Ghana vs Nigeria statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 81st vs. 30th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Ghana and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Nigeria
1960	$1,217,230,095	$4,196,174,502
1961	$1,302,674,325	$4,467,287,893
1962	$1,382,515,654	$4,909,399,176
1963	$1,540,797,589	$5,165,590,254
1964	$1,731,296,200	$5,552,931,319
1965	$2,053,462,968	$5,874,537,650
1966	$2,126,300,672	$6,366,917,453
1967	$1,747,187,645	$5,203,237,919
1968	$1,666,909,518	$5,200,997,920
1969	$1,962,050,556	$6,634,317,346
1970	$2,215,028,588	$12,546,094,982
1971	$2,417,108,578	$9,181,769,912
1972	$2,112,293,280	$12,274,416,018
1973	$3,006,766,758	$15,162,871,287
1974	$2,894,409,938	$24,846,641,318
1975	$2,810,106,383	$27,778,934,625
1976	$2,765,254,237	$36,308,883,249
1977	$3,189,428,571	$36,035,407,725
1978	$3,662,478,185	$36,527,862,209
1979	$4,020,227,920	$47,259,911,894
1980	$4,445,228,216	$64,201,788,123
1981	$4,222,441,860	$164,475,209,516
1982	$4,035,994,398	$142,769,363,314
1983	$4,057,275,132	$97,094,911,792
1984	$4,412,279,843	$73,484,359,521
1985	$4,504,306,723	$73,745,821,158
1986	$5,735,677,434	$54,805,852,581
1987	$5,074,829,932	$52,676,041,931
1988	$5,197,765,032	$49,648,470,440
1989	$5,251,858,440	$44,003,061,108
1990	$5,889,106,573	$54,035,795,388
1991	$6,603,185,268	$59,526,833,412
1992	$6,416,103,926	$52,058,181,854
1993	$5,968,922,939	$56,721,051,402
1994	$5,446,383,727	$80,399,613,064
1995	$6,464,382,808	$140,919,776,986
1996	$6,932,991,739	$185,730,236,700
1997	$6,891,443,192	$200,850,397,618
1998	$7,482,069,162	$218,416,200,673
1999	$7,718,109,982	$59,145,077,039
2000	$4,982,850,662	$69,171,451,627
2001	$5,314,872,854	$73,557,840,064
2002	$6,166,197,848	$95,054,059,303
2003	$7,632,723,556	$104,738,954,264
2004	$8,881,417,907	$135,764,731,646
2005	$10,744,568,381	$175,670,569,969
2006	$20,885,037,597	$238,454,997,161
2007	$24,827,339,138	$278,260,846,800
2008	$28,679,383,241	$339,476,276,258
2009	$26,048,720,006	$295,008,835,381
2010	$32,197,655,567	$366,990,417,129
2011	$39,336,668,081	$414,466,676,831
2012	$41,271,701,061	$463,971,018,239
2013	$62,845,721,960	$520,117,180,314
2014	$54,678,533,806	$574,183,763,412
2015	$49,436,806,230	$493,026,682,801
2016	$56,144,179,398	$404,649,125,252
2017	$60,385,409,435	$375,745,731,053
2018	$67,259,353,966	$421,739,251,509
2019	$68,352,629,246	$474,517,490,844
2020	$70,008,243,860	$432,198,898,468
2021	$79,514,204,730	$440,833,635,874
2022	$73,919,003,210	$477,403,400,101
2023	$80,547,146,878	$363,846,332,835
2024	$82,825,288,889	$187,759,703,100

Ghana and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Nigeria
1960	$174.9	$93.1
1961	$181.9	$97.1
1962	$188.4	$104.5
1963	$205	$107.7
1964	$225	$113.3
1965	$260.5	$117.3
1966	$263.3	$124.4
1967	$211.2	$99.5
1968	$196.7	$97.3
1969	$225.8	$121.4
1970	$248.2	$224.5
1971	$263.4	$160.5
1972	$223.8	$209.5
1973	$310	$252.4
1974	$289.4	$403
1975	$273	$438
1976	$261	$556
1977	$292.3	$536
1978	$326	$527
1979	$347	$661
1980	$372	$870
1981	$344	$2,162
1982	$319	$1,822
1983	$311	$1,207
1984	$330	$890
1985	$330	$869
1986	$411	$628
1987	$355	$588
1988	$355	$540
1989	$350	$465
1990	$383	$556
1991	$418	$597
1992	$396	$509
1993	$360	$540
1994	$321	$745
1995	$372	$1,272
1996	$389	$1,633
1997	$378	$1,720
1998	$400	$1,822
1999	$403	$481
2000	$253.7	$547
2001	$263.5	$566
2002	$297.5	$712
2003	$358	$763
2004	$406	$962
2005	$479	$1,211
2006	$906	$1,600
2007	$1,050	$1,816
2008	$1,183	$2,154
2009	$1,048	$1,820
2010	$1,264	$2,202
2011	$1,507	$2,418
2012	$1,544	$2,633
2013	$2,295	$2,873
2014	$1,950	$3,089
2015	$1,723	$2,586
2016	$1,912	$2,070
2017	$2,012	$1,876
2018	$2,195	$2,058
2019	$2,187	$2,265
2020	$2,195	$2,020
2021	$2,445	$2,017
2022	$2,230	$2,139
2023	$2,384	$1,597
2024	$2,406	$807

Ghana vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Nigeria
1950	43.1	35.5
1951	43.6	35.7
1952	44	35.9
1953	44.5	36
1954	45	36.2
1955	45.4	36.3
1956	45.7	36.5
1957	46.1	36.6
1958	46.4	36.8
1959	46.7	37
1960	46.9	37.2
1961	47.1	37.4
1962	47.3	37.6
1963	47.5	37.8
1964	47.6	38
1965	47.7	38.2
1966	47.7	38.4
1967	47.7	37.5
1968	47.8	38.6
1969	47.9	38.9
1970	47.9	40
1971	47.9	40.6
1972	48.3	41.3
1973	48.6	41.8
1974	48.9	42.5
1975	49.3	43.1
1976	49.7	44.2
1977	50.1	44.8
1978	50.5	45.3
1979	50.8	45.7
1980	51.1	46
1981	51.3	46.3
1982	51.4	46.4
1983	51.8	46.4
1984	52.2	46.3
1985	52.7	46.2
1986	53.3	46
1987	53.8	45.9
1988	54.4	45.8
1989	54.9	45.8
1990	55.4	45.7
1991	55.7	45.5
1992	56.1	45.6
1993	56.3	45.8
1994	56.2	45.7
1995	56.7	45.9
1996	57	45.8
1997	57.2	46
1998	57.5	46.1
1999	57.8	46.6
2000	58.1	47.1
2001	58.4	47.5
2002	58.7	48
2003	59	48.6
2004	59.3	49.1
2005	59.6	49.5
2006	60	49.9
2007	60.3	50.4
2008	60.6	50.7
2009	60.9	51.1
2010	61.3	51.3
2011	61.6	51.5
2012	62	51.7
2013	62.4	51.8
2014	62.8	51.9
2015	63.2	51.9
2016	63.5	52.2
2017	63.8	52.4
2018	64.1	52.7
2019	64.5	53
2020	64.3	53.1
2021	64.3	53.5
2022	65.2	54.1
2023	65.5	54.5
2024	65.7	54.6
2025	65.9	54.8

Ghana and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Nigeria
1960	6,961,215	45,053,782
1961	7,162,667	45,989,310
1962	7,337,375	46,965,292
1963	7,514,714	47,973,575
1964	7,695,739	49,012,016
1965	7,882,606	50,086,764
1966	8,074,521	51,188,234
1967	8,271,913	52,293,065
1968	8,475,729	53,432,783
1969	8,690,383	54,631,914
1970	8,925,813	55,893,838
1971	9,176,264	57,214,684
1972	9,438,187	58,601,748
1973	9,714,617	60,082,139
1974	10,000,523	61,679,144
1975	10,294,308	63,410,815
1976	10,594,913	65,258,009
1977	10,911,871	67,234,590
1978	11,248,450	69,326,532
1979	11,597,255	71,498,242
1980	11,941,448	73,764,641
1981	12,281,712	76,068,103
1982	12,643,819	78,378,701
1983	13,029,836	80,438,260
1984	13,370,590	82,526,443
1985	13,661,229	84,897,973
1986	13,965,217	87,235,953
1987	14,289,108	89,591,716
1988	14,636,568	92,020,090
1989	15,006,813	94,531,014
1990	15,394,648	97,120,925
1991	15,787,496	99,720,162
1992	16,184,855	102,372,770
1993	16,589,519	105,122,069
1994	16,993,190	107,935,714
1995	17,399,017	110,819,428
1996	17,810,181	113,754,779
1997	18,238,958	116,754,792
1998	18,688,036	119,846,254
1999	19,149,864	123,047,320
2000	19,637,087	126,382,494
2001	20,167,069	129,862,595
2002	20,729,388	133,471,989
2003	21,296,705	137,202,644
2004	21,868,298	141,057,045
2005	22,449,438	145,017,253
2006	23,040,702	149,077,334
2007	23,642,279	153,267,261
2008	24,249,946	157,595,014
2009	24,862,664	162,049,464
2010	25,474,995	166,642,886
2011	26,095,088	171,379,598
2012	26,734,268	176,200,625
2013	27,386,193	181,049,443
2014	28,041,592	185,896,915
2015	28,696,068	190,671,878
2016	29,356,742	195,443,700
2017	30,008,354	200,254,579
2018	30,637,585	204,938,755
2019	31,258,945	209,485,641
2020	31,887,809	213,996,181
2021	32,518,665	218,529,286
2022	33,149,152	223,150,896
2023	33,787,914	227,882,945
2024	34,427,414	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Ghana and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Ghana

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Nigeria
1960	6.89	6.36
1961	6.91	6.35
1962	6.94	6.36
1963	6.94	6.35
1964	6.9	6.36
1965	6.88	6.37
1966	6.86	6.39
1967	6.89	6.4
1968	6.89	6.42
1969	6.95	6.44
1970	6.95	6.47
1971	6.95	6.53
1972	6.92	6.58
1973	6.87	6.63
1974	6.82	6.7
1975	6.76	6.77
1976	6.7	6.81
1977	6.64	6.86
1978	6.56	6.92
1979	6.51	6.89
1980	6.47	6.85
1981	6.42	6.82
1982	6.31	6.8
1983	6.23	6.78
1984	6.15	6.7
1985	6.12	6.62
1986	6.08	6.56
1987	6.02	6.5
1988	5.92	6.5
1989	5.82	6.49
1990	5.74	6.46
1991	5.63	6.43
1992	5.52	6.39
1993	5.41	6.35
1994	5.25	6.32
1995	5.11	6.27
1996	4.96	6.22
1997	4.88	6.14
1998	4.83	6.07
1999	4.82	6.08
2000	4.83	6.12
2001	4.77	6.13
2002	4.69	6.12
2003	4.6	6.1
2004	4.5	6.09
2005	4.5	6.06
2006	4.4	6.05
2007	4.29	6.03
2008	4.22	6.02
2009	4.18	5.99
2010	4.18	5.95
2011	4.18	5.89
2012	4.15	5.8
2013	4.11	5.69
2014	4.03	5.62
2015	3.98	5.5
2016	3.87	5.34
2017	3.72	5.18
2018	3.65	5.02
2019	3.59	4.86
2020	3.54	4.7
2021	3.49	4.64
2022	3.43	4.55
2023	3.4	4.48

Ghana and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Nigeria
1960	17.7	19.3
1961	17.4	19.3
1962	17.2	19.3
1963	16.9	19.3
1964	16.7	19.3
1965	16.5	19.3
1966	16.4	19.3
1967	16.2	19.2
1968	16.1	19.2
1969	16	19.1
1970	15.9	18.9
1971	15.9	18.8
1972	15.8	18.7
1973	15.8	18.6
1974	15.8	18.5
1975	15.9	18.4
1976	16	18.3
1977	16.2	18.2
1978	16.4	18
1979	16.5	17.9
1980	16.7	17.8
1981	16.7	17.7
1982	16.9	17.6
1983	17	17.5
1984	17.1	17.4
1985	17.1	17.3
1986	17.1	17.3
1987	17.1	17.3
1988	17.1	17.3
1989	17.1	17.3
1990	17.2	17.3
1991	17.2	17.3
1992	17.3	17.4
1993	17.4	17.4
1994	17.5	17.5
1995	17.6	17.6
1996	17.7	17.6
1997	17.9	17.7
1998	18.1	17.8
1999	18.3	17.9
2000	18.4	17.9
2001	18.6	17.9
2002	18.8	17.9
2003	19	17.9
2004	19.1	17.9
2005	19.3	17.9
2006	19.5	17.9
2007	19.7	17.9
2008	19.9	17.8
2009	20	17.8
2010	20.2	17.8
2011	20.3	17.7
2012	20.5	17.7
2013	20.6	17.7
2014	20.7	17.7
2015	20.8	17.8
2016	20.9	17.8
2017	21	17.9
2018	21.2	18
2019	21.3	18.2
2020	21.5	18.3
2021	21.7	18.5
2022	21.8	18.7
2023	22	18.8
2024	22.2	19

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