Ghana vs Iran statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 91.6M in Iran (ranked 17/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 626,451 sq mi for Iran (ranked 81st vs. 17th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771).

Ghana and Iran: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Iran economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Iran

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Iran
1960	$1,217,230,095	$4,199,134,390
1961	$1,302,674,325	$4,426,949,095
1962	$1,382,515,654	$4,693,566,416
1963	$1,540,797,589	$4,928,628,018
1964	$1,731,296,200	$5,379,845,648
1965	$2,053,462,968	$6,197,319,929
1966	$2,126,300,672	$6,789,938,672
1967	$1,747,187,645	$7,555,383,690
1968	$1,666,909,518	$8,623,172,960
1969	$1,962,050,556	$9,743,089,607
1970	$2,215,028,588	$10,976,245,154
1971	$2,417,108,578	$13,731,802,833
1972	$2,112,293,280	$17,153,463,263
1973	$3,006,766,758	$27,081,698,250
1974	$2,894,409,938	$46,209,092,072
1975	$2,810,106,383	$51,776,222,350
1976	$2,765,254,237	$68,055,295,081
1977	$3,189,428,571	$80,600,122,702
1978	$3,662,478,185	$77,994,316,621
1979	$4,020,227,920	$90,391,877,326
1980	$4,445,228,216	$94,362,275,580
1981	$4,222,441,860	$100,499,312,750
1982	$4,035,994,398	$125,948,756,439
1983	$4,057,275,132	$156,365,156,618
1984	$4,412,279,843	$162,276,728,620
1985	$4,504,306,723	$180,183,629,600
1986	$5,735,677,434	$209,094,561,833
1987	$5,074,829,932	$134,009,995,923
1988	$5,197,765,032	$123,057,861,334
1989	$5,251,858,440	$120,496,362,916
1990	$5,889,106,573	$124,813,263,926
1991	$6,603,185,268	$131,637,664,958
1992	$6,416,103,926	$119,768,691,217
1993	$5,968,922,939	$63,743,623,231
1994	$5,446,383,727	$71,841,461,172
1995	$6,464,382,808	$96,419,225,745
1996	$6,932,991,739	$120,403,931,883
1997	$6,891,443,192	$113,919,163,421
1998	$7,482,069,162	$110,276,913,362
1999	$7,718,109,982	$113,848,450,089
2000	$4,982,850,662	$109,591,707,801
2001	$5,314,872,854	$126,878,750,296
2002	$6,166,197,848	$128,626,917,504
2003	$7,632,723,556	$151,911,222,120
2004	$8,881,417,907	$187,754,571,247
2005	$10,744,568,381	$224,970,371,329
2006	$20,885,037,597	$265,602,187,406
2007	$24,827,339,138	$349,736,591,836
2008	$28,679,383,241	$406,070,949,551
2009	$26,048,720,006	$414,059,094,950
2010	$32,197,655,567	$487,069,570,461
2011	$39,336,668,081	$629,082,257,472
2012	$41,271,701,061	$644,019,315,004
2013	$62,845,721,960	$500,399,839,840
2014	$54,678,533,806	$462,284,793,281
2015	$49,436,806,230	$409,191,686,497
2016	$56,144,179,398	$459,042,684,193
2017	$60,385,409,435	$489,168,731,811
2018	$67,259,353,966	$398,880,231,367
2019	$68,352,629,246	$333,519,146,339
2020	$70,008,243,860	$262,186,179,356
2021	$79,514,204,730	$383,436,202,447
2022	$73,919,003,210	$394,362,621,793
2023	$80,547,146,878	$404,625,655,076
2024	$82,825,288,889	$436,906,331,672

Ghana and Iran economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Iran

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Iran
1960	$174.9	$195.6
1961	$181.9	$200.1
1962	$188.4	$205.8
1963	$205	$209.6
1964	$225	$221.7
1965	$260.5	$247.5
1966	$263.3	$262.9
1967	$211.2	$283.7
1968	$196.7	$314
1969	$225.8	$345
1970	$248.2	$377
1971	$263.4	$457
1972	$223.8	$555
1973	$310	$851
1974	$289.4	$1,409
1975	$273	$1,532
1976	$261	$1,954
1977	$292.3	$2,243
1978	$326	$2,101
1979	$347	$2,352
1980	$372	$2,368
1981	$344	$2,393
1982	$319	$2,845
1983	$311	$3,397
1984	$330	$3,395
1985	$330	$3,634
1986	$411	$4,064
1987	$355	$2,513
1988	$355	$2,234
1989	$350	$2,125
1990	$383	$2,138
1991	$418	$2,194
1992	$396	$1,957
1993	$360	$1,038
1994	$321	$1,168
1995	$372	$1,550
1996	$389	$1,915
1997	$378	$1,790
1998	$400	$1,709
1999	$403	$1,740
2000	$253.7	$1,650
2001	$263.5	$1,881
2002	$297.5	$1,891
2003	$358	$2,209
2004	$406	$2,672
2005	$479	$3,132
2006	$906	$3,619
2007	$1,050	$4,688
2008	$1,183	$5,377
2009	$1,048	$5,416
2010	$1,264	$6,291
2011	$1,507	$8,026
2012	$1,544	$8,114
2013	$2,295	$6,223
2014	$1,950	$5,672
2015	$1,723	$4,953
2016	$1,912	$5,477
2017	$2,012	$5,753
2018	$2,195	$4,632
2019	$2,187	$3,831
2020	$2,195	$2,989
2021	$2,445	$4,335
2022	$2,230	$4,405
2023	$2,384	$4,466
2024	$2,406	$4,771

Ghana vs. Iran life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Iran

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Iran
1950	43.1	38.2
1951	43.6	38.7
1952	44	39.2
1953	44.5	39.5
1954	45	40
1955	45.4	40.6
1956	45.7	41.1
1957	46.1	41.3
1958	46.4	42.2
1959	46.7	42.8
1960	46.9	43.3
1961	47.1	43.9
1962	47.3	43.8
1963	47.5	45.1
1964	47.6	45.7
1965	47.7	46.4
1966	47.7	47.1
1967	47.7	47.8
1968	47.8	47.9
1969	47.9	49.4
1970	47.9	50.2
1971	47.9	51.1
1972	48.3	51.7
1973	48.6	52.9
1974	48.9	53.9
1975	49.3	54.8
1976	49.7	55.8
1977	50.1	56.7
1978	50.5	56
1979	50.8	58.5
1980	51.1	58.4
1981	51.3	56.6
1982	51.4	57.6
1983	51.8	58.5
1984	52.2	60.9
1985	52.7	61.5
1986	53.3	62.1
1987	53.8	62.7
1988	54.4	63.3
1989	54.9	65.3
1990	55.4	64.1
1991	55.7	66.2
1992	56.1	66.7
1993	56.3	67
1994	56.2	67.5
1995	56.7	67.9
1996	57	68.3
1997	57.2	68.6
1998	57.5	69.2
1999	57.8	69.7
2000	58.1	70.2
2001	58.4	70.6
2002	58.7	71.1
2003	59	70.5
2004	59.3	72
2005	59.6	72.4
2006	60	72.9
2007	60.3	73.3
2008	60.6	73.7
2009	60.9	74
2010	61.3	74.4
2011	61.6	74.7
2012	62	75
2013	62.4	75.3
2014	62.8	75.6
2015	63.2	75.9
2016	63.5	76.2
2017	63.8	76.4
2018	64.1	76.6
2019	64.5	76.9
2020	64.3	74.1
2021	64.3	73.8
2022	65.2	76.8
2023	65.5	77.7
2024	65.7	77.9
2025	65.9	78.1

Ghana and Iran population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Iran

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Iran
1960	6,961,215	21,470,434
1961	7,162,667	22,125,726
1962	7,337,375	22,807,907
1963	7,514,714	23,519,005
1964	7,695,739	24,262,859
1965	7,882,606	25,036,978
1966	8,074,521	25,829,270
1967	8,271,913	26,628,432
1968	8,475,729	27,437,391
1969	8,690,383	28,273,482
1970	8,925,813	29,145,100
1971	9,176,264	30,029,071
1972	9,438,187	30,921,179
1973	9,714,617	31,839,838
1974	10,000,523	32,796,463
1975	10,294,308	33,802,973
1976	10,594,913	34,837,271
1977	10,911,871	35,933,181
1978	11,248,450	37,126,535
1979	11,597,255	38,424,952
1980	11,941,448	39,842,324
1981	12,281,712	41,989,312
1982	12,643,819	44,272,141
1983	13,029,836	46,029,535
1984	13,370,590	47,793,998
1985	13,661,229	49,582,289
1986	13,965,217	51,446,045
1987	14,289,108	53,323,493
1988	14,636,568	55,072,694
1989	15,006,813	56,704,914
1990	15,394,648	58,380,092
1991	15,787,496	59,986,931
1992	16,184,855	61,184,983
1993	16,589,519	61,403,543
1994	16,993,190	61,520,598
1995	17,399,017	62,205,567
1996	17,810,181	62,881,300
1997	18,238,958	63,639,638
1998	18,688,036	64,519,859
1999	19,149,864	65,445,391
2000	19,637,087	66,418,659
2001	20,167,069	67,452,005
2002	20,729,388	68,011,317
2003	21,296,705	68,769,340
2004	21,868,298	70,256,316
2005	22,449,438	71,828,455
2006	23,040,702	73,392,747
2007	23,642,279	74,602,648
2008	24,249,946	75,514,204
2009	24,862,664	76,457,825
2010	25,474,995	77,420,842
2011	26,095,088	78,383,598
2012	26,734,268	79,370,580
2013	27,386,193	80,414,686
2014	28,041,592	81,502,045
2015	28,696,068	82,619,362
2016	29,356,742	83,812,228
2017	30,008,354	85,026,754
2018	30,637,585	86,117,998
2019	31,258,945	87,051,648
2020	31,887,809	87,723,443
2021	32,518,665	88,455,488
2022	33,149,152	89,524,246
2023	33,787,914	90,608,707
2024	34,427,414	91,567,738

Fertility rates in Ghana and Iran

Fertility rate

Ghana

Iran

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Iran
1960	6.89	7.52
1961	6.91	7.46
1962	6.94	7.4
1963	6.94	7.32
1964	6.9	7.24
1965	6.88	7.22
1966	6.86	7.21
1967	6.89	7.19
1968	6.89	7.12
1969	6.95	7.01
1970	6.95	6.8
1971	6.95	6.55
1972	6.92	6.26
1973	6.87	6.06
1974	6.82	5.97
1975	6.76	5.95
1976	6.7	6.07
1977	6.64	6.18
1978	6.56	6.34
1979	6.51	6.55
1980	6.47	6.63
1981	6.42	6.62
1982	6.31	6.59
1983	6.23	6.53
1984	6.15	6.43
1985	6.12	6.24
1986	6.08	6.01
1987	6.02	5.72
1988	5.92	5.43
1989	5.82	5.17
1990	5.74	4.93
1991	5.63	4.57
1992	5.52	4.1
1993	5.41	3.67
1994	5.25	3.24
1995	5.11	2.85
1996	4.96	2.54
1997	4.88	2.32
1998	4.83	2.19
1999	4.82	2.09
2000	4.83	2
2001	4.77	1.92
2002	4.69	1.84
2003	4.6	1.8
2004	4.5	1.78
2005	4.5	1.76
2006	4.4	1.76
2007	4.29	1.75
2008	4.22	1.74
2009	4.18	1.74
2010	4.18	1.75
2011	4.18	1.79
2012	4.15	1.85
2013	4.11	1.91
2014	4.03	1.98
2015	3.98	2.02
2016	3.87	2.05
2017	3.72	2.02
2018	3.65	1.92
2019	3.59	1.77
2020	3.54	1.7
2021	3.49	1.71
2022	3.43	1.7
2023	3.4	1.7

Ghana and Iran demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Iran

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Iran
1960	17.7	19.1
1961	17.4	18.7
1962	17.2	18.4
1963	16.9	18.1
1964	16.7	17.9
1965	16.5	17.8
1966	16.4	17.7
1967	16.2	17.7
1968	16.1	17.6
1969	16	17.6
1970	15.9	17.6
1971	15.9	17.7
1972	15.8	17.8
1973	15.8	17.9
1974	15.8	18
1975	15.9	18.1
1976	16	18.2
1977	16.2	18.3
1978	16.4	18.3
1979	16.5	18.3
1980	16.7	18.2
1981	16.7	18.4
1982	16.9	18.6
1983	17	18.5
1984	17.1	18.4
1985	17.1	18.3
1986	17.1	18.2
1987	17.1	18.2
1988	17.1	18.2
1989	17.1	18.1
1990	17.2	18.2
1991	17.2	18.3
1992	17.3	18.4
1993	17.4	18.3
1994	17.5	18.4
1995	17.6	18.7
1996	17.7	19.1
1997	17.9	19.5
1998	18.1	20
1999	18.3	20.7
2000	18.4	21.4
2001	18.6	22
2002	18.8	22.6
2003	19	23.1
2004	19.1	23.7
2005	19.3	24.3
2006	19.5	24.8
2007	19.7	25.5
2008	19.9	26.1
2009	20	26.6
2010	20.2	27.2
2011	20.3	27.7
2012	20.5	28.2
2013	20.6	28.7
2014	20.7	29.2
2015	20.8	29.7
2016	20.9	30.2
2017	21	30.7
2018	21.2	31.2
2019	21.3	31.7
2020	21.5	32.3
2021	21.7	32.8
2022	21.8	33.3
2023	22	33.8
2024	22.2	34.3

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