Ghana vs Italy statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 59M in Italy (ranked 25/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 114,178 sq mi for Italy (ranked 81st vs. 72nd).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Italy ranks 8/197 ($2.37T). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Italy ranks 29/197 ($40,226).

Ghana and Italy: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Italy economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Italy

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Italy
1960	$1,217,230,095	$42,012,422,612
1961	$1,302,674,325	$46,649,487,320
1962	$1,382,515,654	$52,413,872,628
1963	$1,540,797,589	$60,035,924,618
1964	$1,731,296,200	$65,720,771,779
1965	$2,053,462,968	$70,717,012,186
1966	$2,126,300,672	$76,622,444,787
1967	$1,747,187,645	$84,401,995,573
1968	$1,666,909,518	$91,485,448,148
1969	$1,962,050,556	$100,996,667,239
1970	$2,215,028,588	$113,656,669,765
1971	$2,417,108,578	$124,959,712,859
1972	$2,112,293,280	$145,594,833,997
1973	$3,006,766,758	$175,896,529,392
1974	$2,894,409,938	$200,024,444,775
1975	$2,810,106,383	$228,220,643,535
1976	$2,765,254,237	$225,235,205,862
1977	$3,189,428,571	$258,190,019,750
1978	$3,662,478,185	$315,784,469,541
1979	$4,020,227,920	$394,584,507,108
1980	$4,445,228,216	$478,356,755,596
1981	$4,222,441,860	$431,695,533,981
1982	$4,035,994,398	$428,257,421,618
1983	$4,057,275,132	$444,063,496,940
1984	$4,412,279,843	$438,896,930,791
1985	$4,504,306,723	$453,259,761,687
1986	$5,735,677,434	$641,862,313,287
1987	$5,074,829,932	$807,570,134,449
1988	$5,197,765,032	$893,663,934,841
1989	$5,251,858,440	$930,801,709,004
1990	$5,889,106,573	$1,183,945,130,899
1991	$6,603,185,268	$1,249,092,439,519
1992	$6,416,103,926	$1,323,204,350,354
1993	$5,968,922,939	$1,067,412,587,671
1994	$5,446,383,727	$1,101,750,159,702
1995	$6,464,382,808	$1,177,369,428,266
1996	$6,932,991,739	$1,314,776,508,972
1997	$6,891,443,192	$1,244,988,176,444
1998	$7,482,069,162	$1,272,729,786,997
1999	$7,718,109,982	$1,255,004,736,464
2000	$4,982,850,662	$1,149,661,363,439
2001	$5,314,872,854	$1,172,041,488,806
2002	$6,166,197,848	$1,281,746,271,196
2003	$7,632,723,556	$1,582,930,016,539
2004	$8,881,417,907	$1,812,808,753,295
2005	$10,744,568,381	$1,864,982,261,287
2006	$20,885,037,597	$1,958,563,654,386
2007	$24,827,339,138	$2,222,524,108,128
2008	$28,679,383,241	$2,417,508,414,187
2009	$26,048,720,006	$2,209,484,319,013
2010	$32,197,655,567	$2,144,936,254,535
2011	$39,336,668,081	$2,306,974,020,278
2012	$41,271,701,061	$2,097,929,495,122
2013	$62,845,721,960	$2,153,225,581,941
2014	$54,678,533,806	$2,173,255,507,986
2015	$49,436,806,230	$1,845,428,048,839
2016	$56,144,179,398	$1,887,111,188,177
2017	$60,385,409,435	$1,970,720,904,585
2018	$67,259,353,966	$2,099,435,266,459
2019	$68,352,629,246	$2,019,606,796,584
2020	$70,008,243,860	$1,907,481,094,079
2021	$79,514,204,730	$2,179,207,773,596
2022	$73,919,003,210	$2,104,067,630,319
2023	$80,547,146,878	$2,304,605,139,863
2024	$82,825,288,889	$2,372,774,547,793

Ghana and Italy economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Italy

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Italy
1960	$174.9	$837
1961	$181.9	$923
1962	$188.4	$1,030
1963	$205	$1,171
1964	$225	$1,272
1965	$260.5	$1,357
1966	$263.3	$1,459
1967	$211.2	$1,595
1968	$196.7	$1,718
1969	$225.8	$1,886
1970	$248.2	$2,112
1971	$263.4	$2,311
1972	$223.8	$2,677
1973	$310	$3,213
1974	$289.4	$3,629
1975	$273	$4,116
1976	$261	$4,042
1977	$292.3	$4,614
1978	$326	$5,623
1979	$347	$7,006
1980	$372	$8,476
1981	$344	$7,640
1982	$319	$7,574
1983	$311	$7,851
1984	$330	$7,758
1985	$330	$8,009
1986	$411	$11,341
1987	$355	$14,268
1988	$355	$15,781
1989	$350	$16,424
1990	$383	$20,874
1991	$418	$22,007
1992	$396	$23,297
1993	$360	$18,782
1994	$321	$19,382
1995	$372	$20,712
1996	$389	$23,123
1997	$378	$21,884
1998	$400	$22,365
1999	$403	$22,050
2000	$253.7	$20,190
2001	$263.5	$20,570
2002	$297.5	$22,451
2003	$358	$27,578
2004	$406	$31,348
2005	$479	$32,063
2006	$906	$33,537
2007	$1,050	$37,826
2008	$1,183	$40,829
2009	$1,048	$37,100
2010	$1,264	$35,857
2011	$1,507	$38,432
2012	$1,544	$34,854
2013	$2,295	$35,702
2014	$1,950	$36,028
2015	$1,723	$30,640
2016	$1,912	$31,392
2017	$2,012	$32,844
2018	$2,195	$34,904
2019	$2,187	$33,813
2020	$2,195	$32,091
2021	$2,445	$36,853
2022	$2,230	$35,654
2023	$2,384	$39,065
2024	$2,406	$40,226

Ghana vs. Italy life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Italy

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Italy
1950	43.1	65.7
1951	43.6	65.3
1952	44	65.9
1953	44.5	66.6
1954	45	67.9
1955	45.4	68.3
1956	45.7	67.6
1957	46.1	67.8
1958	46.4	68.9
1959	46.7	69.3
1960	46.9	69.2
1961	47.1	69.8
1962	47.3	69.2
1963	47.5	69.3
1964	47.6	70.4
1965	47.7	70.3
1966	47.7	71
1967	47.7	71
1968	47.8	70.9
1969	47.9	70.9
1970	47.9	71.6
1971	47.9	71.9
1972	48.3	72.1
1973	48.6	72.1
1974	48.9	72.8
1975	49.3	72.7
1976	49.7	73.1
1977	50.1	73.4
1978	50.5	73.8
1979	50.8	74.1
1980	51.1	74.1
1981	51.3	74.4
1982	51.4	74.9
1983	51.8	74.7
1984	52.2	75.5
1985	52.7	75.6
1986	53.3	75.9
1987	53.8	76.3
1988	54.4	76.5
1989	54.9	76.9
1990	55.4	77
1991	55.7	77
1992	56.1	77.4
1993	56.3	77.7
1994	56.2	77.9
1995	56.7	78.1
1996	57	78.4
1997	57.2	78.7
1998	57.5	78.8
1999	57.8	79.2
2000	58.1	79.6
2001	58.4	79.9
2002	58.7	80.1
2003	59	80.2
2004	59.3	81
2005	59.6	81
2006	60	81.4
2007	60.3	81.5
2008	60.6	81.6
2009	60.9	81.8
2010	61.3	82.1
2011	61.6	82.2
2012	62	82.3
2013	62.4	82.7
2014	62.8	82.9
2015	63.2	82.5
2016	63.5	83
2017	63.8	82.7
2018	64.1	83.2
2019	64.5	83.3
2020	64.3	82.2
2021	64.3	82.9
2022	65.2	82.1
2023	65.5	83.7
2024	65.7	83.9
2025	65.9	84

Ghana and Italy population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Italy

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Italy
1960	6,961,215	50,199,700
1961	7,162,667	50,536,350
1962	7,337,375	50,879,450
1963	7,514,714	51,252,000
1964	7,695,739	51,675,350
1965	7,882,606	52,112,350
1966	8,074,521	52,519,000
1967	8,271,913	52,900,500
1968	8,475,729	53,235,750
1969	8,690,383	53,537,950
1970	8,925,813	53,821,850
1971	9,176,264	54,073,490
1972	9,438,187	54,381,345
1973	9,714,617	54,751,406
1974	10,000,523	55,110,868
1975	10,294,308	55,441,001
1976	10,594,913	55,718,260
1977	10,911,871	55,955,411
1978	11,248,450	56,155,143
1979	11,597,255	56,317,749
1980	11,941,448	56,433,883
1981	12,281,712	56,501,675
1982	12,643,819	56,543,548
1983	13,029,836	56,564,074
1984	13,370,590	56,576,718
1985	13,661,229	56,593,071
1986	13,965,217	56,596,155
1987	14,289,108	56,601,931
1988	14,636,568	56,629,288
1989	15,006,813	56,671,781
1990	15,394,648	56,719,240
1991	15,787,496	56,758,521
1992	16,184,855	56,797,087
1993	16,589,519	56,831,821
1994	16,993,190	56,843,400
1995	17,399,017	56,844,303
1996	17,810,181	56,860,281
1997	18,238,958	56,890,372
1998	18,688,036	56,906,744
1999	19,149,864	56,916,317
2000	19,637,087	56,942,108
2001	20,167,069	56,976,981
2002	20,729,388	57,089,824
2003	21,296,705	57,399,184
2004	21,868,298	57,828,179
2005	22,449,438	58,166,682
2006	23,040,702	58,399,861
2007	23,642,279	58,756,247
2008	24,249,946	59,211,181
2009	24,862,664	59,555,454
2010	25,474,995	59,819,407
2011	26,095,088	60,026,841
2012	26,734,268	60,191,247
2013	27,386,193	60,311,613
2014	28,041,592	60,320,707
2015	28,696,068	60,229,605
2016	29,356,742	60,115,223
2017	30,008,354	60,002,252
2018	30,637,585	60,148,658
2019	31,258,945	59,729,081
2020	31,887,809	59,438,851
2021	32,518,665	59,133,173
2022	33,149,152	59,013,667
2023	33,787,914	58,993,475
2024	34,427,414	58,986,023

Fertility rates in Ghana and Italy

Fertility rate

Ghana

Italy

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Italy
1960	6.89	2.4
1961	6.91	2.44
1962	6.94	2.46
1963	6.94	2.51
1964	6.9	2.66
1965	6.88	2.6
1966	6.86	2.58
1967	6.89	2.5
1968	6.89	2.46
1969	6.95	2.47
1970	6.95	2.38
1971	6.95	2.4
1972	6.92	2.35
1973	6.87	2.3
1974	6.82	2.28
1975	6.76	2.17
1976	6.7	2.04
1977	6.64	1.93
1978	6.56	1.84
1979	6.51	1.73
1980	6.47	1.64
1981	6.42	1.58
1982	6.31	1.56
1983	6.23	1.51
1984	6.15	1.46
1985	6.12	1.42
1986	6.08	1.35
1987	6.02	1.33
1988	5.92	1.36
1989	5.82	1.33
1990	5.74	1.33
1991	5.63	1.3
1992	5.52	1.3
1993	5.41	1.25
1994	5.25	1.21
1995	5.11	1.19
1996	4.96	1.2
1997	4.88	1.22
1998	4.83	1.22
1999	4.82	1.23
2000	4.83	1.26
2001	4.77	1.25
2002	4.69	1.27
2003	4.6	1.29
2004	4.5	1.34
2005	4.5	1.33
2006	4.4	1.37
2007	4.29	1.39
2008	4.22	1.44
2009	4.18	1.44
2010	4.18	1.44
2011	4.18	1.42
2012	4.15	1.42
2013	4.11	1.39
2014	4.03	1.38
2015	3.98	1.36
2016	3.87	1.36
2017	3.72	1.34
2018	3.65	1.31
2019	3.59	1.27
2020	3.54	1.24
2021	3.49	1.25
2022	3.43	1.24
2023	3.4	1.2

Ghana and Italy demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Italy

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Italy
1960	17.7	31.6
1961	17.4	31.8
1962	17.2	32
1963	16.9	32.1
1964	16.7	32.2
1965	16.5	32.3
1966	16.4	32.4
1967	16.2	32.5
1968	16.1	32.7
1969	16	32.8
1970	15.9	33
1971	15.9	33.1
1972	15.8	33.2
1973	15.8	33.3
1974	15.8	33.4
1975	15.9	33.5
1976	16	33.6
1977	16.2	33.7
1978	16.4	33.9
1979	16.5	34
1980	16.7	34.1
1981	16.7	34.3
1982	16.9	34.6
1983	17	34.9
1984	17.1	35.3
1985	17.1	35.6
1986	17.1	35.8
1987	17.1	36.1
1988	17.1	36.4
1989	17.1	36.8
1990	17.2	37.1
1991	17.2	37.5
1992	17.3	37.9
1993	17.4	38.2
1994	17.5	38.6
1995	17.6	38.9
1996	17.7	39.1
1997	17.9	39.4
1998	18.1	39.6
1999	18.3	39.9
2000	18.4	40.3
2001	18.6	40.6
2002	18.8	41
2003	19	41.3
2004	19.1	41.6
2005	19.3	41.9
2006	19.5	42.3
2007	19.7	42.6
2008	19.9	42.8
2009	20	43.1
2010	20.2	43.5
2011	20.3	43.9
2012	20.5	44.2
2013	20.6	44.6
2014	20.7	45
2015	20.8	45.4
2016	20.9	45.8
2017	21	46.2
2018	21.2	46.6
2019	21.3	47
2020	21.5	47.4
2021	21.7	47.7
2022	21.8	48.1
2023	22	48.4
2024	22.2	48.8

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