Greater Accra Region

Great Accra Region
Aerial View of Accra
Aerial View of Accra
Location of Greater Accra Region in Ghana
Location of Greater Accra Region in Ghana
CountryGhana
CapitalAccra
Districts16
Government
 • Regional MinisterHenry Quartey
 • MayorMohammed Adjei Sowah
Area
 • Total3,245 km2 (1,253 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 10th
Population
 (2021 Census)[1]
 • Total5,455,692
 • RankRanked 2nd
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)
 • Year2013
 • Per capita$5,150
GDP (Nominal)
 • Year2013
 • Per capita$2,500
Time zoneGMT
Area code030
ISO 3166 codeGH-AA
HDI (2021)Increase 0.707[2]
high · 1st

The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres.[3] This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the most populated region, with a population of 5,455,692 in 2021, accounting for 17.7 per cent of Ghana's total population.[4][5]

The Greater Accra region is the most urbanized region in the country with 87.4% of its total population living in urban centres.[6] The capital city of Greater Accra Region is Accra which is at the same time the capital city of Ghana.

  1. ^ a b "Greater Accra Region". Ghanadistricts.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. ^ "About GAR – Greater Accra Region". Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Population & Housing Census 2010" (PDF). Ghana Statistical Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Greater Accra - Government of Ghana". Government of Ghana. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  6. ^ Songsore, Jacob. "The Urban Transition in Ghana: Urbanization, National Development and Poverty Reduction" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2016.