Ghana vs Netherlands statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 18M in The Netherlands (ranked 72/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 13,000 sq mi for The Netherlands (ranked 81st vs. 134th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219).

Ghana and Netherlands: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Netherlands economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Netherlands
1960	$1,217,230,095	$13,282,979,015
1961	$1,302,674,325	$14,599,836,396
1962	$1,382,515,654	$15,847,582,341
1963	$1,540,797,589	$17,193,744,109
1964	$1,731,296,200	$20,232,048,553
1965	$2,053,462,968	$22,721,869,808
1966	$2,126,300,672	$24,741,480,717
1967	$1,747,187,645	$27,143,828,099
1968	$1,666,909,518	$30,097,635,751
1969	$1,962,050,556	$34,086,038,090
1970	$2,215,028,588	$38,220,884,519
1971	$2,417,108,578	$44,644,730,576
1972	$2,112,293,280	$54,787,070,173
1973	$3,006,766,758	$71,946,639,603
1974	$2,894,409,938	$87,371,810,804
1975	$2,810,106,383	$100,397,061,694
1976	$2,765,254,237	$109,329,386,564
1977	$3,189,428,571	$127,203,923,857
1978	$3,662,478,185	$156,089,077,205
1979	$4,020,227,920	$179,933,827,310
1980	$4,445,228,216	$195,439,301,707
1981	$4,222,441,860	$164,375,775,854
1982	$4,035,994,398	$158,712,765,536
1983	$4,057,275,132	$153,671,294,109
1984	$4,412,279,843	$144,124,462,912
1985	$4,504,306,723	$144,057,523,222
1986	$5,735,677,434	$201,157,708,221
1987	$5,074,829,932	$245,406,949,521
1988	$5,197,765,032	$262,295,966,105
1989	$5,251,858,440	$258,716,904,292
1990	$5,889,106,573	$318,799,003,994
1991	$6,603,185,268	$327,982,316,124
1992	$6,416,103,926	$363,497,050,125
1993	$5,968,922,939	$354,070,495,966
1994	$5,446,383,727	$379,688,232,232
1995	$6,464,382,808	$452,967,334,614
1996	$6,932,991,739	$451,372,549,020
1997	$6,891,443,192	$417,506,211,882
1998	$7,482,069,162	$438,612,530,549
1999	$7,718,109,982	$447,778,514,140
2000	$4,982,850,662	$417,649,282,154
2001	$5,314,872,854	$432,536,219,669
2002	$6,166,197,848	$475,529,972,123
2003	$7,632,723,556	$582,435,617,082
2004	$8,881,417,907	$661,224,886,143
2005	$10,744,568,381	$688,133,699,636
2006	$20,885,037,597	$737,593,995,289
2007	$24,827,339,138	$853,499,460,873
2008	$28,679,383,241	$957,901,566,041
2009	$26,048,720,006	$878,954,223,140
2010	$32,197,655,567	$852,464,982,433
2011	$39,336,668,081	$913,140,741,333
2012	$41,271,701,061	$845,689,017,066
2013	$62,845,721,960	$883,951,539,007
2014	$54,678,533,806	$901,556,501,756
2015	$49,436,806,230	$775,743,675,303
2016	$56,144,179,398	$797,163,949,290
2017	$60,385,409,435	$848,233,537,846
2018	$67,259,353,966	$929,733,599,797
2019	$68,352,629,246	$928,903,005,576
2020	$70,008,243,860	$932,560,861,701
2021	$79,514,204,730	$1,054,472,123,450
2022	$73,919,003,210	$1,046,540,797,549
2023	$80,547,146,878	$1,154,361,305,398
2024	$82,825,288,889	$1,227,543,925,316

Ghana and Netherlands economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Netherlands
1960	$174.9	$1,156
1961	$181.9	$1,254
1962	$188.4	$1,342
1963	$205	$1,437
1964	$225	$1,668
1965	$260.5	$1,848
1966	$263.3	$1,986
1967	$211.2	$2,155
1968	$196.7	$2,364
1969	$225.8	$2,647
1970	$248.2	$2,931
1971	$263.4	$3,384
1972	$223.8	$4,110
1973	$310	$5,353
1974	$289.4	$6,450
1975	$273	$7,346
1976	$261	$7,937
1977	$292.3	$9,180
1978	$326	$11,196
1979	$347	$12,817
1980	$372	$13,812
1981	$344	$11,537
1982	$319	$11,089
1983	$311	$10,696
1984	$330	$9,992
1985	$330	$9,941
1986	$411	$13,804
1987	$355	$16,734
1988	$355	$17,771
1989	$350	$17,423
1990	$383	$21,322
1991	$418	$21,764
1992	$396	$23,939
1993	$360	$23,156
1994	$321	$24,683
1995	$372	$29,301
1996	$389	$29,064
1997	$378	$26,745
1998	$400	$27,924
1999	$403	$28,319
2000	$253.7	$26,225
2001	$263.5	$26,956
2002	$297.5	$29,447
2003	$358	$35,897
2004	$406	$40,611
2005	$479	$42,165
2006	$906	$45,124
2007	$1,050	$52,101
2008	$1,183	$58,247
2009	$1,048	$53,172
2010	$1,264	$51,306
2011	$1,507	$54,702
2012	$1,544	$50,474
2013	$2,295	$52,602
2014	$1,950	$53,457
2015	$1,723	$45,794
2016	$1,912	$46,809
2017	$2,012	$49,514
2018	$2,195	$53,955
2019	$2,187	$53,555
2020	$2,195	$53,468
2021	$2,445	$60,142
2022	$2,230	$59,123
2023	$2,384	$64,572
2024	$2,406	$68,219

Ghana vs. Netherlands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Netherlands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Netherlands
1950	43.1	71.4
1951	43.6	71.5
1952	44	72.1
1953	44.5	71.7
1954	45	72.4
1955	45.4	72.5
1956	45.7	72.5
1957	46.1	73
1958	46.4	73.1
1959	46.7	73.2
1960	46.9	73.4
1961	47.1	73.6
1962	47.3	73.2
1963	47.5	73.4
1964	47.6	73.7
1965	47.7	73.6
1966	47.7	73.6
1967	47.7	73.8
1968	47.8	73.6
1969	47.9	73.6
1970	47.9	73.6
1971	47.9	73.9
1972	48.3	73.8
1973	48.6	74.2
1974	48.9	74.6
1975	49.3	74.6
1976	49.7	74.7
1977	50.1	75.3
1978	50.5	75.2
1979	50.8	75.6
1980	51.1	75.8
1981	51.3	76
1982	51.4	76.1
1983	51.8	76.3
1984	52.2	76.3
1985	52.7	76.4
1986	53.3	76.4
1987	53.8	76.8
1988	54.4	77
1989	54.9	76.8
1990	55.4	77
1991	55.7	77.2
1992	56.1	77.4
1993	56.3	77
1994	56.2	77.5
1995	56.7	77.6
1996	57	77.6
1997	57.2	77.9
1998	57.5	78
1999	57.8	78
2000	58.1	78.1
2001	58.4	78.3
2002	58.7	78.4
2003	59	78.7
2004	59.3	79.2
2005	59.6	79.5
2006	60	79.8
2007	60.3	80.3
2008	60.6	80.4
2009	60.9	80.7
2010	61.3	80.8
2011	61.6	81.1
2012	62	81.1
2013	62.4	81.3
2014	62.8	81.7
2015	63.2	81.5
2016	63.5	81.6
2017	63.8	81.7
2018	64.1	81.8
2019	64.5	82.1
2020	64.3	81.4
2021	64.3	81.4
2022	65.2	81.9
2023	65.5	82.2
2024	65.7	82.3
2025	65.9	82.4

Ghana and Netherlands population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Netherlands

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Netherlands
1960	6,961,215	11,486,631
1961	7,162,667	11,638,712
1962	7,337,375	11,805,689
1963	7,514,714	11,965,966
1964	7,695,739	12,127,120
1965	7,882,606	12,294,732
1966	8,074,521	12,456,251
1967	8,271,913	12,598,201
1968	8,475,729	12,729,721
1969	8,690,383	12,877,984
1970	8,925,813	13,038,526
1971	9,176,264	13,194,497
1972	9,438,187	13,328,593
1973	9,714,617	13,439,322
1974	10,000,523	13,545,056
1975	10,294,308	13,666,335
1976	10,594,913	13,774,037
1977	10,911,871	13,856,185
1978	11,248,450	13,941,700
1979	11,597,255	14,038,270
1980	11,941,448	14,149,800
1981	12,281,712	14,247,208
1982	12,643,819	14,312,690
1983	13,029,836	14,367,070
1984	13,370,590	14,424,211
1985	13,661,229	14,491,632
1986	13,965,217	14,572,278
1987	14,289,108	14,665,037
1988	14,636,568	14,760,094
1989	15,006,813	14,848,907
1990	15,394,648	14,951,510
1991	15,787,496	15,069,798
1992	16,184,855	15,184,166
1993	16,589,519	15,290,368
1994	16,993,190	15,382,838
1995	17,399,017	15,459,006
1996	17,810,181	15,530,498
1997	18,238,958	15,610,650
1998	18,688,036	15,707,209
1999	19,149,864	15,812,088
2000	19,637,087	15,925,513
2001	20,167,069	16,046,180
2002	20,729,388	16,148,929
2003	21,296,705	16,225,302
2004	21,868,298	16,281,779
2005	22,449,438	16,319,868
2006	23,040,702	16,346,101
2007	23,642,279	16,381,696
2008	24,249,946	16,445,593
2009	24,862,664	16,530,388
2010	25,474,995	16,615,394
2011	26,095,088	16,693,074
2012	26,734,268	16,754,962
2013	27,386,193	16,804,432
2014	28,041,592	16,865,008
2015	28,696,068	16,939,923
2016	29,356,742	17,030,314
2017	30,008,354	17,131,296
2018	30,637,585	17,231,624
2019	31,258,945	17,344,874
2020	31,887,809	17,441,500
2021	32,518,665	17,533,044
2022	33,149,152	17,700,982
2023	33,787,914	17,877,117
2024	34,427,414	17,994,237

Fertility rates in Ghana and Netherlands

Fertility rate

Ghana

Netherlands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Netherlands
1960	6.89	3.12
1961	6.91	3.22
1962	6.94	3.18
1963	6.94	3.19
1964	6.9	3.17
1965	6.88	3.04
1966	6.86	2.9
1967	6.89	2.81
1968	6.89	2.72
1969	6.95	2.75
1970	6.95	2.57
1971	6.95	2.36
1972	6.92	2.15
1973	6.87	1.9
1974	6.82	1.77
1975	6.76	1.66
1976	6.7	1.63
1977	6.64	1.58
1978	6.56	1.58
1979	6.51	1.56
1980	6.47	1.6
1981	6.42	1.56
1982	6.31	1.5
1983	6.23	1.47
1984	6.15	1.49
1985	6.12	1.51
1986	6.08	1.55
1987	6.02	1.56
1988	5.92	1.55
1989	5.82	1.55
1990	5.74	1.62
1991	5.63	1.61
1992	5.52	1.59
1993	5.41	1.57
1994	5.25	1.57
1995	5.11	1.53
1996	4.96	1.53
1997	4.88	1.56
1998	4.83	1.63
1999	4.82	1.65
2000	4.83	1.72
2001	4.77	1.71
2002	4.69	1.73
2003	4.6	1.75
2004	4.5	1.72
2005	4.5	1.71
2006	4.4	1.72
2007	4.29	1.72
2008	4.22	1.77
2009	4.18	1.79
2010	4.18	1.79
2011	4.18	1.76
2012	4.15	1.72
2013	4.11	1.68
2014	4.03	1.71
2015	3.98	1.66
2016	3.87	1.66
2017	3.72	1.62
2018	3.65	1.59
2019	3.59	1.57
2020	3.54	1.54
2021	3.49	1.62
2022	3.43	1.49
2023	3.4	1.43

Ghana and Netherlands demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Netherlands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Netherlands
1960	17.7	28.8
1961	17.4	28.8
1962	17.2	28.7
1963	16.9	28.7
1964	16.7	28.6
1965	16.5	28.6
1966	16.4	28.6
1967	16.2	28.5
1968	16.1	28.6
1969	16	28.6
1970	15.9	28.6
1971	15.9	28.7
1972	15.8	28.9
1973	15.8	29
1974	15.8	29.3
1975	15.9	29.4
1976	16	29.8
1977	16.2	30.3
1978	16.4	30.7
1979	16.5	31
1980	16.7	31.3
1981	16.7	31.6
1982	16.9	31.9
1983	17	32.3
1984	17.1	32.6
1985	17.1	32.9
1986	17.1	33.2
1987	17.1	33.5
1988	17.1	33.8
1989	17.1	34.1
1990	17.2	34.3
1991	17.2	34.6
1992	17.3	34.8
1993	17.4	35.1
1994	17.5	35.4
1995	17.6	35.7
1996	17.7	36.1
1997	17.9	36.4
1998	18.1	36.7
1999	18.3	37
2000	18.4	37.3
2001	18.6	37.5
2002	18.8	37.8
2003	19	38.1
2004	19.1	38.5
2005	19.3	38.9
2006	19.5	39.3
2007	19.7	39.7
2008	19.9	40
2009	20	40.3
2010	20.2	40.7
2011	20.3	41
2012	20.5	41.3
2013	20.6	41.6
2014	20.7	41.8
2015	20.8	42
2016	20.9	42.2
2017	21	42.3
2018	21.2	42.4
2019	21.3	42.5
2020	21.5	42.5
2021	21.7	42.6
2022	21.8	42.5
2023	22	42.4
2024	22.2	42.4

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