State · 1960 – present
Ghana
A state of 1960 – present — 66 years, still standing in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced Gold Coast, British Togoland and Dominion of Ghana. The atlas records 14 things within it — famine and plague 1 · people 13. Its line of rulers holds 14 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 66 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 14
- the President of Ghana
- Most ground
- 241,800 km²
- in 1961
- Within it
- 14
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 5
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Gold Coast · replaces · 1821 – 1957
- Dominion of Ghana · replaces · 1957 – 1960
- British Togoland · replaces · 1916 – 1956
Rulers
The line of President of Ghana - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Arden-Clarke | 1957 – 1957 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Kwame Nkrumah | 1960 – 1966 | 6 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Joseph Arthur Ankrah | 1966 – 1969 | 3 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Akwasi Afrifa | 1969 – 1970 | 1 year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Nii Amaa Ollennu | 1970 – 1970 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Edward Akufo-Addo | 1970 – 1972 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Ignatius Kutu Acheampong | 1972 – 1978 | 6 years | executed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Fred Akuffo | 1978 – 1979 | 1 year | executed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Jerry Rawlings | 1979 – 1979 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Hilla Limann | 1979 – 1981 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Jerry Rawlings | 1981 – 2001 | 20 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| John Kufuor | 2001 – 2009 | 8 years | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| John Atta Mills | 2009 – 2012 | 3 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| John Mahama | 2012 – 2017 | 5 years | ending not on record | |
| Nana Akufo-Addo | 2017 – 2025 | 8 years | served out the term, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| John Mahama | 2025 – in office | in office since 2025 | still in office |
14 rulers, 14 with terms dated as terms, covering 1957 – 2025. Median reign 3 years. 6 of 15 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 0.83, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
241,800 km² in 1970, 241,800 km² in 2020; at its largest 241,800 km² in 1970. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, from 1957Coat of arms of Ghana · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Union_of_African_States_(1958-1961).svg.png)
flag, 1958 – 1961Flag of the Union of African States (1958-1961) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Union_of_African_States_(1961%E2%80%931962).svg.png)
flag, 1961 – 1962Flag of the Union of African States (1961–1962) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Ghana_(1964%E2%80%931966).svg.png)
flag, 1964 – 1966Flag of Ghana (1964–1966) · Public domain 
flag, from 1966Flag of Ghana · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 199913 rows
- Kwame Nkrumah · ruler · 1909 – 1972
- John Mahama · ruler · 1958 – present
- Nana Akufo-Addo · ruler · 1944 – present
- John Atta Mills · ruler · 1944 – 2012
- John Kufuor · ruler · 1938 – present
- Jerry Rawlings · ruler · 1947 – 2020
- Hilla Limann · ruler · 1934 – 1998
- Joseph Arthur Ankrah · ruler · 1915 – 1992
and 5 more in the atlas.
2000 – 20991 row
- COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana · plague · 2020
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood66 years
stood longer than 38% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held241,800 km²
held more ground at its peak than 62% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median3 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 9% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record14
has more rulers on record than 87% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 7 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1950 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1961, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q117 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.