The composition of the population by nationality is summarised below. More than 97 per cent of
persons in the region are Ghanaians, with 94 per cent being Ghanaian by birth. The proportion of
Ghanaians by birth in the districts ranges from 91 to 97 per cent, with Sunyani having the highest
(96.7%). Ghanaians by naturalization constitute between 5 and 6 per cent of the total populations of
Sene, Kintampo, Nkoranza, Jaman, Dormaa and Asutifi. Atebubu district has the highest proportion of
other ECOWAS nationals (3.8%), while Berekum has the highest proportion of other African nationals
(1.5%) and non-Africans (1.2%). Foreign nationals deal in wood-processing activities a lot, and may
account for the small but significant proportion of non-Africans in Berekum, where wood-processing
is one of the main industrial activities. Berekum also has some religious organisations, mainly
Catholic, and other foreign NGOs with significant expatriate personnel carrying out social work. The
high proportion of ECOWAS nationals in Atebubu (3.8%) and Sene (2.8%) is difficult to explain, since
the districts do not share a border with any of the neighbouring countries. It may be due to migration
from Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso and Cote d’voire.
