Ghana vs Norway statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 5.57M in Norway (ranked 118/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 140,645 sq mi for Norway (ranked 81st vs. 62nd).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810).

Ghana and Norway: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Norway economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Norway

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Norway
1960	$1,217,230,095	$5,197,398,721
1961	$1,302,674,325	$5,669,689,210
1962	$1,382,515,654	$6,107,076,929
1963	$1,540,797,589	$6,553,269,536
1964	$1,731,296,200	$7,206,522,122
1965	$2,053,462,968	$8,111,945,661
1966	$2,126,300,672	$8,753,940,267
1967	$1,747,187,645	$9,577,383,653
1968	$1,666,909,518	$10,227,087,165
1969	$1,962,050,556	$11,136,187,440
1970	$2,215,028,588	$12,814,123,115
1971	$2,417,108,578	$14,583,114,840
1972	$2,112,293,280	$17,358,610,850
1973	$3,006,766,758	$22,534,253,703
1974	$2,894,409,938	$27,145,693,810
1975	$2,810,106,383	$32,877,805,200
1976	$2,765,254,237	$35,942,270,686
1977	$3,189,428,571	$41,508,030,431
1978	$3,662,478,185	$46,522,900,254
1979	$4,020,227,920	$53,132,244,624
1980	$4,445,228,216	$64,439,382,896
1981	$4,222,441,860	$63,596,654,761
1982	$4,035,994,398	$62,647,195,538
1983	$4,057,275,132	$61,627,240,831
1984	$4,412,279,843	$62,057,955,033
1985	$4,504,306,723	$65,416,879,914
1986	$5,735,677,434	$78,693,118,044
1987	$5,074,829,932	$94,229,907,236
1988	$5,197,765,032	$101,900,260,856
1989	$5,251,858,440	$102,633,934,391
1990	$5,889,106,573	$119,791,843,060
1991	$6,603,185,268	$121,872,464,483
1992	$6,416,103,926	$130,838,040,068
1993	$5,968,922,939	$120,579,213,713
1994	$5,446,383,727	$127,131,319,429
1995	$6,464,382,808	$152,029,612,325
1996	$6,932,991,739	$163,520,109,151
1997	$6,891,443,192	$161,356,631,888
1998	$7,482,069,162	$154,230,295,158
1999	$7,718,109,982	$162,383,706,021
2000	$4,982,850,662	$171,457,201,936
2001	$5,314,872,854	$174,239,354,071
2002	$6,166,197,848	$195,914,852,576
2003	$7,632,723,556	$229,385,469,337
2004	$8,881,417,907	$265,268,662,473
2005	$10,744,568,381	$309,978,579,744
2006	$20,885,037,597	$346,915,160,682
2007	$24,827,339,138	$402,643,260,488
2008	$28,679,383,241	$464,917,553,191
2009	$26,048,720,006	$387,976,400,617
2010	$32,197,655,567	$431,052,143,940
2011	$39,336,668,081	$501,360,549,669
2012	$41,271,701,061	$512,777,309,841
2013	$62,845,721,960	$526,014,468,085
2014	$54,678,533,806	$501,736,471,833
2015	$49,436,806,230	$388,159,512,246
2016	$56,144,179,398	$370,956,547,619
2017	$60,385,409,435	$401,745,275,035
2018	$67,259,353,966	$439,788,625,884
2019	$68,352,629,246	$408,742,840,909
2020	$70,008,243,860	$367,633,418,887
2021	$79,514,204,730	$503,367,986,030
2022	$73,919,003,210	$596,297,651,036
2023	$80,547,146,878	$482,949,731,777
2024	$82,825,288,889	$483,727,398,216

Ghana and Norway economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Norway

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Norway
1960	$174.9	$1,451
1961	$181.9	$1,571
1962	$188.4	$1,678
1963	$205	$1,787
1964	$225	$1,951
1965	$260.5	$2,179
1966	$263.3	$2,333
1967	$211.2	$2,531
1968	$196.7	$2,680
1969	$225.8	$2,894
1970	$248.2	$3,306
1971	$263.4	$3,736
1972	$223.8	$4,414
1973	$310	$5,690
1974	$289.4	$6,812
1975	$273	$8,204
1976	$261	$8,927
1977	$292.3	$10,266
1978	$326	$11,463
1979	$347	$13,047
1980	$372	$15,772
1981	$344	$15,513
1982	$319	$15,225
1983	$311	$14,928
1984	$330	$14,989
1985	$330	$15,754
1986	$411	$18,883
1987	$355	$22,506
1988	$355	$24,207
1989	$350	$24,281
1990	$383	$28,243
1991	$418	$28,597
1992	$396	$30,524
1993	$360	$27,964
1994	$321	$29,316
1995	$372	$34,876
1996	$389	$37,322
1997	$378	$36,629
1998	$400	$34,803
1999	$403	$36,393
2000	$253.7	$38,178
2001	$263.5	$38,602
2002	$297.5	$43,171
2003	$358	$50,250
2004	$406	$57,769
2005	$479	$67,047
2006	$906	$74,434
2007	$1,050	$85,502
2008	$1,183	$97,504
2009	$1,048	$80,348
2010	$1,264	$88,163
2011	$1,507	$101,222
2012	$1,544	$102,176
2013	$2,295	$103,554
2014	$1,950	$97,667
2015	$1,723	$74,810
2016	$1,912	$70,867
2017	$2,012	$76,132
2018	$2,195	$82,793
2019	$2,187	$76,431
2020	$2,195	$68,340
2021	$2,445	$93,073
2022	$2,230	$109,270
2023	$2,384	$87,497
2024	$2,406	$86,810

Ghana vs. Norway life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Norway

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Norway
1950	43.1	71.6
1951	43.6	72.5
1952	44	72.7
1953	44.5	73.1
1954	45	73.2
1955	45.4	73.4
1956	45.7	73.5
1957	46.1	73.4
1958	46.4	73.4
1959	46.7	73.6
1960	46.9	73.6
1961	47.1	73.6
1962	47.3	73.5
1963	47.5	73.1
1964	47.6	73.6
1965	47.7	73.7
1966	47.7	74
1967	47.7	74.1
1968	47.8	73.9
1969	47.9	73.7
1970	47.9	74.1
1971	47.9	74.2
1972	48.3	74.3
1973	48.6	74.4
1974	48.9	74.8
1975	49.3	74.8
1976	49.7	75
1977	50.1	75.4
1978	50.5	75.4
1979	50.8	75.4
1980	51.1	75.7
1981	51.3	75.9
1982	51.4	76
1983	51.8	76.1
1984	52.2	76.2
1985	52.7	75.9
1986	53.3	76.3
1987	53.8	76.1
1988	54.4	76.3
1989	54.9	76.5
1990	55.4	76.6
1991	55.7	77
1992	56.1	77.2
1993	56.3	77.2
1994	56.2	77.8
1995	56.7	77.8
1996	57	78.2
1997	57.2	78.2
1998	57.5	78.4
1999	57.8	78.4
2000	58.1	78.7
2001	58.4	78.9
2002	58.7	79
2003	59	79.5
2004	59.3	80
2005	59.6	80.2
2006	60	80.4
2007	60.3	80.5
2008	60.6	80.7
2009	60.9	80.9
2010	61.3	81
2011	61.6	81.2
2012	62	81.4
2013	62.4	81.7
2014	62.8	82.1
2015	63.2	82.3
2016	63.5	82.4
2017	63.8	82.6
2018	64.1	82.8
2019	64.5	83
2020	64.3	83.2
2021	64.3	83.2
2022	65.2	82.6
2023	65.5	83.3
2024	65.7	83.5
2025	65.9	83.6

Ghana and Norway population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Norway

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Norway
1960	6,961,215	3,581,239
1961	7,162,667	3,609,800
1962	7,337,375	3,638,918
1963	7,514,714	3,666,537
1964	7,695,739	3,694,339
1965	7,882,606	3,723,168
1966	8,074,521	3,753,012
1967	8,271,913	3,784,539
1968	8,475,729	3,816,486
1969	8,690,383	3,847,707
1970	8,925,813	3,875,763
1971	9,176,264	3,903,039
1972	9,438,187	3,933,004
1973	9,714,617	3,960,612
1974	10,000,523	3,985,258
1975	10,294,308	4,007,313
1976	10,594,913	4,026,152
1977	10,911,871	4,043,205
1978	11,248,450	4,058,671
1979	11,597,255	4,072,517
1980	11,941,448	4,085,620
1981	12,281,712	4,099,702
1982	12,643,819	4,114,787
1983	13,029,836	4,128,432
1984	13,370,590	4,140,099
1985	13,661,229	4,152,516
1986	13,965,217	4,167,354
1987	14,289,108	4,186,905
1988	14,636,568	4,209,488
1989	15,006,813	4,226,901
1990	15,394,648	4,241,473
1991	15,787,496	4,261,732
1992	16,184,855	4,286,401
1993	16,589,519	4,311,991
1994	16,993,190	4,336,613
1995	17,399,017	4,359,184
1996	17,810,181	4,381,336
1997	18,238,958	4,405,157
1998	18,688,036	4,431,464
1999	19,149,864	4,461,913
2000	19,637,087	4,490,967
2001	20,167,069	4,513,751
2002	20,729,388	4,538,159
2003	21,296,705	4,564,855
2004	21,868,298	4,591,910
2005	22,449,438	4,623,291
2006	23,040,702	4,660,677
2007	23,642,279	4,709,153
2008	24,249,946	4,768,212
2009	24,862,664	4,828,726
2010	25,474,995	4,889,252
2011	26,095,088	4,953,088
2012	26,734,268	5,018,573
2013	27,386,193	5,079,623
2014	28,041,592	5,137,232
2015	28,696,068	5,188,607
2016	29,356,742	5,234,519
2017	30,008,354	5,276,968
2018	30,637,585	5,311,916
2019	31,258,945	5,347,896
2020	31,887,809	5,379,475
2021	32,518,665	5,408,320
2022	33,149,152	5,457,127
2023	33,787,914	5,519,594
2024	34,427,414	5,572,272

Fertility rates in Ghana and Norway

Fertility rate

Ghana

Norway

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Norway
1960	6.89	2.85
1961	6.91	2.94
1962	6.94	2.91
1963	6.94	2.93
1964	6.9	2.98
1965	6.88	2.94
1966	6.86	2.9
1967	6.89	2.81
1968	6.89	2.75
1969	6.95	2.7
1970	6.95	2.5
1971	6.95	2.49
1972	6.92	2.38
1973	6.87	2.23
1974	6.82	2.13
1975	6.76	1.98
1976	6.7	1.86
1977	6.64	1.75
1978	6.56	1.77
1979	6.51	1.75
1980	6.47	1.72
1981	6.42	1.7
1982	6.31	1.71
1983	6.23	1.66
1984	6.15	1.66
1985	6.12	1.68
1986	6.08	1.71
1987	6.02	1.74
1988	5.92	1.84
1989	5.82	1.89
1990	5.74	1.93
1991	5.63	1.92
1992	5.52	1.88
1993	5.41	1.86
1994	5.25	1.87
1995	5.11	1.87
1996	4.96	1.89
1997	4.88	1.86
1998	4.83	1.81
1999	4.82	1.85
2000	4.83	1.85
2001	4.77	1.78
2002	4.69	1.75
2003	4.6	1.8
2004	4.5	1.83
2005	4.5	1.84
2006	4.4	1.9
2007	4.29	1.9
2008	4.22	1.96
2009	4.18	1.98
2010	4.18	1.95
2011	4.18	1.88
2012	4.15	1.85
2013	4.11	1.78
2014	4.03	1.75
2015	3.98	1.72
2016	3.87	1.71
2017	3.72	1.62
2018	3.65	1.56
2019	3.59	1.53
2020	3.54	1.48
2021	3.49	1.55
2022	3.43	1.41
2023	3.4	1.4

Ghana and Norway demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Norway

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Norway
1960	17.7	34.3
1961	17.4	34.4
1962	17.2	34.4
1963	16.9	34.3
1964	16.7	34.2
1965	16.5	34.1
1966	16.4	33.9
1967	16.2	33.7
1968	16.1	33.5
1969	16	33.2
1970	15.9	32.9
1971	15.9	32.7
1972	15.8	32.5
1973	15.8	32.4
1974	15.8	32.4
1975	15.9	32.5
1976	16	32.6
1977	16.2	32.7
1978	16.4	32.9
1979	16.5	33.1
1980	16.7	33.3
1981	16.7	33.6
1982	16.9	33.9
1983	17	34.1
1984	17.1	34.4
1985	17.1	34.6
1986	17.1	34.8
1987	17.1	34.9
1988	17.1	35.1
1989	17.1	35.2
1990	17.2	35.4
1991	17.2	35.5
1992	17.3	35.7
1993	17.4	35.8
1994	17.5	35.9
1995	17.6	36.1
1996	17.7	36.2
1997	17.9	36.4
1998	18.1	36.5
1999	18.3	36.7
2000	18.4	36.9
2001	18.6	37.1
2002	18.8	37.3
2003	19	37.5
2004	19.1	37.7
2005	19.3	37.9
2006	19.5	38.1
2007	19.7	38.3
2008	19.9	38.4
2009	20	38.5
2010	20.2	38.6
2011	20.3	38.7
2012	20.5	38.8
2013	20.6	38.9
2014	20.7	39
2015	20.8	39.2
2016	20.9	39.3
2017	21	39.4
2018	21.2	39.6
2019	21.3	39.8
2020	21.5	40
2021	21.7	40.3
2022	21.8	40.4
2023	22	40.5
2024	22.2	40.7

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