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Outside view of Independence Square, Accra, Ghana, Ghana
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7,020
Records
11
Datasets
92
Tables
11
Sources
299
SEL Fields
58
CCL Fields
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📋 Most recent national census: 2021. Included in HERA.
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Datasets (11)
SEL — DGIWG Statistical Extent Location SEL+ — Platform extension (not in DGIWG core spec) CCL — DGIWG Cultural Context Location Extension — Preserved in extension tables (not in core SEL/CCL schema) Pending — Awaiting mapping

5 further sources (Afrobarometer, Ethnic Power Relations Dataset, GI-TOC / ENACT, Global Data Lab, World Values Survey) are held but not offered: their licences do not permit commercial redistribution. HERA cites their published findings with attribution and can supply the data to organisations holding their own licence — ask us.

GHA Ghana Statistical Service (GSS StatsBank) GHA-STATSGHANA Census
5,900 rows · 60 tables · 2021 Ghana Statistical Service (GSS StatsBank) 0 1 2 3 150 SEL 1,047 ext ▶
GHA World Bank Open Data GHA-WORLD_BANK Development Indicators
198 rows · 3 tables · 2024 World Bank Open Data 0 1 2 3 19 SEL 4 ext ▶
GHA USAID DHS Program GHA-DHS Health Surveys
160 rows · 2 tables · 2022 USAID DHS Program 0 1 2 3 6 SEL 3 CCL 10 ext ▶
GHA UNHCR Refugee Data Finder GHA-UNHCR Migration
101 rows · 2 tables · 2025 UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 36 ext ▶
GHA Glottolog Language Catalog GHA-GLOTTOLOG Language
96 rows · 1 table · 2024 Glottolog Language Catalog 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 4 ext ▶
GHA LandScan Global (ORNL) GHA-LANDSCAN Modeled Population
70 rows · 3 tables · 2024 LandScan Global (ORNL) 0 1 2 3 Locality 21 SEL 2 ext ▶
GHA GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) GHA-GHSL_UCDB Modeled Population
53 rows · 1 table · 2025 GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) 0 1 2 3 Locality 3 SEL 7 ext ▶
GHA D-PLACE GHA-DPLACE Ethnographic Societies
34 rows · 2 tables · 2024 D-PLACE 0 1 2 3 2 SEL 15 CCL 55 ext ▶
GHA OpenFactBook GHA-OPENFACTBOOK Country Profile
15 rows · 15 tables · 2024 OpenFactBook 0 1 2 3 94 SEL 4 CCL 618 ext ▶
GHA NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) GHA-NGA_GNS Language
6 rows · 2 tables · 2026 NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) 0 1 2 3 4 SEL 12 CCL 18 ext ▶
GHA INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) GHA-INFORM Risk Index
1 row · 1 table · 2026 INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) 0 1 2 3 ▶
Toponymic Footprint 33,418 place names from NGA GNS

Which languages name the landscape here, and in which writing systems. A language's toponymic footprint and its speaker population are different measures and often diverge. Counts include variant and foreign-language renderings of the same place, so a language can rank high because outside sources record names in it rather than because it is spoken locally — and a widely spoken language can be almost absent where official naming is in another language.

LanguagePlace names Share*Script
English (eng) 16,487 99.6% —
Portuguese (por) 69 0.4% —
+ 3 further languages (4 names, each under 0.05%)

23,338 distinct features · 5 languages · 0 scripts · 3 conventional English names
Source: NGA GEOnet Names Server (public domain) · rebuilt Wed, 05 Aug 2026.
* Shares are of the 16,560 names that carry a language code; the remaining 16,858 of 33,418 are unattributed, so these percentages do not divide into the headline count. Names follow the US/BGN convention.

Data Sources (11)

The data providers this country's datasets are sourced from — each links out to the provider.

SourceTypeAccess
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS StatsBank) official_nso api
World Bank Open Data international_organization api
D-PLACE (Database of Places, Language, Culture & Environment) academic bulk_download
INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) international_organization api
Glottolog Language Catalog academic bulk_download
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) international_organization api
USAID DHS Program (US Agency for International Development · Demographic and Health Surveys) international_organization api
NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) official_government bulk_download
GHS Urban Centre Database (Global Human Settlement · EU Joint Research Centre) international_organization bulk_download
LandScan Global (ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory) research_institution earth_engine
OpenFactBook community_compilation bulk_download

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