Ghana vs Iraq statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 46M in Iraq (ranked 34/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 167,619 sq mi for Iraq (ranked 81st vs. 57th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074).

Ghana and Iraq: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Iraq economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Iraq
1960	$1,217,230,095	$1,537,252,193
1961	$1,302,674,325	$1,671,960,965
1962	$1,382,515,654	$1,784,174,541
1963	$1,540,797,589	$1,805,901,510
1964	$1,731,296,200	$2,136,408,198
1965	$2,053,462,968	$2,335,785,506
1966	$2,126,300,672	$2,530,306,096
1967	$1,747,187,645	$2,551,522,656
1968	$1,666,909,518	$2,896,598,841
1969	$1,962,050,556	$3,007,758,797
1970	$2,215,028,588	$3,281,318,687
1971	$2,417,108,578	$3,865,346,535
1972	$2,112,293,280	$4,113,848,002
1973	$3,006,766,758	$5,134,367,778
1974	$2,894,409,938	$11,516,762,614
1975	$2,810,106,383	$13,458,516,763
1976	$2,765,254,237	$17,754,825,601
1977	$3,189,428,571	$19,838,130,715
1978	$3,662,478,185	$23,762,275,652
1979	$4,020,227,920	$37,816,457,839
1980	$4,445,228,216	$52,569,000,000
1981	$4,222,441,860	$37,823,000,000
1982	$4,035,994,398	$42,382,333,333
1983	$4,057,275,132	$40,712,903,226
1984	$4,412,279,843	$46,938,387,097
1985	$4,504,306,723	$48,425,161,290
1986	$5,735,677,434	$47,264,516,129
1987	$5,074,829,932	$56,774,193,548
1988	$5,197,765,032	$62,684,516,129
1989	$5,251,858,440	$65,831,935,484
1990	$5,889,106,573	$180,408,064,516
1991	$6,603,185,268	$407,796,350
1992	$6,416,103,926	$553,671,958
1993	$5,968,922,939	$1,031,944,881
1994	$5,446,383,727	$3,991,349,283
1995	$6,464,382,808	$12,894,029,888
1996	$6,932,991,739	$10,433,698,621
1997	$6,891,443,192	$20,764,857,056
1998	$7,482,069,162	$20,617,405,044
1999	$7,718,109,982	$36,881,601,584
2000	$4,982,850,662	$48,364,250,944
2001	$5,314,872,854	$36,176,430,129
2002	$6,166,197,848	$32,928,454,672
2003	$7,632,723,556	$21,921,569,479
2004	$8,881,417,907	$36,633,669,269
2005	$10,744,568,381	$50,065,104,668
2006	$20,885,037,597	$65,147,051,918
2007	$24,827,339,138	$88,837,057,320
2008	$28,679,383,241	$131,614,434,154
2009	$26,048,720,006	$111,657,580,326
2010	$32,197,655,567	$138,516,722,650
2011	$39,336,668,081	$185,749,664,444
2012	$41,271,701,061	$218,002,476,129
2013	$62,845,721,960	$234,637,675,129
2014	$54,678,533,806	$228,415,656,175
2015	$49,436,806,230	$166,774,104,959
2016	$56,144,179,398	$166,743,557,748
2017	$60,385,409,435	$187,217,660,051
2018	$67,259,353,966	$227,367,469,034
2019	$68,352,629,246	$233,636,097,800
2020	$70,008,243,860	$180,898,797,517
2021	$79,514,204,730	$209,691,945,713
2022	$73,919,003,210	$287,372,232,138
2023	$80,547,146,878	$268,881,051,644
2024	$82,825,288,889	$279,641,257,615

Ghana and Iraq economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Iraq
1960	$174.9	$218.9
1961	$181.9	$232.4
1962	$188.4	$240.7
1963	$205	$235.5
1964	$225	$269.4
1965	$260.5	$284.8
1966	$263.3	$298.2
1967	$211.2	$290.6
1968	$196.7	$319
1969	$225.8	$320
1970	$248.2	$337
1971	$263.4	$384
1972	$223.8	$394
1973	$310	$476
1974	$289.4	$1,031
1975	$273	$1,166
1976	$261	$1,489
1977	$292.3	$1,609
1978	$326	$1,863
1979	$347	$2,871
1980	$372	$3,868
1981	$344	$2,700
1982	$319	$2,942
1983	$311	$2,743
1984	$330	$3,066
1985	$330	$3,088
1986	$411	$2,940
1987	$355	$3,436
1988	$355	$3,707
1989	$350	$3,791
1990	$383	$10,261
1991	$418	$23
1992	$396	$30.3
1993	$360	$53.7
1994	$321	$198.2
1995	$372	$619
1996	$389	$485
1997	$378	$936
1998	$400	$901
1999	$403	$1,560
2000	$253.7	$1,980
2001	$263.5	$1,436
2002	$297.5	$1,266
2003	$358	$818
2004	$406	$1,328
2005	$479	$1,762
2006	$906	$2,277
2007	$1,050	$3,129
2008	$1,183	$4,543
2009	$1,048	$3,715
2010	$1,264	$4,462
2011	$1,507	$5,776
2012	$1,544	$6,478
2013	$2,295	$6,650
2014	$1,950	$6,249
2015	$1,723	$4,440
2016	$1,912	$4,334
2017	$2,012	$4,759
2018	$2,195	$5,647
2019	$2,187	$5,672
2020	$2,195	$4,295
2021	$2,445	$4,868
2022	$2,230	$6,521
2023	$2,384	$5,965
2024	$2,406	$6,074

Ghana vs. Iraq life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Iraq

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Iraq
1950	43.1	37.4
1951	43.6	39
1952	44	40.5
1953	44.5	42.1
1954	45	43.5
1955	45.4	45
1956	45.7	46.4
1957	46.1	47.7
1958	46.4	49
1959	46.7	49.7
1960	46.9	51.5
1961	47.1	52.3
1962	47.3	53.5
1963	47.5	54.4
1964	47.6	55.2
1965	47.7	56.4
1966	47.7	57.3
1967	47.7	58.4
1968	47.8	59
1969	47.9	59.6
1970	47.9	60.5
1971	47.9	61.3
1972	48.3	61.8
1973	48.6	62.3
1974	48.9	61
1975	49.3	61.4
1976	49.7	63.6
1977	50.1	63.9
1978	50.5	64.2
1979	50.8	64.4
1980	51.1	60.9
1981	51.3	58.7
1982	51.4	59
1983	51.8	59.3
1984	52.2	59.5
1985	52.7	59.8
1986	53.3	60
1987	53.8	60.3
1988	54.4	56.7
1989	54.9	57.5
1990	55.4	57.6
1991	55.7	61.3
1992	56.1	65.3
1993	56.3	65.3
1994	56.2	65
1995	56.7	64.8
1996	57	64.6
1997	57.2	64.2
1998	57.5	64.4
1999	57.8	64.5
2000	58.1	64.9
2001	58.4	65.3
2002	58.7	65.7
2003	59	64.8
2004	59.3	64.6
2005	59.6	64.9
2006	60	64
2007	60.3	64.4
2008	60.6	66.5
2009	60.9	67.8
2010	61.3	68.1
2011	61.6	68.4
2012	62	68.8
2013	62.4	69
2014	62.8	69.7
2015	63.2	70
2016	63.5	68.7
2017	63.8	69.8
2018	64.1	71.1
2019	64.5	71.2
2020	64.3	69.7
2021	64.3	70.7
2022	65.2	72
2023	65.5	72.3
2024	65.7	72.4
2025	65.9	72.5

Ghana and Iraq population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Iraq

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Iraq
1960	6,961,215	7,022,052
1961	7,162,667	7,194,553
1962	7,337,375	7,413,875
1963	7,514,714	7,667,928
1964	7,695,739	7,929,566
1965	7,882,606	8,202,140
1966	8,074,521	8,485,104
1967	8,271,913	8,778,869
1968	8,475,729	9,085,016
1969	8,690,383	9,403,356
1970	8,925,813	9,735,611
1971	9,176,264	10,077,809
1972	9,438,187	10,430,164
1973	9,714,617	10,795,869
1974	10,000,523	11,167,761
1975	10,294,308	11,543,639
1976	10,594,913	11,927,651
1977	10,911,871	12,331,046
1978	11,248,450	12,753,355
1979	11,597,255	13,170,365
1980	11,941,448	13,591,992
1981	12,281,712	14,006,381
1982	12,643,819	14,406,083
1983	13,029,836	14,840,555
1984	13,370,590	15,310,733
1985	13,661,229	15,683,430
1986	13,965,217	16,074,145
1987	14,289,108	16,521,049
1988	14,636,568	16,908,819
1989	15,006,813	17,364,542
1990	15,394,648	17,581,206
1991	15,787,496	17,767,253
1992	16,184,855	18,300,845
1993	16,589,519	19,201,195
1994	16,993,190	20,139,807
1995	17,399,017	20,825,860
1996	17,810,181	21,501,321
1997	18,238,958	22,176,593
1998	18,688,036	22,884,399
1999	19,149,864	23,636,527
2000	19,637,087	24,424,056
2001	20,167,069	25,197,840
2002	20,729,388	26,006,559
2003	21,296,705	26,802,659
2004	21,868,298	27,577,878
2005	22,449,438	28,407,448
2006	23,040,702	28,616,515
2007	23,642,279	28,391,607
2008	24,249,946	28,971,036
2009	24,862,664	30,058,206
2010	25,474,995	31,045,366
2011	26,095,088	32,161,424
2012	26,734,268	33,654,842
2013	27,386,193	35,281,989
2014	28,041,592	36,550,059
2015	28,696,068	37,560,535
2016	29,356,742	38,469,627
2017	30,008,354	39,337,353
2018	30,637,585	40,265,624
2019	31,258,945	41,192,171
2020	31,887,809	42,116,605
2021	32,518,665	43,071,211
2022	33,149,152	44,070,551
2023	33,787,914	45,074,049
2024	34,427,414	46,042,015

Fertility rates in Ghana and Iraq

Fertility rate

Ghana

Iraq

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Iraq
1960	6.89	5.3
1961	6.91	5.8
1962	6.94	6.99
1963	6.94	7.01
1964	6.9	7.01
1965	6.88	7.02
1966	6.86	7.02
1967	6.89	7.03
1968	6.89	7.06
1969	6.95	7.08
1970	6.95	7.07
1971	6.95	7.06
1972	6.92	7.02
1973	6.87	6.99
1974	6.82	6.95
1975	6.76	6.91
1976	6.7	6.86
1977	6.64	6.8
1978	6.56	6.73
1979	6.51	6.66
1980	6.47	6.59
1981	6.42	6.53
1982	6.31	6.46
1983	6.23	6.39
1984	6.15	6.32
1985	6.12	6.25
1986	6.08	6.18
1987	6.02	6.11
1988	5.92	6.05
1989	5.82	5.99
1990	5.74	5.93
1991	5.63	5.83
1992	5.52	5.72
1993	5.41	5.61
1994	5.25	5.49
1995	5.11	5.36
1996	4.96	5.25
1997	4.88	5.19
1998	4.83	5.11
1999	4.82	5.04
2000	4.83	4.92
2001	4.77	4.8
2002	4.69	4.67
2003	4.6	4.58
2004	4.5	4.53
2005	4.5	4.45
2006	4.4	4.46
2007	4.29	4.4
2008	4.22	4.37
2009	4.18	4.38
2010	4.18	4.46
2011	4.18	4.59
2012	4.15	4.54
2013	4.11	4.44
2014	4.03	4.31
2015	3.98	4.08
2016	3.87	3.84
2017	3.72	3.64
2018	3.65	3.55
2019	3.59	3.48
2020	3.54	3.42
2021	3.49	3.36
2022	3.43	3.29
2023	3.4	3.25

Ghana and Iraq demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Iraq

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Iraq
1960	17.7	20.4
1961	17.4	20.4
1962	17.2	20.1
1963	16.9	19.8
1964	16.7	19.5
1965	16.5	19.3
1966	16.4	19
1967	16.2	18.7
1968	16.1	18.5
1969	16	18.3
1970	15.9	18.1
1971	15.9	17.9
1972	15.8	17.7
1973	15.8	17.5
1974	15.8	17.2
1975	15.9	17
1976	16	16.7
1977	16.2	16.6
1978	16.4	16.6
1979	16.5	16.5
1980	16.7	16.5
1981	16.7	16.5
1982	16.9	16.5
1983	17	16.6
1984	17.1	16.6
1985	17.1	16.7
1986	17.1	16.8
1987	17.1	16.9
1988	17.1	16.9
1989	17.1	17
1990	17.2	17.1
1991	17.2	17.2
1992	17.3	17.3
1993	17.4	17.3
1994	17.5	17.4
1995	17.6	17.5
1996	17.7	17.6
1997	17.9	17.7
1998	18.1	17.8
1999	18.3	17.9
2000	18.4	17.9
2001	18.6	18
2002	18.8	18.1
2003	19	18.2
2004	19.1	18.3
2005	19.3	18.5
2006	19.5	18.6
2007	19.7	18.7
2008	19.9	18.8
2009	20	18.9
2010	20.2	19
2011	20.3	19.1
2012	20.5	19.2
2013	20.6	19.3
2014	20.7	19.4
2015	20.8	19.5
2016	20.9	19.7
2017	21	19.9
2018	21.2	20.1
2019	21.3	20.4
2020	21.5	20.6
2021	21.7	20.9
2022	21.8	21.1
2023	22	21.4
2024	22.2	21.6

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