(2018 est. (2016) [see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - urban country ranks ] age 15 and over can read and write rural: 91.4% of population [see also: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total country ranks ] 22 (2020 est. malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever [see also: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total country ranks ] country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): definition: (2016) (2015 est.) Obesity - adult prevalence rate: 10.9% total: 32.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2017) [see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ] respiratory diseases: meningococcal meningitis [see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ] HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.7% age 15 and over can read and write female: 14.6% female: 11 years meningococcal meningitis urban population: 56.7% of total population HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 330,000 [see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ] female: 71.4% (2018 est. [see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ] [see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ] note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 NOTE: 1) The information regarding Ghana on this page is re-published from the 2020 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): total population: 97.2 male(s)/female (2020 est. total: 15.2% (male 2,717,481/female 2,752,601) total: 14.9% of population rural: 8.6% of population total: 11.3% of population (2014)country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 [see also: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male country ranks ] (2015 est.) (2016) [see also: Current Health Expenditure country ranks ] note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expectedcountry comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): HIV/AIDS - deaths: 14,000 total dependency ratio: 73 Total fertility rate: 3.9 children born/woman very high [see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female country ranks ] [see also: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total country ranks ] rabies Since the 1990s, increased emigration of skilled Ghanaians, especially to the US and the UK, drained the country of its health care and education professionals. [see also: Physicians density country ranks ] Hospital bed density: 0.9 beds/1,000 population [see also: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male country ranks ] (2015 est.) [see also: Literacy - male country ranks ] [see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ] Death rate: 6.6 deaths/1,000 population (2016) )country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): Total fertility rate: 3.9 children born/woman at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female female: 70.8 years (2017)country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): definition: [see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total country ranks ] )country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): [see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ], Major urban areas - population: 3.206 million Kumasi, 2.475 million ACCRA (capital), 900,000 Sekondi Takoradi total population: 76.6% [see also: Sex ratio - 0-14 years country ranks ] Demographic profile: (2017) vectorborne diseases: (2017) (2017)country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 32 animal contact diseases: female: 71.4% Net migration rate: -1.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population rural: 16% of population [see also: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male country ranks ] bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever urban: 20.2% of population at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female female: 14.6% (2016) Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 Increased life expectancy, due to better health care, nutrition, and hygiene, and reduced fertility have increased Ghana’s share of elderly persons; Ghana’s proportion of persons aged 60+ is among the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa.