Ghana vs Kenya statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 56.4M in Kenya (ranked 26/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 224,278 sq mi for Kenya (ranked 81st vs. 45th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206).

Ghana and Kenya: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Kenya economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Kenya

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Kenya
1960	$1,217,230,095	$791,265,459
1961	$1,302,674,325	$792,959,473
1962	$1,382,515,654	$868,111,401
1963	$1,540,797,589	$926,589,349
1964	$1,731,296,200	$998,759,334
1965	$2,053,462,968	$997,919,321
1966	$2,126,300,672	$1,164,519,674
1967	$1,747,187,645	$1,232,559,507
1968	$1,666,909,518	$1,353,295,459
1969	$1,962,050,556	$1,458,379,417
1970	$2,215,028,588	$1,603,447,359
1971	$2,417,108,578	$1,778,391,289
1972	$2,112,293,280	$2,107,279,157
1973	$3,006,766,758	$2,509,001,324
1974	$2,894,409,938	$2,969,958,812
1975	$2,810,106,383	$3,259,345,083
1976	$2,765,254,237	$3,474,542,392
1977	$3,189,428,571	$4,494,378,764
1978	$3,662,478,185	$5,303,735,111
1979	$4,020,227,920	$6,234,391,113
1980	$4,445,228,216	$7,265,315,820
1981	$4,222,441,860	$6,854,491,706
1982	$4,035,994,398	$6,431,579,357
1983	$4,057,275,132	$5,979,198,314
1984	$4,412,279,843	$6,191,437,070
1985	$4,504,306,723	$6,135,034,214
1986	$5,735,677,434	$7,239,126,568
1987	$5,074,829,932	$7,970,820,369
1988	$5,197,765,032	$8,355,380,879
1989	$5,251,858,440	$8,283,114,514
1990	$5,889,106,573	$8,572,359,038
1991	$6,603,185,268	$8,151,488,783
1992	$6,416,103,926	$8,209,120,763
1993	$5,968,922,939	$5,751,786,643
1994	$5,446,383,727	$7,148,148,564
1995	$6,464,382,808	$9,046,320,255
1996	$6,932,991,739	$12,045,865,396
1997	$6,891,443,192	$13,115,764,358
1998	$7,482,069,162	$14,093,998,844
1999	$7,718,109,982	$12,896,010,459
2000	$4,982,850,662	$12,705,350,098
2001	$5,314,872,854	$12,986,007,426
2002	$6,166,197,848	$13,147,736,899
2003	$7,632,723,556	$14,904,517,650
2004	$8,881,417,907	$16,095,337,094
2005	$10,744,568,381	$18,737,895,513
2006	$20,885,037,597	$25,825,512,284
2007	$24,827,339,138	$31,958,195,182
2008	$28,679,383,241	$35,895,153,328
2009	$26,048,720,006	$42,347,217,913
2010	$32,197,655,567	$45,405,615,064
2011	$39,336,668,081	$46,869,473,151
2012	$41,271,701,061	$56,396,704,672
2013	$62,845,721,960	$61,671,440,408
2014	$54,678,533,806	$68,285,796,514
2015	$49,436,806,230	$70,120,446,897
2016	$56,144,179,398	$74,815,144,164
2017	$60,385,409,435	$82,036,510,877
2018	$67,259,353,966	$92,202,979,985
2019	$68,352,629,246	$100,378,436,207
2020	$70,008,243,860	$100,657,505,751
2021	$79,514,204,730	$109,703,658,905
2022	$73,919,003,210	$114,448,978,153
2023	$80,547,146,878	$108,038,588,971
2024	$82,825,288,889	$124,498,691,699

Ghana and Kenya economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Kenya

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Kenya
1960	$174.9	$102.8
1961	$181.9	$99.3
1962	$188.4	$104.6
1963	$205	$107.4
1964	$225	$111.3
1965	$260.5	$106.9
1966	$263.3	$119.8
1967	$211.2	$121.9
1968	$196.7	$128.7
1969	$225.8	$133.3
1970	$248.2	$141
1971	$263.4	$150.9
1972	$223.8	$172.6
1973	$310	$198.6
1974	$289.4	$227.2
1975	$273	$241.2
1976	$261	$248.9
1977	$292.3	$311
1978	$326	$355
1979	$347	$403
1980	$372	$454
1981	$344	$413
1982	$319	$374
1983	$311	$335
1984	$330	$334
1985	$330	$320
1986	$411	$364
1987	$355	$387
1988	$355	$391
1989	$350	$374
1990	$383	$374
1991	$418	$345
1992	$396	$337
1993	$360	$229
1994	$321	$276.4
1995	$372	$340
1996	$389	$441
1997	$378	$467
1998	$400	$488
1999	$403	$434
2000	$253.7	$415
2001	$263.5	$411
2002	$297.5	$403
2003	$358	$443
2004	$406	$464
2005	$479	$523
2006	$906	$700
2007	$1,050	$840
2008	$1,183	$916
2009	$1,048	$1,048
2010	$1,264	$1,092
2011	$1,507	$1,096
2012	$1,544	$1,285
2013	$2,295	$1,371
2014	$1,950	$1,483
2015	$1,723	$1,489
2016	$1,912	$1,554
2017	$2,012	$1,667
2018	$2,195	$1,836
2019	$2,187	$1,960
2020	$2,195	$1,928
2021	$2,445	$2,061
2022	$2,230	$2,110
2023	$2,384	$1,952
2024	$2,406	$2,206

Ghana vs. Kenya life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Kenya

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Kenya
1950	43.1	36.9
1951	43.6	38
1952	44	38.6
1953	44.5	39.8
1954	45	41
1955	45.4	42.3
1956	45.7	43.5
1957	46.1	45.3
1958	46.4	46.5
1959	46.7	47.5
1960	46.9	48.5
1961	47.1	49.3
1962	47.3	50.1
1963	47.5	50.8
1964	47.6	51.3
1965	47.7	51.9
1966	47.7	52.4
1967	47.7	52.8
1968	47.8	53.3
1969	47.9	53.7
1970	47.9	54.1
1971	47.9	54.5
1972	48.3	55
1973	48.6	55.5
1974	48.9	56
1975	49.3	56.6
1976	49.7	57.2
1977	50.1	57.7
1978	50.5	58.2
1979	50.8	58.7
1980	51.1	59.2
1981	51.3	59.6
1982	51.4	59.9
1983	51.8	60.3
1984	52.2	60.6
1985	52.7	60.9
1986	53.3	60.8
1987	53.8	60.7
1988	54.4	60.3
1989	54.9	60
1990	55.4	58.3
1991	55.7	57.8
1992	56.1	57.1
1993	56.3	56.7
1994	56.2	56.1
1995	56.7	55.9
1996	57	55.6
1997	57.2	55.5
1998	57.5	55.6
1999	57.8	55.9
2000	58.1	56.1
2001	58.4	56.5
2002	58.7	56.8
2003	59	57.4
2004	59.3	57.9
2005	59.6	58.5
2006	60	59.1
2007	60.3	59.4
2008	60.6	60
2009	60.9	60.5
2010	61.3	60.9
2011	61.6	61.3
2012	62	61.5
2013	62.4	61.7
2014	62.8	62
2015	63.2	62.3
2016	63.5	62.5
2017	63.8	62.7
2018	64.1	62.8
2019	64.5	62.9
2020	64.3	61.6
2021	64.3	61.2
2022	65.2	63.5
2023	65.5	63.6
2024	65.7	63.8
2025	65.9	64

Ghana and Kenya population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Kenya

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Kenya
1960	6,961,215	7,695,307
1961	7,162,667	7,987,770
1962	7,337,375	8,299,308
1963	7,514,714	8,627,971
1964	7,695,739	8,973,535
1965	7,882,606	9,338,078
1966	8,074,521	9,717,816
1967	8,271,913	10,111,057
1968	8,475,729	10,518,823
1969	8,690,383	10,939,695
1970	8,925,813	11,368,791
1971	9,176,264	11,788,904
1972	9,438,187	12,206,060
1973	9,714,617	12,634,835
1974	10,000,523	13,070,078
1975	10,294,308	13,511,671
1976	10,594,913	13,957,623
1977	10,911,871	14,428,819
1978	11,248,450	14,934,126
1979	11,597,255	15,460,666
1980	11,941,448	16,018,459
1981	12,281,712	16,601,507
1982	12,643,819	17,206,175
1983	13,029,836	17,846,374
1984	13,370,590	18,514,906
1985	13,661,229	19,201,768
1986	13,965,217	19,901,646
1987	14,289,108	20,616,096
1988	14,636,568	21,356,219
1989	15,006,813	22,118,434
1990	15,394,648	22,892,651
1991	15,787,496	23,646,514
1992	16,184,855	24,382,460
1993	16,589,519	25,117,188
1994	16,993,190	25,857,130
1995	17,399,017	26,601,751
1996	17,810,181	27,344,211
1997	18,238,958	28,101,768
1998	18,688,036	28,888,057
1999	19,149,864	29,733,408
2000	19,637,087	30,642,890
2001	20,167,069	31,619,170
2002	20,729,388	32,629,808
2003	21,296,705	33,652,223
2004	21,868,298	34,713,455
2005	22,449,438	35,796,484
2006	23,040,702	36,904,008
2007	23,642,279	38,036,349
2008	24,249,946	39,206,351
2009	24,862,664	40,408,891
2010	25,474,995	41,598,567
2011	26,095,088	42,758,461
2012	26,734,268	43,888,303
2013	27,386,193	44,986,791
2014	28,041,592	46,051,440
2015	28,696,068	47,088,526
2016	29,356,742	48,139,687
2017	30,008,354	49,197,766
2018	30,637,585	50,207,107
2019	31,258,945	51,202,827
2020	31,887,809	52,217,334
2021	32,518,665	53,219,166
2022	33,149,152	54,252,461
2023	33,787,914	55,339,003
2024	34,427,414	56,432,944

Fertility rates in Ghana and Kenya

Fertility rate

Ghana

Kenya

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Kenya
1960	6.89	7.65
1961	6.91	7.72
1962	6.94	7.77
1963	6.94	7.82
1964	6.9	7.87
1965	6.88	7.92
1966	6.86	7.96
1967	6.89	7.95
1968	6.89	7.95
1969	6.95	7.95
1970	6.95	7.94
1971	6.95	7.92
1972	6.92	7.89
1973	6.87	7.86
1974	6.82	7.82
1975	6.76	7.8
1976	6.7	7.77
1977	6.64	7.73
1978	6.56	7.67
1979	6.51	7.6
1980	6.47	7.53
1981	6.42	7.45
1982	6.31	7.35
1983	6.23	7.22
1984	6.15	7.08
1985	6.12	6.96
1986	6.08	6.84
1987	6.02	6.69
1988	5.92	6.52
1989	5.82	6.33
1990	5.74	6.14
1991	5.63	5.94
1992	5.52	5.74
1993	5.41	5.57
1994	5.25	5.44
1995	5.11	5.37
1996	4.96	5.31
1997	4.88	5.27
1998	4.83	5.24
1999	4.82	5.18
2000	4.83	5.14
2001	4.77	5.09
2002	4.69	5.03
2003	4.6	4.94
2004	4.5	4.86
2005	4.5	4.8
2006	4.4	4.75
2007	4.29	4.72
2008	4.22	4.66
2009	4.18	4.57
2010	4.18	4.45
2011	4.18	4.28
2012	4.15	4.12
2013	4.11	3.96
2014	4.03	3.84
2015	3.98	3.77
2016	3.87	3.69
2017	3.72	3.61
2018	3.65	3.54
2019	3.59	3.43
2020	3.54	3.36
2021	3.49	3.31
2022	3.43	3.26
2023	3.4	3.21

Ghana and Kenya demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Kenya

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Kenya
1960	17.7	15.7
1961	17.4	15.5
1962	17.2	15.3
1963	16.9	15.2
1964	16.7	15.1
1965	16.5	14.9
1966	16.4	14.8
1967	16.2	14.6
1968	16.1	14.5
1969	16	14.5
1970	15.9	14.4
1971	15.9	14.4
1972	15.8	14.3
1973	15.8	14.3
1974	15.8	14.3
1975	15.9	14.3
1976	16	14.3
1977	16.2	14.3
1978	16.4	14.3
1979	16.5	14.4
1980	16.7	14.5
1981	16.7	14.5
1982	16.9	14.6
1983	17	14.7
1984	17.1	14.8
1985	17.1	14.9
1986	17.1	15
1987	17.1	15
1988	17.1	15.1
1989	17.1	15.2
1990	17.2	15.3
1991	17.2	15.5
1992	17.3	15.6
1993	17.4	15.7
1994	17.5	15.9
1995	17.6	16
1996	17.7	16.1
1997	17.9	16.2
1998	18.1	16.4
1999	18.3	16.5
2000	18.4	16.7
2001	18.6	16.8
2002	18.8	17
2003	19	17.1
2004	19.1	17.3
2005	19.3	17.4
2006	19.5	17.5
2007	19.7	17.6
2008	19.9	17.7
2009	20	17.8
2010	20.2	17.9
2011	20.3	18.1
2012	20.5	18.2
2013	20.6	18.4
2014	20.7	18.5
2015	20.8	18.7
2016	20.9	18.9
2017	21	19.1
2018	21.2	19.3
2019	21.3	19.6
2020	21.5	19.8
2021	21.7	20
2022	21.8	20.3
2023	22	20.6
2024	22.2	20.8

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