Ghana vs Senegal statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 18.5M in Senegal (ranked 69/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 74,336 sq mi for Senegal (ranked 81st vs. 85th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Senegal ranks 110/197 ($32.3B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Senegal ranks 160/197 ($1,744).

Ghana and Senegal: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Senegal economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Senegal

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Senegal
1960	$1,217,230,095	$1,003,692,370
1961	$1,302,674,325	$1,058,975,257
1962	$1,382,515,654	$1,085,475,791
1963	$1,540,797,589	$1,122,139,862
1964	$1,731,296,200	$1,188,930,645
1965	$2,053,462,968	$1,210,058,228
1966	$2,126,300,672	$1,246,908,186
1967	$1,747,187,645	$1,246,480,766
1968	$1,666,909,518	$1,309,384,862
1969	$1,962,050,556	$1,245,234,931
1970	$2,215,028,588	$1,297,407,655
1971	$2,417,108,578	$1,339,549,033
1972	$2,112,293,280	$1,620,857,104
1973	$3,006,766,758	$1,863,398,590
1974	$2,894,409,938	$2,099,325,229
1975	$2,810,106,383	$2,830,388,405
1976	$2,765,254,237	$2,869,777,884
1977	$3,189,428,571	$2,938,046,463
1978	$3,662,478,185	$3,280,354,921
1979	$4,020,227,920	$4,084,877,823
1980	$4,445,228,216	$4,510,108,291
1981	$4,222,441,860	$4,095,892,781
1982	$4,035,994,398	$4,013,951,443
1983	$4,057,275,132	$3,569,356,125
1984	$4,412,279,843	$3,485,165,432
1985	$4,504,306,723	$3,818,944,918
1986	$5,735,677,434	$5,392,093,446
1987	$5,074,829,932	$6,487,353,103
1988	$5,197,765,032	$6,418,419,389
1989	$5,251,858,440	$6,366,039,373
1990	$5,889,106,573	$7,390,967,360
1991	$6,603,185,268	$7,255,210,470
1992	$6,416,103,926	$7,769,817,840
1993	$5,968,922,939	$7,367,986,241
1994	$5,446,383,727	$5,034,588,196
1995	$6,464,382,808	$6,326,342,633
1996	$6,932,991,739	$6,559,712,166
1997	$6,891,443,192	$6,041,478,726
1998	$7,482,069,162	$6,505,607,909
1999	$7,718,109,982	$6,592,834,933
2000	$4,982,850,662	$6,013,185,004
2001	$5,314,872,854	$6,507,824,829
2002	$6,166,197,848	$7,006,402,320
2003	$7,632,723,556	$8,768,721,563
2004	$8,881,417,907	$10,076,816,667
2005	$10,744,568,381	$11,009,033,438
2006	$20,885,037,597	$11,697,918,243
2007	$24,827,339,138	$13,994,218,413
2008	$28,679,383,241	$16,853,989,628
2009	$26,048,720,006	$16,145,867,495
2010	$32,197,655,567	$16,121,315,909
2011	$39,336,668,081	$17,814,283,639
2012	$41,271,701,061	$17,660,870,412
2013	$62,845,721,960	$18,918,667,725
2014	$54,678,533,806	$19,797,253,440
2015	$49,436,806,230	$17,774,766,696
2016	$56,144,179,398	$19,040,312,333
2017	$60,385,409,435	$20,996,562,944
2018	$67,259,353,966	$23,116,701,556
2019	$68,352,629,246	$23,403,995,992
2020	$70,008,243,860	$24,530,513,038
2021	$79,514,204,730	$27,520,784,130
2022	$73,919,003,210	$27,783,332,223
2023	$80,547,146,878	$30,696,331,296
2024	$82,825,288,889	$32,267,254,425

Ghana and Senegal economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Senegal

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Senegal
1960	$174.9	$300
1961	$181.9	$308
1962	$188.4	$307
1963	$205	$309
1964	$225	$318
1965	$260.5	$314
1966	$263.3	$315
1967	$211.2	$305
1968	$196.7	$311
1969	$225.8	$287.3
1970	$248.2	$290.5
1971	$263.4	$291.1
1972	$223.8	$342
1973	$310	$381
1974	$289.4	$417
1975	$273	$547
1976	$261	$541
1977	$292.3	$540
1978	$326	$589
1979	$347	$716
1980	$372	$772
1981	$344	$683
1982	$319	$652
1983	$311	$564
1984	$330	$536
1985	$330	$571
1986	$411	$784
1987	$355	$916
1988	$355	$880
1989	$350	$849
1990	$383	$957
1991	$418	$913
1992	$396	$951
1993	$360	$878
1994	$321	$584
1995	$372	$715
1996	$389	$723
1997	$378	$651
1998	$400	$685
1999	$403	$678
2000	$253.7	$603
2001	$263.5	$637
2002	$297.5	$669
2003	$358	$818
2004	$406	$918
2005	$479	$980
2006	$906	$1,017
2007	$1,050	$1,189
2008	$1,183	$1,399
2009	$1,048	$1,309
2010	$1,264	$1,276
2011	$1,507	$1,375
2012	$1,544	$1,327
2013	$2,295	$1,380
2014	$1,950	$1,399
2015	$1,723	$1,218
2016	$1,912	$1,266
2017	$2,012	$1,357
2018	$2,195	$1,453
2019	$2,187	$1,431
2020	$2,195	$1,461
2021	$2,445	$1,598
2022	$2,230	$1,574
2023	$2,384	$1,698
2024	$2,406	$1,744

Ghana vs. Senegal life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Senegal

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Senegal
1950	43.1	36.5
1951	43.6	36.9
1952	44	37.4
1953	44.5	37.8
1954	45	38.2
1955	45.4	38.5
1956	45.7	38.9
1957	46.1	39.1
1958	46.4	39.4
1959	46.7	39.5
1960	46.9	39.7
1961	47.1	39.7
1962	47.3	39.7
1963	47.5	39.7
1964	47.6	39.8
1965	47.7	39.8
1966	47.7	39.8
1967	47.7	40
1968	47.8	40.1
1969	47.9	40.4
1970	47.9	40.8
1971	47.9	41.2
1972	48.3	41.8
1973	48.6	42.4
1974	48.9	43.1
1975	49.3	43.9
1976	49.7	44.8
1977	50.1	45.7
1978	50.5	46.6
1979	50.8	47.5
1980	51.1	48.3
1981	51.3	49.1
1982	51.4	49.9
1983	51.8	50.8
1984	52.2	51.7
1985	52.7	52.6
1986	53.3	53.7
1987	53.8	54.6
1988	54.4	55.5
1989	54.9	56.2
1990	55.4	56.7
1991	55.7	57
1992	56.1	57.3
1993	56.3	57.3
1994	56.2	57.5
1995	56.7	57.3
1996	57	57.1
1997	57.2	57.1
1998	57.5	57.1
1999	57.8	57.3
2000	58.1	57.6
2001	58.4	58.2
2002	58.7	58.9
2003	59	59.5
2004	59.3	60.3
2005	59.6	61
2006	60	61.8
2007	60.3	62.7
2008	60.6	63.2
2009	60.9	63.8
2010	61.3	64.2
2011	61.6	64.8
2012	62	65.2
2013	62.4	65.6
2014	62.8	66
2015	63.2	66.5
2016	63.5	66.7
2017	63.8	67.1
2018	64.1	67.4
2019	64.5	67.7
2020	64.3	67.5
2021	64.3	66.9
2022	65.2	67.8
2023	65.5	68.7
2024	65.7	68.9
2025	65.9	69.2

Ghana and Senegal population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Senegal

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Senegal
1960	6,961,215	3,340,907
1961	7,162,667	3,436,375
1962	7,337,375	3,534,686
1963	7,514,714	3,635,876
1964	7,695,739	3,740,535
1965	7,882,606	3,849,788
1966	8,074,521	3,964,299
1967	8,271,913	4,083,870
1968	8,475,729	4,207,587
1969	8,690,383	4,334,974
1970	8,925,813	4,466,328
1971	9,176,264	4,601,864
1972	9,438,187	4,741,631
1973	9,714,617	4,885,181
1974	10,000,523	5,029,437
1975	10,294,308	5,170,810
1976	10,594,913	5,308,564
1977	10,911,871	5,439,549
1978	11,248,450	5,568,096
1979	11,597,255	5,702,895
1980	11,941,448	5,845,638
1981	12,281,712	5,997,160
1982	12,643,819	6,156,961
1983	13,029,836	6,324,504
1984	13,370,590	6,499,364
1985	13,661,229	6,683,287
1986	13,965,217	6,878,192
1987	14,289,108	7,081,530
1988	14,636,568	7,289,618
1989	15,006,813	7,502,207
1990	15,394,648	7,720,523
1991	15,787,496	7,943,085
1992	16,184,855	8,168,395
1993	16,589,519	8,396,288
1994	16,993,190	8,624,078
1995	17,399,017	8,848,101
1996	17,810,181	9,067,014
1997	18,238,958	9,283,495
1998	18,688,036	9,502,952
1999	19,149,864	9,730,887
2000	19,637,087	9,968,260
2001	20,167,069	10,212,942
2002	20,729,388	10,466,214
2003	21,296,705	10,721,176
2004	21,868,298	10,975,704
2005	22,449,438	11,235,472
2006	23,040,702	11,500,094
2007	23,642,279	11,770,344
2008	24,249,946	12,048,959
2009	24,862,664	12,337,389
2010	25,474,995	12,635,413
2011	26,095,088	12,958,897
2012	26,734,268	13,310,495
2013	27,386,193	13,710,849
2014	28,041,592	14,152,102
2015	28,696,068	14,593,331
2016	29,356,742	15,034,521
2017	30,008,354	15,475,002
2018	30,637,585	15,914,498
2019	31,258,945	16,352,922
2020	31,887,809	16,789,219
2021	32,518,665	17,220,867
2022	33,149,152	17,651,103
2023	33,787,914	18,077,573
2024	34,427,414	18,501,984

Fertility rates in Ghana and Senegal

Fertility rate

Ghana

Senegal

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Senegal
1960	6.89	7
1961	6.91	7.04
1962	6.94	7.08
1963	6.94	7.12
1964	6.9	7.16
1965	6.88	7.19
1966	6.86	7.22
1967	6.89	7.24
1968	6.89	7.25
1969	6.95	7.26
1970	6.95	7.26
1971	6.95	7.26
1972	6.92	7.26
1973	6.87	7.26
1974	6.82	7.25
1975	6.76	7.25
1976	6.7	7.26
1977	6.64	7.27
1978	6.56	7.28
1979	6.51	7.29
1980	6.47	7.29
1981	6.42	7.28
1982	6.31	7.25
1983	6.23	7.19
1984	6.15	7.11
1985	6.12	7.01
1986	6.08	6.9
1987	6.02	6.79
1988	5.92	6.58
1989	5.82	6.48
1990	5.74	6.4
1991	5.63	6.27
1992	5.52	6.15
1993	5.41	6.05
1994	5.25	5.92
1995	5.11	5.82
1996	4.96	5.72
1997	4.88	5.64
1998	4.83	5.58
1999	4.82	5.57
2000	4.83	5.5
2001	4.77	5.4
2002	4.69	5.3
2003	4.6	5.25
2004	4.5	5.19
2005	4.5	5.13
2006	4.4	5.06
2007	4.29	5.02
2008	4.22	5.02
2009	4.18	5.03
2010	4.18	5.06
2011	4.18	5.1
2012	4.15	5.13
2013	4.11	5.05
2014	4.03	4.88
2015	3.98	4.75
2016	3.87	4.65
2017	3.72	4.49
2018	3.65	4.29
2019	3.59	4.1
2020	3.54	4
2021	3.49	3.94
2022	3.43	3.86
2023	3.4	3.82

Ghana and Senegal demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Senegal

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Senegal
1960	17.7	18.1
1961	17.4	18
1962	17.2	18
1963	16.9	17.9
1964	16.7	17.9
1965	16.5	17.9
1966	16.4	17.8
1967	16.2	17.9
1968	16.1	17.9
1969	16	17.9
1970	15.9	17.9
1971	15.9	17.9
1972	15.8	17.9
1973	15.8	17.9
1974	15.8	17.8
1975	15.9	17.7
1976	16	17.6
1977	16.2	17.4
1978	16.4	17.2
1979	16.5	17
1980	16.7	16.8
1981	16.7	16.7
1982	16.9	16.5
1983	17	16.4
1984	17.1	16.3
1985	17.1	16.3
1986	17.1	16.3
1987	17.1	16.3
1988	17.1	16.4
1989	17.1	16.5
1990	17.2	16.6
1991	17.2	16.7
1992	17.3	16.8
1993	17.4	16.9
1994	17.5	17
1995	17.6	17.1
1996	17.7	17.2
1997	17.9	17.3
1998	18.1	17.4
1999	18.3	17.5
2000	18.4	17.6
2001	18.6	17.7
2002	18.8	17.8
2003	19	18
2004	19.1	18.1
2005	19.3	18.2
2006	19.5	18.2
2007	19.7	18.3
2008	19.9	18.4
2009	20	18.4
2010	20.2	18.5
2011	20.3	18.5
2012	20.5	18.5
2013	20.6	18.5
2014	20.7	18.6
2015	20.8	18.6
2016	20.9	18.7
2017	21	18.9
2018	21.2	19
2019	21.3	19.2
2020	21.5	19.4
2021	21.7	19.7
2022	21.8	19.9
2023	22	20.1
2024	22.2	20.4

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