Ghana vs Sudan statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 81st vs. 15th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Ghana and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Sudan economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Sudan
1960	$1,217,230,095	$1,126,364,162
1961	$1,302,674,325	$1,222,860,429
1962	$1,382,515,654	$1,328,259,625
1963	$1,540,797,589	$1,351,234,926
1964	$1,731,296,200	$1,388,282,600
1965	$2,053,462,968	$1,446,869,619
1966	$2,126,300,672	$1,484,491,676
1967	$1,747,187,645	$1,607,409,539
1968	$1,666,909,518	$1,677,771,401
1969	$1,962,050,556	$1,847,501,441
1970	$2,215,028,588	$2,100,229,759
1971	$2,417,108,578	$2,288,340,041
1972	$2,112,293,280	$2,483,055,722
1973	$3,006,766,758	$3,077,254,460
1974	$2,894,409,938	$3,958,931,660
1975	$2,810,106,383	$4,823,090,192
1976	$2,765,254,237	$6,013,210,816
1977	$3,189,428,571	$7,499,005,639
1978	$3,662,478,185	$8,128,719,315
1979	$4,020,227,920	$8,418,407,787
1980	$4,445,228,216	$8,951,800,000
1981	$4,222,441,860	$10,753,888,154
1982	$4,035,994,398	$8,732,542,274
1983	$4,057,275,132	$8,230,153,846
1984	$4,412,279,843	$10,447,615,385
1985	$4,504,306,723	$8,075,259,600
1986	$5,735,677,434	$10,092,200,000
1987	$5,074,829,932	$12,093,333,333
1988	$5,197,765,032	$14,372,555,556
1989	$5,251,858,440	$21,408,111,111
1990	$5,889,106,573	$33,641,222,222
1991	$6,603,185,268	$44,171,194,366
1992	$6,416,103,926	$7,031,933,492
1993	$5,968,922,939	$8,881,005,436
1994	$5,446,383,727	$12,793,794,737
1995	$6,464,382,808	$13,830,363,900
1996	$6,932,991,739	$9,018,300,725
1997	$6,891,443,192	$11,681,175,864
1998	$7,482,069,162	$11,250,221,537
1999	$7,718,109,982	$10,682,028,340
2000	$4,982,850,662	$12,257,299,147
2001	$5,314,872,854	$15,716,361,792
2002	$6,166,197,848	$18,137,128,388
2003	$7,632,723,556	$21,355,298,460
2004	$8,881,417,907	$26,646,007,251
2005	$10,744,568,381	$35,182,711,988
2006	$20,885,037,597	$45,263,831,634
2007	$24,827,339,138	$59,440,139,775
2008	$28,679,383,241	$64,833,083,257
2009	$26,048,720,006	$51,621,044,077
2010	$32,197,655,567	$58,962,978,034
2011	$39,336,668,081	$55,018,567,211
2012	$41,271,701,061	$37,632,919,967
2013	$62,845,721,960	$43,024,018,082
2014	$54,678,533,806	$49,516,748,618
2015	$49,436,806,230	$51,726,758,677
2016	$56,144,179,398	$42,630,376,000
2017	$60,385,409,435	$41,283,617,976
2018	$67,259,353,966	$32,333,780,383
2019	$68,352,629,246	$32,338,079,165
2020	$70,008,243,860	$27,034,593,750
2021	$79,514,204,730	$34,229,513,775
2022	$73,919,003,210	$51,666,875,363
2023	$80,547,146,878	$39,898,289,821
2024	$82,825,288,889	$49,909,807,030

Ghana and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Sudan
1960	$174.9	$134.7
1961	$181.9	$141.6
1962	$188.4	$148.9
1963	$205	$146.6
1964	$225	$145.7
1965	$260.5	$146.8
1966	$263.3	$145.6
1967	$211.2	$152.4
1968	$196.7	$153.7
1969	$225.8	$163.5
1970	$248.2	$179.6
1971	$263.4	$189
1972	$223.8	$198.2
1973	$310	$235.8
1974	$289.4	$291.5
1975	$273	$343
1976	$261	$413
1977	$292.3	$497
1978	$326	$518
1979	$347	$515
1980	$372	$525
1981	$344	$605
1982	$319	$472
1983	$311	$431
1984	$330	$534
1985	$330	$406
1986	$411	$497
1987	$355	$584
1988	$355	$680
1989	$350	$992
1990	$383	$1,528
1991	$418	$1,966
1992	$396	$307
1993	$360	$379
1994	$321	$532
1995	$372	$561
1996	$389	$357
1997	$378	$453
1998	$400	$425
1999	$403	$394
2000	$253.7	$441
2001	$263.5	$551
2002	$297.5	$621
2003	$358	$714
2004	$406	$872
2005	$479	$1,125
2006	$906	$1,415
2007	$1,050	$1,814
2008	$1,183	$1,928
2009	$1,048	$1,493
2010	$1,264	$1,665
2011	$1,507	$1,522
2012	$1,544	$1,019
2013	$2,295	$1,139
2014	$1,950	$1,275
2015	$1,723	$1,292
2016	$1,912	$1,033
2017	$2,012	$967
2018	$2,195	$731
2019	$2,187	$710
2020	$2,195	$578
2021	$2,445	$712
2022	$2,230	$1,046
2023	$2,384	$797
2024	$2,406	$989

Ghana vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Sudan
1950	43.1	45.8
1951	43.6	46.2
1952	44	46.5
1953	44.5	46.9
1954	45	47.3
1955	45.4	47.7
1956	45.7	48.1
1957	46.1	48.5
1958	46.4	48.9
1959	46.7	49.2
1960	46.9	49.6
1961	47.1	50
1962	47.3	50.4
1963	47.5	50.8
1964	47.6	50.9
1965	47.7	51
1966	47.7	51.3
1967	47.7	51.5
1968	47.8	51.8
1969	47.9	52
1970	47.9	52.3
1971	47.9	52.5
1972	48.3	52.8
1973	48.6	53
1974	48.9	53.2
1975	49.3	53.3
1976	49.7	53.3
1977	50.1	53.5
1978	50.5	53.3
1979	50.8	53.4
1980	51.1	54.1
1981	51.3	54.4
1982	51.4	54.4
1983	51.8	49.6
1984	52.2	49.8
1985	52.7	50
1986	53.3	54.6
1987	53.8	54.7
1988	54.4	55
1989	54.9	54.9
1990	55.4	55.5
1991	55.7	55.6
1992	56.1	56
1993	56.3	56.1
1994	56.2	57
1995	56.7	57.4
1996	57	57.6
1997	57.2	58.1
1998	57.5	58.3
1999	57.8	58.6
2000	58.1	58.9
2001	58.4	59.3
2002	58.7	59.3
2003	59	58.3
2004	59.3	56.8
2005	59.6	57.2
2006	60	60.4
2007	60.3	61.4
2008	60.6	61.3
2009	60.9	62.7
2010	61.3	63
2011	61.6	63.2
2012	62	63.4
2013	62.4	63.4
2014	62.8	64
2015	63.2	64.4
2016	63.5	64.7
2017	63.8	65.1
2018	64.1	65.5
2019	64.5	65.8
2020	64.3	65.1
2021	64.3	64.5
2022	65.2	65.7
2023	65.5	66.3
2024	65.7	66.5
2025	65.9	66.7

Ghana and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Sudan
1960	6,961,215	8,364,489
1961	7,162,667	8,634,941
1962	7,337,375	8,919,028
1963	7,514,714	9,218,077
1964	7,695,739	9,531,109
1965	7,882,606	9,858,030
1966	8,074,521	10,197,578
1967	8,271,913	10,550,597
1968	8,475,729	10,917,999
1969	8,690,383	11,298,936
1970	8,925,813	11,695,771
1971	9,176,264	12,105,539
1972	9,438,187	12,527,856
1973	9,714,617	13,049,315
1974	10,000,523	13,580,723
1975	10,294,308	14,064,798
1976	10,594,913	14,569,716
1977	10,911,871	15,086,614
1978	11,248,450	15,695,003
1979	11,597,255	16,355,352
1980	11,941,448	17,058,905
1981	12,281,712	17,780,572
1982	12,643,819	18,486,645
1983	13,029,836	19,109,770
1984	13,370,590	19,546,528
1985	13,661,229	19,905,872
1986	13,965,217	20,288,238
1987	14,289,108	20,704,904
1988	14,636,568	21,138,431
1989	15,006,813	21,578,022
1990	15,394,648	22,021,481
1991	15,787,496	22,470,676
1992	16,184,855	22,927,355
1993	16,589,519	23,445,592
1994	16,993,190	24,043,948
1995	17,399,017	24,672,143
1996	17,810,181	25,231,528
1997	18,238,958	25,799,821
1998	18,688,036	26,458,999
1999	19,149,864	27,130,613
2000	19,637,087	27,816,745
2001	20,167,069	28,516,770
2002	20,729,388	29,228,727
2003	21,296,705	29,896,035
2004	21,868,298	30,556,637
2005	22,449,438	31,262,444
2006	23,040,702	31,992,435
2007	23,642,279	32,764,135
2008	24,249,946	33,623,980
2009	24,862,664	34,569,113
2010	25,474,995	35,414,399
2011	26,095,088	36,140,806
2012	26,734,268	36,923,178
2013	27,386,193	37,785,849
2014	28,041,592	38,823,318
2015	28,696,068	40,024,431
2016	29,356,742	41,259,892
2017	30,008,354	42,714,306
2018	30,637,585	44,230,596
2019	31,258,945	45,548,175
2020	31,887,809	46,789,231
2021	32,518,665	48,066,924
2022	33,149,152	49,383,346
2023	33,787,914	50,042,791
2024	34,427,414	50,448,963

Fertility rates in Ghana and Sudan

Fertility rate

Ghana

Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Sudan
1960	6.89	6.66
1961	6.91	6.66
1962	6.94	6.7
1963	6.94	6.76
1964	6.9	6.8
1965	6.88	6.84
1966	6.86	6.88
1967	6.89	6.91
1968	6.89	6.95
1969	6.95	6.97
1970	6.95	6.99
1971	6.95	7.02
1972	6.92	6.98
1973	6.87	6.94
1974	6.82	6.91
1975	6.76	6.87
1976	6.7	6.82
1977	6.64	6.78
1978	6.56	6.72
1979	6.51	6.65
1980	6.47	6.59
1981	6.42	6.53
1982	6.31	6.47
1983	6.23	6.41
1984	6.15	6.34
1985	6.12	6.28
1986	6.08	6.23
1987	6.02	6.18
1988	5.92	6.13
1989	5.82	6.11
1990	5.74	6.07
1991	5.63	6.05
1992	5.52	6.02
1993	5.41	5.97
1994	5.25	5.91
1995	5.11	5.86
1996	4.96	5.79
1997	4.88	5.72
1998	4.83	5.65
1999	4.82	5.62
2000	4.83	5.6
2001	4.77	5.56
2002	4.69	5.53
2003	4.6	5.49
2004	4.5	5.46
2005	4.5	5.4
2006	4.4	5.33
2007	4.29	5.27
2008	4.22	5.21
2009	4.18	5.17
2010	4.18	5.14
2011	4.18	5.09
2012	4.15	5.03
2013	4.11	4.97
2014	4.03	4.91
2015	3.98	4.9
2016	3.87	4.83
2017	3.72	4.76
2018	3.65	4.68
2019	3.59	4.62
2020	3.54	4.54
2021	3.49	4.46
2022	3.43	4.38
2023	3.4	4.32

Ghana and Sudan demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Sudan

Table

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

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