Ghana vs Rwanda statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 14.3M in Rwanda (ranked 77/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 9,525 sq mi for Rwanda (ranked 81st vs. 146th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Rwanda ranks 144/197 ($14.3B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Rwanda ranks 177/197 ($1,000).

Ghana and Rwanda: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Rwanda economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Rwanda
1960	$1,217,230,095	$119,000,024
1961	$1,302,674,325	$122,000,016
1962	$1,382,515,654	$125,000,008
1963	$1,540,797,589	$128,000,000
1964	$1,731,296,200	$129,999,994
1965	$2,053,462,968	$148,799,980
1966	$2,126,300,672	$124,525,703
1967	$1,747,187,645	$159,560,018
1968	$1,666,909,518	$172,200,018
1969	$1,962,050,556	$188,700,037
1970	$2,215,028,588	$219,900,006
1971	$2,417,108,578	$222,952,504
1972	$2,112,293,280	$246,457,838
1973	$3,006,766,758	$290,746,157
1974	$2,894,409,938	$308,458,423
1975	$2,810,106,383	$571,863,500
1976	$2,765,254,237	$637,753,853
1977	$3,189,428,571	$746,650,613
1978	$3,662,478,185	$905,709,076
1979	$4,020,227,920	$1,109,346,131
1980	$4,445,228,216	$1,254,765,642
1981	$4,222,441,860	$1,407,062,527
1982	$4,035,994,398	$1,407,243,139
1983	$4,057,275,132	$1,479,687,587
1984	$4,412,279,843	$1,587,413,084
1985	$4,504,306,723	$1,715,626,331
1986	$5,735,677,434	$1,944,710,684
1987	$5,074,829,932	$2,157,432,668
1988	$5,197,765,032	$2,395,492,687
1989	$5,251,858,440	$2,405,022,593
1990	$5,889,106,573	$2,550,185,679
1991	$6,603,185,268	$1,911,600,237
1992	$6,416,103,926	$2,029,026,962
1993	$5,968,922,939	$1,971,525,712
1994	$5,446,383,727	$753,636,370
1995	$6,464,382,808	$1,293,535,193
1996	$6,932,991,739	$1,382,334,879
1997	$6,891,443,192	$1,851,558,197
1998	$7,482,069,162	$1,989,343,546
1999	$7,718,109,982	$2,157,108,263
2000	$4,982,850,662	$2,068,836,754
2001	$5,314,872,854	$1,966,600,715
2002	$6,166,197,848	$1,966,003,468
2003	$7,632,723,556	$2,138,237,279
2004	$8,881,417,907	$2,376,496,067
2005	$10,744,568,381	$2,933,819,766
2006	$20,885,037,597	$3,319,784,539
2007	$24,827,339,138	$4,070,507,895
2008	$28,679,383,241	$5,179,854,065
2009	$26,048,720,006	$5,674,476,969
2010	$32,197,655,567	$6,124,756,654
2011	$39,336,668,081	$6,884,913,658
2012	$41,271,701,061	$7,654,761,045
2013	$62,845,721,960	$7,819,964,024
2014	$54,678,533,806	$8,238,966,120
2015	$49,436,806,230	$8,543,760,206
2016	$56,144,179,398	$8,695,272,061
2017	$60,385,409,435	$9,252,833,894
2018	$67,259,353,966	$9,637,904,519
2019	$68,352,629,246	$10,349,300,277
2020	$70,008,243,860	$10,174,386,855
2021	$79,514,204,730	$11,078,787,095
2022	$73,919,003,210	$13,316,161,006
2023	$80,547,146,878	$14,331,722,700
2024	$82,825,288,889	$14,251,642,231

Ghana and Rwanda economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Rwanda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Rwanda
1960	$174.9	$39.4
1961	$181.9	$39.3
1962	$188.4	$39.2
1963	$205	$39.3
1964	$225	$39
1965	$260.5	$43.5
1966	$263.3	$35.4
1967	$211.2	$44
1968	$196.7	$46
1969	$225.8	$48.9
1970	$248.2	$55.2
1971	$263.4	$54.4
1972	$223.8	$58.4
1973	$310	$66.9
1974	$289.4	$68.9
1975	$273	$124.1
1976	$261	$134.4
1977	$292.3	$152.7
1978	$326	$179.9
1979	$347	$213.8
1980	$372	$234.4
1981	$344	$254.6
1982	$319	$246.4
1983	$311	$250.6
1984	$330	$259.9
1985	$330	$271.6
1986	$411	$297.7
1987	$355	$320
1988	$355	$344
1989	$350	$335
1990	$383	$346
1991	$418	$254
1992	$396	$264.1
1993	$360	$247
1994	$321	$111
1995	$372	$228
1996	$389	$206
1997	$378	$238.7
1998	$400	$246.2
1999	$403	$264.7
2000	$253.7	$251.9
2001	$263.5	$237.3
2002	$297.5	$234
2003	$358	$249
2004	$406	$269.5
2005	$479	$324
2006	$906	$357
2007	$1,050	$426
2008	$1,183	$528
2009	$1,048	$564
2010	$1,264	$594
2011	$1,507	$651
2012	$1,544	$707
2013	$2,295	$705
2014	$1,950	$725
2015	$1,723	$734
2016	$1,912	$730
2017	$2,012	$758
2018	$2,195	$772
2019	$2,187	$810
2020	$2,195	$779
2021	$2,445	$830
2022	$2,230	$975
2023	$2,384	$1,027
2024	$2,406	$1,000

Ghana vs. Rwanda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Rwanda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Rwanda
1950	43.1	43.2
1951	43.6	43.5
1952	44	43.8
1953	44.5	44.1
1954	45	44.4
1955	45.4	44.8
1956	45.7	45.2
1957	46.1	45.6
1958	46.4	46.1
1959	46.7	46.5
1960	46.9	47
1961	47.1	47.5
1962	47.3	47.8
1963	47.5	44
1964	47.6	48.1
1965	47.7	48.2
1966	47.7	48.1
1967	47.7	48
1968	47.8	47.7
1969	47.9	47.4
1970	47.9	47.1
1971	47.9	46.8
1972	48.3	46.3
1973	48.6	45.9
1974	48.9	45.6
1975	49.3	45.3
1976	49.7	45.3
1977	50.1	45.6
1978	50.5	46.2
1979	50.8	47.1
1980	51.1	48.1
1981	51.3	49.2
1982	51.4	50.2
1983	51.8	50.9
1984	52.2	51.4
1985	52.7	51.7
1986	53.3	51.7
1987	53.8	51.5
1988	54.4	50.9
1989	54.9	49.5
1990	55.4	47.8
1991	55.7	46.2
1992	56.1	44.4
1993	56.3	42.9
1994	56.2	12.2
1995	56.7	41.5
1996	57	42.5
1997	57.2	42
1998	57.5	43.1
1999	57.8	45.7
2000	58.1	47.8
2001	58.4	49.5
2002	58.7	51.3
2003	59	53.5
2004	59.3	55.5
2005	59.6	57
2006	60	58.3
2007	60.3	59.5
2008	60.6	60.6
2009	60.9	61.8
2010	61.3	62.8
2011	61.6	63.5
2012	62	64.2
2013	62.4	64.7
2014	62.8	65.1
2015	63.2	65.4
2016	63.5	65.7
2017	63.8	66.1
2018	64.1	66.4
2019	64.5	66.7
2020	64.3	67
2021	64.3	66.8
2022	65.2	67.5
2023	65.5	67.8
2024	65.7	68
2025	65.9	68.2

Ghana and Rwanda population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Rwanda

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Rwanda
1960	6,961,215	3,022,294
1961	7,162,667	3,106,779
1962	7,337,375	3,186,025
1963	7,514,714	3,258,890
1964	7,695,739	3,334,834
1965	7,882,606	3,423,210
1966	8,074,521	3,521,626
1967	8,271,913	3,629,577
1968	8,475,729	3,744,010
1969	8,690,383	3,861,271
1970	8,925,813	3,980,669
1971	9,176,264	4,100,044
1972	9,438,187	4,220,335
1973	9,714,617	4,345,047
1974	10,000,523	4,474,228
1975	10,294,308	4,607,728
1976	10,594,913	4,745,954
1977	10,911,871	4,888,240
1978	11,248,450	5,035,171
1979	11,597,255	5,189,541
1980	11,941,448	5,353,259
1981	12,281,712	5,527,230
1982	12,643,819	5,711,549
1983	13,029,836	5,905,311
1984	13,370,590	6,107,627
1985	13,661,229	6,317,228
1986	13,965,217	6,531,881
1987	14,289,108	6,749,493
1988	14,636,568	6,968,071
1989	15,006,813	7,184,706
1990	15,394,648	7,375,307
1991	15,787,496	7,526,966
1992	16,184,855	7,683,266
1993	16,589,519	7,981,132
1994	16,993,190	6,792,352
1995	17,399,017	5,674,118
1996	17,810,181	6,708,764
1997	18,238,958	7,755,238
1998	18,688,036	8,081,681
1999	19,149,864	8,147,912
2000	19,637,087	8,213,931
2001	20,167,069	8,287,094
2002	20,729,388	8,400,180
2003	21,296,705	8,586,875
2004	21,868,298	8,816,844
2005	22,449,438	9,054,528
2006	23,040,702	9,299,246
2007	23,642,279	9,549,933
2008	24,249,946	9,804,269
2009	24,862,664	10,060,432
2010	25,474,995	10,317,553
2011	26,095,088	10,573,733
2012	26,734,268	10,829,901
2013	27,386,193	11,093,340
2014	28,041,592	11,364,757
2015	28,696,068	11,640,022
2016	29,356,742	11,919,183
2017	30,008,354	12,202,060
2018	30,637,585	12,487,996
2019	31,258,945	12,776,103
2020	31,887,809	13,065,837
2021	32,518,665	13,355,260
2022	33,149,152	13,651,030
2023	33,787,914	13,954,471
2024	34,427,414	14,256,567

Fertility rates in Ghana and Rwanda

Fertility rate

Ghana

Rwanda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Rwanda
1960	6.89	8.28
1961	6.91	8.28
1962	6.94	8.27
1963	6.94	8.27
1964	6.9	8.27
1965	6.88	8.25
1966	6.86	8.23
1967	6.89	8.21
1968	6.89	8.19
1969	6.95	8.18
1970	6.95	8.15
1971	6.95	8.09
1972	6.92	8.09
1973	6.87	8.09
1974	6.82	8.1
1975	6.76	8.1
1976	6.7	8.12
1977	6.64	8.14
1978	6.56	8.16
1979	6.51	8.13
1980	6.47	8.12
1981	6.42	8.1
1982	6.31	8.06
1983	6.23	8
1984	6.15	7.91
1985	6.12	7.79
1986	6.08	7.61
1987	6.02	7.43
1988	5.92	7.23
1989	5.82	7.03
1990	5.74	6.8
1991	5.63	6.62
1992	5.52	6.54
1993	5.41	6.48
1994	5.25	6.42
1995	5.11	6.35
1996	4.96	6.29
1997	4.88	6.24
1998	4.83	6.17
1999	4.82	6.06
2000	4.83	5.97
2001	4.77	5.89
2002	4.69	5.82
2003	4.6	5.74
2004	4.5	5.64
2005	4.5	5.5
2006	4.4	5.34
2007	4.29	5.14
2008	4.22	4.92
2009	4.18	4.71
2010	4.18	4.52
2011	4.18	4.33
2012	4.15	4.2
2013	4.11	4.14
2014	4.03	4.12
2015	3.98	4.11
2016	3.87	4.11
2017	3.72	4.08
2018	3.65	4.05
2019	3.59	3.99
2020	3.54	3.91
2021	3.49	3.84
2022	3.43	3.78
2023	3.4	3.7

Ghana and Rwanda demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Rwanda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Rwanda
1960	17.7	15.5
1961	17.4	15.1
1962	17.2	14.9
1963	16.9	14.8
1964	16.7	14.7
1965	16.5	14.8
1966	16.4	14.9
1967	16.2	15.1
1968	16.1	15.3
1969	16	15.5
1970	15.9	15.7
1971	15.9	15.9
1972	15.8	16
1973	15.8	16.2
1974	15.8	16.3
1975	15.9	16.4
1976	16	16.5
1977	16.2	16.6
1978	16.4	16.6
1979	16.5	16.5
1980	16.7	16.5
1981	16.7	16.4
1982	16.9	16.2
1983	17	16.1
1984	17.1	16
1985	17.1	15.8
1986	17.1	15.7
1987	17.1	15.6
1988	17.1	15.6
1989	17.1	15.5
1990	17.2	15.5
1991	17.2	15.5
1992	17.3	15.6
1993	17.4	15.7
1994	17.5	15
1995	17.6	14.3
1996	17.7	14.6
1997	17.9	14.8
1998	18.1	15.3
1999	18.3	15.8
2000	18.4	16.3
2001	18.6	16.8
2002	18.8	17.1
2003	19	17.4
2004	19.1	17.6
2005	19.3	17.8
2006	19.5	18
2007	19.7	18.1
2008	19.9	18.3
2009	20	18.4
2010	20.2	18.5
2011	20.3	18.7
2012	20.5	18.8
2013	20.6	19
2014	20.7	19.1
2015	20.8	19.3
2016	20.9	19.4
2017	21	19.6
2018	21.2	19.7
2019	21.3	19.8
2020	21.5	19.9
2021	21.7	20
2022	21.8	20.3
2023	22	20.5
2024	22.2	20.8

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