Ghana vs Guinea-Bissau statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 2.2M in Guinea-Bissau (ranked 146/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 10,857 sq mi for Guinea-Bissau (ranked 81st vs. 139th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Guinea-Bissau ranks 178/197 ($2.12B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Guinea-Bissau ranks 181/197 ($963).

Ghana and Guinea-Bissau: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Guinea-Bissau economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Guinea-Bissau
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	$204,670,551
1971	$2,417,108,578	$204,167,297
1972	$2,112,293,280	$227,986,203
1973	$3,006,766,758	$232,331,281
1974	$2,894,409,938	$256,769,730
1975	$2,810,106,383	$283,311,997
1976	$2,765,254,237	$292,152,321
1977	$3,189,428,571	$298,871,675
1978	$3,662,478,185	$318,876,550
1979	$4,020,227,920	$308,143,183
1980	$4,445,228,216	$287,648,258
1981	$4,222,441,860	$402,230,865
1982	$4,035,994,398	$430,284,022
1983	$4,057,275,132	$425,225,177
1984	$4,412,279,843	$359,980,491
1985	$4,504,306,723	$373,959,151
1986	$5,735,677,434	$338,524,233
1987	$5,074,829,932	$451,893,375
1988	$5,197,765,032	$427,514,322
1989	$5,251,858,440	$554,072,303
1990	$5,889,106,573	$634,187,269
1991	$6,603,185,268	$668,470,891
1992	$6,416,103,926	$588,309,271
1993	$5,968,922,939	$615,779,519
1994	$5,446,383,727	$612,502,085
1995	$6,464,382,808	$660,195,402
1996	$6,932,991,739	$702,965,148
1997	$6,891,443,192	$698,107,222
1998	$7,482,069,162	$591,034,143
1999	$7,718,109,982	$579,365,780
2000	$4,982,850,662	$391,345,597
2001	$5,314,872,854	$412,610,872
2002	$6,166,197,848	$466,773,711
2003	$7,632,723,556	$553,614,800
2004	$8,881,417,907	$582,169,841
2005	$10,744,568,381	$639,776,041
2006	$20,885,037,597	$634,781,901
2007	$24,827,339,138	$753,162,998
2008	$28,679,383,241	$952,667,544
2009	$26,048,720,006	$890,167,833
2010	$32,197,655,567	$940,112,539
2011	$39,336,668,081	$1,157,074,319
2012	$41,271,701,061	$1,049,412,177
2013	$62,845,721,960	$1,109,682,824
2014	$54,678,533,806	$1,135,250,721
2015	$49,436,806,230	$1,152,384,167
2016	$56,144,179,398	$1,245,074,264
2017	$60,385,409,435	$1,469,978,606
2018	$67,259,353,966	$1,554,133,594
2019	$68,352,629,246	$1,588,767,976
2020	$70,008,243,860	$1,683,619,352
2021	$79,514,204,730	$1,878,659,687
2022	$73,919,003,210	$1,839,048,748
2023	$80,547,146,878	$2,077,816,135
2024	$82,825,288,889	$2,119,865,935

Ghana and Guinea-Bissau economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Guinea-Bissau
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	$350
1971	$263.4	$348
1972	$223.8	$389
1973	$310	$392
1974	$289.4	$419
1975	$273	$435
1976	$261	$421
1977	$292.3	$403
1978	$326	$403
1979	$347	$376
1980	$372	$347
1981	$344	$477
1982	$319	$503
1983	$311	$489
1984	$330	$407
1985	$330	$417
1986	$411	$371
1987	$355	$488
1988	$355	$454
1989	$350	$578
1990	$383	$651
1991	$418	$672
1992	$396	$574
1993	$360	$582
1994	$321	$561
1995	$372	$589
1996	$389	$615
1997	$378	$599
1998	$400	$498
1999	$403	$479
2000	$253.7	$317
2001	$263.5	$327
2002	$297.5	$362
2003	$358	$420
2004	$406	$431
2005	$479	$463
2006	$906	$449
2007	$1,050	$519
2008	$1,183	$640
2009	$1,048	$583
2010	$1,264	$600
2011	$1,507	$720
2012	$1,544	$635
2013	$2,295	$654
2014	$1,950	$652
2015	$1,723	$645
2016	$1,912	$680
2017	$2,012	$783
2018	$2,195	$809
2019	$2,187	$807
2020	$2,195	$836
2021	$2,445	$912
2022	$2,230	$873
2023	$2,384	$965
2024	$2,406	$963

Ghana vs. Guinea-Bissau life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Guinea-Bissau
1950	43.1	35.7
1951	43.6	35.9
1952	44	36.1
1953	44.5	36.3
1954	45	36.4
1955	45.4	36.6
1956	45.7	36.8
1957	46.1	37
1958	46.4	37.1
1959	46.7	37.3
1960	46.9	37.6
1961	47.1	37.8
1962	47.3	38
1963	47.5	35.6
1964	47.6	35.8
1965	47.7	35.9
1966	47.7	36.1
1967	47.7	36.3
1968	47.8	36.7
1969	47.9	37
1970	47.9	37.3
1971	47.9	37.5
1972	48.3	37.8
1973	48.6	38.2
1974	48.9	41.6
1975	49.3	41.9
1976	49.7	42.3
1977	50.1	42.6
1978	50.5	42.9
1979	50.8	43.2
1980	51.1	43.6
1981	51.3	43.9
1982	51.4	44.3
1983	51.8	44.6
1984	52.2	44.9
1985	52.7	45.3
1986	53.3	45.5
1987	53.8	45.8
1988	54.4	46.3
1989	54.9	46.6
1990	55.4	46.9
1991	55.7	47.2
1992	56.1	47.5
1993	56.3	47.8
1994	56.2	47.8
1995	56.7	48.5
1996	57	48.8
1997	57.2	48
1998	57.5	48.1
1999	57.8	48.5
2000	58.1	50.6
2001	58.4	51.1
2002	58.7	51.6
2003	59	52.2
2004	59.3	52.8
2005	59.6	52.9
2006	60	54.1
2007	60.3	54.9
2008	60.6	55.3
2009	60.9	56.3
2010	61.3	57
2011	61.6	57.7
2012	62	58.3
2013	62.4	58.9
2014	62.8	59.5
2015	63.2	60.1
2016	63.5	60.6
2017	63.8	61.1
2018	64.1	61.7
2019	64.5	62.2
2020	64.3	61.3
2021	64.3	61.7
2022	65.2	63.6
2023	65.5	64.1
2024	65.7	64.3
2025	65.9	64.4

Ghana and Guinea-Bissau population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Guinea-Bissau
1960	6,961,215	577,633
1961	7,162,667	582,532
1962	7,337,375	589,474
1963	7,514,714	594,418
1964	7,695,739	588,543
1965	7,882,606	575,005
1966	8,074,521	566,908
1967	8,271,913	569,011
1968	8,475,729	578,170
1969	8,690,383	581,610
1970	8,925,813	584,403
1971	9,176,264	586,221
1972	9,438,187	586,620
1973	9,714,617	592,808
1974	10,000,523	613,338
1975	10,294,308	650,966
1976	10,594,913	694,191
1977	10,911,871	741,789
1978	11,248,450	791,694
1979	11,597,255	819,867
1980	11,941,448	829,303
1981	12,281,712	842,432
1982	12,643,819	855,891
1983	13,029,836	869,592
1984	13,370,590	883,519
1985	13,661,229	897,697
1986	13,965,217	912,126
1987	14,289,108	926,862
1988	14,636,568	942,061
1989	15,006,813	957,789
1990	15,394,648	973,669
1991	15,787,496	994,639
1992	16,184,855	1,024,356
1993	16,589,519	1,058,745
1994	16,993,190	1,092,031
1995	17,399,017	1,119,949
1996	17,810,181	1,143,535
1997	18,238,958	1,165,545
1998	18,688,036	1,187,473
1999	19,149,864	1,210,206
2000	19,637,087	1,234,741
2001	20,167,069	1,261,273
2002	20,729,388	1,289,307
2003	21,296,705	1,318,806
2004	21,868,298	1,349,563
2005	22,449,438	1,381,585
2006	23,040,702	1,415,303
2007	23,642,279	1,450,986
2008	24,249,946	1,488,054
2009	24,862,664	1,526,377
2010	25,474,995	1,566,347
2011	26,095,088	1,608,076
2012	26,734,268	1,651,417
2013	27,386,193	1,695,973
2014	28,041,592	1,741,122
2015	28,696,068	1,786,457
2016	29,356,742	1,831,893
2017	30,008,354	1,877,072
2018	30,637,585	1,922,168
2019	31,258,945	1,967,696
2020	31,887,809	2,013,255
2021	32,518,665	2,058,841
2022	33,149,152	2,105,529
2023	33,787,914	2,153,339
2024	34,427,414	2,201,352

Fertility rates in Ghana and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate

Ghana

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Guinea-Bissau
1960	6.89	5.92
1961	6.91	5.93
1962	6.94	5.94
1963	6.94	5.95
1964	6.9	5.96
1965	6.88	5.97
1966	6.86	5.98
1967	6.89	5.99
1968	6.89	6.01
1969	6.95	6.02
1970	6.95	6.04
1971	6.95	6.06
1972	6.92	6.08
1973	6.87	6.1
1974	6.82	6.12
1975	6.76	6.15
1976	6.7	6.19
1977	6.64	6.25
1978	6.56	6.32
1979	6.51	6.4
1980	6.47	6.49
1981	6.42	6.57
1982	6.31	6.64
1983	6.23	6.69
1984	6.15	6.73
1985	6.12	6.74
1986	6.08	6.73
1987	6.02	6.72
1988	5.92	6.69
1989	5.82	6.66
1990	5.74	6.5
1991	5.63	6.47
1992	5.52	6.44
1993	5.41	6.37
1994	5.25	6.3
1995	5.11	6.22
1996	4.96	6.14
1997	4.88	6.06
1998	4.83	5.97
1999	4.82	5.87
2000	4.83	5.79
2001	4.77	5.69
2002	4.69	5.63
2003	4.6	5.58
2004	4.5	5.5
2005	4.5	5.46
2006	4.4	5.41
2007	4.29	5.37
2008	4.22	5.27
2009	4.18	5.18
2010	4.18	5.11
2011	4.18	5.07
2012	4.15	5
2013	4.11	4.93
2014	4.03	4.79
2015	3.98	4.66
2016	3.87	4.52
2017	3.72	4.35
2018	3.65	4.24
2019	3.59	4.15
2020	3.54	4.08
2021	3.49	4
2022	3.43	3.91
2023	3.4	3.84

Ghana and Guinea-Bissau demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Guinea-Bissau
1960	17.7	22.9
1961	17.4	22.9
1962	17.2	22.6
1963	16.9	22.3
1964	16.7	21.7
1965	16.5	20.7
1966	16.4	19.9
1967	16.2	19.6
1968	16.1	19.5
1969	16	19.3
1970	15.9	19.1
1971	15.9	19
1972	15.8	18.8
1973	15.8	18.9
1974	15.8	18.9
1975	15.9	18.8
1976	16	18.5
1977	16.2	18.2
1978	16.4	17.8
1979	16.5	17.6
1980	16.7	17.7
1981	16.7	17.6
1982	16.9	17.5
1983	17	17.3
1984	17.1	17.2
1985	17.1	17.2
1986	17.1	17.1
1987	17.1	17.1
1988	17.1	17
1989	17.1	17
1990	17.2	17.1
1991	17.2	17.1
1992	17.3	17.1
1993	17.4	17.1
1994	17.5	17.1
1995	17.6	17.2
1996	17.7	17.2
1997	17.9	17.3
1998	18.1	17.3
1999	18.3	17.4
2000	18.4	17.4
2001	18.6	17.5
2002	18.8	17.6
2003	19	17.6
2004	19.1	17.7
2005	19.3	17.8
2006	19.5	17.9
2007	19.7	17.9
2008	19.9	18
2009	20	18.1
2010	20.2	18.2
2011	20.3	18.3
2012	20.5	18.3
2013	20.6	18.4
2014	20.7	18.5
2015	20.8	18.6
2016	20.9	18.8
2017	21	18.9
2018	21.2	19.1
2019	21.3	19.2
2020	21.5	19.4
2021	21.7	19.6
2022	21.8	19.8
2023	22	19.9
2024	22.2	20.2

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