Cameroon vs Ghana statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 34.4M in Ghana (ranked 47/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 87,851 sq mi for Ghana (ranked 52nd vs. 81st).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406).

Cameroon and Ghana: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Ghana economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

Ghana

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	Ghana
1960	$614,206,068	$1,217,230,095
1961	$652,777,608	$1,302,674,325
1962	$694,247,864	$1,382,515,654
1963	$718,320,845	$1,540,797,589
1964	$776,650,177	$1,731,296,200
1965	$814,083,266	$2,053,462,968
1966	$851,112,535	$2,126,300,672
1967	$936,175,260	$1,747,187,645
1968	$1,046,191,218	$1,666,909,518
1969	$1,100,551,489	$1,962,050,556
1970	$1,151,216,993	$2,215,028,588
1971	$1,236,941,394	$2,417,108,578
1972	$1,498,251,890	$2,112,293,280
1973	$1,901,393,361	$3,006,766,758
1974	$2,157,415,533	$2,894,409,938
1975	$2,857,037,371	$2,810,106,383
1976	$2,898,090,002	$2,765,254,237
1977	$3,394,664,024	$3,189,428,571
1978	$4,662,852,583	$3,662,478,185
1979	$5,919,002,983	$4,020,227,920
1980	$6,674,569,047	$4,445,228,216
1981	$6,610,938,617	$4,222,441,860
1982	$6,611,255,964	$4,035,994,398
1983	$6,870,200,010	$4,057,275,132
1984	$7,311,938,026	$4,412,279,843
1985	$8,544,810,498	$4,504,306,723
1986	$11,857,056,199	$5,735,677,434
1987	$13,049,659,981	$5,074,829,932
1988	$12,236,057,362	$5,197,765,032
1989	$11,012,566,195	$5,251,858,440
1990	$12,314,482,628	$5,889,106,573
1991	$11,840,192,296	$6,603,185,268
1992	$12,071,775,335	$6,416,103,926
1993	$16,181,814,713	$5,968,922,939
1994	$8,902,446,252	$5,446,383,727
1995	$10,864,772,471	$6,464,382,808
1996	$11,093,538,846	$6,932,991,739
1997	$10,789,458,433	$6,891,443,192
1998	$11,298,144,990	$7,482,069,162
1999	$11,565,826,465	$7,718,109,982
2000	$10,566,579,295	$4,982,850,662
2001	$10,953,485,349	$5,314,872,854
2002	$12,417,251,350	$6,166,197,848
2003	$15,970,315,035	$7,632,723,556
2004	$18,826,214,136	$8,881,417,907
2005	$19,509,852,207	$10,744,568,381
2006	$20,910,512,975	$20,885,037,597
2007	$23,928,250,433	$24,827,339,138
2008	$27,715,142,033	$28,679,383,241
2009	$27,932,970,317	$26,048,720,006
2010	$27,507,501,821	$32,197,655,567
2011	$30,630,910,495	$39,336,668,081
2012	$30,155,062,329	$41,271,701,061
2013	$33,728,621,180	$62,845,721,960
2014	$36,386,544,706	$54,678,533,806
2015	$32,210,233,020	$49,436,806,230
2016	$33,814,337,044	$56,144,179,398
2017	$36,098,547,033	$60,385,409,435
2018	$39,955,552,190	$67,259,353,966
2019	$39,667,757,528	$68,352,629,246
2020	$40,773,241,177	$70,008,243,860
2021	$45,011,937,347	$79,514,204,730
2022	$44,347,206,073	$73,919,003,210
2023	$49,279,410,983	$80,547,146,878
2024	$51,326,764,685	$82,825,288,889

Cameroon and Ghana economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

Ghana

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	Ghana
1960	$119.1	$174.9
1961	$124.6	$181.9
1962	$130	$188.4
1963	$131.6	$205
1964	$139.2	$225
1965	$142.7	$260.5
1966	$145.8	$263.3
1967	$156.6	$211.2
1968	$170.8	$196.7
1969	$175.2	$225.8
1970	$178.5	$248.2
1971	$186.7	$263.4
1972	$220.1	$223.8
1973	$271.8	$310
1974	$299.9	$289.4
1975	$386	$273
1976	$381	$261
1977	$435	$292.3
1978	$582	$326
1979	$718	$347
1980	$784	$372
1981	$750	$344
1982	$732	$319
1983	$746	$311
1984	$772	$330
1985	$875	$330
1986	$1,179	$411
1987	$1,258	$355
1988	$1,145	$355
1989	$1,001	$350
1990	$1,087	$383
1991	$1,015	$418
1992	$1,005	$396
1993	$1,310	$360
1994	$701	$321
1995	$832	$372
1996	$827	$389
1997	$783	$378
1998	$799	$400
1999	$796	$403
2000	$709	$253.7
2001	$715	$263.5
2002	$790	$297.5
2003	$988	$358
2004	$1,133	$406
2005	$1,143	$479
2006	$1,191	$906
2007	$1,326	$1,050
2008	$1,492	$1,183
2009	$1,461	$1,048
2010	$1,399	$1,264
2011	$1,514	$1,507
2012	$1,449	$1,544
2013	$1,576	$2,295
2014	$1,649	$1,950
2015	$1,415	$1,723
2016	$1,442	$1,912
2017	$1,496	$2,012
2018	$1,611	$2,195
2019	$1,555	$2,187
2020	$1,556	$2,195
2021	$1,672	$2,445
2022	$1,605	$2,230
2023	$1,737	$2,384
2024	$1,762	$2,406

Cameroon vs. Ghana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

Ghana

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	Ghana
1950	33.1	43.1
1951	33.9	43.6
1952	34.6	44
1953	35.5	44.5
1954	36.5	45
1955	37.5	45.4
1956	38.4	45.7
1957	38.3	46.1
1958	39.1	46.4
1959	39.8	46.7
1960	34.7	46.9
1961	35.2	47.1
1962	42.6	47.3
1963	43.1	47.5
1964	43.6	47.6
1965	44.2	47.7
1966	44.8	47.7
1967	45.6	47.7
1968	46.4	47.8
1969	47.2	47.9
1970	48	47.9
1971	48.6	47.9
1972	49.1	48.3
1973	49.5	48.6
1974	49.7	48.9
1975	49.9	49.3
1976	50	49.7
1977	50.1	50.1
1978	50.3	50.5
1979	50.5	50.8
1980	50.9	51.1
1981	51.2	51.3
1982	51.8	51.4
1983	52.4	51.8
1984	52.9	52.2
1985	53.5	52.7
1986	53.6	53.3
1987	54.2	53.8
1988	54.4	54.4
1989	54.4	54.9
1990	54.3	55.4
1991	54.2	55.7
1992	54.1	56.1
1993	53.9	56.3
1994	53.5	56.2
1995	53.3	56.7
1996	53.2	57
1997	53.1	57.2
1998	53	57.5
1999	53.2	57.8
2000	53.3	58.1
2001	53.6	58.4
2002	53.9	58.7
2003	54.3	59
2004	54.6	59.3
2005	54.9	59.6
2006	55.3	60
2007	55.7	60.3
2008	56.1	60.6
2009	56.5	60.9
2010	57	61.3
2011	57.5	61.6
2012	58.2	62
2013	58.7	62.4
2014	59.1	62.8
2015	59.7	63.2
2016	60.3	63.5
2017	60.8	63.8
2018	61.2	64.1
2019	61.7	64.5
2020	61.7	64.3
2021	61.1	64.3
2022	62.4	65.2
2023	63.7	65.5
2024	64	65.7
2025	64.2	65.9

Cameroon and Ghana population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

Ghana

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	Ghana
1960	5,159,057	6,961,215
1961	5,239,273	7,162,667
1962	5,338,620	7,337,375
1963	5,456,623	7,514,714
1964	5,578,257	7,695,739
1965	5,704,686	7,882,606
1966	5,837,295	8,074,521
1967	5,977,318	8,271,913
1968	6,125,863	8,475,729
1969	6,283,462	8,690,383
1970	6,449,793	8,925,813
1971	6,624,408	9,176,264
1972	6,806,872	9,438,187
1973	6,996,660	9,714,617
1974	7,193,583	10,000,523
1975	7,397,120	10,294,308
1976	7,597,962	10,594,913
1977	7,796,501	10,911,871
1978	8,011,921	11,248,450
1979	8,239,641	11,597,255
1980	8,512,219	11,941,448
1981	8,816,377	12,281,712
1982	9,028,678	12,643,819
1983	9,215,397	13,029,836
1984	9,475,078	13,370,590
1985	9,761,730	13,661,229
1986	10,060,342	13,965,217
1987	10,370,749	14,289,108
1988	10,684,968	14,636,568
1989	11,002,745	15,006,813
1990	11,331,821	15,394,648
1991	11,667,180	15,787,496
1992	12,006,353	16,184,855
1993	12,353,131	16,589,519
1994	12,704,903	16,993,190
1995	13,058,516	17,399,017
1996	13,414,757	17,810,181
1997	13,775,214	18,238,958
1998	14,144,860	18,688,036
1999	14,525,140	19,149,864
2000	14,912,631	19,637,087
2001	15,309,490	20,167,069
2002	15,725,528	20,729,388
2003	16,160,340	21,296,705
2004	16,610,487	21,868,298
2005	17,074,594	22,449,438
2006	17,550,407	23,040,702
2007	18,049,896	23,642,279
2008	18,574,056	24,249,946
2009	19,113,974	24,862,664
2010	19,668,066	25,474,995
2011	20,232,304	26,095,088
2012	20,809,529	26,734,268
2013	21,402,376	27,386,193
2014	22,059,893	28,041,592
2015	22,763,414	28,696,068
2016	23,454,161	29,356,742
2017	24,128,601	30,008,354
2018	24,806,383	30,637,585
2019	25,506,095	31,258,945
2020	26,210,558	31,887,809
2021	26,915,758	32,518,665
2022	27,632,771	33,149,152
2023	28,372,687	33,787,914
2024	29,123,744	34,427,414

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Ghana

Fertility rate

Cameroon

Ghana

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	Ghana
1960	5.73	6.89
1961	5.73	6.91
1962	5.73	6.94
1963	5.73	6.94
1964	5.74	6.9
1965	5.8	6.88
1966	5.85	6.86
1967	5.95	6.89
1968	6.04	6.89
1969	6.14	6.95
1970	6.2	6.95
1971	6.26	6.95
1972	6.29	6.92
1973	6.33	6.87
1974	6.36	6.82
1975	6.4	6.76
1976	6.45	6.7
1977	6.51	6.64
1978	6.55	6.56
1979	6.58	6.51
1980	6.61	6.47
1981	6.61	6.42
1982	6.59	6.31
1983	6.58	6.23
1984	6.56	6.15
1985	6.56	6.12
1986	6.57	6.08
1987	6.54	6.02
1988	6.48	5.92
1989	6.41	5.82
1990	6.36	5.74
1991	6.32	5.63
1992	6.26	5.52
1993	6.16	5.41
1994	6.04	5.25
1995	5.92	5.11
1996	5.8	4.96
1997	5.71	4.88
1998	5.66	4.83
1999	5.6	4.82
2000	5.51	4.83
2001	5.44	4.77
2002	5.44	4.69
2003	5.43	4.6
2004	5.44	4.5
2005	5.42	4.5
2006	5.37	4.4
2007	5.34	4.29
2008	5.29	4.22
2009	5.24	4.18
2010	5.15	4.18
2011	5.05	4.18
2012	4.98	4.15
2013	4.91	4.11
2014	4.84	4.03
2015	4.84	3.98
2016	4.84	3.87
2017	4.8	3.72
2018	4.74	3.65
2019	4.65	3.59
2020	4.56	3.54
2021	4.47	3.49
2022	4.4	3.43
2023	4.32	3.4

Cameroon and Ghana demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

Ghana

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	Ghana
1960	20.5	17.7
1961	20.3	17.4
1962	20.1	17.2
1963	20.1	16.9
1964	20	16.7
1965	19.9	16.5
1966	19.8	16.4
1967	19.7	16.2
1968	19.5	16.1
1969	19.4	16
1970	19.2	15.9
1971	19	15.9
1972	18.9	15.8
1973	18.8	15.8
1974	18.6	15.8
1975	18.5	15.9
1976	18.3	16
1977	18.2	16.2
1978	18	16.4
1979	17.9	16.5
1980	17.8	16.7
1981	17.8	16.7
1982	17.5	16.9
1983	17.3	17
1984	17.1	17.1
1985	17.1	17.1
1986	17	17.1
1987	16.9	17.1
1988	16.9	17.1
1989	16.8	17.1
1990	16.8	17.2
1991	16.8	17.2
1992	16.8	17.3
1993	16.8	17.4
1994	16.9	17.5
1995	16.9	17.6
1996	17	17.7
1997	17.1	17.9
1998	17.1	18.1
1999	17.2	18.3
2000	17.3	18.4
2001	17.4	18.6
2002	17.5	18.8
2003	17.5	19
2004	17.6	19.1
2005	17.6	19.3
2006	17.7	19.5
2007	17.7	19.7
2008	17.8	19.9
2009	17.8	20
2010	17.9	20.2
2011	17.9	20.3
2012	18	20.5
2013	18.1	20.6
2014	18.2	20.7
2015	18.3	20.8
2016	18.3	20.9
2017	18.4	21
2018	18.4	21.2
2019	18.5	21.3
2020	18.5	21.5
2021	18.6	21.7
2022	18.7	21.8
2023	18.8	22
2024	19	22.2

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