Businesses in Cape Coast

Categories in Cape Coast

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Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Cape Coast

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Education	197
Other accommodation	180
Restaurants	161
Churches	131
Hostels	123
Shopping	107
Religion	68
Apartments	66
Clothing stores	65
Bars, pubs and taverns	63
Hotels and motels	56
Beauty salons	50
Banks	46
Electronics stores	44

Cape Coast Facts

Area	100.3 km²
Population	228,647
Male Population	111,412 (48.7%)
Female Population	117,235 (51.3%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+367.6%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+82.3%
Median Age	19.7 years (Male: 18.5, Female: 21)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$6,116 (2022)
Area Codes	33 21
Neighborhoods	Amamoma, Prospect Hill, Old Site, Adisadel Village, Amosima
Local Time
Timezone	Greenwich Mean Time
Lat & Lng	5.10535, -1.24660

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Cape Coast Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	48,894	87,025	125,436	207,520	228,647	248,692	269,355
Population Density	487.7 / km²	868.1 / km²	1,251.2 / km²	2,070 / km²	2,280.8 / km²	2,480.7 / km²	2,686.8 / km²

* Projected

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

Cape Coast Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 82.3% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Cape Coast	+367.6%	+162.7%	+82.3%
Central Region (Ghana)	—	—	—
Ghana	—	—	—

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

Cape Coast Median Age

Median Age: 19.7 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Cape Coast	19.7 yrs	21 yrs	18.5 yrs
Central Region (Ghana)	19.9 yrs	21.2 yrs	18.7 yrs
Ghana	20.6 yrs	21.5 yrs	19.7 yrs

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

Cape Coast Population Density

Population Density: 2,281 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Cape Coast	228,647	100.3 km²	2,281 / km²
Central Region (Ghana)	2.6 million	9,874.7 km²	260 / 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

Cape Coast Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1740 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 Cape Coast

Percentage of businesses by neighborhood in Cape Coast

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Cape Coast

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Cape Coast

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

Cape Coast Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$4,407	$4,748	$5,075	$5,766	$6,286	$8,836	$5,951	$6,116
Total GDP	$263.1M	$332.9M	$425.7M	$592.6M	$781M	$1.3B	$939.4M	$1B

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

Cape Coast CO2 Emissions

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

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Cape Coast	171,922 tn	0.75 tn	1,714.9 tons/km²
Central Region (Ghana)	1,874,375 tn	0.73 tn	189.8 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

Cape Coast CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	171,922 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.75 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	1,714.9 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Low (2.1)

* 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 Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
6/22/39	7:19 PM	6.4	84.5 km	15,000 m	Ghana	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Cape Coast

Cape Coast, or Cabo Corso, is a city and fishing port, and the capital of Cape Coast Metropolitan District and Central Region of south Ghana. Cape Coast is situated on its south to the Gulf of Guinea. Cape Coast had a settlement population of 169,894..

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