Ghana vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 81st vs. 116th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Ghana and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Sierra Leone
1960	$1,217,230,095	$322,151,961
1961	$1,302,674,325	$327,978,758
1962	$1,382,515,654	$342,872,549
1963	$1,540,797,589	$348,700,980
1964	$1,731,296,200	$372,011,438
1965	$2,053,462,968	$359,523,810
1966	$2,126,300,672	$375,630,252
1967	$1,747,187,645	$348,895,028
1968	$1,666,909,518	$329,991,597
1969	$1,962,050,556	$408,853,541
1970	$2,215,028,588	$434,584,634
1971	$2,417,108,578	$419,495,788
1972	$2,112,293,280	$465,254,682
1973	$3,006,766,758	$575,471,814
1974	$2,894,409,938	$648,940,351
1975	$2,810,106,383	$679,352,876
1976	$2,765,254,237	$594,810,422
1977	$3,189,428,571	$692,079,407
1978	$3,662,478,185	$960,765,043
1979	$4,020,227,920	$1,109,343,425
1980	$4,445,228,216	$1,100,476,190
1981	$4,222,441,860	$1,114,926,661
1982	$4,035,994,398	$1,294,995,964
1983	$4,057,275,132	$995,278,515
1984	$4,412,279,843	$1,087,450,199
1985	$4,504,306,723	$856,890,459
1986	$5,735,677,434	$490,181,457
1987	$5,074,829,932	$660,106,336
1988	$5,197,765,032	$1,055,083,933
1989	$5,251,858,440	$932,974,420
1990	$5,889,106,573	$649,644,098
1991	$6,603,185,268	$779,981,987
1992	$6,416,103,926	$679,940,814
1993	$5,968,922,939	$768,867,883
1994	$5,446,383,727	$911,853,802
1995	$6,464,382,808	$870,740,292
1996	$6,932,991,739	$941,709,423
1997	$6,891,443,192	$850,232,760
1998	$7,482,069,162	$672,368,187
1999	$7,718,109,982	$669,386,624
2000	$4,982,850,662	$635,866,404
2001	$5,314,872,854	$1,681,473,894
2002	$6,166,197,848	$1,933,863,911
2003	$7,632,723,556	$2,142,618,046
2004	$8,881,417,907	$2,237,350,687
2005	$10,744,568,381	$2,545,275,313
2006	$20,885,037,597	$3,263,697,467
2007	$24,827,339,138	$3,632,957,611
2008	$28,679,383,241	$4,157,895,298
2009	$26,048,720,006	$3,953,403,098
2010	$32,197,655,567	$4,262,805,967
2011	$39,336,668,081	$4,861,632,885
2012	$41,271,701,061	$6,141,666,509
2013	$62,845,721,960	$7,502,762,863
2014	$54,678,533,806	$7,686,138,791
2015	$49,436,806,230	$6,788,352,975
2016	$56,144,179,398	$6,084,297,211
2017	$60,385,409,435	$5,749,846,528
2018	$67,259,353,966	$6,390,514,689
2019	$68,352,629,246	$6,526,183,564
2020	$70,008,243,860	$6,693,888,876
2021	$79,514,204,730	$7,173,379,137
2022	$73,919,003,210	$7,124,465,160
2023	$80,547,146,878	$6,411,787,856
2024	$82,825,288,889	$7,547,843,281

Ghana and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Sierra Leone
1960	$174.9	$142
1961	$181.9	$142.3
1962	$188.4	$146.4
1963	$205	$146.4
1964	$225	$153.4
1965	$260.5	$145.6
1966	$263.3	$149.4
1967	$211.2	$136.2
1968	$196.7	$126.4
1969	$225.8	$153.6
1970	$248.2	$160.2
1971	$263.4	$151.8
1972	$223.8	$165.3
1973	$310	$200.7
1974	$289.4	$222.2
1975	$273	$228.4
1976	$261	$196.4
1977	$292.3	$224.3
1978	$326	$305
1979	$347	$346
1980	$372	$336
1981	$344	$334
1982	$319	$380
1983	$311	$285.9
1984	$330	$306
1985	$330	$235.5
1986	$411	$131.5
1987	$355	$172.4
1988	$355	$268.2
1989	$350	$231.3
1990	$383	$154.8
1991	$418	$183.7
1992	$396	$163.2
1993	$360	$185
1994	$321	$218.5
1995	$372	$208.4
1996	$389	$224.3
1997	$378	$199.9
1998	$400	$156.5
1999	$403	$155
2000	$253.7	$143.7
2001	$263.5	$358
2002	$297.5	$389
2003	$358	$414
2004	$406	$418
2005	$479	$463
2006	$906	$580
2007	$1,050	$632
2008	$1,183	$705
2009	$1,048	$653
2010	$1,264	$685
2011	$1,507	$761
2012	$1,544	$938
2013	$2,295	$1,117
2014	$1,950	$1,118
2015	$1,723	$965
2016	$1,912	$844
2017	$2,012	$779
2018	$2,195	$846
2019	$2,187	$844
2020	$2,195	$846
2021	$2,445	$886
2022	$2,230	$861
2023	$2,384	$758
2024	$2,406	$873

Ghana vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Sierra Leone
1950	43.1	28.9
1951	43.6	29.3
1952	44	29.7
1953	44.5	30.1
1954	45	30.5
1955	45.4	30.9
1956	45.7	31.3
1957	46.1	31.8
1958	46.4	32.1
1959	46.7	32.6
1960	46.9	33.1
1961	47.1	33.6
1962	47.3	34.2
1963	47.5	34.7
1964	47.6	35.3
1965	47.7	35.9
1966	47.7	36.6
1967	47.7	37.3
1968	47.8	37.8
1969	47.9	38.2
1970	47.9	38.6
1971	47.9	39.1
1972	48.3	39.5
1973	48.6	40
1974	48.9	40.4
1975	49.3	41
1976	49.7	41.4
1977	50.1	41.8
1978	50.5	42.2
1979	50.8	42.5
1980	51.1	42.8
1981	51.3	43.1
1982	51.4	43.3
1983	51.8	43.5
1984	52.2	43.6
1985	52.7	43.6
1986	53.3	43.5
1987	53.8	43.7
1988	54.4	43.8
1989	54.9	43.7
1990	55.4	43.7
1991	55.7	43.3
1992	56.1	43.5
1993	56.3	43.4
1994	56.2	42.8
1995	56.7	42.6
1996	57	43.5
1997	57.2	43.6
1998	57.5	42.7
1999	57.8	42
2000	58.1	44.8
2001	58.4	45.4
2002	58.7	46.2
2003	59	46.8
2004	59.3	47.5
2005	59.6	48.3
2006	60	49.5
2007	60.3	50
2008	60.6	50.7
2009	60.9	51.3
2010	61.3	51.9
2011	61.6	52.6
2012	62	53.2
2013	62.4	54.1
2014	62.8	54.3
2015	63.2	55.5
2016	63.5	56.9
2017	63.8	57.8
2018	64.1	59.1
2019	64.5	59.6
2020	64.3	59.7
2021	64.3	60.3
2022	65.2	61.3
2023	65.5	61.8
2024	65.7	62
2025	65.9	62.2

Ghana and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Sierra Leone
1960	6,961,215	2,268,356
1961	7,162,667	2,304,227
1962	7,337,375	2,342,242
1963	7,514,714	2,382,258
1964	7,695,739	2,424,390
1965	7,882,606	2,468,666
1966	8,074,521	2,514,638
1967	8,271,913	2,562,384
1968	8,475,729	2,611,532
1969	8,690,383	2,661,365
1970	8,925,813	2,712,286
1971	9,176,264	2,763,222
1972	9,438,187	2,814,388
1973	9,714,617	2,866,955
1974	10,000,523	2,920,459
1975	10,294,308	2,974,657
1976	10,594,913	3,028,820
1977	10,911,871	3,085,354
1978	11,248,450	3,145,517
1979	11,597,255	3,207,499
1980	11,941,448	3,272,089
1981	12,281,712	3,338,940
1982	12,643,819	3,408,183
1983	13,029,836	3,481,646
1984	13,370,590	3,558,758
1985	13,661,229	3,638,438
1986	13,965,217	3,728,380
1987	14,289,108	3,829,718
1988	14,636,568	3,934,517
1989	15,006,813	4,034,037
1990	15,394,648	4,196,828
1991	15,787,496	4,246,267
1992	16,184,855	4,166,366
1993	16,589,519	4,157,130
1994	16,993,190	4,173,105
1995	17,399,017	4,179,179
1996	17,810,181	4,199,210
1997	18,238,958	4,253,716
1998	18,688,036	4,295,785
1999	19,149,864	4,318,043
2000	19,637,087	4,423,611
2001	20,167,069	4,692,716
2002	20,729,388	4,971,435
2003	21,296,705	5,177,687
2004	21,868,298	5,355,717
2005	22,449,438	5,501,712
2006	23,040,702	5,624,466
2007	23,642,279	5,749,352
2008	24,249,946	5,894,722
2009	24,862,664	6,055,646
2010	25,474,995	6,222,714
2011	26,095,088	6,387,251
2012	26,734,268	6,551,080
2013	27,386,193	6,714,051
2014	28,041,592	6,876,385
2015	28,696,068	7,037,655
2016	29,356,742	7,205,328
2017	30,008,354	7,379,299
2018	30,637,585	7,554,563
2019	31,258,945	7,731,991
2020	31,887,809	7,912,558
2021	32,518,665	8,094,602
2022	33,149,152	8,276,807
2023	33,787,914	8,460,512
2024	34,427,414	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Ghana and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Ghana

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Sierra Leone
1960	6.89	6.18
1961	6.91	6.21
1962	6.94	6.22
1963	6.94	6.26
1964	6.9	6.29
1965	6.88	6.31
1966	6.86	6.35
1967	6.89	6.38
1968	6.89	6.39
1969	6.95	6.39
1970	6.95	6.41
1971	6.95	6.43
1972	6.92	6.45
1973	6.87	6.47
1974	6.82	6.53
1975	6.76	6.55
1976	6.7	6.55
1977	6.64	6.57
1978	6.56	6.59
1979	6.51	6.58
1980	6.47	6.56
1981	6.42	6.55
1982	6.31	6.56
1983	6.23	6.57
1984	6.15	6.59
1985	6.12	6.59
1986	6.08	6.6
1987	6.02	6.61
1988	5.92	6.59
1989	5.82	6.57
1990	5.74	6.57
1991	5.63	6.55
1992	5.52	6.56
1993	5.41	6.57
1994	5.25	6.56
1995	5.11	6.56
1996	4.96	6.55
1997	4.88	6.53
1998	4.83	6.5
1999	4.82	6.42
2000	4.83	6.36
2001	4.77	6.31
2002	4.69	6.23
2003	4.6	6.09
2004	4.5	5.92
2005	4.5	5.81
2006	4.4	5.74
2007	4.29	5.64
2008	4.22	5.56
2009	4.18	5.45
2010	4.18	5.33
2011	4.18	5.21
2012	4.15	5.06
2013	4.11	4.87
2014	4.03	4.7
2015	3.98	4.55
2016	3.87	4.47
2017	3.72	4.39
2018	3.65	4.29
2019	3.59	4.19
2020	3.54	4.08
2021	3.49	3.98
2022	3.43	3.88
2023	3.4	3.79

Ghana and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Sierra Leone
1960	17.7	21.1
1961	17.4	21.1
1962	17.2	21.1
1963	16.9	21
1964	16.7	21
1965	16.5	20.9
1966	16.4	20.9
1967	16.2	20.8
1968	16.1	20.7
1969	16	20.6
1970	15.9	20.4
1971	15.9	20.2
1972	15.8	20.1
1973	15.8	19.9
1974	15.8	19.8
1975	15.9	19.6
1976	16	19.5
1977	16.2	19.4
1978	16.4	19.3
1979	16.5	19.2
1980	16.7	19.1
1981	16.7	19.1
1982	16.9	19
1983	17	18.9
1984	17.1	18.9
1985	17.1	18.8
1986	17.1	18.7
1987	17.1	18.7
1988	17.1	18.6
1989	17.1	18.6
1990	17.2	18.5
1991	17.2	18.5
1992	17.3	18.4
1993	17.4	18.4
1994	17.5	18.3
1995	17.6	18.2
1996	17.7	18.2
1997	17.9	18.1
1998	18.1	18.1
1999	18.3	18
2000	18.4	18
2001	18.6	18
2002	18.8	17.9
2003	19	17.9
2004	19.1	17.9
2005	19.3	18
2006	19.5	18
2007	19.7	18
2008	19.9	18.1
2009	20	18.1
2010	20.2	18.2
2011	20.3	18.3
2012	20.5	18.4
2013	20.6	18.5
2014	20.7	18.6
2015	20.8	18.7
2016	20.9	18.9
2017	21	19.1
2018	21.2	19.2
2019	21.3	19.4
2020	21.5	19.6
2021	21.7	19.8
2022	21.8	20
2023	22	20.3
2024	22.2	20.5

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