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Online Resources[edit | edit source]

Ghana Population Censuses at British Library - images
Ghana Demography at British Library - images
1984 Ghana Census, 1984 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Census records[edit | edit source]

Record type: Population enumerations.

Time period: 1872 to present.

Contents: Individual names, relationships, number of households for each city, town or village, unmarried mature males, widows who were heads of households, land and property owners.

Location: National Archives, Accra; some are also in the National Archives in London.

Population coverage: Estimate 65% of British population and 35% of native population.

Reliability: Generally good, some gaps.^[1]

Population[edit | edit source]

The population of Ghana since colonization by the Portuguese, Dutch, French and British has been as follows:

1600 800,000
1700 1,000,000
1800 1,800,000
1900 2,000,000
1990 11,000,000

About 40% of the population are Akan. Other ethnic groups include Ashanti, Ewe, Fante, Ga and Gur.^[1]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Ghana,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1991-1998.

[profile-1] 1.0 ^1.1 The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Ghana,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1991-1998.

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