Demographics - Asɛm

In addition to containing plots and characters and other such delightful aspects, stories often have quite necessary background information that, although indeed necessary and useful, does not necessarily thrill one's heart. Therefore, let us take a quick look at some of the demographics about Christianity in the country of Ghana.

The Joshua Project estimates that within the space of 238,533 sq km, which is around the size of Oregon, Ghana contains between twenty-five to twenty-six million (25,000,000-26,000,000) people who speak approximately ninety-seven (97) different languages.

Out of those ninety-seven languages spoken by Ghanaian residents, about thirty (30) of them have not had the Bible translated into them so that the Word of God could be within reach for the people who speak those languages. Of the sixty-seven (67) languages that remain, only twenty-three (23) have had the entire Bible translated into those languages and thus become available for use in Ghana. Essentially, that means that out of ninety-seven languages, seventy-four of them are currently not capable of presenting the whole Bible to the millions of people in Ghana.

Now, out of those millions of people, according to the Joshua Project, about seventy-five percent (75%) of the people belong to an established church (that is, a relatively solid church in which the members are fairly well engaged), about eight percent (8%) either belong to a budding church (a brand-new or growing church) or are nominal attendees (in other words, they only come sporadically or are not thoroughly engaged), and about seventeen percent (17%) are completely unreached.

The Joshua Project also explains that the unreached of Ghana are primarily composed of either those believing in ethnic religions or Muslims. However, it is evident that most of the citizens of the country belong to a church. But, one may ask, exactly what kinds of churches do Ghanaian Christians belong to?

According to the Central Intelligence Agency's The World Factbook, as of 2010, the most popular churches at the time are Pentecostal/Charismatic, with Protestantism weighing in next and Roman Catholicism coming in right behind.
It is interesting to note that, as the website The Ghana Districts points out, "At the national level, the proportion of female Christians (70.5%) is higher than that of the male Christians (67.1%)." However, it should also be kept in mind that this difference is not significant, and these proportions vary from district to district (as opposed to on the national level).