22.596 (2006), 23.957 (2005), 25.7 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.700%
1.150%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
6
Location
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo
Central Europe, southeast of Germany
Area
238,533 km sq
78,867 km sq
Coastline
539 km
0 km
Climate
tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north
