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COUNTRY INDICATORS
Demographic data
Year
Estimate
Total population (thousands)
2004
21 377
UN population division
database
Female population aged 15-24
(thousands)
2004
2 314
UN population division
database
Population aged 15-49 (thousands)
2004
10 697
UN population division
database
Annual population growth rate (%)
19922002
2.4
UN population division
database
Percentage of urban population
2003
45.1
UN population division
database
Average annual growth rate of urban
population
20002005
3.22
UN population division
database
Crude birth rate (births per 1,000
population)
2004
31.2
UN population division
database
9.9
UN population division
database
Crude death rate (deaths per 1,000
population)
1
Source
Maternal mortality rate (per 100,000
live births)
2000
540
World Health Report
2004 , WHO/UNICEF
Life expectancy at birth (years)
2002
57.6
World Health Report
2004, WHO
Total fertility rate
2002
4.2
World Health Report
2004, WHO
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live
births)
2000
62
World Health Report
2004, WHO
Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live
births)
2000
105
World Health Report
2004, WHO
Adults aged 15-49 with HIV/Aids
2003
320 000
UNAIDS, 2004
For consistency reasons, the data used in the above table are taken from official UN publications, while
real GDP Growth and per capita income are from African Development Indicators, 2004 and the Bank of
Ghana.