Ghana vs Malawi statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 81st vs. 107th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Ghana and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Malawi
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	$1,801,156,775
1981	$4,222,441,860	$1,801,193,910
1982	$4,035,994,398	$1,717,379,495
1983	$4,057,275,132	$1,780,148,049
1984	$4,412,279,843	$1,758,028,656
1985	$4,504,306,723	$1,646,442,273
1986	$5,735,677,434	$1,722,586,299
1987	$5,074,829,932	$1,721,711,808
1988	$5,197,765,032	$2,008,189,508
1989	$5,251,858,440	$2,314,205,130
1990	$5,889,106,573	$2,737,087,862
1991	$6,603,185,268	$3,206,783,830
1992	$6,416,103,926	$2,618,837,835
1993	$5,968,922,939	$3,013,392,658
1994	$5,446,383,727	$1,719,864,761
1995	$6,464,382,808	$2,033,701,498
1996	$6,932,991,739	$3,319,573,750
1997	$6,891,443,192	$3,875,785,863
1998	$7,482,069,162	$2,547,609,590
1999	$7,718,109,982	$2,584,478,924
2000	$4,982,850,662	$2,537,307,580
2001	$5,314,872,854	$2,498,008,665
2002	$6,166,197,848	$5,087,328,438
2003	$7,632,723,556	$4,669,789,300
2004	$8,881,417,907	$5,058,726,350
2005	$10,744,568,381	$5,320,409,651
2006	$20,885,037,597	$5,818,279,739
2007	$24,827,339,138	$6,451,210,219
2008	$28,679,383,241	$7,743,617,352
2009	$26,048,720,006	$9,009,887,947
2010	$32,197,655,567	$10,128,323,011
2011	$39,336,668,081	$11,648,142,958
2012	$41,271,701,061	$8,773,203,178
2013	$62,845,721,960	$8,031,571,928
2014	$54,678,533,806	$8,801,326,169
2015	$49,436,806,230	$9,219,474,379
2016	$56,144,179,398	$7,909,868,618
2017	$60,385,409,435	$8,943,543,794
2018	$67,259,353,966	$9,879,231,592
2019	$68,352,629,246	$11,051,865,580
2020	$70,008,243,860	$11,769,313,598
2021	$79,514,204,730	$12,378,129,751
2022	$73,919,003,210	$12,429,060,151
2023	$80,547,146,878	$12,712,150,082
2024	$82,825,288,889	$11,008,925,323

Ghana and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Malawi
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	$287.5
1981	$344	$276.4
1982	$319	$253.3
1983	$311	$252.4
1984	$330	$239.7
1985	$330	$216.1
1986	$411	$217.9
1987	$355	$207.6
1988	$355	$229.4
1989	$350	$252.2
1990	$383	$286.7
1991	$418	$326
1992	$396	$258.4
1993	$360	$293
1994	$321	$169.2
1995	$372	$200.4
1996	$389	$321
1997	$378	$367
1998	$400	$236
1999	$403	$233.9
2000	$253.7	$224.2
2001	$263.5	$215.5
2002	$297.5	$428
2003	$358	$383
2004	$406	$405
2005	$479	$414
2006	$906	$441
2007	$1,050	$475
2008	$1,183	$554
2009	$1,048	$626
2010	$1,264	$683
2011	$1,507	$763
2012	$1,544	$558
2013	$2,295	$497
2014	$1,950	$530
2015	$1,723	$540
2016	$1,912	$451
2017	$2,012	$496
2018	$2,195	$533
2019	$2,187	$581
2020	$2,195	$603
2021	$2,445	$617
2022	$2,230	$604
2023	$2,384	$602
2024	$2,406	$508

Ghana vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Malawi
1950	43.1	32.7
1951	43.6	32.8
1952	44	33
1953	44.5	33.2
1954	45	33.3
1955	45.4	33.6
1956	45.7	33.8
1957	46.1	34.1
1958	46.4	34.4
1959	46.7	34.8
1960	46.9	35
1961	47.1	35.2
1962	47.3	35.4
1963	47.5	35.6
1964	47.6	35.7
1965	47.7	35.7
1966	47.7	35.8
1967	47.7	35.9
1968	47.8	36.1
1969	47.9	36.3
1970	47.9	36.6
1971	47.9	37.1
1972	48.3	37.6
1973	48.6	38.4
1974	48.9	39.2
1975	49.3	40.1
1976	49.7	41
1977	50.1	42
1978	50.5	43
1979	50.8	43.7
1980	51.1	44.3
1981	51.3	44.7
1982	51.4	44.8
1983	51.8	45
1984	52.2	44.8
1985	52.7	44.6
1986	53.3	44.3
1987	53.8	43.9
1988	54.4	43.6
1989	54.9	43.5
1990	55.4	43.6
1991	55.7	43.5
1992	56.1	43.6
1993	56.3	43.6
1994	56.2	43.8
1995	56.7	43.8
1996	57	44
1997	57.2	44.2
1998	57.5	44.3
1999	57.8	45.1
2000	58.1	46.2
2001	58.4	47.2
2002	58.7	48.2
2003	59	49.6
2004	59.3	51.1
2005	59.6	52.5
2006	60	53.7
2007	60.3	54.7
2008	60.6	55.7
2009	60.9	56.7
2010	61.3	57.8
2011	61.6	58.9
2012	62	59.9
2013	62.4	60.8
2014	62.8	61.7
2015	63.2	62.3
2016	63.5	63.2
2017	63.8	63.9
2018	64.1	64.5
2019	64.5	65
2020	64.3	65.2
2021	64.3	64.8
2022	65.2	66
2023	65.5	67.4
2024	65.7	67.6
2025	65.9	67.7

Ghana and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Malawi
1960	6,961,215	3,628,134
1961	7,162,667	3,715,534
1962	7,337,375	3,806,307
1963	7,514,714	3,900,506
1964	7,695,739	3,997,305
1965	7,882,606	4,096,157
1966	8,074,521	4,197,926
1967	8,271,913	4,303,012
1968	8,475,729	4,411,054
1969	8,690,383	4,521,184
1970	8,925,813	4,633,944
1971	9,176,264	4,751,434
1972	9,438,187	4,874,475
1973	9,714,617	5,003,938
1974	10,000,523	5,141,337
1975	10,294,308	5,287,367
1976	10,594,913	5,443,384
1977	10,911,871	5,614,983
1978	11,248,450	5,810,132
1979	11,597,255	6,028,749
1980	11,941,448	6,265,529
1981	12,281,712	6,516,454
1982	12,643,819	6,778,879
1983	13,029,836	7,051,709
1984	13,370,590	7,332,810
1985	13,661,229	7,620,508
1986	13,965,217	7,906,480
1987	14,289,108	8,293,174
1988	14,636,568	8,753,262
1989	15,006,813	9,176,220
1990	15,394,648	9,545,852
1991	15,787,496	9,844,227
1992	16,184,855	10,135,079
1993	16,589,519	10,284,024
1994	16,993,190	10,164,894
1995	17,399,017	10,150,117
1996	17,810,181	10,352,228
1997	18,238,958	10,562,035
1998	18,688,036	10,792,876
1999	19,149,864	11,047,804
2000	19,637,087	11,315,942
2001	20,167,069	11,593,058
2002	20,729,388	11,880,440
2003	21,296,705	12,181,574
2004	21,868,298	12,500,737
2005	22,449,438	12,840,031
2006	23,040,702	13,198,701
2007	23,642,279	13,576,343
2008	24,249,946	13,976,417
2009	24,862,664	14,395,788
2010	25,474,995	14,826,463
2011	26,095,088	15,265,022
2012	26,734,268	15,709,577
2013	27,386,193	16,161,816
2014	28,041,592	16,621,538
2015	28,696,068	17,085,587
2016	29,356,742	17,557,739
2017	30,008,354	18,039,715
2018	30,637,585	18,528,081
2019	31,258,945	19,025,752
2020	31,887,809	19,533,888
2021	32,518,665	20,047,258
2022	33,149,152	20,568,728
2023	33,787,914	21,104,482
2024	34,427,414	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Ghana and Malawi

Fertility rate

Ghana

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Malawi
1960	6.89	7.04
1961	6.91	7.07
1962	6.94	7.1
1963	6.94	7.13
1964	6.9	7.11
1965	6.88	7.13
1966	6.86	7.17
1967	6.89	7.21
1968	6.89	7.26
1969	6.95	7.27
1970	6.95	7.3
1971	6.95	7.31
1972	6.92	7.33
1973	6.87	7.34
1974	6.82	7.34
1975	6.76	7.36
1976	6.7	7.39
1977	6.64	7.41
1978	6.56	7.43
1979	6.51	7.47
1980	6.47	7.52
1981	6.42	7.49
1982	6.31	7.45
1983	6.23	7.36
1984	6.15	7.27
1985	6.12	7.17
1986	6.08	7.07
1987	6.02	6.97
1988	5.92	6.88
1989	5.82	6.8
1990	5.74	6.74
1991	5.63	6.68
1992	5.52	6.63
1993	5.41	6.57
1994	5.25	6.49
1995	5.11	6.39
1996	4.96	6.29
1997	4.88	6.23
1998	4.83	6.21
1999	4.82	6.12
2000	4.83	6
2001	4.77	5.94
2002	4.69	5.9
2003	4.6	5.88
2004	4.5	5.86
2005	4.5	5.85
2006	4.4	5.8
2007	4.29	5.72
2008	4.22	5.61
2009	4.18	5.45
2010	4.18	5.26
2011	4.18	5.08
2012	4.15	4.9
2013	4.11	4.76
2014	4.03	4.57
2015	3.98	4.38
2016	3.87	4.22
2017	3.72	4.11
2018	3.65	4.02
2019	3.59	3.95
2020	3.54	3.88
2021	3.49	3.79
2022	3.43	3.72
2023	3.4	3.65

Ghana and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Malawi
1960	17.7	18.2
1961	17.4	18.3
1962	17.2	18.3
1963	16.9	18.3
1964	16.7	18.3
1965	16.5	18.4
1966	16.4	18.3
1967	16.2	18.3
1968	16.1	18.3
1969	16	18.2
1970	15.9	18
1971	15.9	17.9
1972	15.8	17.8
1973	15.8	17.7
1974	15.8	17.6
1975	15.9	17.5
1976	16	17.5
1977	16.2	17.4
1978	16.4	17.4
1979	16.5	17.4
1980	16.7	17.3
1981	16.7	17.3
1982	16.9	17.3
1983	17	17.3
1984	17.1	17.3
1985	17.1	17.3
1986	17.1	17.3
1987	17.1	17.4
1988	17.1	17.5
1989	17.1	17.4
1990	17.2	17.3
1991	17.2	17.2
1992	17.3	17.1
1993	17.4	17
1994	17.5	16.9
1995	17.6	16.9
1996	17.7	16.8
1997	17.9	16.8
1998	18.1	16.8
1999	18.3	16.7
2000	18.4	16.8
2001	18.6	16.8
2002	18.8	16.8
2003	19	16.8
2004	19.1	16.8
2005	19.3	16.8
2006	19.5	16.8
2007	19.7	16.8
2008	19.9	16.8
2009	20	16.7
2010	20.2	16.7
2011	20.3	16.8
2012	20.5	16.8
2013	20.6	16.9
2014	20.7	17
2015	20.8	17.1
2016	20.9	17.2
2017	21	17.4
2018	21.2	17.6
2019	21.3	17.8
2020	21.5	18
2021	21.7	18.2
2022	21.8	18.4
2023	22	18.7
2024	22.2	18.9

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