Central African Republic vs Ghana statistics compared

The Central African Republic has a population of 5.33M (ranked 122/197), compared with 34.4M in Ghana (ranked 47/197). The Central African Republic's land area is 240,534 sq mi versus 87,851 sq mi for Ghana (ranked 43rd vs. 81st).

By GDP, The Central African Republic ranks 171/197 ($2.75B) and Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B). By GDP per capita, The Central African Republic ranks 194/197 ($516), while Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406).

Central African Republic and Ghana: Comparison Charts

Central African Republic and Ghana economies compared

GDP

Central African Republic

Ghana

Table

Year	GDP
	CAR	Ghana
1960	$112,155,598	$1,217,230,095
1961	$123,134,583	$1,302,674,325
1962	$124,482,774	$1,382,515,654
1963	$129,379,124	$1,540,797,589
1964	$142,025,079	$1,731,296,200
1965	$150,574,795	$2,053,462,968
1966	$157,930,018	$2,126,300,672
1967	$163,820,514	$1,747,187,645
1968	$191,767,442	$1,666,909,518
1969	$188,039,210	$1,962,050,556
1970	$189,106,529	$2,215,028,588
1971	$201,450,800	$2,417,108,578
1972	$230,317,883	$2,112,293,280
1973	$271,183,082	$3,006,766,758
1974	$281,398,706	$2,894,409,938
1975	$378,660,016	$2,810,106,383
1976	$451,152,461	$2,765,254,237
1977	$507,298,148	$3,189,428,571
1978	$610,578,632	$3,662,478,185
1979	$700,764,748	$4,020,227,920
1980	$797,048,199	$4,445,228,216
1981	$694,803,623	$4,222,441,860
1982	$748,312,391	$4,035,994,398
1983	$658,679,333	$4,057,275,132
1984	$637,820,670	$4,412,279,843
1985	$864,849,836	$4,504,306,723
1986	$1,122,265,013	$5,735,677,434
1987	$1,200,991,978	$5,074,829,932
1988	$1,264,899,288	$5,197,765,032
1989	$1,233,930,281	$5,251,858,440
1990	$1,440,711,459	$5,889,106,573
1991	$1,377,374,987	$6,603,185,268
1992	$1,411,917,553	$6,416,103,926
1993	$1,278,781,262	$5,968,922,939
1994	$851,174,357	$5,446,383,727
1995	$1,115,389,674	$6,464,382,808
1996	$1,007,791,127	$6,932,991,739
1997	$937,741,513	$6,891,443,192
1998	$967,338,390	$7,482,069,162
1999	$999,477,511	$7,718,109,982
2000	$916,777,283	$4,982,850,662
2001	$932,648,605	$5,314,872,854
2002	$996,068,145	$6,166,197,848
2003	$1,142,315,523	$7,632,723,556
2004	$1,272,360,517	$8,881,417,907
2005	$1,337,894,379	$10,744,568,381
2006	$1,461,859,762	$20,885,037,597
2007	$1,699,811,295	$24,827,339,138
2008	$1,993,407,888	$28,679,383,241
2009	$2,067,381,665	$26,048,720,006
2010	$2,142,591,540	$32,197,655,567
2011	$2,437,982,705	$39,336,668,081
2012	$2,510,126,512	$41,271,701,061
2013	$1,691,544,110	$62,845,721,960
2014	$1,894,813,389	$54,678,533,806
2015	$1,695,825,714	$49,436,806,230
2016	$1,825,018,145	$56,144,179,398
2017	$2,072,349,973	$60,385,409,435
2018	$2,220,979,146	$67,259,353,966
2019	$2,221,301,351	$68,352,629,246
2020	$2,326,720,900	$70,008,243,860
2021	$2,516,498,412	$79,514,204,730
2022	$2,382,618,615	$73,919,003,210
2023	$2,555,492,086	$80,547,146,878
2024	$2,751,544,520	$82,825,288,889

Central African Republic and Ghana economies compared

GDP per capita

Central African Republic

Ghana

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	CAR	Ghana
1960	$65.9	$174.9
1961	$71	$181.9
1962	$70.4	$188.4
1963	$71.8	$205
1964	$77.2	$225
1965	$80.2	$260.5
1966	$82.3	$263.3
1967	$83.6	$211.2
1968	$95.6	$196.7
1969	$91.7	$225.8
1970	$90.2	$248.2
1971	$94.1	$263.4
1972	$105.5	$223.8
1973	$121.8	$310
1974	$124	$289.4
1975	$163.6	$273
1976	$192.1	$261
1977	$213.8	$292.3
1978	$254.6	$326
1979	$289.1	$347
1980	$325	$372
1981	$280.3	$344
1982	$298.4	$319
1983	$259.6	$311
1984	$248.3	$330
1985	$333	$330
1986	$426	$411
1987	$450	$355
1988	$466	$355
1989	$443	$350
1990	$502	$383
1991	$465	$418
1992	$462	$396
1993	$405	$360
1994	$261.3	$321
1995	$333	$372
1996	$293.3	$389
1997	$265.5	$378
1998	$266.6	$400
1999	$268	$403
2000	$239.2	$253.7
2001	$238	$263.5
2002	$248.6	$297.5
2003	$278.4	$358
2004	$303	$406
2005	$312	$479
2006	$334	$906
2007	$381	$1,050
2008	$437	$1,183
2009	$456	$1,048
2010	$477	$1,264
2011	$534	$1,507
2012	$544	$1,544
2013	$364	$2,295
2014	$410	$1,950
2015	$366	$1,723
2016	$387	$1,912
2017	$432	$2,012
2018	$455	$2,195
2019	$449	$2,187
2020	$463	$2,195
2021	$492	$2,445
2022	$467	$2,230
2023	$496	$2,384
2024	$516	$2,406

Central African Republic vs. Ghana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Central African Republic

Ghana

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	CAR	Ghana
1950	35.4	43.1
1951	35.8	43.6
1952	36.2	44
1953	36.6	44.5
1954	37	45
1955	37.4	45.4
1956	37.8	45.7
1957	38.3	46.1
1958	38.7	46.4
1959	39.1	46.7
1960	39.6	46.9
1961	40.1	47.1
1962	40.6	47.3
1963	41.1	47.5
1964	41.6	47.6
1965	42.2	47.7
1966	42.8	47.7
1967	43.4	47.7
1968	44	47.8
1969	44.6	47.9
1970	45.2	47.9
1971	45.8	47.9
1972	46.3	48.3
1973	46.9	48.6
1974	47.4	48.9
1975	47.9	49.3
1976	48.4	49.7
1977	48.8	50.1
1978	49.2	50.5
1979	49.5	50.8
1980	49.8	51.1
1981	50	51.3
1982	50.2	51.4
1983	50.3	51.8
1984	50.4	52.2
1985	50.5	52.7
1986	50.4	53.3
1987	50.4	53.8
1988	50.2	54.4
1989	50.1	54.9
1990	49.9	55.4
1991	49.6	55.7
1992	49.2	56.1
1993	48.9	56.3
1994	48.5	56.2
1995	48.1	56.7
1996	47.7	57
1997	47.3	57.2
1998	47.1	57.5
1999	46.9	57.8
2000	46.6	58.1
2001	46.7	58.4
2002	46.8	58.7
2003	47.3	59
2004	47.7	59.3
2005	48.2	59.6
2006	48.7	60
2007	49.3	60.3
2008	49.9	60.6
2009	14.7	60.9
2010	46.9	61.3
2011	50.1	61.6
2012	51.3	62
2013	49.5	62.4
2014	40.3	62.8
2015	51.9	63.2
2016	51	63.5
2017	45.2	63.8
2018	52.3	64.1
2019	31.5	64.5
2020	50.6	64.3
2021	40.3	64.3
2022	18.8	65.2
2023	57.4	65.5
2024	57.7	65.7
2025	57.9	65.9

Central African Republic and Ghana population clocks and comparison

Population

Central African Republic

Ghana

Table

Year	Population
	CAR	Ghana
1960	1,702,346	6,961,215
1961	1,734,580	7,162,667
1962	1,768,115	7,337,375
1963	1,803,063	7,514,714
1964	1,839,583	7,695,739
1965	1,877,854	7,882,606
1966	1,918,082	8,074,521
1967	1,960,444	8,271,913
1968	2,005,100	8,475,729
1969	2,051,515	8,690,383
1970	2,097,505	8,925,813
1971	2,141,450	9,176,264
1972	2,183,769	9,438,187
1973	2,226,008	9,714,617
1974	2,269,338	10,000,523
1975	2,313,916	10,294,308
1976	2,348,566	10,594,913
1977	2,372,930	10,911,871
1978	2,397,961	11,248,450
1979	2,423,794	11,597,255
1980	2,450,535	11,941,448
1981	2,478,402	12,281,712
1982	2,507,375	12,643,819
1983	2,537,399	13,029,836
1984	2,568,610	13,370,590
1985	2,600,932	13,661,229
1986	2,634,258	13,965,217
1987	2,669,155	14,289,108
1988	2,713,965	14,636,568
1989	2,783,970	15,006,813
1990	2,871,910	15,394,648
1991	2,963,191	15,787,496
1992	3,058,831	16,184,855
1993	3,157,839	16,589,519
1994	3,257,954	16,993,190
1995	3,348,052	17,399,017
1996	3,435,965	17,810,181
1997	3,531,700	18,238,958
1998	3,628,827	18,688,036
1999	3,729,450	19,149,864
2000	3,833,416	19,637,087
2001	3,919,487	20,167,069
2002	4,006,077	20,729,388
2003	4,103,086	21,296,705
2004	4,192,826	21,868,298
2005	4,288,810	22,449,438
2006	4,377,579	23,040,702
2007	4,462,770	23,642,279
2008	4,558,984	24,249,946
2009	4,529,047	24,862,664
2010	4,492,995	25,474,995
2011	4,565,021	26,095,088
2012	4,610,848	26,734,268
2013	4,642,419	27,386,193
2014	4,623,182	28,041,592
2015	4,629,320	28,696,068
2016	4,713,663	29,356,742
2017	4,793,511	30,008,354
2018	4,878,657	30,637,585
2019	4,944,703	31,258,945
2020	5,026,628	31,887,809
2021	5,112,100	32,518,665
2022	5,098,039	33,149,152
2023	5,152,421	33,787,914
2024	5,330,690	34,427,414

Fertility rates in Central African Republic and Ghana

Fertility rate

Central African Republic

Ghana

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	CAR	Ghana
1960	5.95	6.89
1961	5.96	6.91
1962	5.97	6.94
1963	5.99	6.94
1964	6.01	6.9
1965	6.03	6.88
1966	6.06	6.86
1967	6.08	6.89
1968	6.1	6.89
1969	6.06	6.95
1970	6.03	6.95
1971	5.99	6.95
1972	5.96	6.92
1973	5.93	6.87
1974	5.9	6.82
1975	5.88	6.76
1976	5.94	6.7
1977	5.99	6.64
1978	6.04	6.56
1979	6.09	6.51
1980	6.13	6.47
1981	6.17	6.42
1982	6.16	6.31
1983	6.15	6.23
1984	6.14	6.15
1985	6.12	6.12
1986	6.11	6.08
1987	6.12	6.02
1988	6.1	5.92
1989	6.07	5.82
1990	6.05	5.74
1991	6.03	5.63
1992	5.96	5.52
1993	5.93	5.41
1994	5.92	5.25
1995	5.94	5.11
1996	5.96	4.96
1997	5.92	4.88
1998	5.89	4.83
1999	5.88	4.82
2000	5.85	4.83
2001	5.81	4.77
2002	5.79	4.69
2003	5.8	4.6
2004	5.78	4.5
2005	5.81	4.5
2006	5.84	4.4
2007	5.87	4.29
2008	5.9	4.22
2009	5.94	4.18
2010	5.96	4.18
2011	6.01	4.18
2012	6.05	4.15
2013	6.08	4.11
2014	6.1	4.03
2015	6.13	3.98
2016	6.13	3.87
2017	6.13	3.72
2018	6.11	3.65
2019	6.09	3.59
2020	6.06	3.54
2021	6.05	3.49
2022	6.02	3.43
2023	6.01	3.4

Central African Republic and Ghana demographics compared

Median age

Central African Republic

Ghana

Table

Year	Median age, years
	CAR	Ghana
1960	20.3	17.7
1961	20.1	17.4
1962	19.9	17.2
1963	19.7	16.9
1964	19.6	16.7
1965	19.4	16.5
1966	19.3	16.4
1967	19.2	16.2
1968	19	16.1
1969	18.9	16
1970	18.9	15.9
1971	18.8	15.9
1972	18.7	15.8
1973	18.6	15.8
1974	18.6	15.8
1975	18.5	15.9
1976	18.5	16
1977	18.5	16.2
1978	18.5	16.4
1979	18.5	16.5
1980	18.5	16.7
1981	18.4	16.7
1982	18.4	16.9
1983	18.3	17
1984	18.3	17.1
1985	18.3	17.1
1986	18.2	17.1
1987	18.1	17.1
1988	18	17.1
1989	17.9	17.1
1990	17.8	17.2
1991	17.6	17.2
1992	17.5	17.3
1993	17.5	17.4
1994	17.4	17.5
1995	17.3	17.6
1996	17.2	17.7
1997	17.1	17.9
1998	17.1	18.1
1999	17.1	18.3
2000	17.1	18.4
2001	17.1	18.6
2002	17.1	18.8
2003	17.2	19
2004	17.2	19.1
2005	17.2	19.3
2006	17.1	19.5
2007	17.1	19.7
2008	17	19.9
2009	16.9	20
2010	16.7	20.2
2011	16.6	20.3
2012	16.3	20.5
2013	16	20.6
2014	15.6	20.7
2015	15.4	20.8
2016	15.4	20.9
2017	15.4	21
2018	15.4	21.2
2019	15.4	21.3
2020	15.4	21.5
2021	15.4	21.7
2022	15.3	21.8
2023	15.3	22
2024	15.4	22.2

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