Ghana
Republic of Ghana
Ghana (GH, GHA) is a country in Western Africa, with Accra as its capital. The currency is the Ghanaian Cedi (GHS, GHS). The international dialling code is +233 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 023 123 4567. The time zone is Africa/Accra. Official language: English.
CurrencyGHSGHS
Dial code+233e.g. 023 123 4567
Time zoneAccraUTC+00:00
LanguageEnglish
CapitalAccra
Population34.6M238.5K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Ghana
- Native name
- Ghana
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- GH
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- GHA
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 288
- IOC code
- GHA
- Demonym
- Ghanaian
- Capital
- Accra
- Region
- Africa › Western Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Western Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .gh
- Coordinates
- 8, -2
- Area
- 238,533 km²
- Population
- 34,589,100
- GDP
- $229.6B ($6.6K per person)
- Literacy
- 71.5%
- Landlocked
- No
Currency
Ghanaian Cedi GHS
- Symbol
- GHS narrow GH₵
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- GH₵1,234.50
Former currencies: GHC
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akan ak | Official (regional) | 39% (13.5M) | |
| English en | Official | 21% (7.3M) | |
| Ewe ee | Official (regional) | 11% (3.8M) | |
| Ga gaa | Official (regional) | 2.8% (968.5K) | |
| abr abr | 5% (1.7M) | ||
| Frafra gur | 3.5% (1.2M) | ||
| Adangme ada | 3% (1M) | ||
| Nzima nzi | 1% (345.9K) | ||
| Hausa ha | 0.86% (297.5K) | ||
| saf saf | 0.012% (4.2K) | ||
| Fula ff | 0% (0) | ||
| Fula (Adlam) ff-Adlm | 0% (0) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Accra | UTC+00:00 | none | Greenwich Mean Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +233
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 8–9 digits
- Emergency number
- 191 pattern 19[1-3]|999
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 030 234 5678 | +233 30 234 5678 | XXX XXX XXXX | 9 |
| Mobile | 023 123 4567 | +233 23 123 4567 | XXX XXX XXXX | 9 |
| Toll free | 0800 12345 | +233 800 12345 | XXXX XXXXX | 8, 9 |
Show the 3 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [237]|8[0-2] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{5}) | 8 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [2358] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
No address data.
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also H
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the English (Ghana) locale (en-GH), amounts in GHS.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (GHS)
- GH₵1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- (GH₵1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 Ghanaian cedis
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometres per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, 27 March 2026
- Date, long
- 27 March 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 pm
- Time, short
- 3:04 pm
- Date and time
- 27 Mar 2026, 3:04 pm
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B and C
- List: or
- A, B or C