Eswatini vs Ghana statistics compared

Eswatini has a population of 1.24M (ranked 157/197), compared with 34.4M in Ghana (ranked 47/197). Eswatini's land area is 6,641 sq mi versus 87,851 sq mi for Ghana (ranked 154th vs. 81st).

By GDP, Eswatini ranks 162/197 ($4.89B) and Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B). By GDP per capita, Eswatini ranks 131/197 ($3,936), while Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406).

Eswatini and Ghana: Comparison Charts

Eswatini and Ghana economies compared

GDP

Eswatini

Ghana

Table

Year	GDP
	Eswatini	Ghana
1960	$35,076,846	$1,217,230,095
1961	$43,026,043	$1,302,674,325
1962	$45,927,962	$1,382,515,654
1963	$54,129,438	$1,540,797,589
1964	$64,980,554	$1,731,296,200
1965	$70,279,972	$2,053,462,968
1966	$76,859,969	$2,126,300,672
1967	$74,759,970	$1,747,187,645
1968	$79,799,968	$1,666,909,518
1969	$105,419,958	$1,962,050,556
1970	$112,139,955	$2,215,028,588
1971	$136,462,081	$2,417,108,578
1972	$146,736,479	$2,112,293,280
1973	$221,915,128	$3,006,766,758
1974	$264,320,941	$2,894,409,938
1975	$288,299,789	$2,810,106,383
1976	$272,550,068	$2,765,254,237
1977	$304,060,076	$3,189,428,571
1978	$340,630,085	$3,662,478,185
1979	$412,093,134	$4,020,227,920
1980	$541,976,853	$4,445,228,216
1981	$570,774,825	$4,222,441,860
1982	$537,568,059	$4,035,994,398
1983	$555,336,146	$4,057,275,132
1984	$494,483,409	$4,412,279,843
1985	$360,079,419	$4,504,306,723
1986	$449,140,318	$5,735,677,434
1987	$584,126,092	$5,074,829,932
1988	$692,026,455	$5,197,765,032
1989	$696,921,542	$5,251,858,440
1990	$1,114,694,041	$5,889,106,573
1991	$1,156,135,718	$6,603,185,268
1992	$1,284,759,928	$6,416,103,926
1993	$1,357,189,552	$5,968,922,939
1994	$1,419,294,254	$5,446,383,727
1995	$1,698,989,464	$6,464,382,808
1996	$1,602,741,834	$6,932,991,739
1997	$1,716,714,070	$6,891,443,192
1998	$1,576,908,856	$7,482,069,162
1999	$1,547,888,496	$7,718,109,982
2000	$1,738,093,840	$4,982,850,662
2001	$1,542,477,309	$5,314,872,854
2002	$1,432,221,739	$6,166,197,848
2003	$2,197,598,466	$7,632,723,556
2004	$2,770,082,792	$8,881,417,907
2005	$3,178,112,499	$10,744,568,381
2006	$3,291,330,019	$20,885,037,597
2007	$3,469,381,231	$24,827,339,138
2008	$3,294,084,314	$28,679,383,241
2009	$3,580,428,053	$26,048,720,006
2010	$4,438,765,086	$32,197,655,567
2011	$4,820,478,680	$39,336,668,081
2012	$4,886,551,484	$41,271,701,061
2013	$4,464,726,181	$62,845,721,960
2014	$4,286,015,248	$54,678,533,806
2015	$3,909,281,650	$49,436,806,230
2016	$3,724,180,911	$56,144,179,398
2017	$4,463,673,661	$60,385,409,435
2018	$4,644,696,656	$67,259,353,966
2019	$4,616,996,145	$68,352,629,246
2020	$4,120,621,325	$70,008,243,860
2021	$4,785,708,166	$79,514,204,730
2022	$4,741,163,885	$73,919,003,210
2023	$4,604,172,127	$80,547,146,878
2024	$4,891,883,720	$82,825,288,889

Eswatini and Ghana economies compared

GDP per capita

Eswatini

Ghana

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Eswatini	Ghana
1960	$101.6	$174.9
1961	$121.8	$181.9
1962	$127.1	$188.4
1963	$146.4	$205
1964	$171.6	$225
1965	$181	$260.5
1966	$192.7	$263.3
1967	$182.8	$211.2
1968	$190.4	$196.7
1969	$245.2	$225.8
1970	$254.2	$248.2
1971	$301	$263.4
1972	$315	$223.8
1973	$463	$310
1974	$536	$289.4
1975	$568	$273
1976	$521	$261
1977	$563	$292.3
1978	$610	$326
1979	$714	$347
1980	$908	$372
1981	$925	$344
1982	$843	$319
1983	$843	$311
1984	$726	$330
1985	$510	$330
1986	$611	$411
1987	$765	$355
1988	$865	$355
1989	$832	$350
1990	$1,278	$383
1991	$1,273	$418
1992	$1,362	$396
1993	$1,397	$360
1994	$1,461	$321
1995	$1,751	$372
1996	$1,619	$389
1997	$1,705	$378
1998	$1,547	$400
1999	$1,502	$403
2000	$1,669	$253.7
2001	$1,468	$263.5
2002	$1,352	$297.5
2003	$2,060	$358
2004	$2,581	$406
2005	$2,945	$479
2006	$3,035	$906
2007	$3,181	$1,050
2008	$3,000	$1,183
2009	$3,240	$1,048
2010	$3,993	$1,264
2011	$4,312	$1,507
2012	$4,348	$1,544
2013	$3,951	$2,295
2014	$3,772	$1,950
2015	$3,421	$1,723
2016	$3,240	$1,912
2017	$3,854	$2,012
2018	$3,973	$2,195
2019	$3,913	$2,187
2020	$3,455	$2,195
2021	$3,966	$2,445
2022	$3,890	$2,230
2023	$3,742	$2,384
2024	$3,936	$2,406

Eswatini vs. Ghana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Eswatini

Ghana

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Eswatini	Ghana
1950	43.4	43.1
1951	43.7	43.6
1952	44	44
1953	44.3	44.5
1954	44.6	45
1955	44.8	45.4
1956	45.1	45.7
1957	45.4	46.1
1958	45.8	46.4
1959	46.1	46.7
1960	46.4	46.9
1961	46.7	47.1
1962	47.1	47.3
1963	47.5	47.5
1964	47.9	47.6
1965	48.4	47.7
1966	49	47.7
1967	49.5	47.7
1968	50.1	47.8
1969	50.6	47.9
1970	51.2	47.9
1971	51.8	47.9
1972	52.4	48.3
1973	53	48.6
1974	53.7	48.9
1975	54.4	49.3
1976	55.2	49.7
1977	56	50.1
1978	56.8	50.5
1979	57.5	50.8
1980	58.2	51.1
1981	58.8	51.3
1982	59.5	51.4
1983	58.4	51.8
1984	60.4	52.2
1985	61.2	52.7
1986	61.6	53.3
1987	61.9	53.8
1988	61.9	54.4
1989	61.7	54.9
1990	61.2	55.4
1991	60.4	55.7
1992	59.3	56.1
1993	58.1	56.3
1994	56.6	56.2
1995	55.1	56.7
1996	53.3	57
1997	51.7	57.2
1998	50.1	57.5
1999	48.8	57.8
2000	47.6	58.1
2001	46.3	58.4
2002	45.4	58.7
2003	44.6	59
2004	43.9	59.3
2005	44	59.6
2006	44.6	60
2007	45.2	60.3
2008	45.9	60.6
2009	46.9	60.9
2010	48.3	61.3
2011	49.1	61.6
2012	50.7	62
2013	52.1	62.4
2014	53.5	62.8
2015	54.9	63.2
2016	56.2	63.5
2017	57.6	63.8
2018	58.7	64.1
2019	59.8	64.5
2020	59.9	64.3
2021	58.2	64.3
2022	63	65.2
2023	64.1	65.5
2024	64.3	65.7
2025	64.4	65.9

Eswatini and Ghana population clocks and comparison

Population

Eswatini

Ghana

Table

Year	Population
	Eswatini	Ghana
1960	345,337	6,961,215
1961	353,264	7,162,667
1962	361,365	7,337,375
1963	369,759	7,514,714
1964	378,656	7,695,739
1965	388,336	7,882,606
1966	398,766	8,074,521
1967	409,031	8,271,913
1968	419,147	8,475,729
1969	429,875	8,690,383
1970	441,216	8,925,813
1971	453,183	9,176,264
1972	465,788	9,438,187
1973	479,038	9,714,617
1974	492,988	10,000,523
1975	507,673	10,294,308
1976	523,330	10,594,913
1977	540,348	10,911,871
1978	558,446	11,248,450
1979	577,199	11,597,255
1980	596,644	11,941,448
1981	616,808	12,281,712
1982	637,652	12,643,819
1983	658,957	13,029,836
1984	680,783	13,370,590
1985	706,196	13,661,229
1986	734,732	13,965,217
1987	763,811	14,289,108
1988	799,798	14,636,568
1989	837,800	15,006,813
1990	872,428	15,394,648
1991	908,189	15,787,496
1992	943,416	16,184,855
1993	971,318	16,589,519
1994	971,212	16,993,190
1995	970,433	17,399,017
1996	989,841	17,810,181
1997	1,006,635	18,238,958
1998	1,019,653	18,688,036
1999	1,030,782	19,149,864
2000	1,041,414	19,637,087
2001	1,051,064	20,167,069
2002	1,059,441	20,729,388
2003	1,066,700	21,296,705
2004	1,073,159	21,868,298
2005	1,079,022	22,449,438
2006	1,084,436	23,040,702
2007	1,090,705	23,642,279
2008	1,098,091	24,249,946
2009	1,105,153	24,862,664
2010	1,111,650	25,474,995
2011	1,117,833	26,095,088
2012	1,123,863	26,734,268
2013	1,129,990	27,386,193
2014	1,136,299	28,041,592
2015	1,142,813	28,696,068
2016	1,149,507	29,356,742
2017	1,158,195	30,008,354
2018	1,168,929	30,637,585
2019	1,179,874	31,258,945
2020	1,192,729	31,887,809
2021	1,206,593	32,518,665
2022	1,218,917	33,149,152
2023	1,230,506	33,787,914
2024	1,242,822	34,427,414

Fertility rates in Eswatini and Ghana

Fertility rate

Eswatini

Ghana

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Eswatini	Ghana
1960	6.75	6.89
1961	6.77	6.91
1962	6.79	6.94
1963	6.8	6.94
1964	6.79	6.9
1965	6.79	6.88
1966	6.8	6.86
1967	6.77	6.89
1968	6.76	6.89
1969	6.76	6.95
1970	6.75	6.95
1971	6.74	6.95
1972	6.72	6.92
1973	6.72	6.87
1974	6.71	6.82
1975	6.71	6.76
1976	6.7	6.7
1977	6.68	6.64
1978	6.65	6.56
1979	6.61	6.51
1980	6.57	6.47
1981	6.54	6.42
1982	6.49	6.31
1983	6.43	6.23
1984	6.36	6.15
1985	6.28	6.12
1986	6.11	6.08
1987	5.9	6.02
1988	5.69	5.92
1989	5.48	5.82
1990	5.3	5.74
1991	5.13	5.63
1992	4.98	5.52
1993	4.82	5.41
1994	4.66	5.25
1995	4.52	5.11
1996	4.38	4.96
1997	4.24	4.88
1998	4.13	4.83
1999	4.09	4.82
2000	4.03	4.83
2001	3.94	4.77
2002	3.85	4.69
2003	3.8	4.6
2004	3.76	4.5
2005	3.7	4.5
2006	3.63	4.4
2007	3.58	4.29
2008	3.57	4.22
2009	3.5	4.18
2010	3.38	4.18
2011	3.32	4.18
2012	3.27	4.15
2013	3.24	4.11
2014	3.18	4.03
2015	3.12	3.98
2016	3.07	3.87
2017	3.02	3.72
2018	2.97	3.65
2019	2.93	3.59
2020	2.89	3.54
2021	2.84	3.49
2022	2.8	3.43
2023	2.75	3.4

Eswatini and Ghana demographics compared

Median age

Eswatini

Ghana

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Eswatini	Ghana
1960	16.6	17.7
1961	16.4	17.4
1962	16.3	17.2
1963	16.1	16.9
1964	16.1	16.7
1965	16.1	16.5
1966	16.1	16.4
1967	16.1	16.2
1968	16.2	16.1
1969	16.2	16
1970	16.3	15.9
1971	16.3	15.9
1972	16.3	15.8
1973	16.2	15.8
1974	16.2	15.8
1975	16.1	15.9
1976	16	16
1977	15.9	16.2
1978	15.8	16.4
1979	15.7	16.5
1980	15.6	16.7
1981	15.5	16.7
1982	15.4	16.9
1983	15.3	17
1984	15.3	17.1
1985	15.2	17.1
1986	15.3	17.1
1987	15.3	17.1
1988	15.6	17.1
1989	15.9	17.1
1990	16.1	17.2
1991	16.3	17.2
1992	16.5	17.3
1993	16.7	17.4
1994	16.3	17.5
1995	16.1	17.6
1996	16.3	17.7
1997	16.6	17.9
1998	16.9	18.1
1999	17.3	18.3
2000	17.6	18.4
2001	17.8	18.6
2002	18.1	18.8
2003	18.3	19
2004	18.5	19.1
2005	18.6	19.3
2006	18.7	19.5
2007	18.9	19.7
2008	19.1	19.9
2009	19.4	20
2010	19.6	20.2
2011	19.9	20.3
2012	20.2	20.5
2013	20.5	20.6
2014	20.7	20.7
2015	21	20.8
2016	21.2	20.9
2017	21.5	21
2018	21.8	21.2
2019	22.1	21.3
2020	22.4	21.5
2021	22.6	21.7
2022	22.8	21.8
2023	23	22
2024	23.2	22.2

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