Cape Verde vs Ghana statistics compared

Cape Verde has a population of 525K (ranked 169/197), compared with 34.4M in Ghana (ranked 47/197). Cape Verde's land area is 1,556 sq mi versus 87,851 sq mi for Ghana (ranked 167th vs. 81st).

By GDP, Cape Verde ranks 172/197 ($2.73B) and Ghana ranks 80/197 ($82.3B). By GDP per capita, Cape Verde ranks 118/197 ($5,192), while Ghana ranks 151/197 ($2,391).

Cape Verde and Ghana: Comparison Charts

Cape Verde and Ghana economies compared

GDP

Cape Verde

Ghana

Table

Year	GDP
	Cape Verde	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	$142,246,815	$4,445,228,216
1981	$139,468,209	$4,222,441,860
1982	$140,630,679	$4,035,994,398
1983	$138,476,176	$4,057,275,132
1984	$132,019,039	$4,412,279,843
1985	$137,728,205	$4,504,306,723
1986	$190,651,168	$5,735,677,434
1987	$235,253,065	$5,074,829,932
1988	$264,308,140	$5,197,765,032
1989	$267,448,571	$5,251,858,440
1990	$306,890,963	$5,889,106,573
1991	$319,827,059	$6,603,185,268
1992	$357,160,985	$6,416,103,926
1993	$490,417,390	$5,968,922,939
1994	$406,580,652	$5,446,383,727
1995	$487,148,994	$6,464,382,808
1996	$501,979,270	$6,932,991,739
1997	$490,608,658	$6,891,443,192
1998	$521,910,561	$7,482,069,162
1999	$592,416,703	$7,718,109,982
2000	$539,227,278	$4,982,850,662
2001	$563,090,490	$5,314,872,854
2002	$620,507,387	$6,166,197,848
2003	$813,260,469	$7,632,723,556
2004	$924,940,012	$8,881,417,907
2005	$972,241,677	$10,744,568,381
2006	$1,107,571,458	$20,885,037,597
2007	$1,649,621,739	$24,827,339,138
2008	$1,959,620,648	$28,679,383,241
2009	$1,852,334,575	$26,048,720,006
2010	$1,824,751,468	$32,197,655,567
2011	$2,046,817,987	$39,336,668,081
2012	$1,913,081,210	$41,271,701,061
2013	$2,028,910,915	$62,845,721,960
2014	$2,041,930,125	$54,678,533,806
2015	$1,749,857,620	$49,436,806,230
2016	$1,849,789,986	$56,144,179,398
2017	$1,996,741,540	$60,385,409,435
2018	$2,205,099,507	$67,259,353,966
2019	$2,252,177,124	$68,352,629,246
2020	$1,821,565,614	$70,008,243,860
2021	$2,051,842,619	$79,514,204,730
2022	$2,247,003,344	$73,919,003,210
2023	$2,504,525,549	$80,547,146,878
2024	$2,725,414,151	$82,308,110,386

Cape Verde and Ghana economies compared

GDP per capita

Cape Verde

Ghana

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cape Verde	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	$440	$372
1981	$425	$344
1982	$423	$319
1983	$410	$311
1984	$385	$330
1985	$396	$330
1986	$541	$411
1987	$658	$355
1988	$729	$355
1989	$727	$350
1990	$817	$383
1991	$832	$418
1992	$908	$396
1993	$1,220	$360
1994	$991	$321
1995	$1,165	$372
1996	$1,180	$389
1997	$1,134	$378
1998	$1,187	$400
1999	$1,327	$403
2000	$1,190	$253.7
2001	$1,223	$263.5
2002	$1,329	$297.5
2003	$1,718	$358
2004	$1,929	$406
2005	$2,004	$479
2006	$2,257	$906
2007	$3,325	$1,050
2008	$3,909	$1,183
2009	$3,660	$1,048
2010	$3,579	$1,264
2011	$4,002	$1,507
2012	$3,737	$1,544
2013	$3,961	$2,295
2014	$3,986	$1,950
2015	$3,415	$1,723
2016	$3,609	$1,912
2017	$3,893	$2,012
2018	$4,295	$2,195
2019	$4,381	$2,187
2020	$3,539	$2,195
2021	$3,971	$2,445
2022	$4,323	$2,230
2023	$4,795	$2,384
2024	$5,192	$2,391

Cape Verde vs. Ghana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cape Verde

Ghana

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cape Verde	Ghana
1950	44.9	43.1
1951	45.6	43.6
1952	46.2	44
1953	46.4	44.5
1954	46.6	45
1955	46.9	45.4
1956	47.1	45.7
1957	47.4	46.1
1958	47.7	46.4
1959	48.2	46.7
1960	48.7	46.9
1961	49.4	47.1
1962	50.2	47.3
1963	51.1	47.5
1964	52.1	47.6
1965	53	47.7
1966	53.9	47.7
1967	54.7	47.7
1968	55.4	47.8
1969	56	47.9
1970	56.6	47.9
1971	57	47.9
1972	57.5	48.3
1973	58	48.6
1974	58.4	48.9
1975	59	49.3
1976	59.4	49.7
1977	60	50.1
1978	60.4	50.5
1979	60.7	50.8
1980	61	51.1
1981	61.3	51.3
1982	61.5	51.4
1983	61.8	51.8
1984	61.8	52.2
1985	62.3	52.7
1986	62.6	53.3
1987	62.9	53.8
1988	63.2	54.4
1989	63.6	54.9
1990	63.9	55.4
1991	64.1	55.7
1992	64.3	56.1
1993	64.5	56.3
1994	64.6	56.2
1995	63.7	56.7
1996	65.5	57
1997	66.1	57.2
1998	66.7	57.5
1999	67.4	57.8
2000	68.1	58.1
2001	68.7	58.4
2002	69.4	58.7
2003	70	59
2004	70.5	59.3
2005	70.9	59.6
2006	71.3	60
2007	71.5	60.3
2008	71.9	60.6
2009	72.1	60.9
2010	72.5	61.3
2011	72.9	61.6
2012	73.3	62
2013	73.5	62.4
2014	73.8	62.8
2015	74.1	63.2
2016	74.4	63.5
2017	74.7	63.8
2018	74.8	64.1
2019	75.4	64.5
2020	73.8	64.3
2021	74.4	64.3
2022	75.9	65.2
2023	76.1	65.5
2024	76.2	65.7
2025	76.4	65.9
2026	76.6	66.1

Cape Verde and Ghana population clocks and comparison

Population

Cape Verde

Ghana

Table

Year	Population
	Cape Verde	Ghana
1960	210,024	6,961,215
1961	215,087	7,162,667
1962	221,919	7,337,375
1963	229,373	7,514,714
1964	237,006	7,695,739
1965	244,856	7,882,606
1966	252,976	8,074,521
1967	261,404	8,271,913
1968	270,164	8,475,729
1969	279,248	8,690,383
1970	287,885	8,925,813
1971	294,046	9,176,264
1972	297,386	9,438,187
1973	299,881	9,714,617
1974	302,570	10,000,523
1975	305,847	10,294,308
1976	309,455	10,594,913
1977	312,834	10,911,871
1978	316,147	11,248,450
1979	319,480	11,597,255
1980	323,301	11,941,448
1981	327,846	12,281,712
1982	332,724	12,643,819
1983	337,654	13,029,836
1984	342,505	13,370,590
1985	347,365	13,661,229
1986	352,312	13,965,217
1987	357,302	14,289,108
1988	362,329	14,636,568
1989	367,803	15,006,813
1990	375,428	15,394,648
1991	384,586	15,787,496
1992	393,415	16,184,855
1993	401,965	16,589,519
1994	410,228	16,993,190
1995	418,104	17,399,017
1996	425,581	17,810,181
1997	432,798	18,238,958
1998	439,784	18,688,036
1999	446,519	19,149,864
2000	453,317	19,637,087
2001	460,293	20,167,069
2002	467,046	20,729,388
2003	473,383	21,296,705
2004	479,370	21,868,298
2005	485,115	22,449,438
2006	490,728	23,040,702
2007	496,190	23,642,279
2008	501,355	24,249,946
2009	506,141	24,862,664
2010	509,784	25,474,995
2011	511,447	26,095,088
2012	511,955	26,734,268
2013	512,225	27,386,193
2014	512,326	28,041,592
2015	512,394	28,696,068
2016	512,554	29,356,742
2017	512,893	30,008,354
2018	513,415	30,637,585
2019	514,104	31,258,945
2020	514,679	31,887,809
2021	516,649	32,518,665
2022	519,741	33,149,152
2023	522,331	33,787,914
2024	524,877	34,427,414

Fertility rates in Cape Verde and Ghana

Fertility rate

Cape Verde

Ghana

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cape Verde	Ghana
1960	6.89	6.89
1961	6.92	6.91
1962	6.95	6.94
1963	6.98	6.94
1964	6.99	6.9
1965	6.99	6.88
1966	6.99	6.86
1967	6.98	6.89
1968	6.97	6.89
1969	6.95	6.95
1970	6.94	6.95
1971	6.91	6.95
1972	6.89	6.92
1973	6.86	6.87
1974	6.82	6.82
1975	6.77	6.76
1976	6.71	6.7
1977	6.65	6.64
1978	6.56	6.56
1979	6.47	6.51
1980	6.38	6.47
1981	6.27	6.42
1982	6.17	6.31
1983	6.07	6.23
1984	5.97	6.15
1985	5.92	6.12
1986	5.81	6.08
1987	5.68	6.02
1988	5.55	5.92
1989	5.45	5.82
1990	5.36	5.74
1991	5.26	5.63
1992	5.12	5.52
1993	4.95	5.41
1994	4.72	5.25
1995	4.49	5.11
1996	4.26	4.96
1997	4.05	4.88
1998	3.9	4.83
1999	3.73	4.82
2000	3.55	4.83
2001	3.37	4.77
2002	3.19	4.69
2003	3.03	4.6
2004	2.9	4.5
2005	2.73	4.5
2006	2.56	4.4
2007	2.41	4.29
2008	2.3	4.22
2009	2.25	4.18
2010	2.33	4.18
2011	2.33	4.18
2012	2.15	4.15
2013	2.07	4.11
2014	2.03	4.03
2015	1.97	3.98
2016	1.97	3.87
2017	1.93	3.72
2018	1.8	3.65
2019	1.7	3.59
2020	1.59	3.54
2021	1.55	3.49
2022	1.53	3.43
2023	1.52	3.4

Cape Verde and Ghana demographics compared

Median age

Cape Verde

Ghana

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cape Verde	Ghana
1960	19	17.7
1961	18.6	17.4
1962	18.1	17.2
1963	17.7	16.9
1964	17.4	16.7
1965	17.2	16.5
1966	17.1	16.4
1967	17	16.2
1968	17	16.1
1969	17.1	16
1970	17.2	15.9
1971	17.2	15.9
1972	17.2	15.8
1973	17.2	15.8
1974	17.2	15.8
1975	17	15.9
1976	16.8	16
1977	16.6	16.2
1978	16.4	16.4
1979	16.2	16.5
1980	16.1	16.7
1981	16.1	16.7
1982	16.3	16.9
1983	16.4	17
1984	16.5	17.1
1985	16.6	17.1
1986	16.7	17.1
1987	16.8	17.1
1988	16.8	17.1
1989	16.9	17.1
1990	17	17.2
1991	17	17.2
1992	17.1	17.3
1993	17.2	17.4
1994	17.4	17.5
1995	17.5	17.6
1996	17.7	17.7
1997	17.9	17.9
1998	18.1	18.1
1999	18.3	18.3
2000	18.6	18.4
2001	18.9	18.6
2002	19.2	18.8
2003	19.6	19
2004	19.9	19.1
2005	20.4	19.3
2006	20.8	19.5
2007	21.3	19.7
2008	21.7	19.9
2009	22.1	20
2010	22.6	20.2
2011	23.1	20.3
2012	23.6	20.5
2013	24.2	20.6
2014	24.7	20.7
2015	25.2	20.8
2016	25.7	20.9
2017	26.2	21
2018	26.6	21.2
2019	27	21.3
2020	27.3	21.5
2021	27.8	21.7
2022	28.3	21.8
2023	28.8	22
2024	29.4	22.2

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