Ghana vs Libya statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 7.38M in Libya (ranked 105/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 679,362 sq mi for Libya (ranked 81st vs. 16th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318).

Ghana and Libya: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Libya economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Libya

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Libya
1960	$1,217,230,095	$401,644,249
1961	$1,302,674,325	$443,905,612
1962	$1,382,515,654	$619,725,785
1963	$1,540,797,589	$892,327,911
1964	$1,731,296,200	$1,341,395,421
1965	$2,053,462,968	$1,804,979,680
1966	$2,126,300,672	$2,312,438,536
1967	$1,747,187,645	$2,726,986,913
1968	$1,666,909,518	$3,850,623,095
1969	$1,962,050,556	$4,380,987,481
1970	$2,215,028,588	$4,601,649,451
1971	$2,417,108,578	$5,260,185,125
1972	$2,112,293,280	$6,299,395,544
1973	$3,006,766,758	$8,625,889,430
1974	$2,894,409,938	$15,112,543,717
1975	$2,810,106,383	$14,710,912,458
1976	$2,765,254,237	$19,096,943,017
1977	$3,189,428,571	$22,428,297,108
1978	$3,662,478,185	$22,136,422,643
1979	$4,020,227,920	$30,536,429,497
1980	$4,445,228,216	$40,953,924,949
1981	$4,222,441,860	$36,374,353,880
1982	$4,035,994,398	$33,760,146,991
1983	$4,057,275,132	$33,200,520,140
1984	$4,412,279,843	$29,476,109,153
1985	$4,504,306,723	$31,530,566,324
1986	$5,735,677,434	$24,180,400,959
1987	$5,074,829,932	$26,697,659,335
1988	$5,197,765,032	$24,308,959,591
1989	$5,251,858,440	$25,156,707,899
1990	$5,889,106,573	$28,904,183,602
1991	$6,603,185,268	$31,991,821,265
1992	$6,416,103,926	$33,887,047,909
1993	$5,968,922,939	$30,660,051,911
1994	$5,446,383,727	$28,610,549,763
1995	$6,464,382,808	$25,541,379,187
1996	$6,932,991,739	$27,884,615,385
1997	$6,891,443,192	$30,700,897,875
1998	$7,482,069,162	$27,251,301,398
1999	$7,718,109,982	$35,975,860,857
2000	$4,982,850,662	$38,270,954,138
2001	$5,314,872,854	$34,112,093,927
2002	$6,166,197,848	$20,481,889,764
2003	$7,632,723,556	$26,265,625,000
2004	$8,881,417,907	$33,122,307,692
2005	$10,744,568,381	$47,334,691,241
2006	$20,885,037,597	$60,094,231,607
2007	$24,827,339,138	$68,032,978,391
2008	$28,679,383,241	$86,710,767,415
2009	$26,048,720,006	$60,808,562,033
2010	$32,197,655,567	$75,380,825,062
2011	$39,336,668,081	$48,169,263,294
2012	$41,271,701,061	$92,540,938,129
2013	$62,845,721,960	$75,351,107,029
2014	$54,678,533,806	$57,372,355,592
2015	$49,436,806,230	$48,717,501,321
2016	$56,144,179,398	$49,912,073,701
2017	$60,385,409,435	$67,157,452,182
2018	$67,259,353,966	$76,686,029,772
2019	$68,352,629,246	$69,254,496,472
2020	$70,008,243,860	$46,854,285,441
2021	$79,514,204,730	$35,217,995,647
2022	$73,919,003,210	$43,246,297,922
2023	$80,547,146,878	$45,096,462,972
2024	$82,825,288,889	$46,636,278,902

Ghana and Libya economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Libya

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Libya
1960	$174.9	$269
1961	$181.9	$285.3
1962	$188.4	$382
1963	$205	$528
1964	$225	$765
1965	$260.5	$1,001
1966	$263.3	$1,251
1967	$211.2	$1,437
1968	$196.7	$1,972
1969	$225.8	$2,175
1970	$248.2	$2,210
1971	$263.4	$2,443
1972	$223.8	$2,830
1973	$310	$3,727
1974	$289.4	$6,214
1975	$273	$5,721
1976	$261	$7,018
1977	$292.3	$7,783
1978	$326	$7,252
1979	$347	$9,443
1980	$372	$11,960
1981	$344	$10,044
1982	$319	$9,064
1983	$311	$8,927
1984	$330	$7,811
1985	$330	$8,087
1986	$411	$6,019
1987	$355	$6,465
1988	$355	$5,736
1989	$350	$5,793
1990	$383	$6,502
1991	$418	$7,040
1992	$396	$7,303
1993	$360	$6,478
1994	$321	$5,933
1995	$372	$5,205
1996	$389	$5,591
1997	$378	$6,062
1998	$400	$5,301
1999	$403	$6,895
2000	$253.7	$7,214
2001	$263.5	$6,313
2002	$297.5	$3,718
2003	$358	$4,674
2004	$406	$5,774
2005	$479	$8,079
2006	$906	$10,049
2007	$1,050	$11,145
2008	$1,183	$13,906
2009	$1,048	$9,551
2010	$1,264	$11,601
2011	$1,507	$7,594
2012	$1,544	$14,976
2013	$2,295	$11,952
2014	$1,950	$8,926
2015	$1,723	$7,458
2016	$1,912	$7,526
2017	$2,012	$9,966
2018	$2,195	$11,197
2019	$2,187	$9,963
2020	$2,195	$6,650
2021	$2,445	$4,936
2022	$2,230	$5,987
2023	$2,384	$6,173
2024	$2,406	$6,318

Ghana vs. Libya life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Libya

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Libya
1950	43.1	33.1
1951	43.6	33.5
1952	44	33.8
1953	44.5	34.2
1954	45	34.7
1955	45.4	35.2
1956	45.7	36
1957	46.1	36.9
1958	46.4	38
1959	46.7	39.3
1960	46.9	40.8
1961	47.1	42.4
1962	47.3	44.1
1963	47.5	45.6
1964	47.6	47.7
1965	47.7	49.3
1966	47.7	50.9
1967	47.7	52.5
1968	47.8	53.8
1969	47.9	55.2
1970	47.9	56.4
1971	47.9	57.6
1972	48.3	58.7
1973	48.6	59.7
1974	48.9	60.7
1975	49.3	61.6
1976	49.7	62.4
1977	50.1	63.1
1978	50.5	63.8
1979	50.8	64.3
1980	51.1	64.8
1981	51.3	65.3
1982	51.4	65.8
1983	51.8	66.3
1984	52.2	66.7
1985	52.7	67.3
1986	53.3	67.8
1987	53.8	68.3
1988	54.4	68.6
1989	54.9	69
1990	55.4	69.3
1991	55.7	69.6
1992	56.1	70
1993	56.3	70.2
1994	56.2	70.5
1995	56.7	70.6
1996	57	70.7
1997	57.2	70.7
1998	57.5	70.7
1999	57.8	70.6
2000	58.1	70.5
2001	58.4	70.7
2002	58.7	70.8
2003	59	71
2004	59.3	71.2
2005	59.6	71.4
2006	60	71.6
2007	60.3	71.8
2008	60.6	71.9
2009	60.9	72.1
2010	61.3	72.2
2011	61.6	69.9
2012	62	72.2
2013	62.4	72.3
2014	62.8	71.3
2015	63.2	71.6
2016	63.5	71.8
2017	63.8	72.7
2018	64.1	73.2
2019	64.5	72.9
2020	64.3	72.4
2021	64.3	72.1
2022	65.2	74.5
2023	65.5	69.3
2024	65.7	71.1
2025	65.9	73.2

Ghana and Libya population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Libya

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Libya
1960	6,961,215	1,492,890
1961	7,162,667	1,555,699
1962	7,337,375	1,621,960
1963	7,514,714	1,690,457
1964	7,695,739	1,753,691
1965	7,882,606	1,804,015
1966	8,074,521	1,849,063
1967	8,271,913	1,898,199
1968	8,475,729	1,952,781
1969	8,690,383	2,014,293
1970	8,925,813	2,082,589
1971	9,176,264	2,153,534
1972	9,438,187	2,226,091
1973	9,714,617	2,314,193
1974	10,000,523	2,432,211
1975	10,294,308	2,571,556
1976	10,594,913	2,721,237
1977	10,911,871	2,881,533
1978	11,248,450	3,052,526
1979	11,597,255	3,233,846
1980	11,941,448	3,424,378
1981	12,281,712	3,621,486
1982	12,643,819	3,724,765
1983	13,029,836	3,718,961
1984	13,370,590	3,773,633
1985	13,661,229	3,898,745
1986	13,965,217	4,017,403
1987	14,289,108	4,129,739
1988	14,636,568	4,237,755
1989	15,006,813	4,342,920
1990	15,394,648	4,445,239
1991	15,787,496	4,544,400
1992	16,184,855	4,640,352
1993	16,589,519	4,733,045
1994	16,993,190	4,822,037
1995	17,399,017	4,906,843
1996	17,810,181	4,987,393
1997	18,238,958	5,064,639
1998	18,688,036	5,140,704
1999	19,149,864	5,218,038
2000	19,637,087	5,305,021
2001	20,167,069	5,403,639
2002	20,729,388	5,508,410
2003	21,296,705	5,619,398
2004	21,868,298	5,736,693
2005	22,449,438	5,858,798
2006	23,040,702	5,980,211
2007	23,642,279	6,104,380
2008	24,249,946	6,235,430
2009	24,862,664	6,366,686
2010	25,474,995	6,497,839
2011	26,095,088	6,343,203
2012	26,734,268	6,179,328
2013	27,386,193	6,304,628
2014	28,041,592	6,427,252
2015	28,696,068	6,531,819
2016	29,356,742	6,632,126
2017	30,008,354	6,738,770
2018	30,637,585	6,849,055
2019	31,258,945	6,951,033
2020	31,887,809	7,045,399
2021	32,518,665	7,135,175
2022	33,149,152	7,223,805
2023	33,787,914	7,305,659
2024	34,427,414	7,381,023

Fertility rates in Ghana and Libya

Fertility rate

Ghana

Libya

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Libya
1960	6.89	7.51
1961	6.91	7.56
1962	6.94	7.61
1963	6.94	7.69
1964	6.9	7.75
1965	6.88	7.82
1966	6.86	7.89
1967	6.89	7.93
1968	6.89	7.97
1969	6.95	8.01
1970	6.95	8.05
1971	6.95	8.1
1972	6.92	8.07
1973	6.87	8.05
1974	6.82	8.02
1975	6.76	7.98
1976	6.7	7.93
1977	6.64	7.87
1978	6.56	7.79
1979	6.51	7.68
1980	6.47	7.54
1981	6.42	7.37
1982	6.31	7.16
1983	6.23	6.91
1984	6.15	6.62
1985	6.12	6.33
1986	6.08	6.02
1987	6.02	5.72
1988	5.92	5.41
1989	5.82	5.09
1990	5.74	4.78
1991	5.63	4.46
1992	5.52	4.16
1993	5.41	3.88
1994	5.25	3.65
1995	5.11	3.44
1996	4.96	3.26
1997	4.88	3.13
1998	4.83	3.04
1999	4.82	2.97
2000	4.83	2.91
2001	4.77	2.87
2002	4.69	2.83
2003	4.6	2.8
2004	4.5	2.77
2005	4.5	2.77
2006	4.4	2.7
2007	4.29	2.65
2008	4.22	2.6
2009	4.18	2.56
2010	4.18	2.6
2011	4.18	2.65
2012	4.15	2.68
2013	4.11	2.72
2014	4.03	2.75
2015	3.98	2.71
2016	3.87	2.67
2017	3.72	2.63
2018	3.65	2.58
2019	3.59	2.54
2020	3.54	2.51
2021	3.49	2.46
2022	3.43	2.4
2023	3.4	2.36

Ghana and Libya demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Libya

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Libya
1960	17.7	18.5
1961	17.4	18.2
1962	17.2	17.9
1963	16.9	17.5
1964	16.7	17.2
1965	16.5	16.7
1966	16.4	15.9
1967	16.2	15.3
1968	16.1	14.9
1969	16	14.7
1970	15.9	14.7
1971	15.9	14.7
1972	15.8	14.7
1973	15.8	14.9
1974	15.8	15.3
1975	15.9	15.5
1976	16	15.6
1977	16.2	15.8
1978	16.4	15.9
1979	16.5	15.9
1980	16.7	16
1981	16.7	16.1
1982	16.9	16.3
1983	17	16.5
1984	17.1	16.8
1985	17.1	17.1
1986	17.1	17.3
1987	17.1	17.6
1988	17.1	17.9
1989	17.1	18.2
1990	17.2	18.6
1991	17.2	18.9
1992	17.3	19.3
1993	17.4	19.7
1994	17.5	20.1
1995	17.6	20.6
1996	17.7	21.1
1997	17.9	21.5
1998	18.1	22
1999	18.3	22.4
2000	18.4	22.7
2001	18.6	22.9
2002	18.8	23.1
2003	19	23.2
2004	19.1	23.4
2005	19.3	23.6
2006	19.5	23.8
2007	19.7	24.2
2008	19.9	24.6
2009	20	25
2010	20.2	25.3
2011	20.3	25.5
2012	20.5	25.7
2013	20.6	25.9
2014	20.7	26.2
2015	20.8	26.4
2016	20.9	26.6
2017	21	26.8
2018	21.2	27
2019	21.3	27.2
2020	21.5	27.5
2021	21.7	27.7
2022	21.8	28
2023	22	28.2
2024	22.2	28.5

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