Ghana vs Somalia statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 81st vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Ghana and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Somalia
1960	$1,217,230,095	$180,459,937
1961	$1,302,674,325	$191,659,914
1962	$1,382,515,654	$203,531,928
1963	$1,540,797,589	$216,145,936
1964	$1,731,296,200	$229,529,913
1965	$2,053,462,968	$243,725,898
1966	$2,126,300,672	$257,375,897
1967	$1,747,187,645	$271,781,887
1968	$1,666,909,518	$286,719,885
1969	$1,962,050,556	$306,357,285
1970	$2,215,028,588	$347,985,394
1971	$2,417,108,578	$347,039,446
1972	$2,112,293,280	$447,883,941
1973	$3,006,766,758	$483,699,611
1974	$2,894,409,938	$572,504,036
1975	$2,810,106,383	$757,015,879
1976	$2,765,254,237	$871,344,245
1977	$3,189,428,571	$498,550,725
1978	$3,662,478,185	$564,571,823
1979	$4,020,227,920	$589,566,929
1980	$4,445,228,216	$602,515,548
1981	$4,222,441,860	$699,302,473
1982	$4,035,994,398	$774,578,932
1983	$4,057,275,132	$735,408,642
1984	$4,412,279,843	$787,434,542
1985	$4,504,306,723	$875,702,247
1986	$5,735,677,434	$916,590,786
1987	$5,074,829,932	$1,018,972,664
1988	$5,197,765,032	$1,051,596,967
1989	$5,251,858,440	$1,181,360,844
1990	$5,889,106,573	$1,031,282,081
1991	$6,603,185,268	$717,974,930
1992	$6,416,103,926	$709,297,579
1993	$5,968,922,939	$1,260,132,956
1994	$5,446,383,727	$1,481,205,098
1995	$6,464,382,808	$1,534,756,135
1996	$6,932,991,739	$1,792,234,297
1997	$6,891,443,192	$2,191,749,014
1998	$7,482,069,162	$2,962,047,564
1999	$7,718,109,982	$3,045,751,528
2000	$4,982,850,662	$3,412,797,450
2001	$5,314,872,854	$2,252,847,465
2002	$6,166,197,848	$2,192,684,135
2003	$7,632,723,556	$2,836,724,352
2004	$8,881,417,907	$3,859,592,813
2005	$10,744,568,381	$4,683,246,454
2006	$20,885,037,597	$5,026,743,282
2007	$24,827,339,138	$5,430,713,729
2008	$28,679,383,241	$5,913,620,293
2009	$26,048,720,006	$2,948,594,552
2010	$32,197,655,567	$2,687,807,004
2011	$39,336,668,081	$2,906,000,097
2012	$41,271,701,061	$4,364,670,160
2013	$62,845,721,960	$5,062,881,600
2014	$54,678,533,806	$5,728,399,720
2015	$49,436,806,230	$6,152,149,100
2016	$56,144,179,398	$6,613,743,070
2017	$60,385,409,435	$7,621,501,710
2018	$67,259,353,966	$7,873,440,830
2019	$68,352,629,246	$8,655,023,960
2020	$70,008,243,860	$8,628,393,720
2021	$79,514,204,730	$9,483,997,390
2022	$73,919,003,210	$10,202,767,270
2023	$80,547,146,878	$10,968,517,090
2024	$82,825,288,889	$12,108,515,110

Ghana and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Somalia
1960	$174.9	$62.7
1961	$181.9	$64.9
1962	$188.4	$67.2
1963	$205	$69.5
1964	$225	$71.9
1965	$260.5	$74.4
1966	$263.3	$76.5
1967	$211.2	$78.7
1968	$196.7	$80.8
1969	$225.8	$84.1
1970	$248.2	$93.1
1971	$263.4	$90.4
1972	$223.8	$113.7
1973	$310	$119.6
1974	$289.4	$137.9
1975	$273	$177.8
1976	$261	$199.6
1977	$292.3	$111.2
1978	$326	$117.3
1979	$347	$108.2
1980	$372	$101.5
1981	$344	$116.9
1982	$319	$129
1983	$311	$118.6
1984	$330	$122.5
1985	$330	$130.8
1986	$411	$131.4
1987	$355	$141
1988	$355	$145.3
1989	$350	$166
1990	$383	$145.6
1991	$418	$105.4
1992	$396	$109.2
1993	$360	$188.6
1994	$321	$210.8
1995	$372	$210.7
1996	$389	$237.2
1997	$378	$280.1
1998	$400	$363
1999	$403	$359
2000	$253.7	$386
2001	$263.5	$244.9
2002	$297.5	$229.6
2003	$358	$286.3
2004	$406	$375
2005	$479	$440
2006	$906	$458
2007	$1,050	$480
2008	$1,183	$507
2009	$1,048	$246.5
2010	$1,264	$219.2
2011	$1,507	$235.3
2012	$1,544	$350
2013	$2,295	$393
2014	$1,950	$429
2015	$1,723	$446
2016	$1,912	$461
2017	$2,012	$511
2018	$2,195	$510
2019	$2,187	$540
2020	$2,195	$518
2021	$2,445	$549
2022	$2,230	$573
2023	$2,384	$597
2024	$2,406	$637

Ghana vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Somalia
1950	43.1	41.5
1951	43.6	41.7
1952	44	41.9
1953	44.5	42.1
1954	45	42.3
1955	45.4	42.5
1956	45.7	42.7
1957	46.1	42.9
1958	46.4	43.1
1959	46.7	43.3
1960	46.9	43.5
1961	47.1	43.7
1962	47.3	44
1963	47.5	44.2
1964	47.6	44.4
1965	47.7	44.6
1966	47.7	44.8
1967	47.7	45.1
1968	47.8	45.3
1969	47.9	45.5
1970	47.9	45.6
1971	47.9	45.8
1972	48.3	46
1973	48.6	46.2
1974	48.9	44.3
1975	49.3	44.5
1976	49.7	44.7
1977	50.1	47
1978	50.5	47
1979	50.8	47.4
1980	51.1	47.6
1981	51.3	47.8
1982	51.4	48
1983	51.8	48.2
1984	52.2	48.4
1985	52.7	48.3
1986	53.3	48.4
1987	53.8	49
1988	54.4	43.9
1989	54.9	46.6
1990	55.4	46.9
1991	55.7	25.4
1992	56.1	25
1993	56.3	50.6
1994	56.2	50.3
1995	56.7	50.6
1996	57	50.5
1997	57.2	50.3
1998	57.5	50.8
1999	57.8	50.6
2000	58.1	50.7
2001	58.4	50.8
2002	58.7	50.8
2003	59	50.7
2004	59.3	50.7
2005	59.6	50.9
2006	60	50.9
2007	60.3	50.9
2008	60.6	51.5
2009	60.9	52.1
2010	61.3	48.9
2011	61.6	32.5
2012	62	49.1
2013	62.4	54
2014	62.8	54.4
2015	63.2	55.1
2016	63.5	55.3
2017	63.8	52.2
2018	64.1	54.8
2019	64.5	57.2
2020	64.3	57.1
2021	64.3	55.7
2022	65.2	53.9
2023	65.5	58.8
2024	65.7	59
2025	65.9	59.1

Ghana and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Somalia
1960	6,961,215	2,876,331
1961	7,162,667	2,952,054
1962	7,337,375	3,030,091
1963	7,514,714	3,110,361
1964	7,695,739	3,192,796
1965	7,882,606	3,277,874
1966	8,074,521	3,365,106
1967	8,271,913	3,454,537
1968	8,475,729	3,546,590
1969	8,690,383	3,641,015
1970	8,925,813	3,738,448
1971	9,176,264	3,837,691
1972	9,438,187	3,939,436
1973	9,714,617	4,045,592
1974	10,000,523	4,151,842
1975	10,294,308	4,257,535
1976	10,594,913	4,365,812
1977	10,911,871	4,484,050
1978	11,248,450	4,814,892
1979	11,597,255	5,449,117
1980	11,941,448	5,936,154
1981	12,281,712	5,982,849
1982	12,643,819	6,003,840
1983	13,029,836	6,198,430
1984	13,370,590	6,428,389
1985	13,661,229	6,693,289
1986	13,965,217	6,974,788
1987	14,289,108	7,228,302
1988	14,636,568	7,235,360
1989	15,006,813	7,114,817
1990	15,394,648	7,082,811
1991	15,787,496	6,813,760
1992	16,184,855	6,495,107
1993	16,589,519	6,681,399
1994	16,993,190	7,026,797
1995	17,399,017	7,285,007
1996	17,810,181	7,554,474
1997	18,238,958	7,824,525
1998	18,688,036	8,155,417
1999	19,149,864	8,492,059
2000	19,637,087	8,838,713
2001	20,167,069	9,198,493
2002	20,729,388	9,550,063
2003	21,296,705	9,909,157
2004	21,868,298	10,280,998
2005	22,449,438	10,644,228
2006	23,040,702	10,975,502
2007	23,642,279	11,322,582
2008	24,249,946	11,663,084
2009	24,862,664	11,961,201
2010	25,474,995	12,261,756
2011	26,095,088	12,348,830
2012	26,734,268	12,461,160
2013	27,386,193	12,869,594
2014	28,041,592	13,339,491
2015	28,696,068	13,806,963
2016	29,356,742	14,348,740
2017	30,008,354	14,916,629
2018	30,637,585	15,452,487
2019	31,258,945	16,030,971
2020	31,887,809	16,651,191
2021	32,518,665	17,271,431
2022	33,149,152	17,801,897
2023	33,787,914	18,358,615
2024	34,427,414	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Ghana and Somalia

Fertility rate

Ghana

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Somalia
1960	6.89	7.25
1961	6.91	7.25
1962	6.94	7.26
1963	6.94	7.26
1964	6.9	7.26
1965	6.88	7.26
1966	6.86	7.26
1967	6.89	7.25
1968	6.89	7.23
1969	6.95	7.21
1970	6.95	7.18
1971	6.95	7.15
1972	6.92	7.12
1973	6.87	7.09
1974	6.82	7.06
1975	6.76	7.03
1976	6.7	7.02
1977	6.64	7
1978	6.56	7.13
1979	6.51	7.16
1980	6.47	7.18
1981	6.42	7.23
1982	6.31	7.25
1983	6.23	7.28
1984	6.15	7.3
1985	6.12	7.33
1986	6.08	7.35
1987	6.02	7.37
1988	5.92	7.4
1989	5.82	7.42
1990	5.74	7.44
1991	5.63	7.47
1992	5.52	7.5
1993	5.41	7.53
1994	5.25	7.54
1995	5.11	7.58
1996	4.96	7.62
1997	4.88	7.66
1998	4.83	7.66
1999	4.82	7.66
2000	4.83	7.65
2001	4.77	7.64
2002	4.69	7.63
2003	4.6	7.6
2004	4.5	7.57
2005	4.5	7.53
2006	4.4	7.49
2007	4.29	7.46
2008	4.22	7.42
2009	4.18	7.38
2010	4.18	7.32
2011	4.18	7.27
2012	4.15	7.21
2013	4.11	7.14
2014	4.03	7.06
2015	3.98	6.98
2016	3.87	6.88
2017	3.72	6.77
2018	3.65	6.66
2019	3.59	6.56
2020	3.54	6.45
2021	3.49	6.35
2022	3.43	6.26
2023	3.4	6.13

Ghana and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Somalia

Table

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

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