Ghana vs Guyana statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 831K in Guyana (ranked 161/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 81,522 sq mi for Guyana (ranked 81st vs. 82nd).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884).

Ghana and Guyana: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Guyana economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Guyana

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Guyana
1960	$1,217,230,095	$170,216,241
1961	$1,302,674,325	$185,849,535
1962	$1,382,515,654	$194,949,513
1963	$1,540,797,589	$175,757,894
1964	$1,731,296,200	$194,774,513
1965	$2,053,462,968	$213,235,294
1966	$2,126,300,672	$228,705,882
1967	$1,747,187,645	$250,176,471
1968	$1,666,909,518	$229,750,000
1969	$1,962,050,556	$249,300,000
1970	$2,215,028,588	$267,800,000
1971	$2,417,108,578	$282,050,000
1972	$2,112,293,280	$285,380,952
1973	$3,006,766,758	$307,047,619
1974	$2,894,409,938	$433,954,545
1975	$2,810,106,383	$494,791,667
1976	$2,765,254,237	$454,440,000
1977	$3,189,428,571	$449,880,000
1978	$3,662,478,185	$507,080,000
1979	$4,020,227,920	$530,440,000
1980	$4,445,228,216	$603,200,000
1981	$4,222,441,860	$570,357,107
1982	$4,035,994,398	$482,000,000
1983	$4,057,275,132	$489,333,333
1984	$4,412,279,843	$437,631,605
1985	$4,504,306,723	$453,488,372
1986	$5,735,677,434	$504,651,140
1987	$5,074,829,932	$354,591,847
1988	$5,197,765,032	$413,799,990
1989	$5,251,858,440	$379,779,390
1990	$5,889,106,573	$396,582,263
1991	$6,603,185,268	$348,533,095
1992	$6,416,103,926	$373,573,141
1993	$5,968,922,939	$454,101,382
1994	$5,446,383,727	$540,874,934
1995	$6,464,382,808	$621,626,786
1996	$6,932,991,739	$705,406,001
1997	$6,891,443,192	$749,138,010
1998	$7,482,069,162	$717,530,683
1999	$7,718,109,982	$694,754,988
2000	$4,982,850,662	$712,667,897
2001	$5,314,872,854	$712,167,450
2002	$6,166,197,848	$726,131,435
2003	$7,632,723,556	$743,063,950
2004	$8,881,417,907	$787,814,379
2005	$10,744,568,381	$824,880,550
2006	$20,885,037,597	$2,379,817,991
2007	$24,827,339,138	$2,730,971,595
2008	$28,679,383,241	$3,025,187,433
2009	$26,048,720,006	$3,165,663,153
2010	$32,197,655,567	$3,432,912,517
2011	$39,336,668,081	$3,691,384,318
2012	$41,271,701,061	$4,063,088,536
2013	$62,845,721,960	$4,167,800,929
2014	$54,678,533,806	$4,127,660,152
2015	$49,436,806,230	$4,279,840,194
2016	$56,144,179,398	$4,482,697,337
2017	$60,385,409,435	$4,748,174,334
2018	$67,259,353,966	$4,787,636,998
2019	$68,352,629,246	$5,173,760,192
2020	$70,008,243,860	$5,471,256,595
2021	$79,514,204,730	$8,041,362,110
2022	$73,919,003,210	$14,718,388,489
2023	$80,547,146,878	$16,918,503,597
2024	$82,825,288,889	$24,835,899,826

Ghana and Guyana economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Guyana

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Guyana
1960	$174.9	$299.1
1961	$181.9	$319
1962	$188.4	$327
1963	$205	$288.8
1964	$225	$313
1965	$260.5	$336
1966	$263.3	$353
1967	$211.2	$378
1968	$196.7	$340
1969	$225.8	$361
1970	$248.2	$381
1971	$263.4	$396
1972	$223.8	$395
1973	$310	$421
1974	$289.4	$588
1975	$273	$664
1976	$261	$604
1977	$292.3	$593
1978	$326	$663
1979	$347	$689
1980	$372	$779
1981	$344	$735
1982	$319	$621
1983	$311	$631
1984	$330	$565
1985	$330	$588
1986	$411	$657
1987	$355	$464
1988	$355	$545
1989	$350	$503
1990	$383	$529
1991	$418	$466
1992	$396	$498
1993	$360	$603
1994	$321	$716
1995	$372	$820
1996	$389	$928
1997	$378	$983
1998	$400	$940
1999	$403	$909
2000	$253.7	$932
2001	$263.5	$932
2002	$297.5	$951
2003	$358	$974
2004	$406	$1,033
2005	$479	$1,084
2006	$906	$3,136
2007	$1,050	$3,608
2008	$1,183	$4,009
2009	$1,048	$4,209
2010	$1,264	$4,582
2011	$1,507	$4,947
2012	$1,544	$5,444
2013	$2,295	$5,557
2014	$1,950	$5,473
2015	$1,723	$5,640
2016	$1,912	$5,871
2017	$2,012	$6,179
2018	$2,195	$6,048
2019	$2,187	$6,406
2020	$2,195	$6,776
2021	$2,445	$9,861
2022	$2,230	$17,913
2023	$2,384	$20,474
2024	$2,406	$29,884

Ghana vs. Guyana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Guyana

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Guyana
1950	43.1	49.2
1951	43.6	50.2
1952	44	51.3
1953	44.5	52.4
1954	45	53.3
1955	45.4	54.1
1956	45.7	55.2
1957	46.1	56.1
1958	46.4	56.4
1959	46.7	57
1960	46.9	57.5
1961	47.1	57.9
1962	47.3	58.3
1963	47.5	58.6
1964	47.6	59
1965	47.7	59.1
1966	47.7	59.3
1967	47.7	59.5
1968	47.8	59.7
1969	47.9	59.8
1970	47.9	60
1971	47.9	60.1
1972	48.3	60.1
1973	48.6	60.2
1974	48.9	60.3
1975	49.3	60.4
1976	49.7	60.4
1977	50.1	60.6
1978	50.5	60.6
1979	50.8	60.7
1980	51.1	60.8
1981	51.3	60.9
1982	51.4	61
1983	51.8	61.2
1984	52.2	61.3
1985	52.7	61.4
1986	53.3	61.5
1987	53.8	61.7
1988	54.4	61.8
1989	54.9	62.1
1990	55.4	62.3
1991	55.7	62.5
1992	56.1	62.8
1993	56.3	63
1994	56.2	63
1995	56.7	62.7
1996	57	62.7
1997	57.2	62.9
1998	57.5	63.4
1999	57.8	63.8
2000	58.1	64.1
2001	58.4	64.4
2002	58.7	64.2
2003	59	64.1
2004	59.3	64.2
2005	59.6	64.4
2006	60	64.8
2007	60.3	65.5
2008	60.6	65.7
2009	60.9	66
2010	61.3	66.2
2011	61.6	66.5
2012	62	66.4
2013	62.4	66.7
2014	62.8	67.3
2015	63.2	67.7
2016	63.5	68.1
2017	63.8	68.5
2018	64.1	68.8
2019	64.5	69.1
2020	64.3	67.8
2021	64.3	64.3
2022	65.2	69.9
2023	65.5	70.2
2024	65.7	70.3
2025	65.9	70.4

Ghana and Guyana population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Guyana

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Guyana
1960	6,961,215	569,143
1961	7,162,667	582,568
1962	7,337,375	595,461
1963	7,514,714	608,537
1964	7,695,739	621,764
1965	7,882,606	635,128
1966	8,074,521	648,646
1967	8,271,913	662,311
1968	8,475,729	676,160
1969	8,690,383	690,223
1970	8,925,813	702,705
1971	9,176,264	712,662
1972	9,438,187	721,617
1973	9,714,617	730,138
1974	10,000,523	738,057
1975	10,294,308	745,393
1976	10,594,913	752,253
1977	10,911,871	758,654
1978	11,248,450	764,586
1979	11,597,255	770,062
1980	11,941,448	774,367
1981	12,281,712	776,453
1982	12,643,819	776,712
1983	13,029,836	775,891
1984	13,370,590	774,111
1985	13,661,229	771,477
1986	13,965,217	768,098
1987	14,289,108	764,120
1988	14,636,568	759,663
1989	15,006,813	754,865
1990	15,394,648	749,894
1991	15,787,496	747,861
1992	16,184,855	749,911
1993	16,589,519	752,965
1994	16,993,190	755,822
1995	17,399,017	758,388
1996	17,810,181	760,526
1997	18,238,958	762,245
1998	18,688,036	763,586
1999	19,149,864	764,483
2000	19,637,087	764,832
2001	20,167,069	764,477
2002	20,729,388	763,652
2003	21,296,705	763,101
2004	21,868,298	762,418
2005	22,449,438	760,914
2006	23,040,702	758,966
2007	23,642,279	756,861
2008	24,249,946	754,606
2009	24,862,664	752,094
2010	25,474,995	749,256
2011	26,095,088	746,153
2012	26,734,268	746,288
2013	27,386,193	750,021
2014	28,041,592	754,229
2015	28,696,068	758,781
2016	29,356,742	763,548
2017	30,008,354	768,479
2018	30,637,585	791,556
2019	31,258,945	807,665
2020	31,887,809	807,481
2021	32,518,665	815,482
2022	33,149,152	821,637
2023	33,787,914	826,353
2024	34,427,414	831,087

Fertility rates in Ghana and Guyana

Fertility rate

Ghana

Guyana

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Guyana
1960	6.89	6.33
1961	6.91	6.34
1962	6.94	6.33
1963	6.94	6.31
1964	6.9	6.23
1965	6.88	6.14
1966	6.86	6.02
1967	6.89	5.89
1968	6.89	5.75
1969	6.95	5.58
1970	6.95	5.41
1971	6.95	5.26
1972	6.92	5.08
1973	6.87	4.87
1974	6.82	4.64
1975	6.76	4.45
1976	6.7	4.28
1977	6.64	4.12
1978	6.56	3.97
1979	6.51	3.86
1980	6.47	3.77
1981	6.42	3.72
1982	6.31	3.68
1983	6.23	3.64
1984	6.15	3.54
1985	6.12	3.47
1986	6.08	3.38
1987	6.02	3.31
1988	5.92	3.23
1989	5.82	3.19
1990	5.74	3.18
1991	5.63	3.18
1992	5.52	3.19
1993	5.41	3.2
1994	5.25	3.23
1995	5.11	3.24
1996	4.96	3.23
1997	4.88	3.22
1998	4.83	3.18
1999	4.82	3.13
2000	4.83	3.06
2001	4.77	2.96
2002	4.69	2.84
2003	4.6	2.75
2004	4.5	2.68
2005	4.5	2.65
2006	4.4	2.66
2007	4.29	2.68
2008	4.22	2.7
2009	4.18	2.69
2010	4.18	2.68
2011	4.18	2.69
2012	4.15	2.7
2013	4.11	2.71
2014	4.03	2.7
2015	3.98	2.67
2016	3.87	2.63
2017	3.72	2.59
2018	3.65	2.55
2019	3.59	2.52
2020	3.54	2.49
2021	3.49	2.46
2022	3.43	2.44
2023	3.4	2.41

Ghana and Guyana demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Guyana

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Guyana
1960	17.7	16.7
1961	17.4	16.6
1962	17.2	16.4
1963	16.9	16.3
1964	16.7	16.2
1965	16.5	16.1
1966	16.4	16.1
1967	16.2	16.2
1968	16.1	16.2
1969	16	16.4
1970	15.9	16.5
1971	15.9	16.6
1972	15.8	16.7
1973	15.8	16.8
1974	15.8	17
1975	15.9	17.2
1976	16	17.4
1977	16.2	17.6
1978	16.4	17.8
1979	16.5	18
1980	16.7	18.2
1981	16.7	18.4
1982	16.9	18.7
1983	17	19
1984	17.1	19.3
1985	17.1	19.6
1986	17.1	19.9
1987	17.1	20.2
1988	17.1	20.5
1989	17.1	20.7
1990	17.2	20.9
1991	17.2	21.1
1992	17.3	21.3
1993	17.4	21.4
1994	17.5	21.5
1995	17.6	21.7
1996	17.7	21.8
1997	17.9	21.9
1998	18.1	22
1999	18.3	22.1
2000	18.4	22.2
2001	18.6	22.4
2002	18.8	22.5
2003	19	22.7
2004	19.1	22.9
2005	19.3	23.2
2006	19.5	23.4
2007	19.7	23.6
2008	19.9	23.8
2009	20	24
2010	20.2	24.2
2011	20.3	24.4
2012	20.5	24.5
2013	20.6	24.6
2014	20.7	24.6
2015	20.8	24.7
2016	20.9	24.9
2017	21	25
2018	21.2	25.4
2019	21.3	25.7
2020	21.5	25.9
2021	21.7	26.1
2022	21.8	26.4
2023	22	26.7
2024	22.2	26.9

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