Ghana vs Sweden statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 81st vs. 58th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723).

Ghana and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Sweden economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Sweden
1960	$1,217,230,095	$15,930,258,332
1961	$1,302,674,325	$17,329,819,494
1962	$1,382,515,654	$18,794,282,717
1963	$1,540,797,589	$20,342,365,392
1964	$1,731,296,200	$22,685,750,575
1965	$2,053,462,968	$24,964,233,891
1966	$2,126,300,672	$27,155,028,520
1967	$1,747,187,645	$29,475,219,787
1968	$1,666,909,518	$31,278,230,634
1969	$1,962,050,556	$33,967,691,454
1970	$2,215,028,588	$38,037,663,342
1971	$2,417,108,578	$41,506,627,519
1972	$2,112,293,280	$48,883,734,672
1973	$3,006,766,758	$59,319,523,962
1974	$2,894,409,938	$65,918,391,224
1975	$2,810,106,383	$82,766,182,746
1976	$2,765,254,237	$89,233,541,404
1977	$3,189,428,571	$94,332,865,494
1978	$3,662,478,185	$104,292,130,796
1979	$4,020,227,920	$123,208,942,175
1980	$4,445,228,216	$141,887,695,763
1981	$4,222,441,860	$129,500,408,224
1982	$4,035,994,398	$114,216,043,040
1983	$4,057,275,132	$104,863,313,508
1984	$4,412,279,843	$109,044,297,251
1985	$4,504,306,723	$113,959,392,485
1986	$5,735,677,434	$150,281,594,980
1987	$5,074,829,932	$182,746,413,791
1988	$5,197,765,032	$206,688,963,474
1989	$5,251,858,440	$217,634,838,449
1990	$5,889,106,573	$261,469,578,631
1991	$6,603,185,268	$273,834,608,020
1992	$6,416,103,926	$283,912,173,667
1993	$5,968,922,939	$212,647,043,708
1994	$5,446,383,727	$228,701,658,891
1995	$6,464,382,808	$267,052,836,695
1996	$6,932,991,739	$291,952,430,659
1997	$6,891,443,192	$268,251,974,486
1998	$7,482,069,162	$270,889,570,938
1999	$7,718,109,982	$274,320,415,376
2000	$4,982,850,662	$262,905,197,442
2001	$5,314,872,854	$242,499,249,693
2002	$6,166,197,848	$267,373,345,247
2003	$7,632,723,556	$334,074,051,173
2004	$8,881,417,907	$384,547,211,147
2005	$10,744,568,381	$391,690,329,314
2006	$20,885,037,597	$422,530,427,476
2007	$24,827,339,138	$490,050,156,833
2008	$28,679,383,241	$514,616,528,349
2009	$26,048,720,006	$434,313,804,907
2010	$32,197,655,567	$492,753,255,886
2011	$39,336,668,081	$570,541,353,129
2012	$41,271,701,061	$549,742,183,874
2013	$62,845,721,960	$584,128,116,410
2014	$54,678,533,806	$577,730,245,154
2015	$49,436,806,230	$501,698,263,621
2016	$56,144,179,398	$514,218,206,628
2017	$60,385,409,435	$536,083,940,229
2018	$67,259,353,966	$551,312,498,430
2019	$68,352,629,246	$532,169,294,166
2020	$70,008,243,860	$545,147,614,972
2021	$79,514,204,730	$637,186,904,844
2022	$73,919,003,210	$579,895,717,344
2023	$80,547,146,878	$585,489,968,189
2024	$82,825,288,889	$610,117,791,237

Ghana and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Sweden
1960	$174.9	$2,128
1961	$181.9	$2,304
1962	$188.4	$2,485
1963	$205	$2,675
1964	$225	$2,961
1965	$260.5	$3,228
1966	$263.3	$3,478
1967	$211.2	$3,746
1968	$196.7	$3,953
1969	$225.8	$4,263
1970	$248.2	$4,729
1971	$263.4	$5,125
1972	$223.8	$6,018
1973	$310	$7,291
1974	$289.4	$8,078
1975	$273	$10,103
1976	$261	$10,853
1977	$292.3	$11,432
1978	$326	$12,602
1979	$347	$14,856
1980	$372	$17,073
1981	$344	$15,564
1982	$319	$13,719
1983	$311	$12,590
1984	$330	$13,080
1985	$330	$13,647
1986	$411	$17,955
1987	$355	$21,761
1988	$355	$24,499
1989	$350	$25,625
1990	$383	$30,550
1991	$418	$31,777
1992	$396	$32,754
1993	$360	$24,390
1994	$321	$26,046
1995	$372	$30,254
1996	$389	$33,023
1997	$378	$30,324
1998	$400	$30,606
1999	$403	$30,969
2000	$253.7	$29,633
2001	$263.5	$27,259
2002	$297.5	$29,958
2003	$358	$37,292
2004	$406	$42,758
2005	$479	$43,379
2006	$906	$46,532
2007	$1,050	$53,569
2008	$1,183	$55,817
2009	$1,048	$46,708
2010	$1,264	$52,543
2011	$1,507	$60,380
2012	$1,544	$57,750
2013	$2,295	$60,844
2014	$1,950	$59,584
2015	$1,723	$51,198
2016	$1,912	$51,820
2017	$2,012	$53,301
2018	$2,195	$54,182
2019	$2,187	$51,773
2020	$2,195	$52,654
2021	$2,445	$61,175
2022	$2,230	$55,297
2023	$2,384	$55,567
2024	$2,406	$57,723

Ghana vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Sweden

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Sweden
1950	43.1	71.1
1951	43.6	71.4
1952	44	71.8
1953	44.5	71.9
1954	45	72.4
1955	45.4	72.6
1956	45.7	72.7
1957	46.1	72.5
1958	46.4	73.2
1959	46.7	73.4
1960	46.9	73
1961	47.1	73.5
1962	47.3	73.4
1963	47.5	73.5
1964	47.6	73.7
1965	47.7	73.9
1966	47.7	74.1
1967	47.7	74.1
1968	47.8	74
1969	47.9	74.1
1970	47.9	74.7
1971	47.9	74.6
1972	48.3	74.7
1973	48.6	74.9
1974	48.9	75
1975	49.3	75
1976	49.7	75
1977	50.1	75.4
1978	50.5	75.5
1979	50.8	75.5
1980	51.1	75.7
1981	51.3	76
1982	51.4	76.3
1983	51.8	76.6
1984	52.2	76.8
1985	52.7	76.7
1986	53.3	77
1987	53.8	77.1
1988	54.4	77
1989	54.9	77.7
1990	55.4	77.6
1991	55.7	77.7
1992	56.1	78.1
1993	56.3	78.1
1994	56.2	78.7
1995	56.7	78.8
1996	57	79
1997	57.2	79.3
1998	57.5	79.4
1999	57.8	79.5
2000	58.1	79.7
2001	58.4	79.8
2002	58.7	79.9
2003	59	80.2
2004	59.3	80.5
2005	59.6	80.6
2006	60	80.8
2007	60.3	81
2008	60.6	81.1
2009	60.9	81.4
2010	61.3	81.5
2011	61.6	81.8
2012	62	81.7
2013	62.4	81.9
2014	62.8	82.2
2015	63.2	82.2
2016	63.5	82.3
2017	63.8	82.4
2018	64.1	82.5
2019	64.5	83.1
2020	64.3	82.4
2021	64.3	83
2022	65.2	83
2023	65.5	83.3
2024	65.7	83.4
2025	65.9	83.6

Ghana and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Sweden

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Sweden
1960	6,961,215	7,484,656
1961	7,162,667	7,519,998
1962	7,337,375	7,561,588
1963	7,514,714	7,604,328
1964	7,695,739	7,661,354
1965	7,882,606	7,733,853
1966	8,074,521	7,807,797
1967	8,271,913	7,867,931
1968	8,475,729	7,912,273
1969	8,690,383	7,968,072
1970	8,925,813	8,042,801
1971	9,176,264	8,098,334
1972	9,438,187	8,122,300
1973	9,714,617	8,136,312
1974	10,000,523	8,159,955
1975	10,294,308	8,192,437
1976	10,594,913	8,222,286
1977	10,911,871	8,251,540
1978	11,248,450	8,275,599
1979	11,597,255	8,293,678
1980	11,941,448	8,310,531
1981	12,281,712	8,320,503
1982	12,643,819	8,325,263
1983	13,029,836	8,329,033
1984	13,370,590	8,336,605
1985	13,661,229	8,350,386
1986	13,965,217	8,369,829
1987	14,289,108	8,397,804
1988	14,636,568	8,436,489
1989	15,006,813	8,492,964
1990	15,394,648	8,558,835
1991	15,787,496	8,617,375
1992	16,184,855	8,668,067
1993	16,589,519	8,718,561
1994	16,993,190	8,780,745
1995	17,399,017	8,826,939
1996	17,810,181	8,840,998
1997	18,238,958	8,846,062
1998	18,688,036	8,850,974
1999	19,149,864	8,857,874
2000	19,637,087	8,872,109
2001	20,167,069	8,895,960
2002	20,729,388	8,924,958
2003	21,296,705	8,958,229
2004	21,868,298	8,993,531
2005	22,449,438	9,029,572
2006	23,040,702	9,080,505
2007	23,642,279	9,148,092
2008	24,249,946	9,219,637
2009	24,862,664	9,298,515
2010	25,474,995	9,378,126
2011	26,095,088	9,449,213
2012	26,734,268	9,519,374
2013	27,386,193	9,600,379
2014	28,041,592	9,696,110
2015	28,696,068	9,799,186
2016	29,356,742	9,923,085
2017	30,008,354	10,057,698
2018	30,637,585	10,175,214
2019	31,258,945	10,278,887
2020	31,887,809	10,353,442
2021	32,518,665	10,415,811
2022	33,149,152	10,486,941
2023	33,787,914	10,536,632
2024	34,427,414	10,569,709

Fertility rates in Ghana and Sweden

Fertility rate

Ghana

Sweden

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Sweden
1960	6.89	2.17
1961	6.91	2.21
1962	6.94	2.25
1963	6.94	2.33
1964	6.9	2.47
1965	6.88	2.39
1966	6.86	2.37
1967	6.89	2.28
1968	6.89	2.07
1969	6.95	1.93
1970	6.95	1.92
1971	6.95	1.96
1972	6.92	1.91
1973	6.87	1.87
1974	6.82	1.87
1975	6.76	1.77
1976	6.7	1.68
1977	6.64	1.64
1978	6.56	1.6
1979	6.51	1.66
1980	6.47	1.68
1981	6.42	1.63
1982	6.31	1.62
1983	6.23	1.61
1984	6.15	1.66
1985	6.12	1.74
1986	6.08	1.8
1987	6.02	1.84
1988	5.92	1.96
1989	5.82	2.01
1990	5.74	2.13
1991	5.63	2.11
1992	5.52	2.09
1993	5.41	1.99
1994	5.25	1.88
1995	5.11	1.73
1996	4.96	1.6
1997	4.88	1.52
1998	4.83	1.5
1999	4.82	1.5
2000	4.83	1.54
2001	4.77	1.57
2002	4.69	1.65
2003	4.6	1.71
2004	4.5	1.75
2005	4.5	1.77
2006	4.4	1.85
2007	4.29	1.88
2008	4.22	1.91
2009	4.18	1.94
2010	4.18	1.98
2011	4.18	1.9
2012	4.15	1.91
2013	4.11	1.89
2014	4.03	1.88
2015	3.98	1.85
2016	3.87	1.85
2017	3.72	1.78
2018	3.65	1.76
2019	3.59	1.71
2020	3.54	1.67
2021	3.49	1.67
2022	3.43	1.53
2023	3.4	1.45

Ghana and Sweden demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Sweden

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Sweden
1960	17.7	36
1961	17.4	36.2
1962	17.2	36.3
1963	16.9	36.3
1964	16.7	36.3
1965	16.5	36.2
1966	16.4	36
1967	16.2	35.9
1968	16.1	35.8
1969	16	35.6
1970	15.9	35.4
1971	15.9	35.3
1972	15.8	35.3
1973	15.8	35.3
1974	15.8	35.3
1975	15.9	35.3
1976	16	35.4
1977	16.2	35.5
1978	16.4	35.7
1979	16.5	36
1980	16.7	36.2
1981	16.7	36.5
1982	16.9	36.8
1983	17	37.1
1984	17.1	37.4
1985	17.1	37.6
1986	17.1	37.9
1987	17.1	38.1
1988	17.1	38.2
1989	17.1	38.3
1990	17.2	38.3
1991	17.2	38.3
1992	17.3	38.4
1993	17.4	38.4
1994	17.5	38.4
1995	17.6	38.5
1996	17.7	38.6
1997	17.9	38.8
1998	18.1	39
1999	18.3	39.2
2000	18.4	39.4
2001	18.6	39.5
2002	18.8	39.7
2003	19	39.8
2004	19.1	40
2005	19.3	40.2
2006	19.5	40.4
2007	19.7	40.5
2008	19.9	40.6
2009	20	40.7
2010	20.2	40.7
2011	20.3	40.8
2012	20.5	40.9
2013	20.6	40.9
2014	20.7	40.9
2015	20.8	40.9
2016	20.9	40.8
2017	21	40.7
2018	21.2	40.6
2019	21.3	40.5
2020	21.5	40.6
2021	21.7	40.7
2022	21.8	40.7
2023	22	40.9
2024	22.2	41.1

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