Ghana vs Mali statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 24.5M in Mali (ranked 58/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 471,118 sq mi for Mali (ranked 81st vs. 23rd).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Mali ranks 113/197 ($26.6B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Mali ranks 171/197 ($1,086).

Ghana and Mali: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Mali economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Mali

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Mali
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	$275,494,478
1968	$1,666,909,518	$343,771,973
1969	$1,962,050,556	$339,913,867
1970	$2,215,028,588	$359,772,315
1971	$2,417,108,578	$395,218,629
1972	$2,112,293,280	$486,617,280
1973	$3,006,766,758	$563,683,703
1974	$2,894,409,938	$538,747,340
1975	$2,810,106,383	$830,710,615
1976	$2,765,254,237	$939,228,017
1977	$3,189,428,571	$1,049,838,548
1978	$3,662,478,185	$1,222,702,573
1979	$4,020,227,920	$1,595,422,956
1980	$4,445,228,216	$1,759,691,186
1981	$4,222,441,860	$1,538,972,424
1982	$4,035,994,398	$1,333,754,225
1983	$4,057,275,132	$1,297,765,326
1984	$4,412,279,843	$1,232,932,104
1985	$4,504,306,723	$1,392,196,048
1986	$5,735,677,434	$1,852,163,453
1987	$5,074,829,932	$2,090,629,987
1988	$5,197,765,032	$2,169,040,603
1989	$5,251,858,440	$2,181,821,909
1990	$5,889,106,573	$2,681,912,149
1991	$6,603,185,268	$2,724,131,458
1992	$6,416,103,926	$2,830,673,378
1993	$5,968,922,939	$2,818,281,085
1994	$5,446,383,727	$2,081,846,498
1995	$6,464,382,808	$2,706,425,157
1996	$6,932,991,739	$2,780,422,049
1997	$6,891,443,192	$2,697,105,823
1998	$7,482,069,162	$2,920,358,711
1999	$7,718,109,982	$3,440,724,710
2000	$4,982,850,662	$2,961,484,954
2001	$5,314,872,854	$3,468,337,942
2002	$6,166,197,848	$3,908,121,307
2003	$7,632,723,556	$4,714,071,980
2004	$8,881,417,907	$7,113,132,070
2005	$10,744,568,381	$8,009,875,052
2006	$20,885,037,597	$8,858,863,053
2007	$24,827,339,138	$10,289,243,720
2008	$28,679,383,241	$12,262,134,441
2009	$26,048,720,006	$12,592,138,109
2010	$32,197,655,567	$13,196,527,458
2011	$39,336,668,081	$15,506,843,902
2012	$41,271,701,061	$14,891,957,623
2013	$62,845,721,960	$15,769,357,573
2014	$54,678,533,806	$16,943,434,591
2015	$49,436,806,230	$15,583,181,170
2016	$56,144,179,398	$16,743,796,800
2017	$60,385,409,435	$18,308,362,040
2018	$67,259,353,966	$20,368,015,381
2019	$68,352,629,246	$20,477,421,885
2020	$70,008,243,860	$20,698,560,939
2021	$79,514,204,730	$22,999,245,263
2022	$73,919,003,210	$22,374,051,350
2023	$80,547,146,878	$24,621,545,565
2024	$82,825,288,889	$26,588,067,731

Ghana and Mali economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Mali

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Mali
1960	$174.9	-
1961	$181.9	-
1962	$188.4	-
1963	$205	-
1964	$225	-
1965	$260.5	-
1966	$263.3	-
1967	$211.2	$46
1968	$196.7	$56.5
1969	$225.8	$55
1970	$248.2	$57.3
1971	$263.4	$62
1972	$223.8	$75.1
1973	$310	$85.4
1974	$289.4	$80.2
1975	$273	$121.5
1976	$261	$134.9
1977	$292.3	$148.1
1978	$326	$169.1
1979	$347	$216.3
1980	$372	$233.7
1981	$344	$200.1
1982	$319	$169.7
1983	$311	$161.5
1984	$330	$150.2
1985	$330	$166.2
1986	$411	$217.1
1987	$355	$240.8
1988	$355	$245.5
1989	$350	$242.4
1990	$383	$292.2
1991	$418	$290.9
1992	$396	$296.3
1993	$360	$288.9
1994	$321	$208.9
1995	$372	$265.7
1996	$389	$267.2
1997	$378	$253.3
1998	$400	$267.4
1999	$403	$306
2000	$253.7	$256.2
2001	$263.5	$291.2
2002	$297.5	$318
2003	$358	$372
2004	$406	$543
2005	$479	$592
2006	$906	$633
2007	$1,050	$712
2008	$1,183	$821
2009	$1,048	$816
2010	$1,264	$828
2011	$1,507	$942
2012	$1,544	$878
2013	$2,295	$903
2014	$1,950	$940
2015	$1,723	$838
2016	$1,912	$872
2017	$2,012	$924
2018	$2,195	$996
2019	$2,187	$972
2020	$2,195	$953
2021	$2,445	$1,027
2022	$2,230	$970
2023	$2,384	$1,036
2024	$2,406	$1,086

Ghana vs. Mali life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Mali

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Mali
1950	43.1	28.7
1951	43.6	28.9
1952	44	29.1
1953	44.5	29.4
1954	45	29.5
1955	45.4	29.7
1956	45.7	29.9
1957	46.1	30.1
1958	46.4	30.2
1959	46.7	30.3
1960	46.9	30.5
1961	47.1	30.6
1962	47.3	30.8
1963	47.5	31
1964	47.6	31.2
1965	47.7	31.5
1966	47.7	31.8
1967	47.7	32.2
1968	47.8	32.6
1969	47.9	32.9
1970	47.9	33.4
1971	47.9	33.8
1972	48.3	34.5
1973	48.6	35.1
1974	48.9	35.7
1975	49.3	36.5
1976	49.7	37.2
1977	50.1	38
1978	50.5	38.8
1979	50.8	39.5
1980	51.1	40.3
1981	51.3	41
1982	51.4	41.8
1983	51.8	42.7
1984	52.2	43.4
1985	52.7	43.9
1986	53.3	44.6
1987	53.8	45.2
1988	54.4	45.7
1989	54.9	46.2
1990	55.4	46.5
1991	55.7	46.9
1992	56.1	47.2
1993	56.3	47.6
1994	56.2	47.9
1995	56.7	48.3
1996	57	48.5
1997	57.2	49.1
1998	57.5	49.6
1999	57.8	50.1
2000	58.1	50.6
2001	58.4	51.3
2002	58.7	52
2003	59	52.6
2004	59.3	53.3
2005	59.6	53.8
2006	60	54.3
2007	60.3	54.8
2008	60.6	55.2
2009	60.9	55.6
2010	61.3	56
2011	61.6	56.4
2012	62	56.7
2013	62.4	57.1
2014	62.8	57.5
2015	63.2	57.9
2016	63.5	58.3
2017	63.8	58.6
2018	64.1	58.9
2019	64.5	59.2
2020	64.3	58.9
2021	64.3	59.1
2022	65.2	60
2023	65.5	60.4
2024	65.7	60.7
2025	65.9	60.9

Ghana and Mali population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Mali

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Mali
1960	6,961,215	5,402,550
1961	7,162,667	5,482,283
1962	7,337,375	5,563,917
1963	7,514,714	5,646,605
1964	7,695,739	5,730,125
1965	7,882,606	5,815,487
1966	8,074,521	5,902,204
1967	8,271,913	5,990,906
1968	8,475,729	6,082,979
1969	8,690,383	6,177,704
1970	8,925,813	6,276,472
1971	9,176,264	6,377,944
1972	9,438,187	6,483,726
1973	9,714,617	6,597,106
1974	10,000,523	6,715,436
1975	10,294,308	6,837,261
1976	10,594,913	6,960,979
1977	10,911,871	7,090,979
1978	11,248,450	7,229,651
1979	11,597,255	7,375,266
1980	11,941,448	7,530,515
1981	12,281,712	7,692,766
1982	12,643,819	7,860,194
1983	13,029,836	8,034,400
1984	13,370,590	8,208,599
1985	13,661,229	8,374,663
1986	13,965,217	8,531,277
1987	14,289,108	8,681,164
1988	14,636,568	8,833,996
1989	15,006,813	8,999,938
1990	15,394,648	9,178,830
1991	15,787,496	9,362,888
1992	16,184,855	9,553,540
1993	16,589,519	9,754,786
1994	16,993,190	9,967,031
1995	17,399,017	10,185,365
1996	17,810,181	10,407,278
1997	18,238,958	10,646,495
1998	18,688,036	10,919,573
1999	19,149,864	11,227,415
2000	19,637,087	11,559,290
2001	20,167,069	11,912,158
2002	20,729,388	12,288,050
2003	21,296,705	12,684,955
2004	21,868,298	13,102,409
2005	22,449,438	13,538,647
2006	23,040,702	13,990,139
2007	23,642,279	14,457,775
2008	24,249,946	14,940,782
2009	24,862,664	15,435,539
2010	25,474,995	15,945,198
2011	26,095,088	16,469,049
2012	26,734,268	16,957,033
2013	27,386,193	17,459,615
2014	28,041,592	18,020,267
2015	28,696,068	18,593,022
2016	29,356,742	19,191,289
2017	30,008,354	19,813,011
2018	30,637,585	20,442,030
2019	31,258,945	21,068,405
2020	31,887,809	21,713,836
2021	32,518,665	22,388,630
2022	33,149,152	23,072,640
2023	33,787,914	23,769,127
2024	34,427,414	24,478,595

Fertility rates in Ghana and Mali

Fertility rate

Ghana

Mali

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Mali
1960	6.89	7.02
1961	6.91	7.03
1962	6.94	7.04
1963	6.94	7.05
1964	6.9	7.06
1965	6.88	7.08
1966	6.86	7.11
1967	6.89	7.14
1968	6.89	7.16
1969	6.95	7.18
1970	6.95	7.18
1971	6.95	7.2
1972	6.92	7.22
1973	6.87	7.22
1974	6.82	7.23
1975	6.76	7.25
1976	6.7	7.27
1977	6.64	7.3
1978	6.56	7.32
1979	6.51	7.35
1980	6.47	7.37
1981	6.42	7.37
1982	6.31	7.32
1983	6.23	7.28
1984	6.15	7.26
1985	6.12	7.26
1986	6.08	7.31
1987	6.02	7.31
1988	5.92	7.32
1989	5.82	7.33
1990	5.74	7.31
1991	5.63	7.28
1992	5.52	7.24
1993	5.41	7.18
1994	5.25	7.12
1995	5.11	7.05
1996	4.96	7.01
1997	4.88	6.97
1998	4.83	6.94
1999	4.82	6.91
2000	4.83	6.89
2001	4.77	6.85
2002	4.69	6.82
2003	4.6	6.78
2004	4.5	6.74
2005	4.5	6.71
2006	4.4	6.68
2007	4.29	6.65
2008	4.22	6.62
2009	4.18	6.59
2010	4.18	6.58
2011	4.18	6.55
2012	4.15	6.52
2013	4.11	6.49
2014	4.03	6.44
2015	3.98	6.39
2016	3.87	6.32
2017	3.72	6.25
2018	3.65	6.12
2019	3.59	5.89
2020	3.54	5.85
2021	3.49	5.78
2022	3.43	5.69
2023	3.4	5.61

Ghana and Mali demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Mali

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Mali
1960	17.7	19.8
1961	17.4	19.8
1962	17.2	19.8
1963	16.9	19.8
1964	16.7	19.8
1965	16.5	19.8
1966	16.4	19.7
1967	16.2	19.6
1968	16.1	19.6
1969	16	19.5
1970	15.9	19.4
1971	15.9	19.3
1972	15.8	19.2
1973	15.8	19.1
1974	15.8	19
1975	15.9	18.9
1976	16	18.7
1977	16.2	18.6
1978	16.4	18.4
1979	16.5	18.3
1980	16.7	18.1
1981	16.7	17.9
1982	16.9	17.8
1983	17	17.6
1984	17.1	17.5
1985	17.1	17.3
1986	17.1	17.1
1987	17.1	16.9
1988	17.1	16.8
1989	17.1	16.6
1990	17.2	16.5
1991	17.2	16.4
1992	17.3	16.4
1993	17.4	16.3
1994	17.5	16.3
1995	17.6	16.3
1996	17.7	16.3
1997	17.9	16.3
1998	18.1	16.4
1999	18.3	16.4
2000	18.4	16.5
2001	18.6	16.5
2002	18.8	16.6
2003	19	16.6
2004	19.1	16.6
2005	19.3	16.6
2006	19.5	16.6
2007	19.7	16.6
2008	19.9	16.5
2009	20	16.4
2010	20.2	16.4
2011	20.3	16.3
2012	20.5	16.1
2013	20.6	16
2014	20.7	16
2015	20.8	16
2016	20.9	16
2017	21	16
2018	21.2	16
2019	21.3	16.1
2020	21.5	16.2
2021	21.7	16.3
2022	21.8	16.5
2023	22	16.6
2024	22.2	16.7

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