Ghana vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 81st vs. 122nd).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

Ghana and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Sri Lanka
1960	$1,217,230,095	$1,409,873,950
1961	$1,302,674,325	$1,444,327,731
1962	$1,382,515,654	$1,434,156,379
1963	$1,540,797,589	$1,240,672,269
1964	$1,731,296,200	$1,309,747,899
1965	$2,053,462,968	$1,698,319,328
1966	$2,126,300,672	$1,751,470,588
1967	$1,747,187,645	$1,859,465,021
1968	$1,666,909,518	$1,801,344,538
1969	$1,962,050,556	$1,965,546,218
1970	$2,215,028,588	$2,296,470,588
1971	$2,417,108,578	$2,369,308,600
1972	$2,112,293,280	$2,553,936,348
1973	$3,006,766,758	$2,875,625,000
1974	$2,894,409,938	$3,574,586,466
1975	$2,810,106,383	$3,791,298,146
1976	$2,765,254,237	$3,591,319,857
1977	$3,189,428,571	$4,104,509,583
1978	$3,662,478,185	$2,733,183,857
1979	$4,020,227,920	$3,364,611,432
1980	$4,445,228,216	$4,024,621,900
1981	$4,222,441,860	$4,415,844,156
1982	$4,035,994,398	$4,768,765,017
1983	$4,057,275,132	$5,167,913,302
1984	$4,412,279,843	$6,043,474,843
1985	$4,504,306,723	$5,978,460,972
1986	$5,735,677,434	$6,405,210,564
1987	$5,074,829,932	$6,682,167,120
1988	$5,197,765,032	$6,978,371,581
1989	$5,251,858,440	$6,987,267,684
1990	$5,889,106,573	$8,032,551,173
1991	$6,603,185,268	$9,000,362,582
1992	$6,416,103,926	$9,703,011,636
1993	$5,968,922,939	$10,338,679,636
1994	$5,446,383,727	$11,717,604,209
1995	$6,464,382,808	$13,029,697,561
1996	$6,932,991,739	$13,897,738,375
1997	$6,891,443,192	$15,091,913,884
1998	$7,482,069,162	$15,794,972,847
1999	$7,718,109,982	$15,656,327,860
2000	$4,982,850,662	$16,330,814,180
2001	$5,314,872,854	$15,749,753,805
2002	$6,166,197,848	$16,536,535,647
2003	$7,632,723,556	$18,881,765,437
2004	$8,881,417,907	$20,662,525,941
2005	$10,744,568,381	$24,405,791,045
2006	$20,885,037,597	$28,279,802,406
2007	$24,827,339,138	$32,350,238,760
2008	$28,679,383,241	$40,713,826,215
2009	$26,048,720,006	$42,066,224,093
2010	$32,197,655,567	$58,636,161,082
2011	$39,336,668,081	$67,753,284,044
2012	$41,271,701,061	$70,447,216,891
2013	$62,845,721,960	$77,000,578,167
2014	$54,678,533,806	$82,528,535,714
2015	$49,436,806,230	$85,090,301,052
2016	$56,144,179,398	$88,000,211,172
2017	$60,385,409,435	$94,369,350,286
2018	$67,259,353,966	$94,450,015,983
2019	$68,352,629,246	$88,998,706,297
2020	$70,008,243,860	$84,335,574,582
2021	$79,514,204,730	$88,556,698,938
2022	$73,919,003,210	$74,143,020,263
2023	$80,547,146,878	$83,716,142,582
2024	$82,825,288,889	$98,963,185,510

Ghana and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Sri Lanka
1960	$174.9	$145.9
1961	$181.9	$145.9
1962	$188.4	$141.4
1963	$205	$119.4
1964	$225	$122.9
1965	$260.5	$155.6
1966	$263.3	$156.6
1967	$211.2	$162.3
1968	$196.7	$153.5
1969	$225.8	$163.6
1970	$248.2	$186.9
1971	$263.4	$188.8
1972	$223.8	$199.4
1973	$310	$220.2
1974	$289.4	$268.7
1975	$273	$279.8
1976	$261	$260.3
1977	$292.3	$292.1
1978	$326	$191
1979	$347	$230.8
1980	$372	$271.1
1981	$344	$292.5
1982	$319	$312
1983	$311	$336
1984	$330	$391
1985	$330	$385
1986	$411	$407
1987	$355	$420
1988	$355	$434
1989	$350	$430
1990	$383	$491
1991	$418	$546
1992	$396	$580
1993	$360	$607
1994	$321	$678
1995	$372	$742
1996	$389	$776
1997	$378	$827
1998	$400	$849
1999	$403	$826
2000	$253.7	$846
2001	$263.5	$804
2002	$297.5	$835
2003	$358	$946
2004	$406	$1,029
2005	$479	$1,207
2006	$906	$1,390
2007	$1,050	$1,579
2008	$1,183	$1,974
2009	$1,048	$2,027
2010	$1,264	$2,808
2011	$1,507	$3,225
2012	$1,544	$3,328
2013	$2,295	$3,741
2014	$1,950	$3,972
2015	$1,723	$4,058
2016	$1,912	$4,149
2017	$2,012	$4,399
2018	$2,195	$4,359
2019	$2,187	$4,082
2020	$2,195	$3,848
2021	$2,445	$3,997
2022	$2,230	$3,343
2023	$2,384	$3,799
2024	$2,406	$4,516

Ghana vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Sri Lanka
1950	43.1	53.2
1951	43.6	54
1952	44	54.9
1953	44.5	55.6
1954	45	56.4
1955	45.4	57.2
1956	45.7	57.9
1957	46.1	58.5
1958	46.4	59.3
1959	46.7	60
1960	46.9	60.6
1961	47.1	61.2
1962	47.3	61.6
1963	47.5	62
1964	47.6	62.4
1965	47.7	62.8
1966	47.7	63.2
1967	47.7	63.6
1968	47.8	63.9
1969	47.9	64.1
1970	47.9	64.4
1971	47.9	64.2
1972	48.3	64.6
1973	48.6	64.8
1974	48.9	65
1975	49.3	65.4
1976	49.7	65.8
1977	50.1	66.4
1978	50.5	66.8
1979	50.8	67.5
1980	51.1	68
1981	51.3	68.4
1982	51.4	68.7
1983	51.8	68.7
1984	52.2	68.8
1985	52.7	68.9
1986	53.3	69
1987	53.8	69
1988	54.4	69
1989	54.9	67.3
1990	55.4	69.2
1991	55.7	69.1
1992	56.1	69.6
1993	56.3	70
1994	56.2	70.2
1995	56.7	69.7
1996	57	69.8
1997	57.2	69.9
1998	57.5	70.1
1999	57.8	70.4
2000	58.1	71.2
2001	58.4	71.8
2002	58.7	72.3
2003	59	72.4
2004	59.3	68
2005	59.6	73.1
2006	60	72.8
2007	60.3	73
2008	60.6	72.6
2009	60.9	70.3
2010	61.3	74.5
2011	61.6	74.7
2012	62	75.2
2013	62.4	75.5
2014	62.8	75.8
2015	63.2	76
2016	63.5	76.1
2017	63.8	76.2
2018	64.1	76.5
2019	64.5	76.7
2020	64.3	76.9
2021	64.3	76.3
2022	65.2	77.3
2023	65.5	77.5
2024	65.7	77.7
2025	65.9	77.9

Ghana and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Sri Lanka
1960	6,961,215	9,661,389
1961	7,162,667	9,899,372
1962	7,337,375	10,143,754
1963	7,514,714	10,395,040
1964	7,695,739	10,653,397
1965	7,882,606	10,916,965
1966	8,074,521	11,183,928
1967	8,271,913	11,457,328
1968	8,475,729	11,736,088
1969	8,690,383	12,013,858
1970	8,925,813	12,287,110
1971	9,176,264	12,551,910
1972	9,438,187	12,809,205
1973	9,714,617	13,060,916
1974	10,000,523	13,305,693
1975	10,294,308	13,548,984
1976	10,594,913	13,796,770
1977	10,911,871	14,049,371
1978	11,248,450	14,310,128
1979	11,597,255	14,579,614
1980	11,941,448	14,847,974
1981	12,281,712	15,099,414
1982	12,643,819	15,286,567
1983	13,029,836	15,388,794
1984	13,370,590	15,441,860
1985	13,661,229	15,544,154
1986	13,965,217	15,731,256
1987	14,289,108	15,916,576
1988	14,636,568	16,078,621
1989	15,006,813	16,248,557
1990	15,394,648	16,352,458
1991	15,787,496	16,475,354
1992	16,184,855	16,739,284
1993	16,589,519	17,025,918
1994	16,993,190	17,275,773
1995	17,399,017	17,564,068
1996	17,810,181	17,905,018
1997	18,238,958	18,248,200
1998	18,688,036	18,596,003
1999	19,149,864	18,944,731
2000	19,637,087	19,293,054
2001	20,167,069	19,600,362
2002	20,729,388	19,805,752
2003	21,296,705	19,951,521
2004	21,868,298	20,087,605
2005	22,449,438	20,216,524
2006	23,040,702	20,352,411
2007	23,642,279	20,492,545
2008	24,249,946	20,629,378
2009	24,862,664	20,756,435
2010	25,474,995	20,879,089
2011	26,095,088	21,009,048
2012	26,734,268	21,169,458
2013	27,386,193	20,585,000
2014	28,041,592	20,778,000
2015	28,696,068	20,970,000
2016	29,356,742	21,209,000
2017	30,008,354	21,453,000
2018	30,637,585	21,670,000
2019	31,258,945	21,803,000
2020	31,887,809	21,919,000
2021	32,518,665	22,156,000
2022	33,149,152	22,181,000
2023	33,787,914	22,037,000
2024	34,427,414	21,916,000

Fertility rates in Ghana and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate

Ghana

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Sri Lanka
1960	6.89	5.35
1961	6.91	5.24
1962	6.94	5.18
1963	6.94	5.12
1964	6.9	5.06
1965	6.88	4.93
1966	6.86	4.83
1967	6.89	4.79
1968	6.89	4.66
1969	6.95	4.5
1970	6.95	4.39
1971	6.95	4.27
1972	6.92	4.16
1973	6.87	4
1974	6.82	3.86
1975	6.76	3.82
1976	6.7	3.78
1977	6.64	3.74
1978	6.56	3.81
1979	6.51	3.82
1980	6.47	3.73
1981	6.42	3.65
1982	6.31	3.32
1983	6.23	3.11
1984	6.15	3.01
1985	6.12	2.9
1986	6.08	2.74
1987	6.02	2.64
1988	5.92	2.57
1989	5.82	2.58
1990	5.74	2.54
1991	5.63	2.51
1992	5.52	2.49
1993	5.41	2.44
1994	5.25	2.4
1995	5.11	2.35
1996	4.96	2.29
1997	4.88	2.22
1998	4.83	2.14
1999	4.82	2.14
2000	4.83	2.21
2001	4.77	2.28
2002	4.69	2.31
2003	4.6	2.3
2004	4.5	2.27
2005	4.5	2.26
2006	4.4	2.29
2007	4.29	2.3
2008	4.22	2.23
2009	4.18	2.18
2010	4.18	2.13
2011	4.18	2.14
2012	4.15	2.17
2013	4.11	2.18
2014	4.03	2.13
2015	3.98	2.09
2016	3.87	2.06
2017	3.72	2.04
2018	3.65	2.03
2019	3.59	2.02
2020	3.54	2.01
2021	3.49	2
2022	3.43	1.98
2023	3.4	1.97

Ghana and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Sri Lanka
1960	17.7	19.5
1961	17.4	19.5
1962	17.2	19.5
1963	16.9	19.5
1964	16.7	19.5
1965	16.5	19.5
1966	16.4	19.6
1967	16.2	19.7
1968	16.1	19.8
1969	16	19.9
1970	15.9	20
1971	15.9	20.1
1972	15.8	20.2
1973	15.8	20.4
1974	15.8	20.6
1975	15.9	20.7
1976	16	20.9
1977	16.2	21
1978	16.4	21.2
1979	16.5	21.3
1980	16.7	21.5
1981	16.7	21.6
1982	16.9	21.7
1983	17	21.9
1984	17.1	22
1985	17.1	22.2
1986	17.1	22.5
1987	17.1	22.8
1988	17.1	23.1
1989	17.1	23.4
1990	17.2	23.6
1991	17.2	23.9
1992	17.3	24.3
1993	17.4	24.6
1994	17.5	24.9
1995	17.6	25.3
1996	17.7	25.8
1997	17.9	26.2
1998	18.1	26.5
1999	18.3	26.9
2000	18.4	27.2
2001	18.6	27.6
2002	18.8	27.9
2003	19	28.2
2004	19.1	28.5
2005	19.3	28.8
2006	19.5	29
2007	19.7	29.3
2008	19.9	29.6
2009	20	29.9
2010	20.2	30.2
2011	20.3	30.5
2012	20.5	30.8
2013	20.6	31.1
2014	20.7	31.4
2015	20.8	31.7
2016	20.9	32
2017	21	32.3
2018	21.2	32.5
2019	21.3	32.8
2020	21.5	33.1
2021	21.7	33.3
2022	21.8	33.6
2023	22	33.8
2024	22.2	34.1

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