Ghana vs Ireland statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 5.38M in Ireland (ranked 120/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 26,599 sq mi for Ireland (ranked 81st vs. 119th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316).

Ghana and Ireland: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Ireland economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Ireland
1960	$1,217,230,095	$1,998,550,222
1961	$1,302,674,325	$2,151,772,980
1962	$1,382,515,654	$2,329,372,972
1963	$1,540,797,589	$2,505,073,358
1964	$1,731,296,200	$2,851,091,646
1965	$2,053,462,968	$3,035,655,794
1966	$2,126,300,672	$3,198,820,904
1967	$1,747,187,645	$3,445,739,915
1968	$1,666,909,518	$3,378,701,147
1969	$1,962,050,556	$3,902,721,632
1970	$2,215,028,588	$4,395,995,086
1971	$2,417,108,578	$5,098,250,287
1972	$2,112,293,280	$6,318,060,582
1973	$3,006,766,758	$7,481,173,066
1974	$2,894,409,938	$7,896,860,615
1975	$2,810,106,383	$9,483,808,362
1976	$2,765,254,237	$9,453,756,015
1977	$3,189,428,571	$11,248,340,431
1978	$3,662,478,185	$14,647,996,074
1979	$4,020,227,920	$18,319,334,300
1980	$4,445,228,216	$21,747,855,640
1981	$4,222,441,860	$20,670,190,138
1982	$4,035,994,398	$21,474,754,080
1983	$4,057,275,132	$20,766,047,764
1984	$4,412,279,843	$20,106,648,455
1985	$4,504,306,723	$21,270,013,326
1986	$5,735,677,434	$28,714,571,852
1987	$5,074,829,932	$33,920,518,493
1988	$5,197,765,032	$37,772,897,421
1989	$5,251,858,440	$39,238,392,678
1990	$5,889,106,573	$49,305,632,408
1991	$6,603,185,268	$49,787,502,852
1992	$6,416,103,926	$55,918,538,121
1993	$5,968,922,939	$52,417,477,614
1994	$5,446,383,727	$57,097,656,066
1995	$6,464,382,808	$69,139,823,232
1996	$6,932,991,739	$75,790,785,030
1997	$6,891,443,192	$82,856,648,758
1998	$7,482,069,162	$90,199,410,116
1999	$7,718,109,982	$98,893,958,263
2000	$4,982,850,662	$100,207,610,430
2001	$5,314,872,854	$109,346,669,230
2002	$6,166,197,848	$128,596,035,288
2003	$7,632,723,556	$164,670,771,260
2004	$8,881,417,907	$194,372,115,041
2005	$10,744,568,381	$211,876,989,656
2006	$20,885,037,597	$232,180,617,162
2007	$24,827,339,138	$270,079,279,420
2008	$28,679,383,241	$275,447,471,451
2009	$26,048,720,006	$236,443,117,248
2010	$32,197,655,567	$221,985,621,538
2011	$39,336,668,081	$241,337,364,610
2012	$41,271,701,061	$227,270,922,957
2013	$62,845,721,960	$243,301,556,085
2014	$54,678,533,806	$266,787,238,499
2015	$49,436,806,230	$302,391,428,540
2016	$56,144,179,398	$305,733,136,181
2017	$60,385,409,435	$348,532,394,024
2018	$67,259,353,966	$395,461,216,460
2019	$68,352,629,246	$407,124,824,065
2020	$70,008,243,860	$436,555,518,400
2021	$79,514,204,730	$531,306,516,908
2022	$73,919,003,210	$548,570,250,342
2023	$80,547,146,878	$551,394,889,340
2024	$82,825,288,889	$577,389,475,010

Ghana and Ireland economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Ireland
1960	$174.9	$707
1961	$181.9	$762
1962	$188.4	$821
1963	$205	$878
1964	$225	$995
1965	$260.5	$1,055
1966	$263.3	$1,107
1967	$211.2	$1,187
1968	$196.7	$1,159
1969	$225.8	$1,331
1970	$248.2	$1,487
1971	$263.4	$1,704
1972	$223.8	$2,080
1973	$310	$2,424
1974	$289.4	$2,517
1975	$273	$2,973
1976	$261	$2,920
1977	$292.3	$3,427
1978	$326	$4,400
1979	$347	$5,430
1980	$372	$6,372
1981	$344	$5,986
1982	$319	$6,161
1983	$311	$5,915
1984	$330	$5,692
1985	$330	$6,012
1986	$411	$8,112
1987	$355	$9,582
1988	$355	$10,716
1989	$350	$11,176
1990	$383	$14,031
1991	$418	$14,087
1992	$396	$15,714
1993	$360	$14,657
1994	$321	$15,903
1995	$372	$19,158
1996	$389	$20,836
1997	$378	$22,551
1998	$400	$24,295
1999	$403	$26,338
2000	$253.7	$26,335
2001	$263.5	$28,282
2002	$297.5	$32,705
2003	$358	$41,204
2004	$406	$47,754
2005	$479	$50,933
2006	$906	$54,329
2007	$1,050	$61,396
2008	$1,183	$61,353
2009	$1,048	$52,133
2010	$1,264	$48,679
2011	$1,507	$52,693
2012	$1,544	$49,412
2013	$2,295	$52,619
2014	$1,950	$57,278
2015	$1,723	$64,312
2016	$1,912	$64,193
2017	$2,012	$72,198
2018	$2,195	$80,739
2019	$2,187	$81,810
2020	$2,195	$86,623
2021	$2,445	$103,962
2022	$2,230	$105,235
2023	$2,384	$103,888
2024	$2,406	$107,316

Ghana vs. Ireland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Ireland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Ireland
1950	43.1	65.6
1951	43.6	64.8
1952	44	67.2
1953	44.5	67.9
1954	45	68
1955	45.4	68
1956	45.7	69
1957	46.1	69
1958	46.4	69.3
1959	46.7	69.4
1960	46.9	70.2
1961	47.1	69.6
1962	47.3	69.9
1963	47.5	70.2
1964	47.6	70.4
1965	47.7	70.6
1966	47.7	70.2
1967	47.7	71.2
1968	47.8	70.9
1969	47.9	70.8
1970	47.9	70.8
1971	47.9	71.6
1972	48.3	71
1973	48.6	71.2
1974	48.9	71.1
1975	49.3	71.7
1976	49.7	71.8
1977	50.1	71.9
1978	50.5	71.9
1979	50.8	72.2
1980	51.1	72.5
1981	51.3	72.9
1982	51.4	73.2
1983	51.8	73.2
1984	52.2	73.6
1985	52.7	73.6
1986	53.3	73.6
1987	53.8	74.4
1988	54.4	74.4
1989	54.9	74.5
1990	55.4	74.8
1991	55.7	75
1992	56.1	75.4
1993	56.3	75.3
1994	56.2	75.8
1995	56.7	75.5
1996	57	75.8
1997	57.2	76
1998	57.5	76.2
1999	57.8	76.1
2000	58.1	76.5
2001	58.4	77.1
2002	58.7	77.6
2003	59	78.1
2004	59.3	78.5
2005	59.6	78.9
2006	60	79.2
2007	60.3	79.6
2008	60.6	79.8
2009	60.9	80.1
2010	61.3	80.6
2011	61.6	80.7
2012	62	80.9
2013	62.4	81.1
2014	62.8	81.4
2015	63.2	81.5
2016	63.5	81.7
2017	63.8	82.1
2018	64.1	82.1
2019	64.5	82.4
2020	64.3	82.4
2021	64.3	81.9
2022	65.2	82.1
2023	65.5	82.4
2024	65.7	82.6
2025	65.9	82.7

Ghana and Ireland population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Ireland

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Ireland
1960	6,961,215	2,828,600
1961	7,162,667	2,824,400
1962	7,337,375	2,836,050
1963	7,514,714	2,852,650
1964	7,695,739	2,866,550
1965	7,882,606	2,877,300
1966	8,074,521	2,888,800
1967	8,271,913	2,902,450
1968	8,475,729	2,915,550
1969	8,690,383	2,932,650
1970	8,925,813	2,957,250
1971	9,176,264	2,992,050
1972	9,438,187	3,036,850
1973	9,714,617	3,085,950
1974	10,000,523	3,137,500
1975	10,294,308	3,189,550
1976	10,594,913	3,238,050
1977	10,911,871	3,282,200
1978	11,248,450	3,329,100
1979	11,597,255	3,373,750
1980	11,941,448	3,412,800
1981	12,281,712	3,453,000
1982	12,643,819	3,485,800
1983	13,029,836	3,510,600
1984	13,370,590	3,532,423
1985	13,661,229	3,538,082
1986	13,965,217	3,539,690
1987	14,289,108	3,540,057
1988	14,636,568	3,524,949
1989	15,006,813	3,511,009
1990	15,394,648	3,513,974
1991	15,787,496	3,534,235
1992	16,184,855	3,558,430
1993	16,589,519	3,576,261
1994	16,993,190	3,590,386
1995	17,399,017	3,608,841
1996	17,810,181	3,637,510
1997	18,238,958	3,674,171
1998	18,688,036	3,712,696
1999	19,149,864	3,754,786
2000	19,637,087	3,805,174
2001	20,167,069	3,866,243
2002	20,729,388	3,931,947
2003	21,296,705	3,996,521
2004	21,868,298	4,070,262
2005	22,449,438	4,159,914
2006	23,040,702	4,273,591
2007	23,642,279	4,398,942
2008	24,249,946	4,489,544
2009	24,862,664	4,535,375
2010	25,474,995	4,560,155
2011	26,095,088	4,580,084
2012	26,734,268	4,599,533
2013	27,386,193	4,623,816
2014	28,041,592	4,657,740
2015	28,696,068	4,701,957
2016	29,356,742	4,762,722
2017	30,008,354	4,827,445
2018	30,637,585	4,898,022
2019	31,258,945	4,976,456
2020	31,887,809	5,039,747
2021	32,518,665	5,110,585
2022	33,149,152	5,212,836
2023	33,787,914	5,307,600
2024	34,427,414	5,380,257

Fertility rates in Ghana and Ireland

Fertility rate

Ghana

Ireland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Ireland
1960	6.89	3.78
1961	6.91	3.78
1962	6.94	3.92
1963	6.94	4.01
1964	6.9	4.07
1965	6.88	4.04
1966	6.86	3.94
1967	6.89	3.84
1968	6.89	3.77
1969	6.95	3.83
1970	6.95	3.85
1971	6.95	3.93
1972	6.92	3.84
1973	6.87	3.71
1974	6.82	3.59
1975	6.76	3.37
1976	6.7	3.29
1977	6.64	3.24
1978	6.56	3.21
1979	6.51	3.21
1980	6.47	3.21
1981	6.42	3.05
1982	6.31	2.94
1983	6.23	2.74
1984	6.15	2.58
1985	6.12	2.48
1986	6.08	2.44
1987	6.02	2.32
1988	5.92	2.17
1989	5.82	2.08
1990	5.74	2.11
1991	5.63	2.08
1992	5.52	1.99
1993	5.41	1.9
1994	5.25	1.85
1995	5.11	1.84
1996	4.96	1.88
1997	4.88	1.93
1998	4.83	1.94
1999	4.82	1.9
2000	4.83	1.89
2001	4.77	1.94
2002	4.69	1.97
2003	4.6	1.96
2004	4.5	1.93
2005	4.5	1.86
2006	4.4	1.91
2007	4.29	2.01
2008	4.22	2.06
2009	4.18	2.06
2010	4.18	2.05
2011	4.18	2.03
2012	4.15	1.98
2013	4.11	1.93
2014	4.03	1.89
2015	3.98	1.85
2016	3.87	1.81
2017	3.72	1.77
2018	3.65	1.75
2019	3.59	1.71
2020	3.54	1.63
2021	3.49	1.78
2022	3.43	1.54
2023	3.4	1.5

Ghana and Ireland demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Ireland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Ireland
1960	17.7	30.1
1961	17.4	29.8
1962	17.2	29.5
1963	16.9	29.2
1964	16.7	28.9
1965	16.5	28.6
1966	16.4	28.2
1967	16.2	28
1968	16.1	27.8
1969	16	27.6
1970	15.9	27.4
1971	15.9	27.1
1972	15.8	26.9
1973	15.8	26.7
1974	15.8	26.5
1975	15.9	26.5
1976	16	26.4
1977	16.2	26.5
1978	16.4	26.5
1979	16.5	26.5
1980	16.7	26.5
1981	16.7	26.6
1982	16.9	26.7
1983	17	26.9
1984	17.1	27.1
1985	17.1	27.3
1986	17.1	27.6
1987	17.1	27.9
1988	17.1	28.4
1989	17.1	28.8
1990	17.2	29.2
1991	17.2	29.6
1992	17.3	29.9
1993	17.4	30.2
1994	17.5	30.6
1995	17.6	30.9
1996	17.7	31.3
1997	17.9	31.6
1998	18.1	31.9
1999	18.3	32.2
2000	18.4	32.5
2001	18.6	32.7
2002	18.8	33
2003	19	33.2
2004	19.1	33.4
2005	19.3	33.4
2006	19.5	33.4
2007	19.7	33.4
2008	19.9	33.5
2009	20	33.9
2010	20.2	34.3
2011	20.3	34.8
2012	20.5	35.2
2013	20.6	35.6
2014	20.7	36
2015	20.8	36.4
2016	20.9	36.8
2017	21	37.1
2018	21.2	37.4
2019	21.3	37.8
2020	21.5	38.2
2021	21.7	38.6
2022	21.8	38.9
2023	22	39.4
2024	22.2	39.7

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