Burkina Faso vs Ghana statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 34.4M in Ghana (ranked 47/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 87,851 sq mi for Ghana (ranked 73rd vs. 81st).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406).

Burkina Faso and Ghana: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and Ghana economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

Ghana

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	Ghana
1960	$330,442,816	$1,217,230,095
1961	$350,247,234	$1,302,674,325
1962	$379,567,099	$1,382,515,654
1963	$394,040,667	$1,540,797,589
1964	$410,321,645	$1,731,296,200
1965	$422,916,790	$2,053,462,968
1966	$433,889,766	$2,126,300,672
1967	$450,753,924	$1,747,187,645
1968	$460,442,689	$1,666,909,518
1969	$478,298,645	$1,962,050,556
1970	$458,404,269	$2,215,028,588
1971	$482,411,179	$2,417,108,578
1972	$578,595,522	$2,112,293,280
1973	$674,773,570	$3,006,766,758
1974	$751,133,430	$2,894,409,938
1975	$939,972,703	$2,810,106,383
1976	$976,547,188	$2,765,254,237
1977	$1,131,224,878	$3,189,428,571
1978	$1,475,583,645	$3,662,478,185
1979	$1,748,480,621	$4,020,227,920
1980	$1,928,719,888	$4,445,228,216
1981	$1,775,842,334	$4,222,441,860
1982	$1,754,450,096	$4,035,994,398
1983	$1,600,278,605	$4,057,275,132
1984	$1,459,880,132	$4,412,279,843
1985	$1,552,493,196	$4,504,306,723
1986	$2,036,303,358	$5,735,677,434
1987	$2,369,834,950	$5,074,829,932
1988	$2,616,040,479	$5,197,765,032
1989	$2,615,587,734	$5,251,858,440
1990	$3,101,300,779	$5,889,106,573
1991	$3,135,045,584	$6,603,185,268
1992	$3,356,692,505	$6,416,103,926
1993	$3,199,536,465	$5,968,922,939
1994	$1,895,290,637	$5,446,383,727
1995	$2,379,517,975	$6,464,382,808
1996	$2,586,550,595	$6,932,991,739
1997	$2,447,669,102	$6,891,443,192
1998	$2,804,902,367	$7,482,069,162
1999	$3,389,566,713	$7,718,109,982
2000	$2,968,370,088	$4,982,850,662
2001	$3,190,371,081	$5,314,872,854
2002	$3,622,350,063	$6,166,197,848
2003	$4,740,768,143	$7,632,723,556
2004	$5,451,688,538	$8,881,417,907
2005	$6,146,353,173	$10,744,568,381
2006	$6,547,419,820	$20,885,037,597
2007	$7,625,722,837	$24,827,339,138
2008	$9,451,435,490	$28,679,383,241
2009	$9,450,696,873	$26,048,720,006
2010	$10,109,619,741	$32,197,655,567
2011	$12,080,295,978	$39,336,668,081
2012	$12,561,015,157	$41,271,701,061
2013	$13,444,300,486	$62,845,721,960
2014	$13,943,016,077	$54,678,533,806
2015	$11,832,159,316	$49,436,806,230
2016	$12,833,363,045	$56,144,179,398
2017	$14,106,955,615	$60,385,409,435
2018	$15,890,066,221	$67,259,353,966
2019	$16,032,813,503	$68,352,629,246
2020	$17,725,010,533	$70,008,243,860
2021	$19,697,516,284	$79,514,204,730
2022	$18,820,218,691	$73,919,003,210
2023	$20,324,617,845	$80,547,146,878
2024	$23,250,214,910	$82,825,288,889

Burkina Faso and Ghana economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

Ghana

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	Ghana
1960	$69.2	$174.9
1961	$72.2	$181.9
1962	$77.2	$188.4
1963	$78.9	$205
1964	$80.9	$225
1965	$82.1	$260.5
1966	$82.8	$263.3
1967	$84.6	$211.2
1968	$85	$196.7
1969	$86.8	$225.8
1970	$81.7	$248.2
1971	$84.5	$263.4
1972	$99.6	$223.8
1973	$114.1	$310
1974	$124.7	$289.4
1975	$152.9	$273
1976	$155.5	$261
1977	$176	$292.3
1978	$223.9	$326
1979	$258.5	$347
1980	$277.6	$372
1981	$248.7	$344
1982	$239	$319
1983	$211.9	$311
1984	$187.8	$330
1985	$194.1	$330
1986	$247.5	$411
1987	$280.2	$355
1988	$301	$355
1989	$293.2	$350
1990	$339	$383
1991	$334	$418
1992	$349	$396
1993	$324	$360
1994	$187.2	$321
1995	$229.1	$372
1996	$242.7	$389
1997	$223.9	$378
1998	$249.5	$400
1999	$292.8	$403
2000	$248.9	$253.7
2001	$259.5	$263.5
2002	$285.7	$297.5
2003	$362	$358
2004	$404	$406
2005	$441	$479
2006	$456	$906
2007	$515	$1,050
2008	$619	$1,183
2009	$602	$1,048
2010	$625	$1,264
2011	$725	$1,507
2012	$731	$1,544
2013	$760	$2,295
2014	$765	$1,950
2015	$630	$1,723
2016	$664	$1,912
2017	$709	$2,012
2018	$777	$2,195
2019	$765	$2,187
2020	$825	$2,195
2021	$896	$2,445
2022	$836	$2,230
2023	$883	$2,384
2024	$987	$2,406

Burkina Faso vs. Ghana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

Ghana

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	Ghana
1950	33	43.1
1951	33.4	43.6
1952	33.6	44
1953	33.9	44.5
1954	34.2	45
1955	34.5	45.4
1956	34.8	45.7
1957	35.1	46.1
1958	35.4	46.4
1959	35.7	46.7
1960	36.1	46.9
1961	36.4	47.1
1962	36.8	47.3
1963	37.1	47.5
1964	37.4	47.6
1965	37.8	47.7
1966	38.1	47.7
1967	38.4	47.7
1968	38.8	47.8
1969	39	47.9
1970	39.5	47.9
1971	39.9	47.9
1972	40.4	48.3
1973	40.9	48.6
1974	41.7	48.9
1975	42.5	49.3
1976	43.3	49.7
1977	44.2	50.1
1978	45	50.5
1979	45.7	50.8
1980	46.5	51.1
1981	46.9	51.3
1982	47.6	51.4
1983	48.1	51.8
1984	48.5	52.2
1985	48.7	52.7
1986	49	53.3
1987	49.1	53.8
1988	49.2	54.4
1989	49.3	54.9
1990	49.3	55.4
1991	49.3	55.7
1992	49.4	56.1
1993	49.4	56.3
1994	49.5	56.2
1995	49.6	56.7
1996	49.7	57
1997	49.6	57.2
1998	50.2	57.5
1999	50.5	57.8
2000	50.8	58.1
2001	51.2	58.4
2002	51.4	58.7
2003	52	59
2004	52.6	59.3
2005	53.3	59.6
2006	53.8	60
2007	54.4	60.3
2008	55.2	60.6
2009	55.8	60.9
2010	56.3	61.3
2011	57	61.6
2012	57.5	62
2013	57.9	62.4
2014	58.3	62.8
2015	58.8	63.2
2016	59.2	63.5
2017	59.6	63.8
2018	60	64.1
2019	60.2	64.5
2020	60.5	64.3
2021	60	64.3
2022	60.7	65.2
2023	61.1	65.5
2024	61.3	65.7
2025	61.5	65.9

Burkina Faso and Ghana population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

Ghana

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	Ghana
1960	4,778,621	6,961,215
1961	4,848,224	7,162,667
1962	4,919,672	7,337,375
1963	4,993,623	7,514,714
1964	5,071,034	7,695,739
1965	5,152,833	7,882,606
1966	5,237,933	8,074,521
1967	5,326,348	8,271,913
1968	5,418,644	8,475,729
1969	5,513,177	8,690,383
1970	5,610,304	8,925,813
1971	5,707,999	9,176,264
1972	5,807,234	9,438,187
1973	5,911,927	9,714,617
1974	6,024,904	10,000,523
1975	6,147,569	10,294,308
1976	6,280,635	10,594,913
1977	6,428,734	10,911,871
1978	6,590,984	11,248,450
1979	6,763,903	11,597,255
1980	6,947,900	11,941,448
1981	7,140,271	12,281,712
1982	7,340,197	12,643,819
1983	7,551,129	13,029,836
1984	7,772,256	13,370,590
1985	7,999,935	13,661,229
1986	8,228,847	13,965,217
1987	8,457,109	14,289,108
1988	8,687,435	14,636,568
1989	8,921,175	15,006,813
1990	9,159,356	15,394,648
1991	9,394,632	15,787,496
1992	9,629,275	16,184,855
1993	9,871,713	16,589,519
1994	10,123,798	16,993,190
1995	10,386,722	17,399,017
1996	10,655,942	17,810,181
1997	10,934,223	18,238,958
1998	11,240,664	18,688,036
1999	11,574,928	19,149,864
2000	11,925,546	19,637,087
2001	12,295,001	20,167,069
2002	12,680,897	20,729,388
2003	13,082,532	21,296,705
2004	13,500,533	21,868,298
2005	13,932,123	22,449,438
2006	14,373,707	23,040,702
2007	14,816,307	23,642,279
2008	15,258,093	24,249,946
2009	15,710,066	24,862,664
2010	16,176,498	25,474,995
2011	16,661,908	26,095,088
2012	17,172,287	26,734,268
2013	17,695,409	27,386,193
2014	18,229,461	28,041,592
2015	18,777,487	28,696,068
2016	19,334,856	29,356,742
2017	19,894,407	30,008,354
2018	20,438,288	30,637,585
2019	20,961,952	31,258,945
2020	21,478,690	31,887,809
2021	21,995,243	32,518,665
2022	22,509,038	33,149,152
2023	23,025,776	33,787,914
2024	23,548,781	34,427,414

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Ghana

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

Ghana

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	Ghana
1960	6.25	6.89
1961	6.29	6.91
1962	6.32	6.94
1963	6.36	6.94
1964	6.42	6.9
1965	6.47	6.88
1966	6.53	6.86
1967	6.59	6.89
1968	6.65	6.89
1969	6.66	6.95
1970	6.69	6.95
1971	6.7	6.95
1972	6.72	6.92
1973	6.77	6.87
1974	6.84	6.82
1975	6.91	6.76
1976	6.95	6.7
1977	7.05	6.64
1978	7.15	6.56
1979	7.19	6.51
1980	7.22	6.47
1981	7.26	6.42
1982	7.25	6.31
1983	7.25	6.23
1984	7.25	6.15
1985	7.24	6.12
1986	7.22	6.08
1987	7.17	6.02
1988	7.11	5.92
1989	7.05	5.82
1990	7.01	5.74
1991	6.97	5.63
1992	6.94	5.52
1993	6.89	5.41
1994	6.84	5.25
1995	6.81	5.11
1996	6.78	4.96
1997	6.72	4.88
1998	6.66	4.83
1999	6.59	4.82
2000	6.52	4.83
2001	6.43	4.77
2002	6.34	4.69
2003	6.28	4.6
2004	6.22	4.5
2005	6.18	4.5
2006	6.17	4.4
2007	6.11	4.29
2008	6.05	4.22
2009	5.99	4.18
2010	5.94	4.18
2011	5.87	4.18
2012	5.79	4.15
2013	5.7	4.11
2014	5.6	4.03
2015	5.48	3.98
2016	5.33	3.87
2017	5.17	3.72
2018	4.92	3.65
2019	4.68	3.59
2020	4.44	3.54
2021	4.36	3.49
2022	4.28	3.43
2023	4.19	3.4

Burkina Faso and Ghana demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

Ghana

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Burkina Faso	Ghana
1960	19.8	17.7
1961	19.7	17.4
1962	19.7	17.2
1963	19.7	16.9
1964	19.6	16.7
1965	19.6	16.5
1966	19.5	16.4
1967	19.5	16.2
1968	19.3	16.1
1969	19.1	16
1970	18.9	15.9
1971	18.8	15.9
1972	18.6	15.8
1973	18.5	15.8
1974	18.3	15.8
1975	18.2	15.9
1976	18.1	16
1977	17.9	16.2
1978	17.8	16.4
1979	17.7	16.5
1980	17.6	16.7
1981	17.5	16.7
1982	17.4	16.9
1983	17.3	17
1984	17.2	17.1
1985	17.1	17.1
1986	16.9	17.1
1987	16.8	17.1
1988	16.7	17.1
1989	16.6	17.1
1990	16.5	17.2
1991	16.4	17.2
1992	16.3	17.3
1993	16.3	17.4
1994	16.3	17.5
1995	16.3	17.6
1996	16.3	17.7
1997	16.3	17.9
1998	16.3	18.1
1999	16.4	18.3
2000	16.5	18.4
2001	16.6	18.6
2002	16.7	18.8
2003	16.8	19
2004	16.9	19.1
2005	17	19.3
2006	17.1	19.5
2007	17.1	19.7
2008	17.1	19.9
2009	17.1	20
2010	17.1	20.2
2011	17.1	20.3
2012	17.1	20.5
2013	17.1	20.6
2014	17.1	20.7
2015	17.1	20.8
2016	17.2	20.9
2017	17.3	21
2018	17.4	21.2
2019	17.6	21.3
2020	17.7	21.5
2021	18	21.7
2022	18.2	21.8
2023	18.4	22
2024	18.6	22.2

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