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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 Republic of Ghana
1991 Republic of Ghana
1992 Republic of Ghana
1993 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
1994 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
1995 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
1996 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
1997 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
1998 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
1999 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
2000 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
2001 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
2002 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
2003 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
2004 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
2005 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
2006 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
2007 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
2008 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
2009 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
2010 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
2011 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
2012 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
2013 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
2014 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast
2015 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana | conventional short form: Ghana | former: Gold Coast
2016 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana | conventional short form: Ghana | former: Gold Coast | etymology: named for the medieval West African kingdom of the same name, but whose location was actually further north than the modern country
2017 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana | conventional short form: Ghana | former: Gold Coast | etymology: named for the medieval West African kingdom of the same name, but whose location was actually further north than the modern country
2018 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana | conventional short form: Ghana | former: Gold Coast | etymology: named for the medieval West African kingdom of the same name, but whose location was actually further north than the modern country
2019 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana | conventional short form: Ghana | former: Gold Coast | etymology: named for the medieval West African kingdom of the same name but whose location was actually further north than the modern country
2020 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana | conventional short form: Ghana | former: Gold Coast | etymology: named for the medieval West African kingdom of the same name but whose location was actually further north than the modern country
2021 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast etymology: named for the medieval West African kingdom of the same name but whose location was actually further north than the modern country
2022 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast etymology: named for the medieval West African kingdom of the same name but whose location was actually further north than the modern country
2023 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast etymology: named for the medieval West African kingdom of the same name but whose location was actually further north than the modern country
2024 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast etymology: named for the medieval West African kingdom of the same name but whose location was actually further north than the modern country
2025 conventional long form: Republic of Ghana conventional short form: Ghana former: Gold Coast etymology: named for a tribal chieftain who ruled a large part of the region prior to the 13th century, even though his territory was northwest of modern-day Ghana; the former name, Gold Coast, came from the gold that Portuguese explorers discovered in the region in the late 15th century