Ghana vs Lesotho statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 81st vs. 137th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Ghana and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Lesotho
1960	$1,217,230,095	$34,579,986
1961	$1,302,674,325	$35,699,986
1962	$1,382,515,654	$41,859,983
1963	$1,540,797,589	$47,039,981
1964	$1,731,296,200	$51,939,979
1965	$2,053,462,968	$54,879,978
1966	$2,126,300,672	$56,699,977
1967	$1,747,187,645	$59,261,976
1968	$1,666,909,518	$61,445,975
1969	$1,962,050,556	$65,967,974
1970	$2,215,028,588	$68,739,973
1971	$2,417,108,578	$76,480,285
1972	$2,112,293,280	$80,913,200
1973	$3,006,766,758	$121,188,716
1974	$2,894,409,938	$150,851,317
1975	$2,810,106,383	$149,558,896
1976	$2,765,254,237	$147,660,037
1977	$3,189,428,571	$193,315,048
1978	$3,662,478,185	$266,570,067
1979	$4,020,227,920	$290,134,593
1980	$4,445,228,216	$431,542,537
1981	$4,222,441,860	$434,188,034
1982	$4,035,994,398	$348,741,684
1983	$4,057,275,132	$386,699,309
1984	$4,412,279,843	$333,163,670
1985	$4,504,306,723	$268,629,926
1986	$5,735,677,434	$318,858,423
1987	$5,074,829,932	$402,768,324
1988	$5,197,765,032	$470,395,801
1989	$5,251,858,440	$495,409,233
1990	$5,889,106,573	$596,410,264
1991	$6,603,185,268	$704,325,367
1992	$6,416,103,926	$831,029,862
1993	$5,968,922,939	$835,582,062
1994	$5,446,383,727	$878,250,945
1995	$6,464,382,808	$1,001,894,000
1996	$6,932,991,739	$946,112,493
1997	$6,891,443,192	$998,004,259
1998	$7,482,069,162	$928,460,893
1999	$7,718,109,982	$912,773,681
2000	$4,982,850,662	$887,291,688
2001	$5,314,872,854	$825,706,961
2002	$6,166,197,848	$775,777,239
2003	$7,632,723,556	$1,157,825,435
2004	$8,881,417,907	$1,511,236,656
2005	$10,744,568,381	$1,682,343,527
2006	$20,885,037,597	$1,800,092,564
2007	$24,827,339,138	$1,682,131,785
2008	$28,679,383,241	$1,766,902,709
2009	$26,048,720,006	$1,740,894,965
2010	$32,197,655,567	$2,234,754,242
2011	$39,336,668,081	$2,579,409,620
2012	$41,271,701,061	$2,477,702,216
2013	$62,845,721,960	$2,367,112,932
2014	$54,678,533,806	$2,441,063,054
2015	$49,436,806,230	$2,359,686,725
2016	$56,144,179,398	$2,114,426,452
2017	$60,385,409,435	$2,306,741,672
2018	$67,259,353,966	$2,556,247,292
2019	$68,352,629,246	$2,390,702,296
2020	$70,008,243,860	$2,053,699,870
2021	$79,514,204,730	$2,412,130,022
2022	$73,919,003,210	$2,354,980,884
2023	$80,547,146,878	$2,117,962,430
2024	$82,825,288,889	$2,271,541,846

Ghana and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Lesotho
1960	$174.9	$47
1961	$181.9	$47
1962	$188.4	$53.5
1963	$205	$58.4
1964	$225	$62.6
1965	$260.5	$64.3
1966	$263.3	$64.3
1967	$211.2	$64.8
1968	$196.7	$64.8
1969	$225.8	$67.1
1970	$248.2	$67.4
1971	$263.4	$72.4
1972	$223.8	$74
1973	$310	$107
1974	$289.4	$128.7
1975	$273	$123.2
1976	$261	$117.8
1977	$292.3	$149.9
1978	$326	$200.8
1979	$347	$212.4
1980	$372	$307
1981	$344	$299.8
1982	$319	$233.9
1983	$311	$252
1984	$330	$211
1985	$330	$165.4
1986	$411	$191.4
1987	$355	$236.5
1988	$355	$270.4
1989	$350	$279
1990	$383	$330
1991	$418	$382
1992	$396	$444
1993	$360	$439
1994	$321	$456
1995	$372	$513
1996	$389	$480
1997	$378	$502
1998	$400	$465
1999	$403	$456
2000	$253.7	$443
2001	$263.5	$413
2002	$297.5	$389
2003	$358	$583
2004	$406	$767
2005	$479	$861
2006	$906	$925
2007	$1,050	$861
2008	$1,183	$898
2009	$1,048	$879
2010	$1,264	$1,119
2011	$1,507	$1,281
2012	$1,544	$1,218
2013	$2,295	$1,151
2014	$1,950	$1,174
2015	$1,723	$1,121
2016	$1,912	$992
2017	$2,012	$1,069
2018	$2,195	$1,171
2019	$2,187	$1,082
2020	$2,195	$919
2021	$2,445	$1,067
2022	$2,230	$1,030
2023	$2,384	$916
2024	$2,406	$972

Ghana vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Lesotho
1950	43.1	44.6
1951	43.6	45.2
1952	44	45.9
1953	44.5	46.6
1954	45	47.3
1955	45.4	48
1956	45.7	48.6
1957	46.1	49.2
1958	46.4	49.6
1959	46.7	49.9
1960	46.9	50.2
1961	47.1	50.3
1962	47.3	50.3
1963	47.5	50.3
1964	47.6	50.3
1965	47.7	50.3
1966	47.7	50.4
1967	47.7	50.5
1968	47.8	50.8
1969	47.9	51.1
1970	47.9	51.5
1971	47.9	51.8
1972	48.3	52.3
1973	48.6	52.6
1974	48.9	52.9
1975	49.3	53.5
1976	49.7	53.9
1977	50.1	54.5
1978	50.5	55.2
1979	50.8	55.8
1980	51.1	56.5
1981	51.3	57.3
1982	51.4	58
1983	51.8	58.5
1984	52.2	59
1985	52.7	59.2
1986	53.3	59.3
1987	53.8	59.6
1988	54.4	59.6
1989	54.9	59.5
1990	55.4	59.3
1991	55.7	59.1
1992	56.1	58.6
1993	56.3	58.1
1994	56.2	57.3
1995	56.7	56.4
1996	57	55.1
1997	57.2	53.7
1998	57.5	52
1999	57.8	50.4
2000	58.1	48.8
2001	58.4	47.2
2002	58.7	46
2003	59	44.9
2004	59.3	44
2005	59.6	43.6
2006	60	43.2
2007	60.3	43.7
2008	60.6	44.3
2009	60.9	45.1
2010	61.3	46
2011	61.6	46.9
2012	62	48.2
2013	62.4	49.5
2014	62.8	50.8
2015	63.2	51.8
2016	63.5	52.9
2017	63.8	53.9
2018	64.1	54.6
2019	64.5	55.2
2020	64.3	55.1
2021	64.3	54.2
2022	65.2	56.8
2023	65.5	57.4
2024	65.7	57.8
2025	65.9	58.2

Ghana and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Lesotho
1960	6,961,215	736,500
1961	7,162,667	758,824
1962	7,337,375	781,814
1963	7,514,714	805,373
1964	7,695,739	829,437
1965	7,882,606	854,090
1966	8,074,521	881,870
1967	8,271,913	913,982
1968	8,475,729	948,105
1969	8,690,383	983,202
1970	8,925,813	1,019,273
1971	9,176,264	1,056,246
1972	9,438,187	1,094,063
1973	9,714,617	1,132,697
1974	10,000,523	1,172,420
1975	10,294,308	1,213,643
1976	10,594,913	1,253,214
1977	10,911,871	1,289,967
1978	11,248,450	1,327,240
1979	11,597,255	1,366,169
1980	11,941,448	1,406,521
1981	12,281,712	1,448,069
1982	12,643,819	1,490,732
1983	13,029,836	1,534,413
1984	13,370,590	1,578,986
1985	13,661,229	1,624,379
1986	13,965,217	1,666,138
1987	14,289,108	1,703,390
1988	14,636,568	1,739,841
1989	15,006,813	1,775,436
1990	15,394,648	1,809,696
1991	15,787,496	1,842,379
1992	16,184,855	1,873,274
1993	16,589,519	1,901,793
1994	16,993,190	1,927,707
1995	17,399,017	1,951,437
1996	17,810,181	1,972,418
1997	18,238,958	1,988,130
1998	18,688,036	1,998,049
1999	19,149,864	2,003,234
2000	19,637,087	2,003,913
2001	20,167,069	2,000,853
2002	20,729,388	1,994,679
2003	21,296,705	1,985,059
2004	21,868,298	1,971,129
2005	22,449,438	1,953,076
2006	23,040,702	1,945,063
2007	23,642,279	1,953,268
2008	24,249,946	1,966,541
2009	24,862,664	1,980,883
2010	25,474,995	1,996,251
2011	26,095,088	2,014,009
2012	26,734,268	2,034,354
2013	27,386,193	2,056,504
2014	28,041,592	2,080,089
2015	28,696,068	2,104,611
2016	29,356,742	2,130,422
2017	30,008,354	2,157,110
2018	30,637,585	2,183,603
2019	31,258,945	2,209,405
2020	31,887,809	2,235,727
2021	32,518,665	2,261,542
2022	33,149,152	2,286,110
2023	33,787,914	2,311,472
2024	34,427,414	2,337,423

Fertility rates in Ghana and Lesotho

Fertility rate

Ghana

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Lesotho
1960	6.89	5.78
1961	6.91	5.79
1962	6.94	5.79
1963	6.94	5.78
1964	6.9	5.77
1965	6.88	5.77
1966	6.86	5.76
1967	6.89	5.75
1968	6.89	5.73
1969	6.95	5.7
1970	6.95	5.7
1971	6.95	5.7
1972	6.92	5.69
1973	6.87	5.69
1974	6.82	5.75
1975	6.76	5.83
1976	6.7	5.87
1977	6.64	5.85
1978	6.56	5.82
1979	6.51	5.79
1980	6.47	5.75
1981	6.42	5.69
1982	6.31	5.63
1983	6.23	5.56
1984	6.15	5.48
1985	6.12	5.4
1986	6.08	5.32
1987	6.02	5.22
1988	5.92	5.1
1989	5.82	4.96
1990	5.74	4.81
1991	5.63	4.68
1992	5.52	4.54
1993	5.41	4.37
1994	5.25	4.21
1995	5.11	4.13
1996	4.96	4.06
1997	4.88	3.98
1998	4.83	3.82
1999	4.82	3.67
2000	4.83	3.61
2001	4.77	3.63
2002	4.69	3.68
2003	4.6	3.62
2004	4.5	3.51
2005	4.5	3.43
2006	4.4	3.41
2007	4.29	3.44
2008	4.22	3.39
2009	4.18	3.31
2010	4.18	3.25
2011	4.18	3.34
2012	4.15	3.3
2013	4.11	3.28
2014	4.03	3.24
2015	3.98	3.22
2016	3.87	3.18
2017	3.72	3.11
2018	3.65	3.02
2019	3.59	2.92
2020	3.54	2.85
2021	3.49	2.77
2022	3.43	2.72
2023	3.4	2.69

Ghana and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Lesotho
1960	17.7	17.5
1961	17.4	17.4
1962	17.2	17.4
1963	16.9	17.4
1964	16.7	17.5
1965	16.5	17.5
1966	16.4	17.5
1967	16.2	17.6
1968	16.1	17.8
1969	16	18
1970	15.9	18.2
1971	15.9	18.3
1972	15.8	18.5
1973	15.8	18.6
1974	15.8	18.8
1975	15.9	18.9
1976	16	19
1977	16.2	19
1978	16.4	18.9
1979	16.5	18.8
1980	16.7	18.8
1981	16.7	18.7
1982	16.9	18.6
1983	17	18.6
1984	17.1	18.5
1985	17.1	18.4
1986	17.1	18.6
1987	17.1	18.7
1988	17.1	18.6
1989	17.1	18.5
1990	17.2	18.4
1991	17.2	18.4
1992	17.3	18.4
1993	17.4	18.4
1994	17.5	18.5
1995	17.6	18.6
1996	17.7	18.6
1997	17.9	18.8
1998	18.1	18.9
1999	18.3	19.1
2000	18.4	19.2
2001	18.6	19.4
2002	18.8	19.5
2003	19	19.7
2004	19.1	19.8
2005	19.3	19.9
2006	19.5	20
2007	19.7	20.2
2008	19.9	20.4
2009	20	20.6
2010	20.2	20.7
2011	20.3	20.9
2012	20.5	21
2013	20.6	21.1
2014	20.7	21.2
2015	20.8	21.3
2016	20.9	21.4
2017	21	21.6
2018	21.2	21.7
2019	21.3	21.8
2020	21.5	22
2021	21.7	22.1
2022	21.8	22.3
2023	22	22.5
2024	22.2	22.7

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