Ghana Population

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.