Ghana vs Laos statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 7.77M in Laos (ranked 103/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 89,112 sq mi for Laos (ranked 81st vs. 79th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Laos ranks 139/197 ($16.5B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Laos ranks 155/197 ($2,124).

Ghana and Laos: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Laos economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Laos

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Laos
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	$1,757,142,856
1985	$4,504,306,723	$2,366,666,616
1986	$5,735,677,434	$1,776,842,097
1987	$5,074,829,932	$1,087,273,104
1988	$5,197,765,032	$598,961,269
1989	$5,251,858,440	$714,046,821
1990	$5,889,106,573	$865,559,879
1991	$6,603,185,268	$1,028,087,972
1992	$6,416,103,926	$1,127,806,945
1993	$5,968,922,939	$1,327,748,690
1994	$5,446,383,727	$1,543,606,345
1995	$6,464,382,808	$1,763,536,305
1996	$6,932,991,739	$1,873,671,550
1997	$6,891,443,192	$1,747,011,857
1998	$7,482,069,162	$1,280,177,839
1999	$7,718,109,982	$1,454,430,642
2000	$4,982,850,662	$1,731,198,022
2001	$5,314,872,854	$1,768,619,058
2002	$6,166,197,848	$1,758,176,653
2003	$7,632,723,556	$2,023,324,407
2004	$8,881,417,907	$2,366,398,120
2005	$10,744,568,381	$2,735,558,735
2006	$20,885,037,597	$3,455,030,061
2007	$24,827,339,138	$4,223,152,739
2008	$28,679,383,241	$5,446,433,157
2009	$26,048,720,006	$5,836,137,330
2010	$32,197,655,567	$7,131,771,015
2011	$39,336,668,081	$8,750,104,617
2012	$41,271,701,061	$10,192,846,339
2013	$62,845,721,960	$11,983,252,627
2014	$54,678,533,806	$13,279,245,886
2015	$49,436,806,230	$14,426,380,126
2016	$56,144,179,398	$15,912,501,723
2017	$60,385,409,435	$17,071,155,481
2018	$67,259,353,966	$18,141,641,090
2019	$68,352,629,246	$18,740,561,513
2020	$70,008,243,860	$18,981,805,250
2021	$79,514,204,730	$18,827,148,531
2022	$73,919,003,210	$15,468,785,204
2023	$80,547,146,878	$15,843,155,731
2024	$82,825,288,889	$16,502,933,121

Ghana and Laos economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Laos

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Laos
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	$483
1985	$330	$633
1986	$411	$462
1987	$355	$274.7
1988	$355	$147.1
1989	$350	$170.4
1990	$383	$200.7
1991	$418	$231.8
1992	$396	$247.3
1993	$360	$283.4
1994	$321	$321
1995	$372	$358
1996	$389	$371
1997	$378	$339
1998	$400	$243.9
1999	$403	$272.3
2000	$253.7	$319
2001	$263.5	$320
2002	$297.5	$313
2003	$358	$355
2004	$406	$409
2005	$479	$466
2006	$906	$579
2007	$1,050	$697
2008	$1,183	$886
2009	$1,048	$935
2010	$1,264	$1,126
2011	$1,507	$1,362
2012	$1,544	$1,564
2013	$2,295	$1,813
2014	$1,950	$1,981
2015	$1,723	$2,121
2016	$1,912	$2,303
2017	$2,012	$2,432
2018	$2,195	$2,545
2019	$2,187	$2,589
2020	$2,195	$2,584
2021	$2,445	$2,526
2022	$2,230	$2,046
2023	$2,384	$2,067
2024	$2,406	$2,124

Ghana vs. Laos life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Laos

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Laos
1950	43.1	38.9
1951	43.6	39.2
1952	44	39.4
1953	44.5	39.7
1954	45	40
1955	45.4	40.3
1956	45.7	40.6
1957	46.1	40.9
1958	46.4	41.2
1959	46.7	40.7
1960	46.9	41
1961	47.1	41.3
1962	47.3	42.3
1963	47.5	41.5
1964	47.6	41.9
1965	47.7	42.2
1966	47.7	42.3
1967	47.7	42.9
1968	47.8	43.2
1969	47.9	43.5
1970	47.9	43.8
1971	47.9	44.1
1972	48.3	44.4
1973	48.6	44.7
1974	48.9	45.9
1975	49.3	46.1
1976	49.7	46
1977	50.1	46.4
1978	50.5	46.8
1979	50.8	47.5
1980	51.1	48.6
1981	51.3	49.2
1982	51.4	49.9
1983	51.8	50.5
1984	52.2	51
1985	52.7	51.6
1986	53.3	52.1
1987	53.8	52.6
1988	54.4	53.1
1989	54.9	53.6
1990	55.4	54
1991	55.7	54.7
1992	56.1	55.1
1993	56.3	55.6
1994	56.2	55.8
1995	56.7	56.3
1996	57	56.8
1997	57.2	57.3
1998	57.5	57.5
1999	57.8	57.9
2000	58.1	58.3
2001	58.4	58.9
2002	58.7	59.3
2003	59	59.6
2004	59.3	60.1
2005	59.6	60.7
2006	60	61.1
2007	60.3	61.7
2008	60.6	62.2
2009	60.9	63
2010	61.3	63.7
2011	61.6	64.5
2012	62	65.1
2013	62.4	65.7
2014	62.8	66.3
2015	63.2	66.7
2016	63.5	67
2017	63.8	67.3
2018	64.1	67.6
2019	64.5	67.9
2020	64.3	68.3
2021	64.3	67.8
2022	65.2	68.7
2023	65.5	69
2024	65.7	69.2
2025	65.9	69.5

Ghana and Laos population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Laos

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Laos
1960	6,961,215	2,121,514
1961	7,162,667	2,169,796
1962	7,337,375	2,219,910
1963	7,514,714	2,271,061
1964	7,695,739	2,322,826
1965	7,882,606	2,376,200
1966	8,074,521	2,431,084
1967	8,271,913	2,487,715
1968	8,475,729	2,546,377
1969	8,690,383	2,606,959
1970	8,925,813	2,669,702
1971	9,176,264	2,734,628
1972	9,438,187	2,801,660
1973	9,714,617	2,870,573
1974	10,000,523	2,939,761
1975	10,294,308	3,005,521
1976	10,594,913	3,064,876
1977	10,911,871	3,118,923
1978	11,248,450	3,171,740
1979	11,597,255	3,228,202
1980	11,941,448	3,292,573
1981	12,281,712	3,366,631
1982	12,643,819	3,450,026
1983	13,029,836	3,541,001
1984	13,370,590	3,637,843
1985	13,661,229	3,739,985
1986	13,965,217	3,846,715
1987	14,289,108	3,957,612
1988	14,636,568	4,072,601
1989	15,006,813	4,190,974
1990	15,394,648	4,311,955
1991	15,787,496	4,435,118
1992	16,184,855	4,559,646
1993	16,589,519	4,685,060
1994	16,993,190	4,809,220
1995	17,399,017	4,929,409
1996	17,810,181	5,045,678
1997	18,238,958	5,152,011
1998	18,688,036	5,248,266
1999	19,149,864	5,340,784
2000	19,637,087	5,431,212
2001	20,167,069	5,521,482
2002	20,729,388	5,610,889
2003	21,296,705	5,697,945
2004	21,868,298	5,781,626
2005	22,449,438	5,869,523
2006	23,040,702	5,963,200
2007	23,642,279	6,056,236
2008	24,249,946	6,148,969
2009	24,862,664	6,241,642
2010	25,474,995	6,334,194
2011	26,095,088	6,426,590
2012	26,734,268	6,518,978
2013	27,386,193	6,611,385
2014	28,041,592	6,703,172
2015	28,696,068	6,801,645
2016	29,356,742	6,908,802
2017	30,008,354	7,018,147
2018	30,637,585	7,128,045
2019	31,258,945	7,237,636
2020	31,887,809	7,346,533
2021	32,518,665	7,453,194
2022	33,149,152	7,559,007
2023	33,787,914	7,664,993
2024	34,427,414	7,769,819

Fertility rates in Ghana and Laos

Fertility rate

Ghana

Laos

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Laos
1960	6.89	6.29
1961	6.91	6.31
1962	6.94	6.31
1963	6.94	6.32
1964	6.9	6.31
1965	6.88	6.32
1966	6.86	6.31
1967	6.89	6.31
1968	6.89	6.3
1969	6.95	6.3
1970	6.95	6.31
1971	6.95	6.3
1972	6.92	6.28
1973	6.87	6.28
1974	6.82	6.29
1975	6.76	6.29
1976	6.7	6.29
1977	6.64	6.29
1978	6.56	6.3
1979	6.51	6.31
1980	6.47	6.33
1981	6.42	6.35
1982	6.31	6.37
1983	6.23	6.38
1984	6.15	6.37
1985	6.12	6.33
1986	6.08	6.26
1987	6.02	6.21
1988	5.92	6.16
1989	5.82	6.1
1990	5.74	6.06
1991	5.63	5.99
1992	5.52	5.9
1993	5.41	5.8
1994	5.25	5.6
1995	5.11	5.36
1996	4.96	5.15
1997	4.88	4.96
1998	4.83	4.79
1999	4.82	4.64
2000	4.83	4.43
2001	4.77	4.29
2002	4.69	4.13
2003	4.6	4.02
2004	4.5	3.9
2005	4.5	3.69
2006	4.4	3.56
2007	4.29	3.44
2008	4.22	3.33
2009	4.18	3.23
2010	4.18	3.14
2011	4.18	3.05
2012	4.15	2.95
2013	4.11	2.87
2014	4.03	2.8
2015	3.98	2.8
2016	3.87	2.74
2017	3.72	2.69
2018	3.65	2.63
2019	3.59	2.59
2020	3.54	2.54
2021	3.49	2.49
2022	3.43	2.46
2023	3.4	2.42

Ghana and Laos demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Laos

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Laos
1960	17.7	19.2
1961	17.4	19.2
1962	17.2	19.1
1963	16.9	19
1964	16.7	19
1965	16.5	18.9
1966	16.4	18.9
1967	16.2	18.9
1968	16.1	18.8
1969	16	18.8
1970	15.9	18.7
1971	15.9	18.7
1972	15.8	18.7
1973	15.8	18.7
1974	15.8	18.6
1975	15.9	18.5
1976	16	18.4
1977	16.2	18.3
1978	16.4	18.1
1979	16.5	18
1980	16.7	17.9
1981	16.7	17.9
1982	16.9	17.8
1983	17	17.8
1984	17.1	17.8
1985	17.1	17.8
1986	17.1	17.8
1987	17.1	17.8
1988	17.1	17.9
1989	17.1	17.9
1990	17.2	17.9
1991	17.2	17.9
1992	17.3	17.9
1993	17.4	17.9
1994	17.5	17.9
1995	17.6	17.9
1996	17.7	17.9
1997	17.9	18
1998	18.1	18
1999	18.3	18
2000	18.4	18.1
2001	18.6	18.2
2002	18.8	18.4
2003	19	18.5
2004	19.1	18.7
2005	19.3	18.9
2006	19.5	19.2
2007	19.7	19.6
2008	19.9	20
2009	20	20.5
2010	20.2	21
2011	20.3	21.4
2012	20.5	21.9
2013	20.6	22.3
2014	20.7	22.7
2015	20.8	23
2016	20.9	23.3
2017	21	23.6
2018	21.2	23.8
2019	21.3	24.1
2020	21.5	24.4
2021	21.7	24.7
2022	21.8	25
2023	22	25.3
2024	22.2	25.6

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