Ghana vs Mauritania statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 5.17M in Mauritania (ranked 125/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 397,955 sq mi for Mauritania (ranked 81st vs. 28th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Mauritania ranks 152/197 ($10.8B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Mauritania ranks 157/197 ($2,083).

Ghana and Mauritania: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Mauritania economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Mauritania

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Mauritania
1960	$1,217,230,095	-
1961	$1,302,674,325	$159,213,430
1962	$1,382,515,654	$164,271,558
1963	$1,540,797,589	$168,186,297
1964	$1,731,296,200	$224,495,744
1965	$2,053,462,968	$255,340,475
1966	$2,126,300,672	$266,533,605
1967	$1,747,187,645	$282,615,310
1968	$1,666,909,518	$311,395,937
1969	$1,962,050,556	$295,062,308
1970	$2,215,028,588	$309,405,316
1971	$2,417,108,578	$335,568,907
1972	$2,112,293,280	$391,669,449
1973	$3,006,766,758	$493,237,876
1974	$2,894,409,938	$613,010,553
1975	$2,810,106,383	$703,377,837
1976	$2,765,254,237	$775,045,517
1977	$3,189,428,571	$799,030,017
1978	$3,662,478,185	$804,629,877
1979	$4,020,227,920	$951,900,945
1980	$4,445,228,216	$1,047,925,106
1981	$4,222,441,860	$1,105,494,682
1982	$4,035,994,398	$1,108,776,653
1983	$4,057,275,132	$1,165,171,263
1984	$4,412,279,843	$1,074,373,230
1985	$4,504,306,723	$1,009,723,326
1986	$5,735,677,434	$1,186,628,778
1987	$5,074,829,932	$1,344,664,725
1988	$5,197,765,032	$1,414,951,290
1989	$5,251,858,440	$1,450,647,019
1990	$5,889,106,573	$1,506,914,408
1991	$6,603,185,268	$2,133,692,697
1992	$6,416,103,926	$2,164,298,425
1993	$5,968,922,939	$1,847,353,211
1994	$5,446,383,727	$1,944,876,755
1995	$6,464,382,808	$2,091,726,101
1996	$6,932,991,739	$2,132,087,009
1997	$6,891,443,192	$2,071,996,564
1998	$7,482,069,162	$2,032,347,665
1999	$7,718,109,982	$1,985,922,776
2000	$4,982,850,662	$1,779,520,886
2001	$5,314,872,854	$1,746,063,558
2002	$6,166,197,848	$1,777,057,481
2003	$7,632,723,556	$2,051,147,607
2004	$8,881,417,907	$2,362,501,023
2005	$10,744,568,381	$2,936,019,526
2006	$20,885,037,597	$3,919,577,286
2007	$24,827,339,138	$4,346,212,355
2008	$28,679,383,241	$5,206,437,194
2009	$26,048,720,006	$4,714,595,548
2010	$32,197,655,567	$5,628,878,798
2011	$39,336,668,081	$6,764,627,746
2012	$41,271,701,061	$6,728,208,836
2013	$62,845,721,960	$7,223,071,097
2014	$54,678,533,806	$6,592,537,782
2015	$49,436,806,230	$6,166,863,897
2016	$56,144,179,398	$6,398,747,592
2017	$60,385,409,435	$6,800,135,898
2018	$67,259,353,966	$7,473,550,557
2019	$68,352,629,246	$7,894,764,886
2020	$70,008,243,860	$8,260,752,385
2021	$79,514,204,730	$9,222,536,364
2022	$73,919,003,210	$9,557,966,698
2023	$80,547,146,878	$10,651,709,314
2024	$82,825,288,889	$10,766,731,874

Ghana and Mauritania economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Mauritania

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Mauritania
1960	$174.9	-
1961	$181.9	$188.2
1962	$188.4	$189
1963	$205	$188.2
1964	$225	$244.3
1965	$260.5	$270
1966	$263.3	$273.6
1967	$211.2	$281.5
1968	$196.7	$301
1969	$225.8	$276.6
1970	$248.2	$281.3
1971	$263.4	$296
1972	$223.8	$335
1973	$310	$410
1974	$289.4	$494
1975	$273	$551
1976	$261	$589
1977	$292.3	$590
1978	$326	$578
1979	$347	$664
1980	$372	$711
1981	$344	$729
1982	$319	$710
1983	$311	$725
1984	$330	$650
1985	$330	$593
1986	$411	$677
1987	$355	$746
1988	$355	$762
1989	$350	$762
1990	$383	$772
1991	$418	$1,062
1992	$396	$1,036
1993	$360	$850
1994	$321	$865
1995	$372	$905
1996	$389	$904
1997	$378	$859
1998	$400	$821
1999	$403	$781
2000	$253.7	$681
2001	$263.5	$652
2002	$297.5	$649
2003	$358	$732
2004	$406	$824
2005	$479	$999
2006	$906	$1,301
2007	$1,050	$1,405
2008	$1,183	$1,636
2009	$1,048	$1,435
2010	$1,264	$1,660
2011	$1,507	$1,931
2012	$1,544	$1,859
2013	$2,295	$1,934
2014	$1,950	$1,713
2015	$1,723	$1,555
2016	$1,912	$1,566
2017	$2,012	$1,615
2018	$2,195	$1,723
2019	$2,187	$1,767
2020	$2,195	$1,796
2021	$2,445	$1,948
2022	$2,230	$1,960
2023	$2,384	$2,121
2024	$2,406	$2,083

Ghana vs. Mauritania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Mauritania

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Mauritania
1950	43.1	38.4
1951	43.6	38.8
1952	44	39.2
1953	44.5	39.6
1954	45	40.1
1955	45.4	40.6
1956	45.7	41.1
1957	46.1	41.7
1958	46.4	42.3
1959	46.7	42.9
1960	46.9	43.6
1961	47.1	44.3
1962	47.3	45
1963	47.5	45.8
1964	47.6	46.6
1965	47.7	47.4
1966	47.7	48.1
1967	47.7	48.9
1968	47.8	49.5
1969	47.9	50.1
1970	47.9	50.5
1971	47.9	50.8
1972	48.3	51
1973	48.6	51.2
1974	48.9	51.4
1975	49.3	51.6
1976	49.7	51.8
1977	50.1	52
1978	50.5	52.3
1979	50.8	52.8
1980	51.1	53.2
1981	51.3	53.7
1982	51.4	54.2
1983	51.8	54.6
1984	52.2	55.2
1985	52.7	55.8
1986	53.3	56.3
1987	53.8	57
1988	54.4	57.5
1989	54.9	57.7
1990	55.4	58.1
1991	55.7	58.3
1992	56.1	58.6
1993	56.3	58.7
1994	56.2	58.8
1995	56.7	58.9
1996	57	58.9
1997	57.2	59.4
1998	57.5	59.9
1999	57.8	60.4
2000	58.1	61
2001	58.4	61.7
2002	58.7	62.2
2003	59	62.8
2004	59.3	63.4
2005	59.6	63.9
2006	60	64.5
2007	60.3	64.9
2008	60.6	65.2
2009	60.9	65.5
2010	61.3	65.7
2011	61.6	65.8
2012	62	65.8
2013	62.4	65.9
2014	62.8	66.2
2015	63.2	66.5
2016	63.5	66.8
2017	63.8	67.1
2018	64.1	67.4
2019	64.5	67.6
2020	64.3	66.8
2021	64.3	66.8
2022	65.2	68.3
2023	65.5	68.5
2024	65.7	68.7
2025	65.9	68.9

Ghana and Mauritania population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Mauritania

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Mauritania
1960	6,961,215	824,298
1961	7,162,667	846,167
1962	7,337,375	869,184
1963	7,514,714	893,423
1964	7,695,739	918,955
1965	7,882,606	945,838
1966	8,074,521	974,157
1967	8,271,913	1,003,843
1968	8,475,729	1,034,739
1969	8,690,383	1,066,754
1970	8,925,813	1,099,806
1971	9,176,264	1,133,702
1972	9,438,187	1,168,355
1973	9,714,617	1,203,838
1974	10,000,523	1,240,188
1975	10,294,308	1,277,330
1976	10,594,913	1,315,336
1977	10,911,871	1,353,768
1978	11,248,450	1,392,713
1979	11,597,255	1,432,758
1980	11,941,448	1,474,043
1981	12,281,712	1,516,877
1982	12,643,819	1,561,176
1983	13,029,836	1,606,746
1984	13,370,590	1,653,693
1985	13,661,229	1,702,107
1986	13,965,217	1,751,835
1987	14,289,108	1,803,014
1988	14,636,568	1,855,859
1989	15,006,813	1,903,048
1990	15,394,648	1,951,878
1991	15,787,496	2,009,738
1992	16,184,855	2,088,135
1993	16,589,519	2,174,328
1994	16,993,190	2,249,454
1995	17,399,017	2,312,017
1996	17,810,181	2,358,188
1997	18,238,958	2,411,306
1998	18,688,036	2,474,651
1999	19,149,864	2,541,698
2000	19,637,087	2,613,441
2001	20,167,069	2,678,760
2002	20,729,388	2,738,655
2003	21,296,705	2,802,046
2004	21,868,298	2,868,664
2005	22,449,438	2,939,059
2006	23,040,702	3,013,660
2007	23,642,279	3,093,059
2008	24,249,946	3,183,269
2009	24,862,664	3,284,448
2010	25,474,995	3,390,965
2011	26,095,088	3,502,811
2012	26,734,268	3,619,034
2013	27,386,193	3,734,318
2014	28,041,592	3,848,514
2015	28,696,068	3,965,959
2016	29,356,742	4,086,657
2017	30,008,354	4,210,600
2018	30,637,585	4,337,685
2019	31,258,945	4,467,708
2020	31,887,809	4,600,131
2021	32,518,665	4,734,874
2022	33,149,152	4,875,637
2023	33,787,914	5,022,441
2024	34,427,414	5,169,395

Fertility rates in Ghana and Mauritania

Fertility rate

Ghana

Mauritania

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Mauritania
1960	6.89	6.15
1961	6.91	6.2
1962	6.94	6.24
1963	6.94	6.31
1964	6.9	6.37
1965	6.88	6.44
1966	6.86	6.52
1967	6.89	6.57
1968	6.89	6.6
1969	6.95	6.64
1970	6.95	6.68
1971	6.95	6.7
1972	6.92	6.71
1973	6.87	6.72
1974	6.82	6.73
1975	6.76	6.71
1976	6.7	6.73
1977	6.64	6.74
1978	6.56	6.73
1979	6.51	6.7
1980	6.47	6.67
1981	6.42	6.64
1982	6.31	6.59
1983	6.23	6.54
1984	6.15	6.48
1985	6.12	6.42
1986	6.08	6.34
1987	6.02	6.27
1988	5.92	6.21
1989	5.82	6.2
1990	5.74	6.18
1991	5.63	6.16
1992	5.52	6.13
1993	5.41	6.09
1994	5.25	6.06
1995	5.11	5.96
1996	4.96	5.86
1997	4.88	5.74
1998	4.83	5.62
1999	4.82	5.52
2000	4.83	5.46
2001	4.77	5.41
2002	4.69	5.37
2003	4.6	5.36
2004	4.5	5.37
2005	4.5	5.38
2006	4.4	5.4
2007	4.29	5.43
2008	4.22	5.44
2009	4.18	5.41
2010	4.18	5.38
2011	4.18	5.38
2012	4.15	5.35
2013	4.11	5.32
2014	4.03	5.26
2015	3.98	5.21
2016	3.87	5.16
2017	3.72	5.11
2018	3.65	5.04
2019	3.59	4.98
2020	3.54	4.91
2021	3.49	4.85
2022	3.43	4.77
2023	3.4	4.7

Ghana and Mauritania demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Mauritania

Table

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

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