Ghana: flag, capital & map
Get to know Ghana, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Accra
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 35,064,272
- Area
- 238,533 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Ghanaian Cedi (GHS)
- Land neighbours
- Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo
Ghana is a country in Western Africa. Its capital is Accra.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Ghana
The flag of Ghana is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, gold and green, with a five-pointed black star centered in the gold band.
Where it is
Ghana is grouped in Western Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 3 countries in this atlas: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Ghana has a recorded area of 238,533 square kilometres. Among the 16 countries assigned to Western Africa in this dataset, it ranks 8 by area, from largest to smallest. Guinea is immediately above it in that ordering, at 245,857 km². Senegal is immediately below it, at 196,722 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 35,064,272 people for Ghana in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 147 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Ghanaian Cedi (GHS). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Ghana?
Reveal answer
Accra. Ghana is a country in Western Africa. Its capital is Accra.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Ghana?
Reveal answer
The flag of Ghana is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, gold and green, with a five-pointed black star centered in the gold band.
Which land neighbours of Ghana are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Togo. The source classifies Ghana as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Ghana?
Reveal answer
English. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Ghana.
Which currency codes are listed for Ghana?
Reveal answer
Ghanaian Cedi (GHS). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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