Ghana vs Saudi Arabia statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 35.3M in Saudi Arabia (ranked 45/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 830,000 sq mi for Saudi Arabia (ranked 81st vs. 12th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Saudi Arabia ranks 18/197 ($1.24T). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Saudi Arabia ranks 32/197 ($35,057).

Ghana and Saudi Arabia: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Saudi Arabia economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Saudi Arabia
1960	$1,217,230,095	$1,748,124,064
1961	$1,302,674,325	$1,920,811,284
1962	$1,382,515,654	$2,130,606,532
1963	$1,540,797,589	$2,207,393,172
1964	$1,731,296,200	$2,371,808,713
1965	$2,053,462,968	$2,647,955,558
1966	$2,126,300,672	$2,920,555,557
1967	$1,747,187,645	$3,257,022,223
1968	$1,666,909,518	$4,187,777,711
1969	$1,962,050,556	$4,485,777,644
1970	$2,215,028,588	$5,377,333,333
1971	$2,417,108,578	$7,184,806,909
1972	$2,112,293,280	$9,664,267,087
1973	$3,006,766,758	$14,947,435,499
1974	$2,894,409,938	$45,412,957,746
1975	$2,810,106,383	$46,773,208,643
1976	$2,765,254,237	$64,005,665,722
1977	$3,189,428,571	$74,188,986,586
1978	$3,662,478,185	$80,266,516,687
1979	$4,020,227,920	$111,858,444,786
1980	$4,445,228,216	$164,539,660,725
1981	$4,222,441,860	$184,291,360,139
1982	$4,035,994,398	$153,240,313,858
1983	$4,057,275,132	$129,171,635,311
1984	$4,412,279,843	$119,624,858,116
1985	$4,504,306,723	$103,897,846,494
1986	$5,735,677,434	$86,961,922,765
1987	$5,074,829,932	$85,695,861,148
1988	$5,197,765,032	$88,256,074,766
1989	$5,251,858,440	$95,344,459,279
1990	$5,889,106,573	$117,630,173,565
1991	$6,603,185,268	$132,223,230,975
1992	$6,416,103,926	$137,087,850,467
1993	$5,968,922,939	$132,967,957,276
1994	$5,446,383,727	$135,174,899,866
1995	$6,464,382,808	$143,343,124,166
1996	$6,932,991,739	$158,662,483,311
1997	$6,891,443,192	$165,963,684,913
1998	$7,482,069,162	$146,775,466,667
1999	$7,718,109,982	$161,717,066,667
2000	$4,982,850,662	$189,514,933,333
2001	$5,314,872,854	$184,137,600,000
2002	$6,166,197,848	$189,605,866,667
2003	$7,632,723,556	$215,807,733,333
2004	$8,881,417,907	$258,742,133,333
2005	$10,744,568,381	$328,459,608,764
2006	$20,885,037,597	$376,900,133,511
2007	$24,827,339,138	$415,964,509,673
2008	$28,679,383,241	$519,796,800,000
2009	$26,048,720,006	$429,097,866,667
2010	$32,197,655,567	$528,207,466,667
2011	$39,336,668,081	$680,660,800,000
2012	$41,271,701,061	$751,921,333,333
2013	$62,845,721,960	$769,755,733,333
2014	$54,678,533,806	$787,153,066,667
2015	$49,436,806,230	$693,414,400,000
2016	$56,144,179,398	$689,279,466,667
2017	$60,385,409,435	$741,266,133,333
2018	$67,259,353,966	$886,564,800,000
2019	$68,352,629,246	$888,890,133,333
2020	$70,008,243,860	$767,951,200,000
2021	$79,514,204,730	$982,661,066,667
2022	$73,919,003,210	$1,239,075,200,000
2023	$80,547,146,878	$1,218,584,533,333
2024	$82,825,288,889	$1,237,529,866,667

Ghana and Saudi Arabia economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Saudi Arabia
1960	$174.9	$718
1961	$181.9	$760
1962	$188.4	$813
1963	$205	$812
1964	$225	$840
1965	$260.5	$904
1966	$263.3	$961
1967	$211.2	$1,032
1968	$196.7	$1,276
1969	$225.8	$1,313
1970	$248.2	$1,509
1971	$263.4	$1,929
1972	$223.8	$2,474
1973	$310	$3,640
1974	$289.4	$10,503
1975	$273	$10,266
1976	$261	$13,313
1977	$292.3	$14,595
1978	$326	$14,914
1979	$347	$19,612
1980	$372	$27,206
1981	$344	$28,703
1982	$319	$22,454
1983	$311	$17,810
1984	$330	$15,541
1985	$330	$12,745
1986	$411	$10,078
1987	$355	$9,386
1988	$355	$9,165
1989	$350	$9,414
1990	$383	$11,055
1991	$418	$11,847
1992	$396	$11,730
1993	$360	$10,885
1994	$321	$10,602
1995	$372	$10,786
1996	$389	$11,472
1997	$378	$11,545
1998	$400	$9,836
1999	$403	$10,452
2000	$253.7	$11,715
2001	$263.5	$10,805
2002	$297.5	$10,586
2003	$358	$11,487
2004	$406	$13,154
2005	$479	$15,976
2006	$906	$17,564
2007	$1,050	$18,596
2008	$1,183	$22,320
2009	$1,048	$17,718
2010	$1,264	$22,028
2011	$1,507	$27,127
2012	$1,544	$28,733
2013	$2,295	$27,865
2014	$1,950	$27,805
2015	$1,723	$23,256
2016	$1,912	$22,268
2017	$2,012	$23,929
2018	$2,195	$29,360
2019	$2,187	$29,567
2020	$2,195	$24,339
2021	$2,445	$31,921
2022	$2,230	$38,510
2023	$2,384	$36,157
2024	$2,406	$35,057

Ghana vs. Saudi Arabia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Saudi Arabia
1950	43.1	40
1951	43.6	40.6
1952	44	41.1
1953	44.5	41.6
1954	45	42.1
1955	45.4	42.6
1956	45.7	43.1
1957	46.1	43.7
1958	46.4	44.2
1959	46.7	44.8
1960	46.9	45.3
1961	47.1	45.9
1962	47.3	46.5
1963	47.5	47.1
1964	47.6	47.7
1965	47.7	48.4
1966	47.7	49.2
1967	47.7	50
1968	47.8	50.9
1969	47.9	51.8
1970	47.9	52.7
1971	47.9	53.7
1972	48.3	54.7
1973	48.6	55.8
1974	48.9	56.8
1975	49.3	57.8
1976	49.7	58.8
1977	50.1	59.7
1978	50.5	60.7
1979	50.8	61.5
1980	51.1	62.4
1981	51.3	63.3
1982	51.4	64
1983	51.8	64.7
1984	52.2	65.4
1985	52.7	66
1986	53.3	66.6
1987	53.8	67.2
1988	54.4	67.8
1989	54.9	68.4
1990	55.4	68.9
1991	55.7	69.3
1992	56.1	69.8
1993	56.3	70.2
1994	56.2	70.6
1995	56.7	70.9
1996	57	71.3
1997	57.2	71.6
1998	57.5	72
1999	57.8	72.3
2000	58.1	72.6
2001	58.4	73
2002	58.7	73.3
2003	59	73.7
2004	59.3	74
2005	59.6	74.4
2006	60	74.8
2007	60.3	75.1
2008	60.6	75.3
2009	60.9	75.4
2010	61.3	75.6
2011	61.6	75.8
2012	62	76.1
2013	62.4	76.5
2014	62.8	77.1
2015	63.2	77.8
2016	63.5	78.4
2017	63.8	78.7
2018	64.1	78.7
2019	64.5	78.3
2020	64.3	77.6
2021	64.3	77.1
2022	65.2	77.3
2023	65.5	78.7
2024	65.7	79
2025	65.9	79.2

Ghana and Saudi Arabia population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Saudi Arabia
1960	6,961,215	2,435,403
1961	7,162,667	2,526,347
1962	7,337,375	2,620,910
1963	7,514,714	2,719,341
1964	7,695,739	2,821,968
1965	7,882,606	2,928,771
1966	8,074,521	3,039,887
1967	8,271,913	3,157,242
1968	8,475,729	3,282,711
1969	8,690,383	3,417,114
1970	8,925,813	3,562,470
1971	9,176,264	3,724,031
1972	9,438,187	3,905,722
1973	9,714,617	4,106,344
1974	10,000,523	4,323,632
1975	10,294,308	4,556,287
1976	10,594,913	4,807,933
1977	10,911,871	5,083,048
1978	11,248,450	5,381,902
1979	11,597,255	5,703,698
1980	11,941,448	6,047,997
1981	12,281,712	6,420,551
1982	12,643,819	6,824,486
1983	13,029,836	7,252,941
1984	13,370,590	7,697,307
1985	13,661,229	8,151,779
1986	13,965,217	8,628,639
1987	14,289,108	9,130,194
1988	14,636,568	9,629,165
1989	15,006,813	10,128,394
1990	15,394,648	10,640,691
1991	15,787,496	11,160,744
1992	16,184,855	11,686,676
1993	16,589,519	12,215,862
1994	16,993,190	12,750,040
1995	17,399,017	13,289,245
1996	17,810,181	13,831,009
1997	18,238,958	14,374,943
1998	18,688,036	14,922,185
1999	19,149,864	15,472,075
2000	19,637,087	16,177,722
2001	20,167,069	17,041,397
2002	20,729,388	17,910,910
2003	21,296,705	18,786,767
2004	21,868,298	19,669,480
2005	22,449,438	20,559,890
2006	23,040,702	21,459,144
2007	23,642,279	22,368,313
2008	24,249,946	23,287,877
2009	24,862,664	24,217,654
2010	25,474,995	23,978,487
2011	26,095,088	25,091,867
2012	26,734,268	26,168,861
2013	27,386,193	27,624,004
2014	28,041,592	28,309,273
2015	28,696,068	29,816,382
2016	29,356,742	30,954,198
2017	30,008,354	30,977,355
2018	30,637,585	30,196,281
2019	31,258,945	30,063,799
2020	31,887,809	31,552,510
2021	32,518,665	30,784,383
2022	33,149,152	32,175,224
2023	33,787,914	33,702,731
2024	34,427,414	35,300,280

Fertility rates in Ghana and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate

Ghana

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Saudi Arabia
1960	6.89	7.63
1961	6.91	7.63
1962	6.94	7.64
1963	6.94	7.65
1964	6.9	7.67
1965	6.88	7.66
1966	6.86	7.66
1967	6.89	7.66
1968	6.89	7.63
1969	6.95	7.6
1970	6.95	7.58
1971	6.95	7.56
1972	6.92	7.54
1973	6.87	7.48
1974	6.82	7.43
1975	6.76	7.37
1976	6.7	7.33
1977	6.64	7.3
1978	6.56	7.26
1979	6.51	7.23
1980	6.47	7.15
1981	6.42	7.07
1982	6.31	6.98
1983	6.23	6.88
1984	6.15	6.78
1985	6.12	6.65
1986	6.08	6.52
1987	6.02	6.34
1988	5.92	6.15
1989	5.82	5.98
1990	5.74	5.8
1991	5.63	5.64
1992	5.52	5.49
1993	5.41	5.33
1994	5.25	5.16
1995	5.11	4.99
1996	4.96	4.81
1997	4.88	4.66
1998	4.83	4.52
1999	4.82	4.35
2000	4.83	4.21
2001	4.77	3.96
2002	4.69	3.71
2003	4.6	3.47
2004	4.5	3.26
2005	4.5	3.16
2006	4.4	3.18
2007	4.29	3.19
2008	4.22	3.07
2009	4.18	2.95
2010	4.18	2.81
2011	4.18	2.8
2012	4.15	2.78
2013	4.11	2.67
2014	4.03	2.68
2015	3.98	2.63
2016	3.87	2.65
2017	3.72	2.67
2018	3.65	2.67
2019	3.59	2.49
2020	3.54	2.27
2021	3.49	2.17
2022	3.43	2.14
2023	3.4	2.28

Ghana and Saudi Arabia demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Saudi Arabia
1960	17.7	18.6
1961	17.4	18.5
1962	17.2	18.4
1963	16.9	18.2
1964	16.7	18
1965	16.5	17.9
1966	16.4	17.7
1967	16.2	17.6
1968	16.1	17.5
1969	16	17.4
1970	15.9	17.4
1971	15.9	17.4
1972	15.8	17.4
1973	15.8	17.5
1974	15.8	17.6
1975	15.9	17.7
1976	16	17.8
1977	16.2	17.9
1978	16.4	18
1979	16.5	18.1
1980	16.7	18.2
1981	16.7	18.3
1982	16.9	18.4
1983	17	18.5
1984	17.1	18.6
1985	17.1	18.7
1986	17.1	18.7
1987	17.1	18.8
1988	17.1	18.9
1989	17.1	19
1990	17.2	19
1991	17.2	19.2
1992	17.3	19.3
1993	17.4	19.4
1994	17.5	19.6
1995	17.6	19.7
1996	17.7	19.9
1997	17.9	20.2
1998	18.1	20.4
1999	18.3	20.7
2000	18.4	20.8
2001	18.6	20.7
2002	18.8	20.8
2003	19	21.1
2004	19.1	21.4
2005	19.3	21.9
2006	19.5	22.3
2007	19.7	22.8
2008	19.9	23.4
2009	20	23.9
2010	20.2	24.5
2011	20.3	25.2
2012	20.5	25.9
2013	20.6	26.6
2014	20.7	27.2
2015	20.8	27.9
2016	20.9	28.6
2017	21	29
2018	21.2	29.3
2019	21.3	29.3
2020	21.5	29.4
2021	21.7	29.5
2022	21.8	29.7
2023	22	30.2
2024	22.2	30.5

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