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Ghana vs Poland statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 36.6M in Poland (ranked 42/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 118,252 sq mi for Poland (ranked 81st vs. 69th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Poland ranks 21/197 ($915B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Poland ranks 48/197 ($25,023).

Main facts and rankings

Ghana Poland
Population
35572974
36176920
Population rank 47/197 46/197
GDP
$82.8B
2024
$915B
2024
GDP rank 79/197 21/197
GDP per capita
$2,406
2024
$25,023
2024
GDP per capita rank 150/197 48/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$8,027
2024
$50,378
2024
Government debt
$58.4B
2024
$506B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
66.4%
2025
60.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,696
2024
$13,833
2024
Government debt per person rank 122/185 41/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,836
2025
$19,229
2025
Land area
87,851 sq mi
2025
118,252 sq mi
2025
Population density
392 ppl/mi²
2024
309 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.4
2023
1.16
2023
Median age
22.2 years
2024
42.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
65.9 years
2025
79 years
2025

Ghana and Poland: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Poland economies compared

GDP
Ghana

Poland
Year GDP
Ghana Poland
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 -
1968 $1,666,909,518 -
1969 $1,962,050,556 -
1970 $2,215,028,588 -
1971 $2,417,108,578 -
1972 $2,112,293,280 -
1973 $3,006,766,758 -
1974 $2,894,409,938 -
1975 $2,810,106,383 -
1976 $2,765,254,237 -
1977 $3,189,428,571 -
1978 $3,662,478,185 -
1979 $4,020,227,920 -
1980 $4,445,228,216 -
1981 $4,222,441,860 -
1982 $4,035,994,398 -
1983 $4,057,275,132 -
1984 $4,412,279,843 -
1985 $4,504,306,723 -
1986 $5,735,677,434 -
1987 $5,074,829,932 -
1988 $5,197,765,032 -
1989 $5,251,858,440 -
1990 $5,889,106,573 $65,977,748,211
1991 $6,603,185,268 $85,500,935,935
1992 $6,416,103,926 $94,337,050,693
1993 $5,968,922,939 $96,043,157,273
1994 $5,446,383,727 $110,803,635,288
1995 $6,464,382,808 $142,838,527,115
1996 $6,932,991,739 $160,813,026,223
1997 $6,891,443,192 $159,893,964,917
1998 $7,482,069,162 $175,282,269,667
1999 $7,718,109,982 $170,704,452,715
2000 $4,982,850,662 $172,953,527,033
2001 $5,314,872,854 $191,823,200,371
2002 $6,166,197,848 $199,694,463,256
2003 $7,632,723,556 $218,561,225,998
2004 $8,881,417,907 $256,268,656,145
2005 $10,744,568,381 $306,999,913,151
2006 $20,885,037,597 $345,897,630,736
2007 $24,827,339,138 $429,715,132,138
2008 $28,679,383,241 $535,612,030,672
2009 $26,048,720,006 $440,891,472,247
2010 $32,197,655,567 $478,111,630,684
2011 $39,336,668,081 $527,848,543,023
2012 $41,271,701,061 $498,148,649,703
2013 $62,845,721,960 $518,179,836,405
2014 $54,678,533,806 $542,134,167,179
2015 $49,436,806,230 $480,054,118,583
2016 $56,144,179,398 $473,259,623,976
2017 $60,385,409,435 $528,356,723,263
2018 $67,259,353,966 $594,616,632,477
2019 $68,352,629,246 $602,683,770,145
2020 $70,008,243,860 $605,914,186,118
2021 $79,514,204,730 $689,170,171,187
2022 $73,919,003,210 $695,607,522,885
2023 $80,547,146,878 $812,451,128,979
2024 $82,825,288,889 $914,696,430,325

Ghana and Poland economies compared

GDP per capita
Ghana

Poland
Year GDP per capita
Ghana Poland
1960 $174.9 -
1961 $181.9 -
1962 $188.4 -
1963 $205 -
1964 $225 -
1965 $260.5 -
1966 $263.3 -
1967 $211.2 -
1968 $196.7 -
1969 $225.8 -
1970 $248.2 -
1971 $263.4 -
1972 $223.8 -
1973 $310 -
1974 $289.4 -
1975 $273 -
1976 $261 -
1977 $292.3 -
1978 $326 -
1979 $347 -
1980 $372 -
1981 $344 -
1982 $319 -
1983 $311 -
1984 $330 -
1985 $330 -
1986 $411 -
1987 $355 -
1988 $355 -
1989 $350 -
1990 $383 $1,731
1991 $418 $2,236
1992 $396 $2,459
1993 $360 $2,497
1994 $321 $2,875
1995 $372 $3,701
1996 $389 $4,164
1997 $378 $4,137
1998 $400 $4,534
1999 $403 $4,416
2000 $253.7 $4,521
2001 $263.5 $5,015
2002 $297.5 $5,223
2003 $358 $5,721
2004 $406 $6,712
2005 $479 $8,044
2006 $906 $9,069
2007 $1,050 $11,273
2008 $1,183 $14,049
2009 $1,048 $11,556
2010 $1,264 $12,568
2011 $1,507 $13,868
2012 $1,544 $13,087
2013 $2,295 $13,622
2014 $1,950 $14,262
2015 $1,723 $12,638
2016 $1,912 $12,464
2017 $2,012 $13,913
2018 $2,195 $15,658
2019 $2,187 $15,875
2020 $2,195 $16,151
2021 $2,445 $18,636
2022 $2,230 $18,891
2023 $2,384 $22,145
2024 $2,406 $25,023

Ghana vs. Poland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Ghana

Poland
Year Life expectancy, years
Ghana Poland
1950 43.1 58.3
1951 43.6 58.9
1952 44 59.7
1953 44.5 61.3
1954 45 62.3
1955 45.4 63.1
1956 45.7 63.4
1957 46.1 64.4
1958 46.4 64.9
1959 46.7 66.4
1960 46.9 67.1
1961 47.1 67.8
1962 47.3 68
1963 47.5 68.3
1964 47.6 68.9
1965 47.7 69.4
1966 47.7 69.7
1967 47.7 69.9
1968 47.8 69.8
1969 47.9 69.8
1970 47.9 69.6
1971 47.9 69.8
1972 48.3 70.1
1973 48.6 70.7
1974 48.9 70.7
1975 49.3 70.6
1976 49.7 70.4
1977 50.1 70.3
1978 50.5 70.4
1979 50.8 70.2
1980 51.1 70.5
1981 51.3 70.6
1982 51.4 70.9
1983 51.8 70.8
1984 52.2 70.6
1985 52.7 70.5
1986 53.3 70.6
1987 53.8 70.8
1988 54.4 70.8
1989 54.9 70.8
1990 55.4 70.6
1991 55.7 70.7
1992 56.1 70.9
1993 56.3 71.3
1994 56.2 71.7
1995 56.7 72
1996 57 72.3
1997 57.2 72.6
1998 57.5 72.8
1999 57.8 73.2
2000 58.1 73.6
2001 58.4 74.2
2002 58.7 74.5
2003 59 74.8
2004 59.3 74.9
2005 59.6 75.1
2006 60 75.3
2007 60.3 75.4
2008 60.6 75.6
2009 60.9 75.9
2010 61.3 76.3
2011 61.6 76.6
2012 62 76.8
2013 62.4 77.1
2014 62.8 77.3
2015 63.2 77.6
2016 63.5 77.6
2017 63.8 77.7
2018 64.1 77.6
2019 64.5 77.9
2020 64.3 76.6
2021 64.3 75.6
2022 65.2 77.9
2023 65.5 78.6
2024 65.7 78.8
2025 65.9 79

Ghana and Poland population clocks and comparison

Population
Ghana

Poland
Year Population
Ghana Poland
1960 6,961,215 29,637,450
1961 7,162,667 29,964,000
1962 7,337,375 30,308,500
1963 7,514,714 30,712,000
1964 7,695,739 31,139,450
1965 7,882,606 31,444,950
1966 8,074,521 31,681,000
1967 8,271,913 31,987,155
1968 8,475,729 32,294,655
1969 8,690,383 32,548,300
1970 8,925,813 32,664,300
1971 9,176,264 32,783,500
1972 9,438,187 33,055,650
1973 9,714,617 33,357,200
1974 10,000,523 33,678,899
1975 10,294,308 34,015,199
1976 10,594,913 34,356,300
1977 10,911,871 34,689,050
1978 11,248,450 34,965,600
1979 11,597,255 35,247,217
1980 11,941,448 35,574,150
1981 12,281,712 35,898,587
1982 12,643,819 36,230,481
1983 13,029,836 36,571,808
1984 13,370,590 36,904,134
1985 13,661,229 37,201,885
1986 13,965,217 37,456,119
1987 14,289,108 37,668,045
1988 14,636,568 37,824,487
1989 15,006,813 37,961,529
1990 15,394,648 38,110,782
1991 15,787,496 38,246,193
1992 16,184,855 38,363,667
1993 16,589,519 38,461,408
1994 16,993,190 38,542,652
1995 17,399,017 38,594,998
1996 17,810,181 38,624,370
1997 18,238,958 38,649,660
1998 18,688,036 38,663,481
1999 19,149,864 38,660,271
2000 19,637,087 38,258,629
2001 20,167,069 38,248,076
2002 20,729,388 38,230,364
2003 21,296,705 38,204,570
2004 21,868,298 38,182,222
2005 22,449,438 38,165,445
2006 23,040,702 38,141,267
2007 23,642,279 38,120,560
2008 24,249,946 38,125,759
2009 24,862,664 38,151,603
2010 25,474,995 38,042,794
2011 26,095,088 38,063,255
2012 26,734,268 38,063,164
2013 27,386,193 38,040,196
2014 28,041,592 38,011,735
2015 28,696,068 37,986,412
2016 29,356,742 37,970,087
2017 30,008,354 37,974,826
2018 30,637,585 37,974,750
2019 31,258,945 37,965,475
2020 31,887,809 37,515,748
2021 32,518,665 36,981,559
2022 33,149,152 36,821,749
2023 33,787,914 36,687,353
2024 34,427,414 36,554,707

Fertility rates in Ghana and Poland

Fertility rate
Ghana

Poland
Year Fertility rate
Ghana Poland
1960 6.89 2.98
1961 6.91 2.83
1962 6.94 2.72
1963 6.94 2.7
1964 6.9 2.57
1965 6.88 2.52
1966 6.86 2.34
1967 6.89 2.33
1968 6.89 2.24
1969 6.95 2.2
1970 6.95 2.2
1971 6.95 2.25
1972 6.92 2.24
1973 6.87 2.26
1974 6.82 2.26
1975 6.76 2.27
1976 6.7 2.3
1977 6.64 2.23
1978 6.56 2.21
1979 6.51 2.28
1980 6.47 2.28
1981 6.42 2.24
1982 6.31 2.34
1983 6.23 2.42
1984 6.15 2.37
1985 6.12 2.33
1986 6.08 2.22
1987 6.02 2.15
1988 5.92 2.13
1989 5.82 2.08
1990 5.74 2.06
1991 5.63 2.07
1992 5.52 1.95
1993 5.41 1.87
1994 5.25 1.81
1995 5.11 1.62
1996 4.96 1.59
1997 4.88 1.51
1998 4.83 1.44
1999 4.82 1.37
2000 4.83 1.37
2001 4.77 1.31
2002 4.69 1.25
2003 4.6 1.22
2004 4.5 1.23
2005 4.5 1.24
2006 4.4 1.27
2007 4.29 1.31
2008 4.22 1.39
2009 4.18 1.4
2010 4.18 1.41
2011 4.18 1.33
2012 4.15 1.33
2013 4.11 1.29
2014 4.03 1.32
2015 3.98 1.32
2016 3.87 1.39
2017 3.72 1.48
2018 3.65 1.46
2019 3.59 1.44
2020 3.54 1.39
2021 3.49 1.33
2022 3.43 1.29
2023 3.4 1.16

Ghana and Poland demographics compared

Median age
Ghana

Poland
Year Median age, years
Ghana Poland
1960 17.7 26.6
1961 17.4 26.8
1962 17.2 26.9
1963 16.9 27.1
1964 16.7 27.3
1965 16.5 27.5
1966 16.4 27.7
1967 16.2 27.8
1968 16.1 28
1969 16 28.1
1970 15.9 28.2
1971 15.9 28.4
1972 15.8 28.5
1973 15.8 28.5
1974 15.8 28.6
1975 15.9 28.6
1976 16 28.7
1977 16.2 28.9
1978 16.4 29.1
1979 16.5 29.3
1980 16.7 29.5
1981 16.7 29.8
1982 16.9 30.1
1983 17 30.3
1984 17.1 30.6
1985 17.1 30.8
1986 17.1 31.1
1987 17.1 31.4
1988 17.1 31.7
1989 17.1 32.1
1990 17.2 32.4
1991 17.2 32.6
1992 17.3 32.9
1993 17.4 33.2
1994 17.5 33.5
1995 17.6 33.9
1996 17.7 34.2
1997 17.9 34.4
1998 18.1 34.7
1999 18.3 35
2000 18.4 35.2
2001 18.6 35.5
2002 18.8 35.8
2003 19 36
2004 19.1 36.3
2005 19.3 36.6
2006 19.5 36.9
2007 19.7 37.2
2008 19.9 37.5
2009 20 37.8
2010 20.2 38.1
2011 20.3 38.2
2012 20.5 38.4
2013 20.6 38.7
2014 20.7 39
2015 20.8 39.3
2016 20.9 39.7
2017 21 40
2018 21.2 40.4
2019 21.3 40.8
2020 21.5 41.1
2021 21.7 41.5
2022 21.8 41.9
2023 22 42.4
2024 22.2 42.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Ghana Poland
GNI, Atlas method
$79.8B
2024
$788B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
18.8%
2025
50.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.91%
2022
4.31%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.39%
2023
3.83%
2023
Armed forces personnel
16,000
2020
189,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.76%
2025
-6.16%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.87%
2022
2.81%
2024
Services, % of GDP
43.9%
2024
59.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
28.8%
2024
26.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
56
2025
67.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.2%
2016
22.9%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
1.6%
2016
3.3%
2023
Number of billionaires n/a
10
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00003%
2025
Listed domestic companies
30
2024
749
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$7.58B
2024
$197B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$3.62B
2023
$223B
2024
Personal remittances received
$3.03B
2024
$8.69B
2024
International tourist arrivals
897,000
2015
88,515,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
0.87%
2020
2.63%
2020
Banked people share
81.2%
2024
86.1%
2024

Energy

Ghana Poland
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
359 kg
2022
2,639 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.1
2022
$17.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
24.2 megatons
2023
286.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.72 tons
2023
7.82 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
62%
2022
84.6%
2023
Renewable energy use share
39%
2021
15.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
6.03%
2022
3.47%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-22.4%
2022
48.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
553 kWh
2022
4,382 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
34.9%
2021
17.5%
2021
Hydroelectric share
35.4%
2022
2.23%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
89.5%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Ghana Poland
% of world population
0.42%
2024
0.45%
2024
Annual migration change
-13,114
2024
-238,062
2024
Urban population
59.9%
2024
60.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.59 ft
2025
5.93 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.44 ft
2025
Quality of life index
39.1
2025
74.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
42
2024
53
2024
Higher education index
64
2025
82
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.81
2022
0.8
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
25.7
2019
9.4
2019
Visa free countries
74
2025
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
76.5%
2021
99.8%
2021
English speaking
66.7%
2023
49.1%
2023
People using the Internet
69.9%
2023
88.6%
2024

Health

Ghana Poland
Government health expenditure per capita
$82.3
2022
$1,544
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$20.6
2022
$249.9
2023
Life expectancy
65.9 years
2025
79 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
15.8%
2022
0.07%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.14
2022
3.39
2021
Age at first childbirth
22.1 years
2025
28.4 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
234
2023
2
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
37.1
2023
4.4
2023
Obesity rate
13.3%
2022
28.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
2.7%
2024
8.1%
2024
Air quality index
21
2025
51
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
3.4%
2022
23.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.26 liters
2020
11.7 liters
2020

Territory

Ghana Poland
% of world land
0.15%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
2,552 sq mi
2024
3,235 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
48,663 sq mi
2025
56,294 sq mi
2025
Forest area
30,917 sq mi
2025
36,753 sq mi
2025
Roads length
68,049 mi
2009
267,065 mi
2024

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