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Ghana vs Suriname statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 81st vs. 90th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

Ghana Suriname
Population
35572974
644193
Population rank 47/197 165/197
GDP
$82.8B
2024
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 79/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$2,406
2024
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 150/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$8,027
2024
$22,067
2024
Government debt
$58.4B
2024
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
66.4%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,696
2024
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank 122/185 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,836
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
87,851 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
392 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.4
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
22.2 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
65.9 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Ghana and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Suriname economies compared

GDP
Ghana

Suriname
Year GDP
Ghana Suriname
1960 $1,217,230,095 $99,650,000
1961 $1,302,674,325 $107,700,000
1962 $1,382,515,654 $116,150,000
1963 $1,540,797,589 $125,950,000
1964 $1,731,296,200 $134,400,000
1965 $2,053,462,968 $154,150,000
1966 $2,126,300,672 $190,350,000
1967 $1,747,187,645 $220,700,000
1968 $1,666,909,518 $241,350,000
1969 $1,962,050,556 $259,650,000
1970 $2,215,028,588 $274,900,000
1971 $2,417,108,578 $301,000,000
1972 $2,112,293,280 $311,950,000
1973 $3,006,766,758 $339,450,000
1974 $2,894,409,938 $409,850,000
1975 $2,810,106,383 $465,500,000
1976 $2,765,254,237 $505,500,000
1977 $3,189,428,571 $641,500,000
1978 $3,662,478,185 $735,500,000
1979 $4,020,227,920 $782,500,000
1980 $4,445,228,216 $795,000,000
1981 $4,222,441,860 $889,000,000
1982 $4,035,994,398 $915,000,000
1983 $4,057,275,132 $883,500,000
1984 $4,412,279,843 $864,000,000
1985 $4,504,306,723 $873,000,000
1986 $5,735,677,434 $891,000,000
1987 $5,074,829,932 $980,000,000
1988 $5,197,765,032 $1,161,000,000
1989 $5,251,858,440 $542,600,000
1990 $5,889,106,573 $388,400,000
1991 $6,603,185,268 $448,100,000
1992 $6,416,103,926 $404,600,000
1993 $5,968,922,939 $428,764,706
1994 $5,446,383,727 $605,492,537
1995 $6,464,382,808 $691,590,498
1996 $6,932,991,739 $861,372,806
1997 $6,891,443,192 $926,422,500
1998 $7,482,069,162 $1,110,850,000
1999 $7,718,109,982 $886,290,698
2000 $4,982,850,662 $947,671,970
2001 $5,314,872,854 $834,279,358
2002 $6,166,197,848 $1,093,574,468
2003 $7,632,723,556 $1,274,190,311
2004 $8,881,417,907 $1,484,092,538
2005 $10,744,568,381 $1,793,410,397
2006 $20,885,037,597 $2,626,380,435
2007 $24,827,339,138 $2,936,612,022
2008 $28,679,383,241 $3,532,969,035
2009 $26,048,720,006 $3,875,409,836
2010 $32,197,655,567 $4,368,370,998
2011 $39,336,668,081 $4,422,276,622
2012 $41,271,701,061 $4,980,000,000
2013 $62,845,721,960 $5,145,757,576
2014 $54,678,533,806 $5,240,606,061
2015 $49,436,806,230 $5,126,237,646
2016 $56,144,179,398 $3,317,421,648
2017 $60,385,409,435 $3,591,679,431
2018 $67,259,353,966 $3,996,198,867
2019 $68,352,629,246 $4,016,040,575
2020 $70,008,243,860 $2,911,807,496
2021 $79,514,204,730 $3,107,923,198
2022 $73,919,003,210 $3,791,603,200
2023 $80,547,146,878 $3,455,146,281
2024 $82,825,288,889 $4,714,267,822

Ghana and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
Ghana

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
Ghana Suriname
1960 $174.9 $378
1961 $181.9 $395
1962 $188.4 $409
1963 $205 $424
1964 $225 $435
1965 $260.5 $482
1966 $263.3 $575
1967 $211.2 $644
1968 $196.7 $681
1969 $225.8 $708
1970 $248.2 $724
1971 $263.4 $768
1972 $223.8 $785
1973 $310 $858
1974 $289.4 $1,041
1975 $273 $1,190
1976 $261 $1,302
1977 $292.3 $1,666
1978 $326 $1,928
1979 $347 $2,072
1980 $372 $2,118
1981 $344 $2,368
1982 $319 $2,430
1983 $311 $2,333
1984 $330 $2,261
1985 $330 $2,256
1986 $411 $2,271
1987 $355 $2,469
1988 $355 $2,886
1989 $350 $1,329
1990 $383 $942
1991 $418 $1,080
1992 $396 $969
1993 $360 $1,022
1994 $321 $1,434
1995 $372 $1,610
1996 $389 $1,963
1997 $378 $2,068
1998 $400 $2,429
1999 $403 $1,898
2000 $253.7 $1,988
2001 $263.5 $1,715
2002 $297.5 $2,202
2003 $358 $2,516
2004 $406 $2,888
2005 $479 $3,453
2006 $906 $5,003
2007 $1,050 $5,530
2008 $1,183 $6,576
2009 $1,048 $7,130
2010 $1,264 $7,944
2011 $1,507 $7,950
2012 $1,544 $8,851
2013 $2,295 $9,043
2014 $1,950 $9,108
2015 $1,723 $8,814
2016 $1,912 $5,644
2017 $2,012 $6,050
2018 $2,195 $6,666
2019 $2,187 $6,630
2020 $2,195 $4,755
2021 $2,445 $5,030
2022 $2,230 $6,084
2023 $2,384 $5,494
2024 $2,406 $7,431

Ghana vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Ghana

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
Ghana Suriname
1950 43.1 50.7
1951 43.6 51.1
1952 44 51.4
1953 44.5 52.1
1954 45 52.8
1955 45.4 53.5
1956 45.7 54.1
1957 46.1 54.7
1958 46.4 55.4
1959 46.7 55.9
1960 46.9 56.6
1961 47.1 57.3
1962 47.3 58
1963 47.5 58.5
1964 47.6 58.9
1965 47.7 59.1
1966 47.7 59.2
1967 47.7 59.2
1968 47.8 59.3
1969 47.9 59.4
1970 47.9 59.5
1971 47.9 59.6
1972 48.3 59.7
1973 48.6 59.8
1974 48.9 59.9
1975 49.3 60
1976 49.7 60.2
1977 50.1 60.3
1978 50.5 60.4
1979 50.8 60.5
1980 51.1 60.7
1981 51.3 60.8
1982 51.4 60.9
1983 51.8 61.1
1984 52.2 61.2
1985 52.7 61.4
1986 53.3 61.2
1987 53.8 61.3
1988 54.4 61.5
1989 54.9 62
1990 55.4 62.1
1991 55.7 62.2
1992 56.1 62.2
1993 56.3 62.4
1994 56.2 62.5
1995 56.7 62.8
1996 57 63.1
1997 57.2 63.4
1998 57.5 63.7
1999 57.8 64
2000 58.1 64.4
2001 58.4 64.8
2002 58.7 65.3
2003 59 65.8
2004 59.3 66.4
2005 59.6 67
2006 60 67.6
2007 60.3 68.3
2008 60.6 68.9
2009 60.9 69.3
2010 61.3 69.6
2011 61.6 69.8
2012 62 70
2013 62.4 70.1
2014 62.8 70.3
2015 63.2 70.6
2016 63.5 71
2017 63.8 71.2
2018 64.1 71.5
2019 64.5 71.8
2020 64.3 72.3
2021 64.3 68.9
2022 65.2 73.3
2023 65.5 73.6
2024 65.7 73.8
2025 65.9 73.9

Ghana and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
Ghana

Suriname
Year Population
Ghana Suriname
1960 6,961,215 263,918
1961 7,162,667 272,791
1962 7,337,375 283,912
1963 7,514,714 297,034
1964 7,695,739 309,041
1965 7,882,606 320,000
1966 8,074,521 331,135
1967 8,271,913 342,679
1968 8,475,729 354,616
1969 8,690,383 366,906
1970 8,925,813 379,442
1971 9,176,264 391,932
1972 9,438,187 397,413
1973 9,714,617 395,772
1974 10,000,523 393,676
1975 10,294,308 391,170
1976 10,594,913 388,289
1977 10,911,871 385,067
1978 11,248,450 381,502
1979 11,597,255 377,602
1980 11,941,448 375,377
1981 12,281,712 375,459
1982 12,643,819 376,555
1983 13,029,836 378,746
1984 13,370,590 382,193
1985 13,661,229 386,972
1986 13,965,217 392,330
1987 14,289,108 396,911
1988 14,636,568 402,227
1989 15,006,813 408,409
1990 15,394,648 412,493
1991 15,787,496 415,013
1992 16,184,855 417,589
1993 16,589,519 419,352
1994 16,993,190 422,375
1995 17,399,017 429,606
1996 17,810,181 438,830
1997 18,238,958 448,067
1998 18,688,036 457,406
1999 19,149,864 466,916
2000 19,637,087 476,643
2001 20,167,069 486,560
2002 20,729,388 496,551
2003 21,296,705 506,414
2004 21,868,298 513,923
2005 22,449,438 519,313
2006 23,040,702 524,997
2007 23,642,279 531,016
2008 24,249,946 537,245
2009 24,862,664 543,568
2010 25,474,995 549,923
2011 26,095,088 556,269
2012 26,734,268 562,633
2013 27,386,193 569,020
2014 28,041,592 575,373
2015 28,696,068 581,627
2016 29,356,742 587,757
2017 30,008,354 593,713
2018 30,637,585 599,513
2019 31,258,945 605,768
2020 31,887,809 612,317
2021 32,518,665 617,896
2022 33,149,152 623,164
2023 33,787,914 628,886
2024 34,427,414 634,431

Fertility rates in Ghana and Suriname

Fertility rate
Ghana

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
Ghana Suriname
1960 6.89 6.59
1961 6.91 6.58
1962 6.94 6.57
1963 6.94 6.51
1964 6.9 6.43
1965 6.88 6.32
1966 6.86 6.2
1967 6.89 6.04
1968 6.89 5.86
1969 6.95 5.7
1970 6.95 5.53
1971 6.95 5.36
1972 6.92 5.18
1973 6.87 5.01
1974 6.82 4.81
1975 6.76 4.63
1976 6.7 4.45
1977 6.64 4.26
1978 6.56 4.08
1979 6.51 3.93
1980 6.47 3.79
1981 6.42 3.75
1982 6.31 3.82
1983 6.23 3.87
1984 6.15 3.8
1985 6.12 3.71
1986 6.08 3.61
1987 6.02 3.53
1988 5.92 3.46
1989 5.82 3.39
1990 5.74 3.23
1991 5.63 3.09
1992 5.52 3.01
1993 5.41 2.94
1994 5.25 2.9
1995 5.11 2.9
1996 4.96 2.92
1997 4.88 2.95
1998 4.83 2.99
1999 4.82 3.02
2000 4.83 3.05
2001 4.77 3.06
2002 4.69 2.96
2003 4.6 2.84
2004 4.5 2.74
2005 4.5 2.71
2006 4.4 2.73
2007 4.29 2.74
2008 4.22 2.73
2009 4.18 2.71
2010 4.18 2.69
2011 4.18 2.67
2012 4.15 2.67
2013 4.11 2.65
2014 4.03 2.62
2015 3.98 2.57
2016 3.87 2.5
2017 3.72 2.43
2018 3.65 2.38
2019 3.59 2.35
2020 3.54 2.31
2021 3.49 2.3
2022 3.43 2.27
2023 3.4 2.25

Ghana and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
Ghana

Suriname
Year Median age, years
Ghana Suriname
1960 17.7 18.1
1961 17.4 18.2
1962 17.2 17.8
1963 16.9 17.3
1964 16.7 16.8
1965 16.5 16.4
1966 16.4 16.1
1967 16.2 15.8
1968 16.1 15.6
1969 16 15.6
1970 15.9 15.6
1971 15.9 15.7
1972 15.8 16
1973 15.8 16.3
1974 15.8 16.7
1975 15.9 17
1976 16 17.4
1977 16.2 17.6
1978 16.4 17.9
1979 16.5 18.1
1980 16.7 18.4
1981 16.7 18.7
1982 16.9 18.9
1983 17 19.2
1984 17.1 19.5
1985 17.1 19.7
1986 17.1 20
1987 17.1 20.2
1988 17.1 20.4
1989 17.1 20.6
1990 17.2 20.8
1991 17.2 21
1992 17.3 21.2
1993 17.4 21.5
1994 17.5 21.7
1995 17.6 22
1996 17.7 22.4
1997 17.9 22.8
1998 18.1 23.2
1999 18.3 23.6
2000 18.4 24
2001 18.6 24.4
2002 18.8 24.7
2003 19 25
2004 19.1 25.3
2005 19.3 25.5
2006 19.5 25.6
2007 19.7 25.8
2008 19.9 26.1
2009 20 26.3
2010 20.2 26.5
2011 20.3 26.7
2012 20.5 26.9
2013 20.6 27.1
2014 20.7 27.3
2015 20.8 27.5
2016 20.9 27.7
2017 21 27.9
2018 21.2 28.1
2019 21.3 28.3
2020 21.5 28.6
2021 21.7 28.7
2022 21.8 28.9
2023 22 29.2
2024 22.2 29.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Ghana Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$79.8B
2024
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
18.8%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.91%
2022
2.87%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.39%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
16,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.76%
2025
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.87%
2022
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
43.9%
2024
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
28.8%
2024
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
56
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.2%
2016
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
1.6%
2016
2.2%
2022
Listed domestic companies
30
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$7.58B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$3.62B
2023
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$3.03B
2024
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
897,000
2015
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
0.87%
2020
0.78%
2020
Banked people share
81.2%
2024
n/a

Energy

Ghana Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
359 kg
2022
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.1
2022
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
24.2 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.72 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
62%
2022
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
39%
2021
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
6.03%
2022
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-22.4%
2022
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
553 kWh
2022
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
34.9%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
35.4%
2022
61%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
89.5%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

Ghana Suriname
% of world population
0.42%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
-13,114
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
59.9%
2024
66.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.59 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
39.1
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
42
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
64
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.81
2022
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
25.7
2019
15.3
2019
Visa free countries
74
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
76.5%
2021
95%
2021
English speaking
66.7%
2023
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
69.9%
2023
78.4%
2023

Health

Ghana Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita
$82.3
2022
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$20.6
2022
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
65.9 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
15.8%
2022
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.14
2022
1.48
2021
Age at first childbirth
22.1 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
234
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
37.1
2023
16.2
2023
Obesity rate
13.3%
2022
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
2.7%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
21
2025
63
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
3.4%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.26 liters
2020
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

Ghana Suriname
% of world land
0.15%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
2,552 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
48,663 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
30,917 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length
68,049 mi
2009
2,674 mi
2003

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