Determinants of population growth in Ghana

Abstract

Ghana, with its 92,100 square miles, occupies only 0.8 per cent of the area of Africa and 0,2 per cent of that of the world. It lies almost half way between Dakar in Senegal and Cameroon on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea, and from the southernmost point at latitude 4°44' North it extends for a distance of over 400 miles to latitude 11°10' North. The extreme western and eastern points stretch as far as longitudes 3015! West and 1°12- East. The sea coast is about 344 miles and international boundaries extend for 1,280 miles. Upper Volta, Togo and Ivory Coast are her northern, eastern and western neighbours respectively.