Ghana vs Liberia statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 5.61M in Liberia (ranked 117/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 37,189 sq mi for Liberia (ranked 81st vs. 106th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Liberia ranks 163/197 ($4.75B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Liberia ranks 185/197 ($846).

Ghana and Liberia: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Liberia economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Liberia

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Liberia
1960	$1,217,230,095	$190,495,600
1961	$1,302,674,325	$183,920,900
1962	$1,382,515,654	$191,861,800
1963	$1,540,797,589	$200,229,600
1964	$1,731,296,200	$218,929,100
1965	$2,053,462,968	$229,260,800
1966	$2,126,300,672	$244,459,500
1967	$1,747,187,645	$261,024,300
1968	$1,666,909,518	$276,820,700
1969	$1,962,050,556	$306,961,800
1970	$2,215,028,588	$323,099,700
1971	$2,417,108,578	$341,543,100
1972	$2,112,293,280	$368,098,000
1973	$3,006,766,758	$386,968,300
1974	$2,894,409,938	$486,955,000
1975	$2,810,106,383	$577,549,300
1976	$2,765,254,237	$596,675,700
1977	$3,189,428,571	$673,010,600
1978	$3,662,478,185	$717,240,400
1979	$4,020,227,920	$814,067,900
1980	$4,445,228,216	$854,711,500
1981	$4,222,441,860	$846,514,500
1982	$4,035,994,398	$863,933,200
1983	$4,057,275,132	$823,374,900
1984	$4,412,279,843	$848,478,300
1985	$4,504,306,723	$851,296,100
1986	$5,735,677,434	$840,964,400
1987	$5,074,829,932	$972,800,000
1988	$5,197,765,032	$1,038,300,000
1989	$5,251,858,440	$786,300,000
1990	$5,889,106,573	$384,400,000
1991	$6,603,185,268	$348,000,000
1992	$6,416,103,926	$223,500,000
1993	$5,968,922,939	$160,400,000
1994	$5,446,383,727	$132,200,000
1995	$6,464,382,808	$134,800,000
1996	$6,932,991,739	$159,400,000
1997	$6,891,443,192	$295,900,000
1998	$7,482,069,162	$359,600,000
1999	$7,718,109,982	$441,800,000
2000	$4,982,850,662	$874,000,000
2001	$5,314,872,854	$906,000,000
2002	$6,166,197,848	$927,000,000
2003	$7,632,723,556	$748,000,000
2004	$8,881,417,907	$897,000,000
2005	$10,744,568,381	$949,000,000
2006	$20,885,037,597	$1,119,000,000
2007	$24,827,339,138	$1,373,000,000
2008	$28,679,383,241	$1,726,000,000
2009	$26,048,720,006	$1,768,000,000
2010	$32,197,655,567	$1,998,000,000
2011	$39,336,668,081	$2,398,000,000
2012	$41,271,701,061	$2,791,614,000
2013	$62,845,721,960	$3,177,198,100
2014	$54,678,533,806	$3,225,652,000
2015	$49,436,806,230	$3,227,075,700
2016	$56,144,179,398	$3,398,419,600
2017	$60,385,409,435	$3,390,703,400
2018	$67,259,353,966	$3,422,754,800
2019	$68,352,629,246	$3,319,596,500
2020	$70,008,243,860	$3,176,126,300
2021	$79,514,204,730	$3,513,049,500
2022	$73,919,003,210	$4,001,047,000
2023	$80,547,146,878	$4,390,000,000
2024	$82,825,288,889	$4,750,000,000

Ghana and Liberia economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Liberia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Liberia
1960	$174.9	$167.2
1961	$181.9	$157.5
1962	$188.4	$160.3
1963	$205	$163.1
1964	$225	$173.9
1965	$260.5	$177.6
1966	$263.3	$184.6
1967	$211.2	$192.2
1968	$196.7	$198.6
1969	$225.8	$214.7
1970	$248.2	$220.3
1971	$263.4	$227.1
1972	$223.8	$238.6
1973	$310	$244.4
1974	$289.4	$299.4
1975	$273	$346
1976	$261	$347
1977	$292.3	$381
1978	$326	$394
1979	$347	$435
1980	$372	$443
1981	$344	$426
1982	$319	$422
1983	$311	$391
1984	$330	$390
1985	$330	$380
1986	$411	$364
1987	$355	$409
1988	$355	$424
1989	$350	$312
1990	$383	$172.9
1991	$418	$177.9
1992	$396	$107.8
1993	$360	$74.4
1994	$321	$61.5
1995	$372	$62.1
1996	$389	$71.4
1997	$378	$122.6
1998	$400	$134.7
1999	$403	$156.6
2000	$253.7	$298.5
2001	$263.5	$300
2002	$297.5	$299.5
2003	$358	$239.8
2004	$406	$284.1
2005	$479	$287.5
2006	$906	$321
2007	$1,050	$374
2008	$1,183	$452
2009	$1,048	$448
2010	$1,264	$492
2011	$1,507	$568
2012	$1,544	$638
2013	$2,295	$711
2014	$1,950	$707
2015	$1,723	$693
2016	$1,912	$715
2017	$2,012	$699
2018	$2,195	$692
2019	$2,187	$658
2020	$2,195	$617
2021	$2,445	$668
2022	$2,230	$745
2023	$2,384	$799
2024	$2,406	$846

Ghana vs. Liberia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Liberia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Liberia
1950	43.1	38
1951	43.6	38
1952	44	38.1
1953	44.5	38.1
1954	45	38.1
1955	45.4	38.1
1956	45.7	38.1
1957	46.1	38.1
1958	46.4	38.1
1959	46.7	38.1
1960	46.9	38.1
1961	47.1	38.1
1962	47.3	38.2
1963	47.5	38.3
1964	47.6	38.5
1965	47.7	38.7
1966	47.7	39
1967	47.7	39.3
1968	47.8	39.6
1969	47.9	40
1970	47.9	40.4
1971	47.9	40.7
1972	48.3	41.2
1973	48.6	41.6
1974	48.9	42.1
1975	49.3	42.5
1976	49.7	42.9
1977	50.1	43.2
1978	50.5	43.6
1979	50.8	43.9
1980	51.1	44.1
1981	51.3	44.3
1982	51.4	44.4
1983	51.8	44.6
1984	52.2	44.7
1985	52.7	44
1986	53.3	44.5
1987	53.8	44.3
1988	54.4	44.1
1989	54.9	43.9
1990	55.4	37.6
1991	55.7	43.6
1992	56.1	43.6
1993	56.3	43
1994	56.2	42.6
1995	56.7	44.6
1996	57	44.9
1997	57.2	48.3
1998	57.5	49.4
1999	57.8	50.4
2000	58.1	51.9
2001	58.4	53.1
2002	58.7	54.1
2003	59	53
2004	59.3	55.9
2005	59.6	56.8
2006	60	57.5
2007	60.3	58.1
2008	60.6	58.7
2009	60.9	59.1
2010	61.3	59.4
2011	61.6	59.5
2012	62	59.8
2013	62.4	60
2014	62.8	59.2
2015	63.2	59.2
2016	63.5	60.5
2017	63.8	60.8
2018	64.1	61
2019	64.5	61.2
2020	64.3	61.3
2021	64.3	61.2
2022	65.2	61.9
2023	65.5	62.2
2024	65.7	62.3
2025	65.9	62.5

Ghana and Liberia population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Liberia

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Liberia
1960	6,961,215	1,139,522
1961	7,162,667	1,167,717
1962	7,337,375	1,197,039
1963	7,514,714	1,227,414
1964	7,695,739	1,258,745
1965	7,882,606	1,291,156
1966	8,074,521	1,324,383
1967	8,271,913	1,358,435
1968	8,475,729	1,393,530
1969	8,690,383	1,429,605
1970	8,925,813	1,466,676
1971	9,176,264	1,504,077
1972	9,438,187	1,542,670
1973	9,714,617	1,583,588
1974	10,000,523	1,626,362
1975	10,294,308	1,670,913
1976	10,594,913	1,717,060
1977	10,911,871	1,766,019
1978	11,248,450	1,818,247
1979	11,597,255	1,872,713
1980	11,941,448	1,929,253
1981	12,281,712	1,986,867
1982	12,643,819	2,045,073
1983	13,029,836	2,107,113
1984	13,370,590	2,173,312
1985	13,661,229	2,240,539
1986	13,965,217	2,308,511
1987	14,289,108	2,377,229
1988	14,636,568	2,446,941
1989	15,006,813	2,517,858
1990	15,394,648	2,223,667
1991	15,787,496	1,956,518
1992	16,184,855	2,072,461
1993	16,589,519	2,155,126
1994	16,993,190	2,149,928
1995	17,399,017	2,169,162
1996	17,810,181	2,232,289
1997	18,238,958	2,412,989
1998	18,688,036	2,670,124
1999	19,149,864	2,821,684
2000	19,637,087	2,928,117
2001	20,167,069	3,015,338
2002	20,729,388	3,094,782
2003	21,296,705	3,119,532
2004	21,868,298	3,156,892
2005	22,449,438	3,301,015
2006	23,040,702	3,490,787
2007	23,642,279	3,669,050
2008	24,249,946	3,821,003
2009	24,862,664	3,943,028
2010	25,474,995	4,058,890
2011	26,095,088	4,221,178
2012	26,734,268	4,373,043
2013	27,386,193	4,470,239
2014	28,041,592	4,564,293
2015	28,696,068	4,659,431
2016	29,356,742	4,755,608
2017	30,008,354	4,848,925
2018	30,637,585	4,944,726
2019	31,258,945	5,043,721
2020	31,887,809	5,149,463
2021	32,518,665	5,259,323
2022	33,149,152	5,373,294
2023	33,787,914	5,493,031
2024	34,427,414	5,612,817

Fertility rates in Ghana and Liberia

Fertility rate

Ghana

Liberia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Liberia
1960	6.89	6.39
1961	6.91	6.45
1962	6.94	6.5
1963	6.94	6.56
1964	6.9	6.59
1965	6.88	6.62
1966	6.86	6.63
1967	6.89	6.65
1968	6.89	6.66
1969	6.95	6.64
1970	6.95	6.58
1971	6.95	6.54
1972	6.92	6.6
1973	6.87	6.65
1974	6.82	6.69
1975	6.76	6.74
1976	6.7	6.79
1977	6.64	6.84
1978	6.56	6.88
1979	6.51	6.92
1980	6.47	6.87
1981	6.42	6.83
1982	6.31	6.79
1983	6.23	6.76
1984	6.15	6.73
1985	6.12	6.69
1986	6.08	6.64
1987	6.02	6.57
1988	5.92	6.51
1989	5.82	6.43
1990	5.74	6.37
1991	5.63	6.32
1992	5.52	6.28
1993	5.41	6.25
1994	5.25	6.21
1995	5.11	6.17
1996	4.96	6.13
1997	4.88	6.08
1998	4.83	6.02
1999	4.82	5.95
2000	4.83	5.88
2001	4.77	5.77
2002	4.69	5.65
2003	4.6	5.55
2004	4.5	5.51
2005	4.5	5.52
2006	4.4	5.53
2007	4.29	5.46
2008	4.22	5.33
2009	4.18	5.17
2010	4.18	5.06
2011	4.18	4.97
2012	4.15	4.88
2013	4.11	4.75
2014	4.03	4.62
2015	3.98	4.52
2016	3.87	4.46
2017	3.72	4.4
2018	3.65	4.34
2019	3.59	4.26
2020	3.54	4.17
2021	3.49	4.09
2022	3.43	4.02
2023	3.4	3.95

Ghana and Liberia demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Liberia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Liberia
1960	17.7	19.3
1961	17.4	19.3
1962	17.2	19.3
1963	16.9	19.3
1964	16.7	19.2
1965	16.5	19.2
1966	16.4	19.2
1967	16.2	19.1
1968	16.1	19
1969	16	18.8
1970	15.9	18.7
1971	15.9	18.6
1972	15.8	18.6
1973	15.8	18.5
1974	15.8	18.4
1975	15.9	18.3
1976	16	18.2
1977	16.2	18.2
1978	16.4	18.1
1979	16.5	18
1980	16.7	18
1981	16.7	17.9
1982	16.9	17.9
1983	17	17.9
1984	17.1	17.9
1985	17.1	17.9
1986	17.1	17.9
1987	17.1	17.9
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	18
1995	17.6	18
1996	17.7	18.1
1997	17.9	18.1
1998	18.1	18.2
1999	18.3	18.2
2000	18.4	18.3
2001	18.6	18.3
2002	18.8	18.3
2003	19	18.4
2004	19.1	18.4
2005	19.3	18.4
2006	19.5	18.4
2007	19.7	18.4
2008	19.9	18.4
2009	20	18.4
2010	20.2	18.4
2011	20.3	18.6
2012	20.5	18.8
2013	20.6	18.7
2014	20.7	18.7
2015	20.8	18.7
2016	20.9	18.7
2017	21	18.7
2018	21.2	18.8
2019	21.3	18.8
2020	21.5	19
2021	21.7	19.1
2022	21.8	19.2
2023	22	19.4
2024	22.2	19.6

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