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Belarus vs Ghana statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Belarus has a population of 9.13M (ranked 100/197), compared with 34.4M in Ghana (ranked 47/197). Belarus' land area is 78,372 sq mi versus 87,851 sq mi for Ghana (ranked 83rd vs. 81st).

By GDP, Belarus ranks 83/197 ($76B) and Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B). By GDP per capita, Belarus ranks 95/197 ($8,317), while Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406).

Main facts and rankings

Belarus Ghana
Population
9074112
35572974
Population rank 101/197 47/197
GDP
$76B
2024
$82.8B
2024
GDP rank 83/197 79/197
GDP per capita
$8,317
2024
$2,406
2024
GDP per capita rank 95/197 150/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,006
2024
$8,027
2024
Government debt
$33.7B
2024
$58.4B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
42.9%
2025
66.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$3,691
2024
$1,696
2024
Government debt per person rank 94/185 122/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,343
2025
$1,836
2025
Land area
78,372 sq mi
2025
87,851 sq mi
2025
Population density
116.5 ppl/mi²
2024
392 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.21
2023
3.4
2023
Median age
42 years
2024
22.2 years
2024
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
65.9 years
2025

Belarus and Ghana: Comparison Charts

Belarus and Ghana economies compared

GDP
Belarus

Ghana
Year GDP
Belarus Ghana
1960 - $1,217,230,095
1961 - $1,302,674,325
1962 - $1,382,515,654
1963 - $1,540,797,589
1964 - $1,731,296,200
1965 - $2,053,462,968
1966 - $2,126,300,672
1967 - $1,747,187,645
1968 - $1,666,909,518
1969 - $1,962,050,556
1970 - $2,215,028,588
1971 - $2,417,108,578
1972 - $2,112,293,280
1973 - $3,006,766,758
1974 - $2,894,409,938
1975 - $2,810,106,383
1976 - $2,765,254,237
1977 - $3,189,428,571
1978 - $3,662,478,185
1979 - $4,020,227,920
1980 - $4,445,228,216
1981 - $4,222,441,860
1982 - $4,035,994,398
1983 - $4,057,275,132
1984 - $4,412,279,843
1985 - $4,504,306,723
1986 - $5,735,677,434
1987 - $5,074,829,932
1988 - $5,197,765,032
1989 - $5,251,858,440
1990 $17,389,558,233 $5,889,106,573
1991 $18,404,907,975 $6,603,185,268
1992 $16,939,790,094 $6,416,103,926
1993 $16,275,073,527 $5,968,922,939
1994 $14,931,435,232 $5,446,383,727
1995 $13,972,683,274 $6,464,382,808
1996 $14,756,846,154 $6,932,991,739
1997 $14,130,585,516 $6,891,443,192
1998 $15,221,352,699 $7,482,069,162
1999 $12,138,243,081 $7,718,109,982
2000 $12,736,780,455 $4,982,850,662
2001 $12,354,820,144 $5,314,872,854
2002 $14,594,900,945 $6,166,197,848
2003 $17,825,444,724 $7,632,723,556
2004 $23,141,566,293 $8,881,417,907
2005 $30,210,091,837 $10,744,568,381
2006 $36,961,894,281 $20,885,037,597
2007 $45,275,711,996 $24,827,339,138
2008 $60,752,106,347 $28,679,383,241
2009 $50,873,167,326 $26,048,720,006
2010 $57,231,904,543 $32,197,655,567
2011 $61,762,382,328 $39,336,668,081
2012 $65,685,890,439 $41,271,701,061
2013 $75,527,558,966 $62,845,721,960
2014 $78,813,069,121 $54,678,533,806
2015 $56,454,769,845 $49,436,806,230
2016 $47,723,545,321 $56,144,179,398
2017 $54,725,405,751 $60,385,409,435
2018 $60,031,026,576 $67,259,353,966
2019 $64,410,170,653 $68,352,629,246
2020 $61,371,673,345 $70,008,243,860
2021 $69,673,747,132 $79,514,204,730
2022 $73,775,179,925 $73,919,003,210
2023 $72,478,760,370 $80,547,146,878
2024 $75,961,865,472 $82,825,288,889

Belarus and Ghana economies compared

GDP per capita
Belarus

Ghana
Year GDP per capita
Belarus Ghana
1960 - $174.9
1961 - $181.9
1962 - $188.4
1963 - $205
1964 - $225
1965 - $260.5
1966 - $263.3
1967 - $211.2
1968 - $196.7
1969 - $225.8
1970 - $248.2
1971 - $263.4
1972 - $223.8
1973 - $310
1974 - $289.4
1975 - $273
1976 - $261
1977 - $292.3
1978 - $326
1979 - $347
1980 - $372
1981 - $344
1982 - $319
1983 - $311
1984 - $330
1985 - $330
1986 - $411
1987 - $355
1988 - $355
1989 - $350
1990 $1,707 $383
1991 $1,805 $418
1992 $1,658 $396
1993 $1,590 $360
1994 $1,460 $321
1995 $1,371 $372
1996 $1,453 $389
1997 $1,397 $378
1998 $1,511 $400
1999 $1,211 $403
2000 $1,276 $253.7
2001 $1,244 $263.5
2002 $1,479 $297.5
2003 $1,820 $358
2004 $2,378 $406
2005 $3,126 $479
2006 $3,848 $906
2007 $4,735 $1,050
2008 $6,376 $1,183
2009 $5,352 $1,048
2010 $6,035 $1,264
2011 $6,528 $1,507
2012 $6,953 $1,544
2013 $7,998 $2,295
2014 $8,341 $1,950
2015 $5,967 $1,723
2016 $5,040 $1,912
2017 $5,786 $2,012
2018 $6,360 $2,195
2019 $6,838 $2,187
2020 $6,543 $2,195
2021 $7,490 $2,445
2022 $7,995 $2,230
2023 $7,897 $2,384
2024 $8,317 $2,406

Belarus vs. Ghana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Belarus

Ghana
Year Life expectancy, years
Belarus Ghana
1950 58.6 43.1
1951 59.4 43.6
1952 60.5 44
1953 61.5 44.5
1954 62.5 45
1955 63.5 45.4
1956 64.5 45.7
1957 65.4 46.1
1958 66.6 46.4
1959 68 46.7
1960 69.3 46.9
1961 70 47.1
1962 70.5 47.3
1963 70.8 47.5
1964 71.3 47.6
1965 71.6 47.7
1966 71.8 47.7
1967 71.9 47.7
1968 71.9 47.8
1969 71.7 47.9
1970 71.7 47.9
1971 71.6 47.9
1972 71.8 48.3
1973 71.7 48.6
1974 71.7 48.9
1975 71.4 49.3
1976 71.2 49.7
1977 71.1 50.1
1978 70.9 50.5
1979 70.8 50.8
1980 70.7 51.1
1981 70.8 51.3
1982 70.8 51.4
1983 70.7 51.8
1984 70.8 52.2
1985 71.2 52.7
1986 71.7 53.3
1987 71.9 53.8
1988 71.7 54.4
1989 71.5 54.9
1990 71.1 55.4
1991 70.7 55.7
1992 70.1 56.1
1993 69.5 56.3
1994 69 56.2
1995 68.8 56.7
1996 68.6 57
1997 68.5 57.2
1998 68.3 57.5
1999 68.4 57.8
2000 68.5 58.1
2001 68.4 58.4
2002 68.3 58.7
2003 68.4 59
2004 68.7 59.3
2005 69 59.6
2006 69.4 60
2007 70 60.3
2008 70.3 60.6
2009 70.4 60.9
2010 70.5 61.3
2011 71.1 61.6
2012 71.8 62
2013 72.7 62.4
2014 73.2 62.8
2015 73.8 63.2
2016 74.2 63.5
2017 74.4 63.8
2018 74.3 64.1
2019 74.3 64.5
2020 72.3 64.3
2021 72.2 64.3
2022 74.4 65.2
2023 74.4 65.5
2024 74.6 65.7
2025 74.8 65.9

Belarus and Ghana population clocks and comparison

Population
Belarus

Ghana
Year Population
Belarus Ghana
1960 8,198,000 6,961,215
1961 8,271,216 7,162,667
1962 8,351,928 7,337,375
1963 8,437,232 7,514,714
1964 8,524,224 7,695,739
1965 8,610,000 7,882,606
1966 8,696,496 8,074,521
1967 8,785,648 8,271,913
1968 8,874,552 8,475,729
1969 8,960,304 8,690,383
1970 9,040,000 8,925,813
1971 9,115,576 9,176,264
1972 9,188,968 9,438,187
1973 9,257,272 9,714,617
1974 9,317,584 10,000,523
1975 9,367,000 10,294,308
1976 9,411,000 10,594,913
1977 9,463,000 10,911,871
1978 9,525,000 11,248,450
1979 9,584,000 11,597,255
1980 9,643,000 11,941,448
1981 9,710,000 12,281,712
1982 9,776,000 12,643,819
1983 9,843,000 13,029,836
1984 9,910,000 13,370,590
1985 9,975,000 13,661,229
1986 10,043,000 13,965,217
1987 10,111,000 14,289,108
1988 10,140,000 14,636,568
1989 10,170,000 15,006,813
1990 10,189,348 15,394,648
1991 10,194,050 15,787,496
1992 10,216,470 16,184,855
1993 10,239,050 16,589,519
1994 10,226,955 16,993,190
1995 10,193,831 17,399,017
1996 10,159,569 17,810,181
1997 10,117,433 18,238,958
1998 10,071,963 18,688,036
1999 10,026,738 19,149,864
2000 9,979,610 19,637,087
2001 9,928,549 20,167,069
2002 9,865,548 20,729,388
2003 9,796,749 21,296,705
2004 9,730,146 21,868,298
2005 9,663,915 22,449,438
2006 9,604,924 23,040,702
2007 9,560,953 23,642,279
2008 9,527,985 24,249,946
2009 9,504,583 24,862,664
2010 9,483,836 25,474,995
2011 9,461,643 26,095,088
2012 9,446,836 26,734,268
2013 9,443,211 27,386,193
2014 9,448,515 28,041,592
2015 9,461,076 28,696,068
2016 9,469,379 29,356,742
2017 9,458,989 30,008,354
2018 9,438,785 30,637,585
2019 9,419,758 31,258,945
2020 9,379,952 31,887,809
2021 9,302,585 32,518,665
2022 9,228,071 33,149,152
2023 9,178,298 33,787,914
2024 9,133,712 34,427,414

Fertility rates in Belarus and Ghana

Fertility rate
Belarus

Ghana
Year Fertility rate
Belarus Ghana
1960 2.67 6.89
1961 2.59 6.91
1962 2.5 6.94
1963 2.4 6.94
1964 2.31 6.9
1965 2.27 6.88
1966 2.29 6.86
1967 2.26 6.89
1968 2.22 6.89
1969 2.26 6.95
1970 2.31 6.95
1971 2.31 6.95
1972 2.28 6.92
1973 2.25 6.87
1974 2.21 6.82
1975 2.17 6.76
1976 2.12 6.7
1977 2.08 6.64
1978 2.06 6.56
1979 2.05 6.51
1980 2.03 6.47
1981 2.02 6.42
1982 2.05 6.31
1983 2.11 6.23
1984 2.11 6.15
1985 2.09 6.12
1986 2.09 6.08
1987 2.03 6.02
1988 2.03 5.92
1989 2.03 5.82
1990 1.91 5.74
1991 1.81 5.63
1992 1.76 5.52
1993 1.62 5.41
1994 1.53 5.25
1995 1.41 5.11
1996 1.34 4.96
1997 1.25 4.88
1998 1.3 4.83
1999 1.31 4.82
2000 1.32 4.83
2001 1.29 4.77
2002 1.24 4.69
2003 1.23 4.6
2004 1.23 4.5
2005 1.25 4.5
2006 1.34 4.4
2007 1.43 4.29
2008 1.49 4.22
2009 1.51 4.18
2010 1.49 4.18
2011 1.52 4.18
2012 1.62 4.15
2013 1.67 4.11
2014 1.7 4.03
2015 1.72 3.98
2016 1.73 3.87
2017 1.54 3.72
2018 1.45 3.65
2019 1.38 3.59
2020 1.37 3.54
2021 1.37 3.49
2022 1.33 3.43
2023 1.21 3.4

Belarus and Ghana demographics compared

Median age
Belarus

Ghana
Year Median age, years
Belarus Ghana
1960 26.6 17.7
1961 26.9 17.4
1962 27.3 17.2
1963 27.6 16.9
1964 27.9 16.7
1965 28.2 16.5
1966 28.6 16.4
1967 28.9 16.2
1968 29.3 16.1
1969 29.7 16
1970 30.1 15.9
1971 30.4 15.9
1972 30.5 15.8
1973 30.5 15.8
1974 30.5 15.8
1975 30.4 15.9
1976 30.4 16
1977 30.6 16.2
1978 30.9 16.4
1979 31.1 16.5
1980 31.2 16.7
1981 31.2 16.7
1982 31.4 16.9
1983 31.5 17
1984 31.7 17.1
1985 31.9 17.1
1986 32.1 17.1
1987 32.4 17.1
1988 32.6 17.1
1989 32.8 17.1
1990 33 17.2
1991 33.3 17.2
1992 33.6 17.3
1993 33.9 17.4
1994 34.2 17.5
1995 34.6 17.6
1996 35 17.7
1997 35.4 17.9
1998 35.8 18.1
1999 36.1 18.3
2000 36.5 18.4
2001 36.8 18.6
2002 37.1 18.8
2003 37.4 19
2004 37.7 19.1
2005 38 19.3
2006 38.3 19.5
2007 38.5 19.7
2008 38.7 19.9
2009 38.8 20
2010 38.9 20.2
2011 39.1 20.3
2012 39.2 20.5
2013 39.3 20.6
2014 39.4 20.7
2015 39.5 20.8
2016 39.7 20.9
2017 39.8 21
2018 40 21.2
2019 40.3 21.3
2020 40.6 21.5
2021 40.9 21.7
2022 41.2 21.8
2023 41.6 22
2024 42 22.2

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Belarus Ghana
GNI, Atlas method
$75.2B
2024
$79.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
41.3%
2025
18.8%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.95%
2023
2.91%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.8%
2023
0.39%
2023
Armed forces personnel
158,000
2020
16,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.24%
2025
-2.76%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.46%
2023
2.87%
2022
Services, % of GDP
49.7%
2024
43.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
30.7%
2024
28.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
48.9
2025
56
2025
Income share by richest 10%
20.7%
2020
32.2%
2016
Income share by poorest 10%
4.5%
2020
1.6%
2016
Listed domestic companies
12
2024
30
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$6.01B
2024
$7.58B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$8.91B
2024
$3.62B
2023
Personal remittances received
$1.38B
2024
$3.03B
2024
International tourist arrivals
3,598,000
2020
897,000
2015
International tourism as share of exports
1.46%
2020
0.87%
2020
Banked people share
81.2%
2017
81.2%
2024

Energy

Belarus Ghana
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,862 kg
2022
359 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$9.93
2022
$20.1
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
54.2 megatons
2023
24.2 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.9 tons
2023
0.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
86.6%
2022
62%
2022
Renewable energy use share
8.2%
2021
39%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.01%
2022
6.03%
2022
Net energy imports use share
77.1%
2022
-22.4%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
3,903 kWh
2022
553 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
3.15%
2021
34.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.94%
2022
35.4%
2022
Nuclear share
17.3%
2022
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
89.5%
2023

Society

Belarus Ghana
% of world population
0.11%
2024
0.42%
2024
Annual migration change
-3,119
2024
-13,114
2024
Urban population
81.1%
2024
59.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
5.59 ft
2025
Average female height
5.48 ft
2025
5.21 ft
2025
Quality of life index
53.5
2025
39.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
33
2024
42
2024
Higher education index
63
2025
64
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.33
2019
1.81
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.6
2019
25.7
2019
Visa free countries
94
2025
74
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2019
76.5%
2021
English speaking
12%
2025
66.7%
2023
People using the Internet
94.3%
2024
69.9%
2023

Health

Belarus Ghana
Government health expenditure per capita
$529
2022
$82.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$146.1
2022
$20.6
2022
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
65.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.16%
2022
15.8%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.47
2020
0.14
2022
Age at first childbirth
26.9 years
2021
22.1 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
1
2023
234
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.4
2023
37.1
2023
Obesity rate
22.1%
2022
13.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5.1%
2024
2.7%
2024
Air quality index
70
2025
21
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
30.1%
2022
3.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.6 liters
2020
4.26 liters
2020

Territory

Belarus Ghana
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.15%
2025
Land area per capita
8,581 sq mi
2024
2,552 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
31,019 sq mi
2025
48,663 sq mi
2025
Forest area
34,020 sq mi
2025
30,917 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
68,049 mi
2009

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