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Ghana vs Kazakhstan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 20.6M in Kazakhstan (ranked 64/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 1,042,360 sq mi for Kazakhstan (ranked 81st vs. 9th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Kazakhstan ranks 50/197 ($288B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Kazakhstan ranks 72/197 ($14,005).

Main facts and rankings

Ghana Kazakhstan
Population
35572974
21036432
Population rank 47/197 65/197
GDP
$82.8B
2024
$288B
2024
GDP rank 79/197 50/197
GDP per capita
$2,406
2024
$14,005
2024
GDP per capita rank 150/197 72/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$8,027
2024
$40,813
2024
Government debt
$58.4B
2024
$71.5B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
66.4%
2025
25.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,696
2024
$3,474
2024
Government debt per person rank 122/185 96/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,836
2025
$7,117
2025
Land area
87,851 sq mi
2025
1,042,360 sq mi
2025
Population density
392 ppl/mi²
2024
19.8 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.4
2023
3.01
2023
Median age
22.2 years
2024
30.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
65.9 years
2025
74.7 years
2025

Ghana and Kazakhstan: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Kazakhstan economies compared

GDP
Ghana

Kazakhstan
Year GDP
Ghana Kazakhstan
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 -
1971 $2,417,108,578 -
1972 $2,112,293,280 -
1973 $3,006,766,758 -
1974 $2,894,409,938 -
1975 $2,810,106,383 -
1976 $2,765,254,237 -
1977 $3,189,428,571 -
1978 $3,662,478,185 -
1979 $4,020,227,920 -
1980 $4,445,228,216 -
1981 $4,222,441,860 -
1982 $4,035,994,398 -
1983 $4,057,275,132 -
1984 $4,412,279,843 -
1985 $4,504,306,723 -
1986 $5,735,677,434 -
1987 $5,074,829,932 -
1988 $5,197,765,032 -
1989 $5,251,858,440 -
1990 $5,889,106,573 $26,932,016,270
1991 $6,603,185,268 $24,923,076,923
1992 $6,416,103,926 $24,917,355,372
1993 $5,968,922,939 $23,409,260,880
1994 $5,446,383,727 $21,250,792,886
1995 $6,464,382,808 $20,374,302,652
1996 $6,932,991,739 $21,035,357,937
1997 $6,891,443,192 $22,165,932,063
1998 $7,482,069,162 $22,135,245,507
1999 $7,718,109,982 $16,870,817,182
2000 $4,982,850,662 $18,291,990,662
2001 $5,314,872,854 $22,152,689,180
2002 $6,166,197,848 $24,636,598,527
2003 $7,632,723,556 $30,833,692,900
2004 $8,881,417,907 $43,151,647,003
2005 $10,744,568,381 $57,123,671,734
2006 $20,885,037,597 $81,003,864,630
2007 $24,827,339,138 $104,849,915,058
2008 $28,679,383,241 $133,441,648,852
2009 $26,048,720,006 $115,308,686,941
2010 $32,197,655,567 $148,047,348,241
2011 $39,336,668,081 $192,626,464,617
2012 $41,271,701,061 $207,998,568,866
2013 $62,845,721,960 $236,634,603,409
2014 $54,678,533,806 $221,415,613,595
2015 $49,436,806,230 $184,388,404,706
2016 $56,144,179,398 $137,278,320,084
2017 $60,385,409,435 $166,805,788,827
2018 $67,259,353,966 $179,339,977,690
2019 $68,352,629,246 $181,667,184,855
2020 $70,008,243,860 $171,082,365,861
2021 $79,514,204,730 $197,112,255,361
2022 $73,919,003,210 $225,496,328,925
2023 $80,547,146,878 $261,840,101,060
2024 $82,825,288,889 $288,406,138,231

Ghana and Kazakhstan economies compared

GDP per capita
Ghana

Kazakhstan
Year GDP per capita
Ghana Kazakhstan
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 -
1971 $263.4 -
1972 $223.8 -
1973 $310 -
1974 $289.4 -
1975 $273 -
1976 $261 -
1977 $292.3 -
1978 $326 -
1979 $347 -
1980 $372 -
1981 $344 -
1982 $319 -
1983 $311 -
1984 $330 -
1985 $330 -
1986 $411 -
1987 $355 -
1988 $355 -
1989 $350 -
1990 $383 $1,570
1991 $418 $1,442
1992 $396 $1,438
1993 $360 $1,355
1994 $321 $1,247
1995 $372 $1,218
1996 $389 $1,281
1997 $378 $1,382
1998 $400 $1,415
1999 $403 $1,092
2000 $253.7 $1,180
2001 $263.5 $1,422
2002 $297.5 $1,574
2003 $358 $1,958
2004 $406 $2,722
2005 $479 $3,577
2006 $906 $5,030
2007 $1,050 $6,449
2008 $1,183 $8,124
2009 $1,048 $6,938
2010 $1,264 $8,793
2011 $1,507 $11,287
2012 $1,544 $12,019
2013 $2,295 $13,478
2014 $1,950 $12,428
2015 $1,723 $10,196
2016 $1,912 $7,476
2017 $2,012 $8,943
2018 $2,195 $9,472
2019 $2,187 $9,457
2020 $2,195 $8,782
2021 $2,445 $9,984
2022 $2,230 $11,255
2023 $2,384 $12,879
2024 $2,406 $14,005

Ghana vs. Kazakhstan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Ghana

Kazakhstan
Year Life expectancy, years
Ghana Kazakhstan
1950 43.1 55.6
1951 43.6 55.9
1952 44 56.1
1953 44.5 56.4
1954 45 56.6
1955 45.4 56.8
1956 45.7 57.1
1957 46.1 57.3
1958 46.4 57.5
1959 46.7 57.7
1960 46.9 57.9
1961 47.1 58.2
1962 47.3 58.4
1963 47.5 58.6
1964 47.6 58.8
1965 47.7 59
1966 47.7 59.2
1967 47.7 59.4
1968 47.8 59.6
1969 47.9 59.8
1970 47.9 60
1971 47.9 60.3
1972 48.3 60.5
1973 48.6 60.7
1974 48.9 60.9
1975 49.3 61.1
1976 49.7 61.3
1977 50.1 61.5
1978 50.5 61.8
1979 50.8 62.1
1980 51.1 62.5
1981 51.3 63
1982 51.4 63.6
1983 51.8 64.2
1984 52.2 64.8
1985 52.7 65.4
1986 53.3 65.8
1987 53.8 66
1988 54.4 66
1989 54.9 65.9
1990 55.4 65.7
1991 55.7 65.4
1992 56.1 65
1993 56.3 64.5
1994 56.2 64.1
1995 56.7 63.7
1996 57 63.5
1997 57.2 63.3
1998 57.5 63.3
1999 57.8 63.5
2000 58.1 63.8
2001 58.4 64.1
2002 58.7 64.4
2003 59 64.8
2004 59.3 65
2005 59.6 65.4
2006 60 65.7
2007 60.3 66.2
2008 60.6 66.8
2009 60.9 67.5
2010 61.3 68.3
2011 61.6 69.1
2012 62 69.9
2013 62.4 70.7
2014 62.8 71.4
2015 63.2 72
2016 63.5 72.5
2017 63.8 73
2018 64.1 73.4
2019 64.5 73.7
2020 64.3 71.2
2021 64.3 70.1
2022 65.2 73.5
2023 65.5 74.4
2024 65.7 74.5
2025 65.9 74.7

Ghana and Kazakhstan population clocks and comparison

Population
Ghana

Kazakhstan
Year Population
Ghana Kazakhstan
1960 6,961,215 9,429,981
1961 7,162,667 9,742,085
1962 7,337,375 10,058,928
1963 7,514,714 10,377,466
1964 7,695,739 10,690,309
1965 7,882,606 10,993,183
1966 8,074,521 11,288,989
1967 8,271,913 11,584,428
1968 8,475,729 11,879,182
1969 8,690,383 12,156,212
1970 8,925,813 12,419,057
1971 9,176,264 12,684,813
1972 9,438,187 12,951,798
1973 9,714,617 13,208,121
1974 10,000,523 13,454,570
1975 10,294,308 13,700,843
1976 10,594,913 13,998,738
1977 10,911,871 14,353,265
1978 11,248,450 14,711,497
1979 11,597,255 14,978,696
1980 11,941,448 15,152,949
1981 12,281,712 15,323,082
1982 12,643,819 15,492,595
1983 13,029,836 15,665,551
1984 13,370,590 15,844,621
1985 13,661,229 16,031,090
1986 13,965,217 16,262,702
1987 14,289,108 16,527,715
1988 14,636,568 16,781,168
1989 15,006,813 16,997,013
1990 15,394,648 17,154,054
1991 15,787,496 17,278,600
1992 16,184,855 17,332,625
1993 16,589,519 17,274,487
1994 16,993,190 17,043,771
1995 17,399,017 16,730,536
1996 17,810,181 16,416,027
1997 18,238,958 16,043,251
1998 18,688,036 15,647,785
1999 19,149,864 15,455,874
2000 19,637,087 15,501,103
2001 20,167,069 15,575,550
2002 20,729,388 15,656,677
2003 21,296,705 15,747,380
2004 21,868,298 15,850,159
2005 22,449,438 15,968,117
2006 23,040,702 16,103,716
2007 23,642,279 16,257,214
2008 24,249,946 16,426,525
2009 24,862,664 16,619,846
2010 25,474,995 16,836,810
2011 26,095,088 17,066,002
2012 26,734,268 17,306,106
2013 27,386,193 17,556,502
2014 28,041,592 17,816,285
2015 28,696,068 18,084,169
2016 29,356,742 18,363,600
2017 30,008,354 18,651,931
2018 30,637,585 18,932,727
2019 31,258,945 19,209,555
2020 31,887,809 19,482,117
2021 32,518,665 19,743,603
2022 33,149,152 20,034,609
2023 33,787,914 20,330,104
2024 34,427,414 20,592,571

Fertility rates in Ghana and Kazakhstan

Fertility rate
Ghana

Kazakhstan
Year Fertility rate
Ghana Kazakhstan
1960 6.89 4.5
1961 6.91 4.42
1962 6.94 4.36
1963 6.94 4.26
1964 6.9 4.07
1965 6.88 3.88
1966 6.86 3.82
1967 6.89 3.77
1968 6.89 3.63
1969 6.95 3.51
1970 6.95 3.51
1971 6.95 3.53
1972 6.92 3.55
1973 6.87 3.51
1974 6.82 3.45
1975 6.76 3.4
1976 6.7 3.33
1977 6.64 3.26
1978 6.56 3.16
1979 6.51 3.14
1980 6.47 3.09
1981 6.42 3.05
1982 6.31 3.02
1983 6.23 3.07
1984 6.15 3.15
1985 6.12 3.21
1986 6.08 3.19
1987 6.02 3.12
1988 5.92 3
1989 5.82 2.87
1990 5.74 2.75
1991 5.63 2.68
1992 5.52 2.58
1993 5.41 2.48
1994 5.25 2.38
1995 5.11 2.25
1996 4.96 2.08
1997 4.88 1.97
1998 4.83 1.94
1999 4.82 1.9
2000 4.83 1.9
2001 4.77 1.91
2002 4.69 1.96
2003 4.6 2.08
2004 4.5 2.2
2005 4.5 2.27
2006 4.4 2.38
2007 4.29 2.49
2008 4.22 2.62
2009 4.18 2.58
2010 4.18 2.61
2011 4.18 2.61
2012 4.15 2.64
2013 4.11 2.67
2014 4.03 2.76
2015 3.98 2.76
2016 3.87 2.8
2017 3.72 2.75
2018 3.65 2.85
2019 3.59 2.89
2020 3.54 3.13
2021 3.49 3.32
2022 3.43 3.05
2023 3.4 3.01

Ghana and Kazakhstan demographics compared

Median age
Ghana

Kazakhstan
Year Median age, years
Ghana Kazakhstan
1960 17.7 23.2
1961 17.4 23.2
1962 17.2 23.3
1963 16.9 23.3
1964 16.7 23.3
1965 16.5 23.2
1966 16.4 23.2
1967 16.2 23.2
1968 16.1 23.1
1969 16 22.9
1970 15.9 22.8
1971 15.9 22.9
1972 15.8 22.9
1973 15.8 23.1
1974 15.8 23.2
1975 15.9 23.3
1976 16 23.3
1977 16.2 23.2
1978 16.4 23.2
1979 16.5 23
1980 16.7 22.9
1981 16.7 23.2
1982 16.9 23.5
1983 17 23.8
1984 17.1 24.1
1985 17.1 24.3
1986 17.1 24.6
1987 17.1 24.9
1988 17.1 25.2
1989 17.1 25.5
1990 17.2 25.7
1991 17.2 25.8
1992 17.3 25.9
1993 17.4 26.1
1994 17.5 26.3
1995 17.6 26.5
1996 17.7 26.7
1997 17.9 26.9
1998 18.1 27.1
1999 18.3 27.4
2000 18.4 27.6
2001 18.6 27.8
2002 18.8 28
2003 19 28.2
2004 19.1 28.3
2005 19.3 28.4
2006 19.5 28.4
2007 19.7 28.5
2008 19.9 28.4
2009 20 28.5
2010 20.2 28.6
2011 20.3 28.7
2012 20.5 28.8
2013 20.6 28.9
2014 20.7 29.1
2015 20.8 29.3
2016 20.9 29.5
2017 21 29.7
2018 21.2 29.9
2019 21.3 30.1
2020 21.5 30.2
2021 21.7 30.3
2022 21.8 30.3
2023 22 30.4
2024 22.2 30.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Ghana Kazakhstan
GNI, Atlas method
$79.8B
2024
$250B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
18.8%
2025
20.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.91%
2022
4.85%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.39%
2023
0.48%
2023
Armed forces personnel
16,000
2020
71,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.76%
2025
-3.15%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.87%
2022
4.86%
2022
Services, % of GDP
43.9%
2024
58.2%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
28.8%
2024
31.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
56
2025
63.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.2%
2016
24.8%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
1.6%
2016
4.3%
2021
Number of millionaires n/a
44,307
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.34%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
6
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00005%
2025
Listed domestic companies
30
2024
79
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$7.58B
2024
$62.8B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$3.62B
2023
$45.8B
2024
Personal remittances received
$3.03B
2024
$240M
2024
International tourist arrivals
897,000
2015
2,035,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
0.87%
2020
1.2%
2020
Banked people share
81.2%
2024
87%
2024

Energy

Ghana Kazakhstan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
359 kg
2022
3,651 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.1
2022
$10.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
24.2 megatons
2023
239.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.72 tons
2023
11.8 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
62%
2022
98.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
39%
2021
2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
6.03%
2022
1.68%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-22.4%
2022
-119.1%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
553 kWh
2022
5,146 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
34.9%
2021
11%
2021
Hydroelectric share
35.4%
2022
7.76%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
89.5%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Ghana Kazakhstan
% of world population
0.42%
2024
0.25%
2024
Annual migration change
-13,114
2024
-7,368
2024
Urban population
59.9%
2024
58.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.59 ft
2025
5.76 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.31 ft
2025
Quality of life index
39.1
2025
52.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
42
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
64
2025
46
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.81
2022
2.63
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
25.7
2019
12.7
2019
Visa free countries
74
2025
95
2025
Adult literacy rate
76.5%
2021
99.8%
2020
English speaking
66.7%
2023
15.4%
2023
People using the Internet
69.9%
2023
93.4%
2024

Health

Ghana Kazakhstan
Government health expenditure per capita
$82.3
2022
$421
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$20.6
2022
$130
2022
Life expectancy
65.9 years
2025
74.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
15.8%
2022
0.24%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.14
2022
4.03
2020
Age at first childbirth
22.1 years
2025
29.5 years
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births
234
2023
10
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
37.1
2023
9.6
2023
Obesity rate
13.3%
2022
19%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
2.7%
2024
6.8%
2024
Air quality index
21
2025
22
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
3.4%
2022
22.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.26 liters
2020
4.52 liters
2020

Territory

Ghana Kazakhstan
% of world land
0.15%
2025
1.81%
2025
Land area per capita
2,552 sq mi
2024
50,618 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
48,663 sq mi
2025
827,284 sq mi
2025
Forest area
30,917 sq mi
2025
13,677 sq mi
2025
Roads length
68,049 mi
2009
59,284 mi
2017

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