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Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Accra

Industry Description	Number of Establishments	Average Age of Business
Corporate management	3,842	19 years
Restaurants	3,581	28 years
Shopping	3,368	22 years
Churches	3,350	—
Clothing stores	3,125	14 years
Education	2,737	27 years
Apartments	2,680	—
Beauty salons	2,300	15 years
Electronics stores	2,275	18 years
Bars, pubs and taverns	1,678	—
Specialized design	1,597	14 years
Other accommodation	1,437	21 years
Real estate	1,392	16 years
Pharmacies and drug stores	1,387	22 years

Accra Facts

Area	235.4 km²
Population	2,801,717
Male Population	1,345,394 (48.0%)
Female Population	1,456,323 (52.0%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+397.4%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+87.9%
Median Age	24 years (Male: 23.9, Female: 24)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$8,907 (2022)
Area Codes	30 2
Neighborhoods	Ayawaso, Kpeshie, Osu Klottey, Ablekuma, Okai Koi
Local Time
Timezone	Greenwich Mean Time
Lat & Lng	5.55602, -0.19690

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Accra Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	563,226	1,045,260	1,491,064	2,427,629	2,801,717	3,101,194	3,538,267
Population Density	2,392.3 / km²	4,439.6 / km²	6,333.2 / km²	10,311.1 / km²	11,900 / km²	13,172 / km²	15,028.5 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Accra Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 87.9% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Accra	+397.4%	+168%	+87.9%
Greater Accra Region	—	—	—
Ghana	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Accra Median Age

Median Age: 24 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Accra	24 yrs	24 yrs	23.9 yrs
Greater Accra Region	23.9 yrs	24 yrs	23.9 yrs
Ghana	20.6 yrs	21.5 yrs	19.7 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Accra Population Density

Population Density: 11,900 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Accra	2.8 million	235.4 km²	11,900 / km²
Greater Accra Region	4.5 million	3,749.3 km²	1,197 / km²
Ghana	27.4 million	239,092.8 km²	114 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Accra Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1860 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Neighborhoods in Accra

Percentage of businesses by neighborhood in Accra

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Accra

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Accra

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Accra Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$2,976	$3,674	$3,726	$4,095	$4,991	$6,063	$7,404	$8,907
Total GDP	$3.5B	$5.1B	$6.1B	$7.9B	$11.2B	$15.1B	$20.4B	$25.6B

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Accra CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Accra	2,501,205 tn	0.89 tn	10,623.6 tons/km²
Greater Accra Region	3,785,988 tn	0.84 tn	1,009.8 tons/km²
Ghana	16,714,866 tn	0.61 tn	69.9 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Accra CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	2,501,205 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.89 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	10,623.6 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Flood	High (8)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
3/6/97	3:16 PM	4.4	13.5 km	10,000 m	Ghana	usgs.gov
4/14/90	11:43 AM	3.1	14.9 km	10,000 m	Ghana	usgs.gov
3/29/88	4:54 PM	3.5	10.7 km	10,000 m	Ghana	usgs.gov
2/27/88	12:51 AM	3.4	21.3 km	10,000 m	Ghana	usgs.gov
12/3/87	10:37 AM	3.1	23.5 km	10,000 m	Ghana	usgs.gov
6/22/39	7:19 PM	6.4	47.8 km	15,000 m	Ghana	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Accra

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