Ghana vs Portugal statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 10.7M in Portugal (ranked 90/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 35,369 sq mi for Portugal (ranked 81st vs. 108th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Portugal ranks 47/197 ($309B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Portugal ranks 44/197 ($28,844).

Ghana and Portugal: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Portugal economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Portugal

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Portugal
1960	$1,217,230,095	$3,339,150,158
1961	$1,302,674,325	$3,573,719,085
1962	$1,382,515,654	$3,835,883,663
1963	$1,540,797,589	$4,084,251,593
1964	$1,731,296,200	$4,429,202,657
1965	$2,053,462,968	$4,901,711,248
1966	$2,126,300,672	$5,370,108,031
1967	$1,747,187,645	$6,002,607,030
1968	$1,666,909,518	$6,644,693,214
1969	$1,962,050,556	$7,287,555,035
1970	$2,215,028,588	$8,108,235,704
1971	$2,417,108,578	$9,201,604,240
1972	$2,112,293,280	$11,239,117,865
1973	$3,006,766,758	$15,090,564,186
1974	$2,894,409,938	$17,512,391,476
1975	$2,810,106,383	$19,347,607,843
1976	$2,765,254,237	$20,332,831,565
1977	$3,189,428,571	$21,439,523,311
1978	$3,662,478,185	$23,487,614,051
1979	$4,020,227,920	$26,622,819,672
1980	$4,445,228,216	$32,896,519,824
1981	$4,222,441,860	$31,977,276,873
1982	$4,035,994,398	$30,527,754,793
1983	$4,057,275,132	$27,239,650,742
1984	$4,412,279,843	$25,217,969,050
1985	$4,504,306,723	$27,115,807,742
1986	$5,735,677,434	$38,745,901,354
1987	$5,074,829,932	$48,182,925,857
1988	$5,197,765,032	$56,347,250,696
1989	$5,251,858,440	$60,594,092,182
1990	$5,889,106,573	$78,713,860,217
1991	$6,603,185,268	$89,233,599,278
1992	$6,416,103,926	$107,592,098,307
1993	$5,968,922,939	$95,009,751,901
1994	$5,446,383,727	$99,688,641,304
1995	$6,464,382,808	$118,122,007,430
1996	$6,932,991,739	$122,630,089,680
1997	$6,891,443,192	$117,016,535,163
1998	$7,482,069,162	$123,946,327,916
1999	$7,718,109,982	$127,470,385,557
2000	$4,982,850,662	$118,605,192,877
2001	$5,314,872,854	$121,604,107,165
2002	$6,166,197,848	$134,795,565,549
2003	$7,632,723,556	$165,226,175,537
2004	$8,881,417,907	$189,382,122,532
2005	$10,744,568,381	$197,253,876,705
2006	$20,885,037,597	$208,756,449,276
2007	$24,827,339,138	$240,496,147,317
2008	$28,679,383,241	$263,416,394,624
2009	$26,048,720,006	$244,667,762,836
2010	$32,197,655,567	$238,443,864,993
2011	$39,336,668,081	$245,426,767,676
2012	$41,271,701,061	$216,536,676,772
2013	$62,845,721,960	$226,677,408,292
2014	$54,678,533,806	$230,078,616,300
2015	$49,436,806,230	$199,038,523,120
2016	$56,144,179,398	$206,305,431,242
2017	$60,385,409,435	$220,862,990,767
2018	$67,259,353,966	$242,092,894,543
2019	$68,352,629,246	$240,115,970,063
2020	$70,008,243,860	$229,618,773,423
2021	$79,514,204,730	$256,055,879,091
2022	$73,919,003,210	$256,898,675,069
2023	$80,547,146,878	$289,696,962,620
2024	$82,825,288,889	$308,683,317,393

Ghana and Portugal economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Portugal

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Portugal
1960	$174.9	$377
1961	$181.9	$400
1962	$188.4	$426
1963	$205	$452
1964	$225	$490
1965	$260.5	$545
1966	$263.3	$601
1967	$211.2	$676
1968	$196.7	$752
1969	$225.8	$832
1970	$248.2	$934
1971	$263.4	$1,065
1972	$223.8	$1,302
1973	$310	$1,748
1974	$289.4	$2,000
1975	$273	$2,128
1976	$261	$2,173
1977	$292.3	$2,267
1978	$326	$2,457
1979	$347	$2,756
1980	$372	$3,368
1981	$344	$3,246
1982	$319	$3,080
1983	$311	$2,735
1984	$330	$2,523
1985	$330	$2,705
1986	$411	$3,862
1987	$355	$4,804
1988	$355	$5,624
1989	$350	$6,056
1990	$383	$7,885
1991	$418	$8,959
1992	$396	$10,811
1993	$360	$9,535
1994	$321	$9,977
1995	$372	$11,781
1996	$389	$12,185
1997	$378	$11,576
1998	$400	$12,199
1999	$403	$12,475
2000	$253.7	$11,526
2001	$263.5	$11,735
2002	$297.5	$12,937
2003	$358	$15,798
2004	$406	$18,064
2005	$479	$18,780
2006	$906	$19,839
2007	$1,050	$22,811
2008	$1,183	$24,949
2009	$1,048	$23,151
2010	$1,264	$22,552
2011	$1,507	$23,247
2012	$1,544	$20,593
2013	$2,295	$21,676
2014	$1,950	$22,121
2015	$1,723	$19,216
2016	$1,912	$19,980
2017	$2,012	$21,442
2018	$2,195	$23,541
2019	$2,187	$23,343
2020	$2,195	$22,299
2021	$2,445	$24,711
2022	$2,230	$24,621
2023	$2,384	$27,386
2024	$2,406	$28,844

Ghana vs. Portugal life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Portugal

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Portugal
1950	43.1	58.5
1951	43.6	58.7
1952	44	59.8
1953	44.5	61.1
1954	45	62.2
1955	45.4	61.4
1956	45.7	61.2
1957	46.1	61.4
1958	46.4	63.7
1959	46.7	62.9
1960	46.9	64.1
1961	47.1	62.8
1962	47.3	64.3
1963	47.5	64.9
1964	47.6	65.1
1965	47.7	66.1
1966	47.7	65.6
1967	47.7	66.5
1968	47.8	66.8
1969	47.9	66.4
1970	47.9	67.1
1971	47.9	66.8
1972	48.3	69.2
1973	48.6	68.6
1974	48.9	69.1
1975	49.3	68.8
1976	49.7	69.1
1977	50.1	70.3
1978	50.5	70.8
1979	50.8	71.6
1980	51.1	71.7
1981	51.3	71.9
1982	51.4	72.7
1983	51.8	72.7
1984	52.2	72.9
1985	52.7	73.2
1986	53.3	73.6
1987	53.8	74.1
1988	54.4	74.1
1989	54.9	74.7
1990	55.4	74.3
1991	55.7	74.2
1992	56.1	74.9
1993	56.3	74.8
1994	56.2	75.7
1995	56.7	75.5
1996	57	75.5
1997	57.2	75.9
1998	57.5	76.1
1999	57.8	76.3
2000	58.1	76.8
2001	58.4	77.2
2002	58.7	77.4
2003	59	77.6
2004	59.3	78.4
2005	59.6	78.3
2006	60	79.1
2007	60.3	79.3
2008	60.6	79.6
2009	60.9	79.8
2010	61.3	80.1
2011	61.6	80.6
2012	62	80.6
2013	62.4	80.9
2014	62.8	81.3
2015	63.2	81.3
2016	63.5	81.4
2017	63.8	81.7
2018	64.1	81.6
2019	64.5	82
2020	64.3	81.4
2021	64.3	81.4
2022	65.2	81.2
2023	65.5	82.4
2024	65.7	82.6
2025	65.9	82.7

Ghana and Portugal population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Portugal

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Portugal
1960	6,961,215	8,857,716
1961	7,162,667	8,929,316
1962	7,337,375	8,993,985
1963	7,514,714	9,030,355
1964	7,695,739	9,035,365
1965	7,882,606	8,998,595
1966	8,074,521	8,930,990
1967	8,271,913	8,874,520
1968	8,475,729	8,836,650
1969	8,690,383	8,757,705
1970	8,925,813	8,680,431
1971	9,176,264	8,643,756
1972	9,438,187	8,630,430
1973	9,714,617	8,633,100
1974	10,000,523	8,754,365
1975	10,294,308	9,093,470
1976	10,594,913	9,355,810
1977	10,911,871	9,455,675
1978	11,248,450	9,558,250
1979	11,597,255	9,661,265
1980	11,941,448	9,766,312
1981	12,281,712	9,851,362
1982	12,643,819	9,911,771
1983	13,029,836	9,957,865
1984	13,370,590	9,996,232
1985	13,661,229	10,023,613
1986	13,965,217	10,032,734
1987	14,289,108	10,030,031
1988	14,636,568	10,019,610
1989	15,006,813	10,005,000
1990	15,394,648	9,983,218
1991	15,787,496	9,960,235
1992	16,184,855	9,952,494
1993	16,589,519	9,964,675
1994	16,993,190	9,991,525
1995	17,399,017	10,026,176
1996	17,810,181	10,063,945
1997	18,238,958	10,108,977
1998	18,688,036	10,160,196
1999	19,149,864	10,217,828
2000	19,637,087	10,289,898
2001	20,167,069	10,362,722
2002	20,729,388	10,419,631
2003	21,296,705	10,458,821
2004	21,868,298	10,483,861
2005	22,449,438	10,503,330
2006	23,040,702	10,522,288
2007	23,642,279	10,542,964
2008	24,249,946	10,558,177
2009	24,862,664	10,568,247
2010	25,474,995	10,573,100
2011	26,095,088	10,557,560
2012	26,734,268	10,514,844
2013	27,386,193	10,457,295
2014	28,041,592	10,401,062
2015	28,696,068	10,358,076
2016	29,356,742	10,325,452
2017	30,008,354	10,300,300
2018	30,637,585	10,283,822
2019	31,258,945	10,286,263
2020	31,887,809	10,297,081
2021	32,518,665	10,361,831
2022	33,149,152	10,434,332
2023	33,787,914	10,578,174
2024	34,427,414	10,701,636

Fertility rates in Ghana and Portugal

Fertility rate

Ghana

Portugal

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Portugal
1960	6.89	3.16
1961	6.91	3.21
1962	6.94	3.23
1963	6.94	3.12
1964	6.9	3.21
1965	6.88	3.15
1966	6.86	3.16
1967	6.89	3.16
1968	6.89	3.12
1969	6.95	3.12
1970	6.95	3.01
1971	6.95	3
1972	6.92	2.86
1973	6.87	2.77
1974	6.82	2.7
1975	6.76	2.75
1976	6.7	2.82
1977	6.64	2.69
1978	6.56	2.45
1979	6.51	2.31
1980	6.47	2.25
1981	6.42	2.13
1982	6.31	2.07
1983	6.23	1.95
1984	6.15	1.9
1985	6.12	1.72
1986	6.08	1.66
1987	6.02	1.62
1988	5.92	1.61
1989	5.82	1.57
1990	5.74	1.56
1991	5.63	1.56
1992	5.52	1.54
1993	5.41	1.52
1994	5.25	1.45
1995	5.11	1.41
1996	4.96	1.44
1997	4.88	1.47
1998	4.83	1.47
1999	4.82	1.5
2000	4.83	1.55
2001	4.77	1.45
2002	4.69	1.46
2003	4.6	1.44
2004	4.5	1.4
2005	4.5	1.41
2006	4.4	1.37
2007	4.29	1.35
2008	4.22	1.39
2009	4.18	1.34
2010	4.18	1.39
2011	4.18	1.35
2012	4.15	1.28
2013	4.11	1.21
2014	4.03	1.24
2015	3.98	1.31
2016	3.87	1.37
2017	3.72	1.38
2018	3.65	1.42
2019	3.59	1.44
2020	3.54	1.42
2021	3.49	1.35
2022	3.43	1.43
2023	3.4	1.44

Ghana and Portugal demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Portugal

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Portugal
1960	17.7	27.9
1961	17.4	28.1
1962	17.2	28.3
1963	16.9	28.5
1964	16.7	28.7
1965	16.5	28.8
1966	16.4	29
1967	16.2	29.1
1968	16.1	29.2
1969	16	29.4
1970	15.9	29.6
1971	15.9	29.7
1972	15.8	29.6
1973	15.8	29.6
1974	15.8	29.7
1975	15.9	29.7
1976	16	29.8
1977	16.2	29.9
1978	16.4	30
1979	16.5	30.3
1980	16.7	30.6
1981	16.7	30.8
1982	16.9	31.1
1983	17	31.4
1984	17.1	31.7
1985	17.1	32.1
1986	17.1	32.5
1987	17.1	32.9
1988	17.1	33.3
1989	17.1	33.7
1990	17.2	34.2
1991	17.2	34.6
1992	17.3	35
1993	17.4	35.4
1994	17.5	35.7
1995	17.6	36.1
1996	17.7	36.4
1997	17.9	36.8
1998	18.1	37.1
1999	18.3	37.4
2000	18.4	37.7
2001	18.6	38
2002	18.8	38.3
2003	19	38.6
2004	19.1	39
2005	19.3	39.4
2006	19.5	39.8
2007	19.7	40.2
2008	19.9	40.6
2009	20	41
2010	20.2	41.5
2011	20.3	41.9
2012	20.5	42.4
2013	20.6	42.9
2014	20.7	43.4
2015	20.8	43.8
2016	20.9	44.3
2017	21	44.7
2018	21.2	45.2
2019	21.3	45.6
2020	21.5	46.1
2021	21.7	46.5
2022	21.8	46.8
2023	22	47.2
2024	22.2	47.5

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