China vs Ghana statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 34.4M in Ghana (ranked 47/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 87,851 sq mi for Ghana (ranked 2nd vs. 81st).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406).

China and Ghana: Comparison Charts

China and Ghana economies compared

GDP

China

Ghana

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Ghana
1960	$59,846,235,025	$1,217,230,095
1961	$50,162,299,350	$1,302,674,325
1962	$47,310,737,754	$1,382,515,654
1963	$50,812,227,919	$1,540,797,589
1964	$59,821,862,703	$1,731,296,200
1965	$70,565,994,356	$2,053,462,968
1966	$76,854,053,259	$2,126,300,672
1967	$73,011,350,596	$1,747,187,645
1968	$70,980,323,819	$1,666,909,518
1969	$79,847,786,729	$1,962,050,556
1970	$92,752,930,873	$2,215,028,588
1971	$99,959,013,880	$2,417,108,578
1972	$113,871,930,714	$2,112,293,280
1973	$138,764,340,892	$3,006,766,758
1974	$144,418,433,058	$2,894,409,938
1975	$163,687,619,736	$2,810,106,383
1976	$154,196,810,059	$2,765,254,237
1977	$175,226,595,860	$3,189,428,571
1978	$149,788,617,886	$3,662,478,185
1979	$178,573,913,043	$4,020,227,920
1980	$191,487,500,000	$4,445,228,216
1981	$196,218,253,968	$4,222,441,860
1982	$205,480,916,031	$4,035,994,398
1983	$231,130,268,199	$4,057,275,132
1984	$260,442,857,143	$4,412,279,843
1985	$310,064,625,850	$4,504,306,723
1986	$301,310,144,928	$5,735,677,434
1987	$273,455,156,951	$5,074,829,932
1988	$312,888,888,889	$5,197,765,032
1989	$348,380,566,802	$5,251,858,440
1990	$361,560,229,446	$5,889,106,573
1991	$384,510,452,962	$6,603,185,268
1992	$428,502,354,788	$6,416,103,926
1993	$446,557,291,212	$5,968,922,939
1994	$566,929,539,493	$5,446,383,727
1995	$738,190,896,228	$6,464,382,808
1996	$868,523,936,530	$6,932,991,739
1997	$967,753,570,435	$6,891,443,192
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$7,482,069,162
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$7,718,109,982
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$4,982,850,662
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$5,314,872,854
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$6,166,197,848
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$7,632,723,556
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$8,881,417,907
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$10,744,568,381
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$20,885,037,597
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$24,827,339,138
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$28,679,383,241
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$26,048,720,006
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$32,197,655,567
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$39,336,668,081
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$41,271,701,061
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$62,845,721,960
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$54,678,533,806
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$49,436,806,230
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$56,144,179,398
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$60,385,409,435
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$67,259,353,966
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$68,352,629,246
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$70,008,243,860
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$79,514,204,730
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$73,919,003,210
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$80,547,146,878
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$82,825,288,889

China and Ghana economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Ghana

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Ghana
1960	$89.7	$174.9
1961	$76	$181.9
1962	$71.1	$188.4
1963	$74.5	$205
1964	$85.7	$225
1965	$98.7	$260.5
1966	$104.5	$263.3
1967	$96.8	$211.2
1968	$91.6	$196.7
1969	$100.3	$225.8
1970	$113.3	$248.2
1971	$118.8	$263.4
1972	$132.1	$223.8
1973	$157.3	$310
1974	$160.4	$289.4
1975	$178.6	$273
1976	$165.7	$261
1977	$185.7	$292.3
1978	$156.7	$326
1979	$184.3	$347
1980	$195.1	$372
1981	$197.4	$344
1982	$203.7	$319
1983	$225.9	$311
1984	$251.2	$330
1985	$295	$330
1986	$282.4	$411
1987	$252.3	$355
1988	$284	$355
1989	$311	$350
1990	$319	$383
1991	$334	$418
1992	$368	$396
1993	$379	$360
1994	$476	$321
1995	$613	$372
1996	$713	$389
1997	$787	$378
1998	$835	$400
1999	$881	$403
2000	$969	$253.7
2001	$1,065	$263.5
2002	$1,164	$297.5
2003	$1,307	$358
2004	$1,531	$406
2005	$1,778	$479
2006	$2,129	$906
2007	$2,735	$1,050
2008	$3,523	$1,183
2009	$3,898	$1,048
2010	$4,629	$1,264
2011	$5,704	$1,507
2012	$6,405	$1,544
2013	$7,147	$2,295
2014	$7,781	$1,950
2015	$8,175	$1,723
2016	$8,255	$1,912
2017	$8,980	$2,012
2018	$10,086	$2,195
2019	$10,343	$2,187
2020	$10,627	$2,195
2021	$12,887	$2,445
2022	$12,971	$2,230
2023	$12,951	$2,384
2024	$13,303	$2,406

China vs. Ghana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

Ghana

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	Ghana
1950	43.8	43.1
1951	44.6	43.6
1952	45.3	44
1953	45.9	44.5
1954	46.8	45
1955	47.2	45.4
1956	47.8	45.7
1957	48.4	46.1
1958	48.8	46.4
1959	40.2	46.7
1960	33.4	46.9
1961	40.2	47.1
1962	51	47.3
1963	51.7	47.5
1964	52.3	47.6
1965	53	47.7
1966	53.7	47.7
1967	54.4	47.7
1968	55.2	47.8
1969	56	47.9
1970	56.8	47.9
1971	57.7	47.9
1972	58.6	48.3
1973	59.5	48.6
1974	60.2	48.9
1975	61	49.3
1976	61.2	49.7
1977	62.5	50.1
1978	63.1	50.5
1979	63.7	50.8
1980	64.2	51.1
1981	64.8	51.3
1982	65.2	51.4
1983	65.7	51.8
1984	66.1	52.2
1985	66.5	52.7
1986	66.9	53.3
1987	67.3	53.8
1988	67.6	54.4
1989	67.9	54.9
1990	68.2	55.4
1991	68.6	55.7
1992	69.1	56.1
1993	69.5	56.3
1994	69.8	56.2
1995	70.4	56.7
1996	70.8	57
1997	71.2	57.2
1998	71.6	57.5
1999	72	57.8
2000	72.3	58.1
2001	72.7	58.4
2002	73	58.7
2003	73.4	59
2004	73.7	59.3
2005	74.1	59.6
2006	74.4	60
2007	74.8	60.3
2008	74.8	60.6
2009	75.3	60.9
2010	75.7	61.3
2011	75.9	61.6
2012	76.2	62
2013	76.5	62.4
2014	76.7	62.8
2015	77	63.2
2016	77.2	63.5
2017	77.2	63.8
2018	77.7	64.1
2019	77.9	64.5
2020	78	64.3
2021	78.1	64.3
2022	78.2	65.2
2023	78	65.5
2024	78	65.7
2025	78.4	65.9

China and Ghana population clocks and comparison

Population

China

Ghana

Table

Year	Population
	China	Ghana
1960	667,070,000	6,961,215
1961	660,330,000	7,162,667
1962	665,770,000	7,337,375
1963	682,335,000	7,514,714
1964	698,355,000	7,695,739
1965	715,185,000	7,882,606
1966	735,400,000	8,074,521
1967	754,550,000	8,271,913
1968	774,510,000	8,475,729
1969	796,025,000	8,690,383
1970	818,315,000	8,925,813
1971	841,105,000	9,176,264
1972	862,030,000	9,438,187
1973	881,940,000	9,714,617
1974	900,350,000	10,000,523
1975	916,395,000	10,294,308
1976	930,685,000	10,594,913
1977	943,455,000	10,911,871
1978	956,165,000	11,248,450
1979	969,005,000	11,597,255
1980	981,235,000	11,941,448
1981	993,885,000	12,281,712
1982	1,008,630,000	12,643,819
1983	1,023,310,000	13,029,836
1984	1,036,825,000	13,370,590
1985	1,051,040,000	13,661,229
1986	1,066,790,000	13,965,217
1987	1,084,035,000	14,289,108
1988	1,101,630,000	14,636,568
1989	1,118,650,000	15,006,813
1990	1,135,185,000	15,394,648
1991	1,150,780,000	15,787,496
1992	1,164,970,000	16,184,855
1993	1,178,440,000	16,589,519
1994	1,191,835,000	16,993,190
1995	1,204,855,000	17,399,017
1996	1,217,550,000	17,810,181
1997	1,230,075,000	18,238,958
1998	1,241,935,000	18,688,036
1999	1,252,735,000	19,149,864
2000	1,262,645,000	19,637,087
2001	1,271,850,000	20,167,069
2002	1,280,400,000	20,729,388
2003	1,288,400,000	21,296,705
2004	1,296,075,000	21,868,298
2005	1,303,720,000	22,449,438
2006	1,311,020,000	23,040,702
2007	1,317,885,000	23,642,279
2008	1,324,655,000	24,249,946
2009	1,331,260,000	24,862,664
2010	1,337,705,000	25,474,995
2011	1,345,035,000	26,095,088
2012	1,354,190,000	26,734,268
2013	1,363,240,000	27,386,193
2014	1,371,860,000	28,041,592
2015	1,379,860,000	28,696,068
2016	1,387,790,000	29,356,742
2017	1,396,215,000	30,008,354
2018	1,402,760,000	30,637,585
2019	1,407,745,000	31,258,945
2020	1,411,100,000	31,887,809
2021	1,412,360,000	32,518,665
2022	1,412,175,000	33,149,152
2023	1,410,710,000	33,787,914
2024	1,408,975,000	34,427,414

Fertility rates in China and Ghana

Fertility rate

China

Ghana

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Ghana
1960	4.45	6.89
1961	3.86	6.91
1962	6.09	6.94
1963	7.51	6.94
1964	6.67	6.9
1965	6.61	6.88
1966	6.31	6.86
1967	5.81	6.89
1968	6.51	6.89
1969	6.18	6.95
1970	6.09	6.95
1971	5.52	6.95
1972	5.11	6.92
1973	4.73	6.87
1974	4.17	6.82
1975	3.57	6.76
1976	3.24	6.7
1977	2.84	6.64
1978	2.72	6.56
1979	2.75	6.51
1980	2.74	6.47
1981	2.79	6.42
1982	2.97	6.31
1983	2.56	6.23
1984	2.61	6.15
1985	2.63	6.12
1986	2.72	6.08
1987	2.76	6.02
1988	2.54	5.92
1989	2.52	5.82
1990	2.51	5.74
1991	1.93	5.63
1992	1.78	5.52
1993	1.69	5.41
1994	1.63	5.25
1995	1.59	5.11
1996	1.55	4.96
1997	1.53	4.88
1998	1.52	4.83
1999	1.53	4.82
2000	1.63	4.83
2001	1.56	4.77
2002	1.57	4.69
2003	1.57	4.6
2004	1.61	4.5
2005	1.62	4.5
2006	1.64	4.4
2007	1.67	4.29
2008	1.7	4.22
2009	1.71	4.18
2010	1.69	4.18
2011	1.67	4.18
2012	1.8	4.15
2013	1.71	4.11
2014	1.77	4.03
2015	1.67	3.98
2016	1.77	3.87
2017	1.8	3.72
2018	1.54	3.65
2019	1.5	3.59
2020	1.24	3.54
2021	1.12	3.49
2022	1.03	3.43
2023	1	3.4

China and Ghana demographics compared

Median age

China

Ghana

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	Ghana
1960	20.9	17.7
1961	21.1	17.4
1962	21	17.2
1963	20.4	16.9
1964	19.9	16.7
1965	19.6	16.5
1966	19.3	16.4
1967	19.2	16.2
1968	19.2	16.1
1969	19.1	16
1970	19.1	15.9
1971	19.2	15.9
1972	19.3	15.8
1973	19.5	15.8
1974	19.7	15.8
1975	20.1	15.9
1976	20.4	16
1977	20.8	16.2
1978	21.2	16.4
1979	21.4	16.5
1980	21.6	16.7
1981	21.8	16.7
1982	22.1	16.9
1983	22.6	17
1984	23	17.1
1985	23.2	17.1
1986	23.4	17.1
1987	23.6	17.1
1988	23.9	17.1
1989	24.4	17.1
1990	24.7	17.2
1991	25.1	17.2
1992	25.6	17.3
1993	26.1	17.4
1994	26.6	17.5
1995	27.2	17.6
1996	27.8	17.7
1997	28.3	17.9
1998	28.8	18.1
1999	29.4	18.3
2000	30	18.4
2001	30.5	18.6
2002	31.1	18.8
2003	31.6	19
2004	32.1	19.1
2005	32.6	19.3
2006	33.1	19.5
2007	33.7	19.7
2008	34.2	19.9
2009	34.7	20
2010	35.1	20.2
2011	35.5	20.3
2012	35.7	20.5
2013	36	20.6
2014	36.3	20.7
2015	36.7	20.8
2016	37.1	20.9
2017	37.4	21
2018	37.7	21.2
2019	38.1	21.3
2020	38.5	21.5
2021	39	21.7
2022	39.6	21.8
2023	40.1	22
2024	40.6	22.2

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