Barbados vs Ghana statistics compared

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 34.4M in Ghana (ranked 47/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 87,851 sq mi for Ghana (ranked 184th vs. 81st).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406).

Barbados and Ghana: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Ghana economies compared

GDP

Barbados

Ghana

Table

Year	GDP
	Barbados	Ghana
1960	$80,021,847	$1,217,230,095
1961	$85,363,759	$1,302,674,325
1962	$88,782,583	$1,382,515,654
1963	$99,893,761	$1,540,797,589
1964	$99,252,731	$1,731,296,200
1965	$105,021,997	$2,053,462,968
1966	$113,195,123	$2,126,300,672
1967	$125,554,009	$1,747,187,645
1968	$125,733,669	$1,666,909,518
1969	$141,393,142	$1,962,050,556
1970	$166,210,203	$2,215,028,588
1971	$186,826,503	$2,417,108,578
1972	$213,725,217	$2,112,293,280
1973	$260,767,828	$3,006,766,758
1974	$311,804,630	$2,894,409,938
1975	$402,178,605	$2,810,106,383
1976	$435,911,269	$2,765,254,237
1977	$495,097,668	$3,189,428,571
1978	$552,883,707	$3,662,478,185
1979	$670,362,452	$4,020,227,920
1980	$1,012,280,615	$4,445,228,216
1981	$1,114,204,743	$4,222,441,860
1982	$1,163,923,830	$4,035,994,398
1983	$1,236,016,507	$4,057,275,132
1984	$1,346,890,071	$4,412,279,843
1985	$1,409,536,121	$4,504,306,723
1986	$1,547,755,183	$5,735,677,434
1987	$1,704,370,308	$5,074,829,932
1988	$1,812,757,918	$5,197,765,032
1989	$2,006,165,167	$5,251,858,440
1990	$2,012,131,457	$5,889,106,573
1991	$2,020,583,702	$6,603,185,268
1992	$1,957,000,000	$6,416,103,926
1993	$2,063,342,117	$5,968,922,939
1994	$2,151,344,901	$5,446,383,727
1995	$2,216,974,096	$6,464,382,808
1996	$2,363,645,403	$6,932,991,739
1997	$2,498,384,130	$6,891,443,192
1998	$2,817,083,478	$7,482,069,162
1999	$2,951,822,205	$7,718,109,982
2000	$3,059,500,000	$4,982,850,662
2001	$3,054,500,000	$5,314,872,854
2002	$3,106,500,000	$6,166,197,848
2003	$3,209,500,000	$7,632,723,556
2004	$3,444,500,000	$8,881,417,907
2005	$3,819,500,000	$10,744,568,381
2006	$4,217,323,400	$20,885,037,597
2007	$4,675,767,950	$24,827,339,138
2008	$4,790,410,400	$28,679,383,241
2009	$4,466,809,600	$26,048,720,006
2010	$5,191,188,500	$32,197,655,567
2011	$5,342,183,800	$39,336,668,081
2012	$5,271,257,500	$41,271,701,061
2013	$5,361,158,350	$62,845,721,960
2014	$5,365,976,700	$54,678,533,806
2015	$5,288,057,750	$49,436,806,230
2016	$5,330,761,500	$56,144,179,398
2017	$5,517,340,450	$60,385,409,435
2018	$5,629,916,200	$67,259,353,966
2019	$5,788,288,000	$68,352,629,246
2020	$5,168,344,450	$70,008,243,860
2021	$5,275,242,050	$79,514,204,730
2022	$6,257,303,500	$73,919,003,210
2023	$6,720,733,200	$80,547,146,878
2024	$7,165,000,000	$82,825,288,889

Barbados and Ghana economies compared

GDP per capita

Barbados

Ghana

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Barbados	Ghana
1960	$347	$174.9
1961	$366	$181.9
1962	$377	$188.4
1963	$421	$205
1964	$414	$225
1965	$433	$260.5
1966	$462	$263.3
1967	$508	$211.2
1968	$506	$196.7
1969	$567	$225.8
1970	$666	$248.2
1971	$750	$263.4
1972	$856	$223.8
1973	$1,042	$310
1974	$1,243	$289.4
1975	$1,601	$273
1976	$1,734	$261
1977	$1,968	$292.3
1978	$2,198	$326
1979	$2,668	$347
1980	$4,025	$372
1981	$4,417	$344
1982	$4,599	$319
1983	$4,866	$311
1984	$5,284	$330
1985	$5,510	$330
1986	$6,031	$411
1987	$6,625	$355
1988	$7,033	$355
1989	$7,773	$350
1990	$7,781	$383
1991	$7,790	$418
1992	$7,519	$396
1993	$7,905	$360
1994	$8,223	$321
1995	$8,460	$372
1996	$9,012	$389
1997	$9,522	$378
1998	$10,734	$400
1999	$11,244	$403
2000	$11,675	$253.7
2001	$11,640	$263.5
2002	$11,760	$297.5
2003	$12,076	$358
2004	$12,886	$406
2005	$14,214	$479
2006	$15,620	$906
2007	$17,235	$1,050
2008	$17,566	$1,183
2009	$16,295	$1,048
2010	$18,860	$1,264
2011	$19,346	$1,507
2012	$19,034	$1,544
2013	$19,308	$2,295
2014	$19,278	$1,950
2015	$18,954	$1,723
2016	$19,066	$1,912
2017	$19,693	$2,012
2018	$20,056	$2,195
2019	$20,584	$2,187
2020	$18,347	$2,195
2021	$18,697	$2,445
2022	$22,164	$2,230
2023	$23,804	$2,384
2024	$25,366	$2,406

Barbados vs. Ghana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Barbados

Ghana

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Barbados	Ghana
1950	53.6	43.1
1951	54.7	43.6
1952	55.9	44
1953	57	44.5
1954	58.3	45
1955	59	45.4
1956	60.5	45.7
1957	61.7	46.1
1958	62.4	46.4
1959	63.3	46.7
1960	64.1	46.9
1961	65	47.1
1962	65.7	47.3
1963	66.2	47.5
1964	66.7	47.6
1965	67.2	47.7
1966	67.7	47.7
1967	67.9	47.7
1968	68.2	47.8
1969	68.5	47.9
1970	68.5	47.9
1971	68.8	47.9
1972	69.1	48.3
1973	69.1	48.6
1974	69.4	48.9
1975	69.8	49.3
1976	70.1	49.7
1977	70.6	50.1
1978	71.1	50.5
1979	71.5	50.8
1980	72.1	51.1
1981	72.6	51.3
1982	72.9	51.4
1983	73.2	51.8
1984	73.3	52.2
1985	73.3	52.7
1986	73.4	53.3
1987	73.5	53.8
1988	73.4	54.4
1989	73.4	54.9
1990	73.5	55.4
1991	73.5	55.7
1992	73.6	56.1
1993	73.7	56.3
1994	73.8	56.2
1995	73.9	56.7
1996	74.1	57
1997	74	57.2
1998	74.5	57.5
1999	74.6	57.8
2000	74.6	58.1
2001	74.7	58.4
2002	74.8	58.7
2003	74.9	59
2004	75.1	59.3
2005	75	59.6
2006	75	60
2007	75.3	60.3
2008	75.3	60.6
2009	75.5	60.9
2010	75.5	61.3
2011	75.6	61.6
2012	75.7	62
2013	75.8	62.4
2014	75.9	62.8
2015	76.1	63.2
2016	76.2	63.5
2017	76.2	63.8
2018	76.4	64.1
2019	76.5	64.5
2020	76.6	64.3
2021	76.6	64.3
2022	75.7	65.2
2023	76.2	65.5
2024	76.3	65.7
2025	76.5	65.9

Barbados and Ghana population clocks and comparison

Population

Barbados

Ghana

Table

Year	Population
	Barbados	Ghana
1960	230,893	6,961,215
1961	233,148	7,162,667
1962	235,224	7,337,375
1963	237,557	7,514,714
1964	239,958	7,695,739
1965	242,417	7,882,606
1966	244,996	8,074,521
1967	247,091	8,271,913
1968	248,540	8,475,729
1969	249,444	8,690,383
1970	249,387	8,925,813
1971	249,168	9,176,264
1972	249,658	9,438,187
1973	250,322	9,714,617
1974	250,777	10,000,523
1975	251,175	10,294,308
1976	251,442	10,594,913
1977	251,626	10,911,871
1978	251,551	11,248,450
1979	251,269	11,597,255
1980	251,524	11,941,448
1981	252,270	12,281,712
1982	253,095	12,643,819
1983	253,992	13,029,836
1984	254,920	13,370,590
1985	255,820	13,661,229
1986	256,618	13,965,217
1987	257,279	14,289,108
1988	257,763	14,636,568
1989	258,109	15,006,813
1990	258,582	15,394,648
1991	259,373	15,787,496
1992	260,267	16,184,855
1993	261,027	16,589,519
1994	261,620	16,993,190
1995	262,039	17,399,017
1996	262,284	17,810,181
1997	262,392	18,238,958
1998	262,436	18,688,036
1999	262,517	19,149,864
2000	262,063	19,637,087
2001	262,425	20,167,069
2002	264,148	20,729,388
2003	265,776	21,296,705
2004	267,298	21,868,298
2005	268,706	22,449,438
2006	270,002	23,040,702
2007	271,288	23,642,279
2008	272,714	24,249,946
2009	274,123	24,862,664
2010	275,243	25,474,995
2011	276,139	26,095,088
2012	276,938	26,734,268
2013	277,665	27,386,193
2014	278,348	28,041,592
2015	278,990	28,696,068
2016	279,598	29,356,742
2017	280,171	30,008,354
2018	280,711	30,637,585
2019	281,207	31,258,945
2020	281,698	31,887,809
2021	282,147	32,518,665
2022	282,318	33,149,152
2023	282,336	33,787,914
2024	282,467	34,427,414

Fertility rates in Barbados and Ghana

Fertility rate

Barbados

Ghana

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Barbados	Ghana
1960	4.71	6.89
1961	4.15	6.91
1962	4.3	6.94
1963	4.3	6.94
1964	4.21	6.9
1965	4.18	6.88
1966	4.14	6.86
1967	3.6	6.89
1968	3.57	6.89
1969	3.34	6.95
1970	3.08	6.95
1971	3.2	6.95
1972	3.15	6.92
1973	2.87	6.87
1974	2.65	6.82
1975	2.45	6.76
1976	2.24	6.7
1977	2.2	6.64
1978	1.84	6.56
1979	1.86	6.51
1980	1.78	6.47
1981	1.85	6.42
1982	1.86	6.31
1983	1.86	6.23
1984	1.75	6.15
1985	1.77	6.12
1986	1.69	6.08
1987	1.61	6.02
1988	1.58	5.92
1989	1.64	5.82
1990	1.84	5.74
1991	1.84	5.63
1992	1.8	5.52
1993	1.77	5.41
1994	1.73	5.25
1995	1.7	5.11
1996	1.67	4.96
1997	1.65	4.88
1998	1.62	4.83
1999	1.78	4.82
2000	1.93	4.83
2001	1.96	4.77
2002	1.86	4.69
2003	1.86	4.6
2004	1.8	4.5
2005	1.74	4.5
2006	1.7	4.4
2007	1.76	4.29
2008	1.76	4.22
2009	1.77	4.18
2010	1.79	4.18
2011	1.76	4.18
2012	1.73	4.15
2013	1.73	4.11
2014	1.73	4.03
2015	1.73	3.98
2016	1.72	3.87
2017	1.72	3.72
2018	1.72	3.65
2019	1.72	3.59
2020	1.71	3.54
2021	1.71	3.49
2022	1.71	3.43
2023	1.71	3.4

Barbados and Ghana demographics compared

Median age

Barbados

Ghana

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Barbados	Ghana
1960	21.9	17.7
1961	21.8	17.4
1962	21.8	17.2
1963	21.8	16.9
1964	21.8	16.7
1965	21.8	16.5
1966	21.8	16.4
1967	21.9	16.2
1968	22.1	16.1
1969	22.2	16
1970	22.4	15.9
1971	22.6	15.9
1972	22.8	15.8
1973	23	15.8
1974	23.2	15.8
1975	23.5	15.9
1976	23.8	16
1977	24.1	16.2
1978	24.5	16.4
1979	24.9	16.5
1980	25.3	16.7
1981	25.7	16.7
1982	26.1	16.9
1983	26.5	17
1984	26.9	17.1
1985	27.3	17.1
1986	27.7	17.1
1987	28	17.1
1988	28.4	17.1
1989	28.7	17.1
1990	29.1	17.2
1991	29.5	17.2
1992	29.9	17.3
1993	30.4	17.4
1994	30.8	17.5
1995	31.3	17.6
1996	31.7	17.7
1997	32.1	17.9
1998	32.6	18.1
1999	33	18.3
2000	33.3	18.4
2001	33.7	18.6
2002	34	18.8
2003	34.3	19
2004	34.6	19.1
2005	34.9	19.3
2006	35.3	19.5
2007	35.6	19.7
2008	36	19.9
2009	36.3	20
2010	36.5	20.2
2011	36.8	20.3
2012	37.1	20.5
2013	37.4	20.6
2014	37.7	20.7
2015	37.9	20.8
2016	38.2	20.9
2017	38.5	21
2018	38.7	21.2
2019	39	21.3
2020	39.2	21.5
2021	39.4	21.7
2022	39.6	21.8
2023	39.9	22
2024	40.2	22.2

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