Ghana vs South Korea statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 81st vs. 105th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 80/197 ($82.3B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 151/197 ($2,391), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Ghana and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Ghana and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Ghana

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	South Korea
1960	$1,217,230,095	$3,973,069,307
1961	$1,302,674,325	$2,427,244,761
1962	$1,382,515,654	$2,826,923,077
1963	$1,540,797,589	$4,007,692,308
1964	$1,731,296,200	$3,476,789,682
1965	$2,053,462,968	$3,141,131,708
1966	$2,126,300,672	$3,957,064,541
1967	$1,747,187,645	$4,895,076,718
1968	$1,666,909,518	$6,167,109,472
1969	$1,962,050,556	$7,743,940,189
1970	$2,215,028,588	$9,085,001,794
1971	$2,417,108,578	$10,005,257,131
1972	$2,112,293,280	$10,990,490,570
1973	$3,006,766,758	$14,067,523,813
1974	$2,894,409,938	$19,860,929,977
1975	$2,810,106,383	$22,126,033,058
1976	$2,765,254,237	$30,371,074,380
1977	$3,189,428,571	$39,064,462,810
1978	$3,662,478,185	$52,824,793,388
1979	$4,020,227,920	$68,083,884,298
1980	$4,445,228,216	$66,547,970,351
1981	$4,222,441,860	$74,287,368,087
1982	$4,035,994,398	$79,921,300,447
1983	$4,057,275,132	$89,621,208,322
1984	$4,412,279,843	$99,749,645,089
1985	$4,504,306,723	$103,764,281,281
1986	$5,735,677,434	$119,965,960,795
1987	$5,074,829,932	$152,240,393,646
1988	$5,197,765,032	$205,477,530,605
1989	$5,251,858,440	$254,236,243,100
1990	$5,889,106,573	$292,064,221,389
1991	$6,603,185,268	$340,851,946,804
1992	$6,416,103,926	$366,921,291,825
1993	$5,968,922,939	$405,705,302,846
1994	$5,446,383,727	$479,181,794,217
1995	$6,464,382,808	$586,286,469,401
1996	$6,932,991,739	$631,196,863,758
1997	$6,891,443,192	$589,202,526,424
1998	$7,482,069,162	$397,297,216,492
1999	$7,718,109,982	$515,697,079,289
2000	$4,982,850,662	$597,487,173,479
2001	$5,314,872,854	$567,564,806,235
2002	$6,166,197,848	$650,014,391,470
2003	$7,632,723,556	$728,516,494,684
2004	$8,881,417,907	$823,251,107,639
2005	$10,744,568,381	$971,740,329,984
2006	$20,885,037,597	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$24,827,339,138	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$28,679,383,241	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$26,048,720,006	$983,065,242,417
2010	$32,197,655,567	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$39,336,668,081	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$41,271,701,061	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$62,845,721,960	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$54,678,533,806	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$49,436,806,230	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$56,144,179,398	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$60,385,409,435	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$67,259,353,966	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$68,352,629,246	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$70,008,243,860	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$79,514,204,730	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$73,919,003,210	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$80,547,146,878	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$82,308,110,386	$1,875,388,209,407

Ghana and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	South Korea
1960	$174.9	$158.8
1961	$181.9	$94.2
1962	$188.4	$106.6
1963	$205	$147
1964	$225	$124.2
1965	$260.5	$109.4
1966	$263.3	$134.4
1967	$211.2	$162.5
1968	$196.7	$200
1969	$225.8	$245.5
1970	$248.2	$281.8
1971	$263.4	$304
1972	$223.8	$328
1973	$310	$412
1974	$289.4	$572
1975	$273	$627
1976	$261	$847
1977	$292.3	$1,073
1978	$326	$1,429
1979	$347	$1,814
1980	$372	$1,746
1981	$344	$1,918
1982	$319	$2,032
1983	$311	$2,246
1984	$330	$2,469
1985	$330	$2,543
1986	$411	$2,911
1987	$355	$3,658
1988	$355	$4,889
1989	$350	$5,989
1990	$383	$6,813
1991	$418	$7,873
1992	$396	$8,387
1993	$360	$9,180
1994	$321	$10,734
1995	$372	$13,002
1996	$389	$13,865
1997	$378	$12,822
1998	$400	$8,583
1999	$403	$11,063
2000	$253.7	$12,710
2001	$263.5	$11,981
2002	$297.5	$13,643
2003	$358	$15,212
2004	$406	$17,122
2005	$479	$20,167
2006	$906	$22,610
2007	$1,050	$25,078
2008	$1,183	$22,252
2009	$1,048	$19,937
2010	$1,264	$24,071
2011	$1,507	$26,175
2012	$1,544	$26,601
2013	$2,295	$28,449
2014	$1,950	$30,667
2015	$1,723	$30,172
2016	$1,912	$30,832
2017	$2,012	$33,297
2018	$2,195	$35,364
2019	$2,187	$33,827
2020	$2,195	$33,646
2021	$2,445	$37,518
2022	$2,230	$34,822
2023	$2,384	$35,674
2024	$2,391	$36,239

Ghana vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	South Korea
1950	43.1	22.2
1951	43.6	26.6
1952	44	36.6
1953	44.5	40.5
1954	45	46.1
1955	45.4	48.4
1956	45.7	50.2
1957	46.1	51.6
1958	46.4	51.8
1959	46.7	52.9
1960	46.9	53.8
1961	47.1	54.4
1962	47.3	55
1963	47.5	55
1964	47.6	55.3
1965	47.7	55.8
1966	47.7	55.4
1967	47.7	60.9
1968	47.8	60.9
1969	47.9	61.4
1970	47.9	62.2
1971	47.9	62.7
1972	48.3	63.2
1973	48.6	63.8
1974	48.9	64.2
1975	49.3	64.7
1976	49.7	65
1977	50.1	64.6
1978	50.5	65
1979	50.8	66.1
1980	51.1	64.8
1981	51.3	67.1
1982	51.4	67.1
1983	51.8	66.7
1984	52.2	68.1
1985	52.7	68.4
1986	53.3	69
1987	53.8	69.3
1988	54.4	70.2
1989	54.9	70.7
1990	55.4	71
1991	55.7	71.4
1992	56.1	72.2
1993	56.3	72.7
1994	56.2	72.9
1995	56.7	73.4
1996	57	74
1997	57.2	74.5
1998	57.5	75
1999	57.8	75.6
2000	58.1	76.2
2001	58.4	76.9
2002	58.7	77.2
2003	59	77.5
2004	59.3	78
2005	59.6	78.4
2006	60	79
2007	60.3	79.4
2008	60.6	80
2009	60.9	80.6
2010	61.3	80.7
2011	61.6	81.2
2012	62	81.3
2013	62.4	81.8
2014	62.8	82.4
2015	63.2	82.5
2016	63.5	82.9
2017	63.8	83.3
2018	64.1	83.3
2019	64.5	83.7
2020	64.3	83.7
2021	64.3	83.9
2022	65.2	82.7
2023	65.5	84.3
2024	65.7	84.4
2025	65.9	84.5
2026	66.1	84.6

Ghana and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	South Korea
1960	6,961,215	25,012,374
1961	7,162,667	25,765,673
1962	7,337,375	26,513,030
1963	7,514,714	27,261,747
1964	7,695,739	27,984,155
1965	7,882,606	28,704,674
1966	8,074,521	29,435,571
1967	8,271,913	30,130,983
1968	8,475,729	30,838,302
1969	8,690,383	31,544,266
1970	8,925,813	32,240,827
1971	9,176,264	32,882,704
1972	9,438,187	33,505,406
1973	9,714,617	34,103,149
1974	10,000,523	34,692,266
1975	10,294,308	35,280,725
1976	10,594,913	35,848,523
1977	10,911,871	36,411,795
1978	11,248,450	36,969,185
1979	11,597,255	37,534,236
1980	11,941,448	38,123,775
1981	12,281,712	38,723,248
1982	12,643,819	39,326,352
1983	13,029,836	39,910,403
1984	13,370,590	40,405,956
1985	13,661,229	40,805,744
1986	13,965,217	41,213,674
1987	14,289,108	41,621,690
1988	14,636,568	42,031,247
1989	15,006,813	42,449,038
1990	15,394,648	42,869,283
1991	15,787,496	43,295,704
1992	16,184,855	43,747,962
1993	16,589,519	44,194,628
1994	16,993,190	44,641,540
1995	17,399,017	45,092,991
1996	17,810,181	45,524,681
1997	18,238,958	45,953,580
1998	18,688,036	46,286,503
1999	19,149,864	46,616,677
2000	19,637,087	47,008,111
2001	20,167,069	47,370,164
2002	20,729,388	47,644,736
2003	21,296,705	47,892,330
2004	21,868,298	48,082,519
2005	22,449,438	48,184,561
2006	23,040,702	48,438,292
2007	23,642,279	48,683,638
2008	24,249,946	49,054,708
2009	24,862,664	49,307,835
2010	25,474,995	49,554,112
2011	26,095,088	49,936,638
2012	26,734,268	50,199,853
2013	27,386,193	50,428,893
2014	28,041,592	50,746,659
2015	28,696,068	51,014,947
2016	29,356,742	51,217,803
2017	30,008,354	51,361,911
2018	30,637,585	51,585,058
2019	31,258,945	51,764,822
2020	31,887,809	51,836,239
2021	32,518,665	51,769,539
2022	33,149,152	51,672,569
2023	33,787,914	51,712,619
2024	34,427,414	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Ghana and South Korea

Fertility rate

Ghana

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	South Korea
1960	6.89	5.99
1961	6.91	5.8
1962	6.94	5.56
1963	6.94	5.33
1964	6.9	5.07
1965	6.88	4.89
1966	6.86	4.78
1967	6.89	4.62
1968	6.89	4.51
1969	6.95	4.45
1970	6.95	4.53
1971	6.95	4.54
1972	6.92	4.12
1973	6.87	4.07
1974	6.82	3.77
1975	6.76	3.43
1976	6.7	3
1977	6.64	2.99
1978	6.56	2.64
1979	6.51	2.9
1980	6.47	2.82
1981	6.42	2.57
1982	6.31	2.39
1983	6.23	2.06
1984	6.15	1.74
1985	6.12	1.66
1986	6.08	1.58
1987	6.02	1.53
1988	5.92	1.55
1989	5.82	1.56
1990	5.74	1.57
1991	5.63	1.71
1992	5.52	1.76
1993	5.41	1.65
1994	5.25	1.66
1995	5.11	1.63
1996	4.96	1.57
1997	4.88	1.54
1998	4.83	1.46
1999	4.82	1.43
2000	4.83	1.48
2001	4.77	1.31
2002	4.69	1.18
2003	4.6	1.19
2004	4.5	1.16
2005	4.5	1.09
2006	4.4	1.13
2007	4.29	1.26
2008	4.22	1.19
2009	4.18	1.15
2010	4.18	1.23
2011	4.18	1.24
2012	4.15	1.3
2013	4.11	1.19
2014	4.03	1.21
2015	3.98	1.24
2016	3.87	1.17
2017	3.72	1.05
2018	3.65	0.98
2019	3.59	0.92
2020	3.54	0.84
2021	3.49	0.81
2022	3.43	0.78
2023	3.4	0.72

Ghana and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	South Korea
1960	17.7	19.3
1961	17.4	19.2
1962	17.2	19.1
1963	16.9	19
1964	16.7	18.8
1965	16.5	18.6
1966	16.4	18.5
1967	16.2	18.6
1968	16.1	18.7
1969	16	18.8
1970	15.9	18.9
1971	15.9	19
1972	15.8	19.1
1973	15.8	19.3
1974	15.8	19.6
1975	15.9	19.9
1976	16	20.2
1977	16.2	20.7
1978	16.4	21.1
1979	16.5	21.6
1980	16.7	22.1
1981	16.7	22.5
1982	16.9	22.8
1983	17	23.3
1984	17.1	23.7
1985	17.1	24.2
1986	17.1	24.8
1987	17.1	25.3
1988	17.1	25.8
1989	17.1	26.3
1990	17.2	26.7
1991	17.2	27.2
1992	17.3	27.8
1993	17.4	28.3
1994	17.5	28.9
1995	17.6	29.4
1996	17.7	29.8
1997	17.9	30.2
1998	18.1	30.7
1999	18.3	31.2
2000	18.4	31.7
2001	18.6	32.3
2002	18.8	32.8
2003	19	33.4
2004	19.1	33.9
2005	19.3	34.5
2006	19.5	35.2
2007	19.7	35.8
2008	19.9	36.4
2009	20	37
2010	20.2	37.6
2011	20.3	38.2
2012	20.5	38.8
2013	20.6	39.5
2014	20.7	40.2
2015	20.8	40.8
2016	20.9	41.4
2017	21	41.9
2018	21.2	42.5
2019	21.3	43.1
2020	21.5	43.8
2021	21.7	44.4
2022	21.8	44.9
2023	22	45.5
2024	22.2	46.1

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