Ghana vs Switzerland statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 81st vs. 131st).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

Ghana and Switzerland: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Switzerland
1960	$1,217,230,095	$10,412,232,621
1961	$1,302,674,325	$11,713,348,834
1962	$1,382,515,654	$12,989,649,694
1963	$1,540,797,589	$14,283,872,299
1964	$1,731,296,200	$15,833,133,858
1965	$2,053,462,968	$16,780,226,225
1966	$2,126,300,672	$18,019,402,374
1967	$1,747,187,645	$19,397,044,714
1968	$1,666,909,518	$20,712,102,794
1969	$1,962,050,556	$22,442,043,274
1970	$2,215,028,588	$24,998,066,773
1971	$2,417,108,578	$30,040,171,751
1972	$2,112,293,280	$36,844,318,854
1973	$3,006,766,758	$49,550,006,320
1974	$2,894,409,938	$57,103,011,446
1975	$2,810,106,383	$65,466,081,819
1976	$2,765,254,237	$68,476,524,644
1977	$3,189,428,571	$73,135,771,167
1978	$3,662,478,185	$102,280,472,036
1979	$4,020,227,920	$114,970,094,425
1980	$4,445,228,216	$122,557,843,886
1981	$4,222,441,860	$112,244,805,519
1982	$4,035,994,398	$115,043,365,512
1983	$4,057,275,132	$114,634,358,535
1984	$4,412,279,843	$109,455,312,168
1985	$4,504,306,723	$110,980,314,192
1986	$5,735,677,434	$159,089,921,063
1987	$5,074,829,932	$199,236,370,038
1988	$5,197,765,032	$215,540,625,299
1989	$5,251,858,440	$208,105,846,934
1990	$5,889,106,573	$265,763,573,999
1991	$6,603,185,268	$268,901,693,863
1992	$6,416,103,926	$279,921,425,828
1993	$5,968,922,939	$272,237,527,071
1994	$5,446,383,727	$301,375,055,202
1995	$6,464,382,808	$352,835,806,342
1996	$6,932,991,739	$340,103,959,547
1997	$6,891,443,192	$294,788,198,856
1998	$7,482,069,162	$303,459,014,347
1999	$7,718,109,982	$297,873,643,323
2000	$4,982,850,662	$279,216,033,870
2001	$5,314,872,854	$286,582,672,434
2002	$6,166,197,848	$309,301,422,430
2003	$7,632,723,556	$362,075,086,508
2004	$8,881,417,907	$403,912,891,033
2005	$10,744,568,381	$418,284,865,885
2006	$20,885,037,597	$441,634,672,197
2007	$24,827,339,138	$490,740,715,595
2008	$28,679,383,241	$567,267,767,519
2009	$26,048,720,006	$554,212,916,092
2010	$32,197,655,567	$598,851,027,948
2011	$39,336,668,081	$715,888,126,682
2012	$41,271,701,061	$686,420,221,558
2013	$62,845,721,960	$706,234,937,371
2014	$54,678,533,806	$726,537,809,430
2015	$49,436,806,230	$694,118,186,380
2016	$56,144,179,398	$687,895,460,903
2017	$60,385,409,435	$695,200,834,102
2018	$67,259,353,966	$725,568,717,468
2019	$68,352,629,246	$721,369,112,727
2020	$70,008,243,860	$741,999,406,006
2021	$79,514,204,730	$815,309,330,987
2022	$73,919,003,210	$828,508,926,958
2023	$80,547,146,878	$894,424,821,645
2024	$82,825,288,889	$936,564,198,049

Ghana and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Switzerland
1960	$174.9	$1,954
1961	$181.9	$2,155
1962	$188.4	$2,330
1963	$205	$2,508
1964	$225	$2,735
1965	$260.5	$2,865
1966	$263.3	$3,045
1967	$211.2	$3,237
1968	$196.7	$3,413
1969	$225.8	$3,657
1970	$248.2	$4,044
1971	$263.4	$4,835
1972	$223.8	$5,885
1973	$310	$7,856
1974	$289.4	$9,005
1975	$273	$10,328
1976	$261	$10,865
1977	$292.3	$11,644
1978	$326	$16,282
1979	$347	$18,266
1980	$372	$19,394
1981	$344	$17,665
1982	$319	$18,000
1983	$311	$17,859
1984	$330	$16,991
1985	$330	$17,152
1986	$411	$24,460
1987	$355	$30,441
1988	$355	$32,690
1989	$350	$31,309
1990	$383	$39,575
1991	$418	$39,544
1992	$396	$40,714
1993	$360	$39,237
1994	$321	$43,092
1995	$372	$50,114
1996	$389	$48,093
1997	$378	$41,584
1998	$400	$42,681
1999	$403	$41,696
2000	$253.7	$38,865
2001	$263.5	$39,639
2002	$297.5	$42,459
2003	$358	$49,336
2004	$406	$54,659
2005	$479	$56,243
2006	$906	$59,011
2007	$1,050	$64,989
2008	$1,183	$74,175
2009	$1,048	$71,568
2010	$1,264	$76,531
2011	$1,507	$90,477
2012	$1,544	$85,836
2013	$2,295	$87,304
2014	$1,950	$88,725
2015	$1,723	$83,806
2016	$1,912	$82,153
2017	$2,012	$82,254
2018	$2,195	$85,217
2019	$2,187	$84,122
2020	$2,195	$85,898
2021	$2,445	$93,665
2022	$2,230	$94,395
2023	$2,384	$100,632
2024	$2,406	$103,670

Ghana vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Switzerland
1950	43.1	68.9
1951	43.6	68.7
1952	44	69.6
1953	44.5	69.5
1954	45	70
1955	45.4	70.1
1956	45.7	70.2
1957	46.1	70.5
1958	46.4	71.3
1959	46.7	71.5
1960	46.9	71.4
1961	47.1	71.7
1962	47.3	71.3
1963	47.5	71.3
1964	47.6	72.2
1965	47.7	72.3
1966	47.7	72.4
1967	47.7	72.7
1968	47.8	72.7
1969	47.9	72.7
1970	47.9	73.1
1971	47.9	73.2
1972	48.3	73.8
1973	48.6	74.1
1974	48.9	74.4
1975	49.3	74.8
1976	49.7	74.9
1977	50.1	75.4
1978	50.5	75.3
1979	50.8	75.6
1980	51.1	75.6
1981	51.3	75.8
1982	51.4	76.2
1983	51.8	76.2
1984	52.2	76.8
1985	52.7	76.9
1986	53.3	77
1987	53.8	77.3
1988	54.4	77.4
1989	54.9	77.6
1990	55.4	77.4
1991	55.7	77.6
1992	56.1	77.9
1993	56.3	78.2
1994	56.2	78.5
1995	56.7	78.6
1996	57	79
1997	57.2	79.2
1998	57.5	79.5
1999	57.8	79.7
2000	58.1	79.8
2001	58.4	80.3
2002	58.7	80.4
2003	59	80.5
2004	59.3	81.1
2005	59.6	81.2
2006	60	81.5
2007	60.3	81.7
2008	60.6	82
2009	60.9	82
2010	61.3	82.3
2011	61.6	82.6
2012	62	82.6
2013	62.4	82.7
2014	62.8	83.1
2015	63.2	82.8
2016	63.5	83.4
2017	63.8	83.4
2018	64.1	83.6
2019	64.5	83.8
2020	64.3	83.1
2021	64.3	83.6
2022	65.2	83.2
2023	65.5	84
2024	65.7	84.1
2025	65.9	84.2

Ghana and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Switzerland
1960	6,961,215	5,327,827
1961	7,162,667	5,434,294
1962	7,337,375	5,573,815
1963	7,514,714	5,694,247
1964	7,695,739	5,789,228
1965	7,882,606	5,856,472
1966	8,074,521	5,918,002
1967	8,271,913	5,991,785
1968	8,475,729	6,067,714
1969	8,690,383	6,136,387
1970	8,925,813	6,180,877
1971	9,176,264	6,213,399
1972	9,438,187	6,260,956
1973	9,714,617	6,307,347
1974	10,000,523	6,341,405
1975	10,294,308	6,338,632
1976	10,594,913	6,302,504
1977	10,911,871	6,281,174
1978	11,248,450	6,281,738
1979	11,597,255	6,294,365
1980	11,941,448	6,319,408
1981	12,281,712	6,354,074
1982	12,643,819	6,391,309
1983	13,029,836	6,418,773
1984	13,370,590	6,441,865
1985	13,661,229	6,470,365
1986	13,965,217	6,504,124
1987	14,289,108	6,545,106
1988	14,636,568	6,593,386
1989	15,006,813	6,646,912
1990	15,394,648	6,715,519
1991	15,787,496	6,799,978
1992	16,184,855	6,875,364
1993	16,589,519	6,938,265
1994	16,993,190	6,993,795
1995	17,399,017	7,040,687
1996	17,810,181	7,071,850
1997	18,238,958	7,088,906
1998	18,688,036	7,110,001
1999	19,149,864	7,143,991
2000	19,637,087	7,184,250
2001	20,167,069	7,229,854
2002	20,729,388	7,284,753
2003	21,296,705	7,339,001
2004	21,868,298	7,389,625
2005	22,449,438	7,437,115
2006	23,040,702	7,483,934
2007	23,642,279	7,551,117
2008	24,249,946	7,647,675
2009	24,862,664	7,743,831
2010	25,474,995	7,824,909
2011	26,095,088	7,912,398
2012	26,734,268	7,996,861
2013	27,386,193	8,089,346
2014	28,041,592	8,188,649
2015	28,696,068	8,282,396
2016	29,356,742	8,373,338
2017	30,008,354	8,451,840
2018	30,637,585	8,514,329
2019	31,258,945	8,575,280
2020	31,887,809	8,638,167
2021	32,518,665	8,704,546
2022	33,149,152	8,777,088
2023	33,787,914	8,888,093
2024	34,427,414	9,034,102

Fertility rates in Ghana and Switzerland

Fertility rate

Ghana

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Switzerland
1960	6.89	2.44
1961	6.91	2.52
1962	6.94	2.58
1963	6.94	2.65
1964	6.9	2.66
1965	6.88	2.59
1966	6.86	2.5
1967	6.89	2.39
1968	6.89	2.29
1969	6.95	2.19
1970	6.95	2.1
1971	6.95	2.04
1972	6.92	1.91
1973	6.87	1.81
1974	6.82	1.73
1975	6.76	1.61
1976	6.7	1.55
1977	6.64	1.53
1978	6.56	1.51
1979	6.51	1.52
1980	6.47	1.55
1981	6.42	1.55
1982	6.31	1.56
1983	6.23	1.52
1984	6.15	1.53
1985	6.12	1.52
1986	6.08	1.53
1987	6.02	1.52
1988	5.92	1.57
1989	5.82	1.56
1990	5.74	1.58
1991	5.63	1.58
1992	5.52	1.58
1993	5.41	1.51
1994	5.25	1.49
1995	5.11	1.48
1996	4.96	1.5
1997	4.88	1.48
1998	4.83	1.47
1999	4.82	1.48
2000	4.83	1.5
2001	4.77	1.38
2002	4.69	1.39
2003	4.6	1.39
2004	4.5	1.42
2005	4.5	1.42
2006	4.4	1.44
2007	4.29	1.46
2008	4.22	1.48
2009	4.18	1.5
2010	4.18	1.52
2011	4.18	1.52
2012	4.15	1.52
2013	4.11	1.52
2014	4.03	1.54
2015	3.98	1.54
2016	3.87	1.54
2017	3.72	1.52
2018	3.65	1.52
2019	3.59	1.48
2020	3.54	1.46
2021	3.49	1.52
2022	3.43	1.39
2023	3.4	1.33

Ghana and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Switzerland
1960	17.7	32.6
1961	17.4	32.4
1962	17.2	32
1963	16.9	31.7
1964	16.7	31.5
1965	16.5	31.6
1966	16.4	31.6
1967	16.2	31.6
1968	16.1	31.7
1969	16	31.7
1970	15.9	32
1971	15.9	32.2
1972	15.8	32.3
1973	15.8	32.5
1974	15.8	32.7
1975	15.9	33.1
1976	16	33.5
1977	16.2	33.8
1978	16.4	34.2
1979	16.5	34.5
1980	16.7	34.8
1981	16.7	35
1982	16.9	35.3
1983	17	35.6
1984	17.1	35.9
1985	17.1	36.1
1986	17.1	36.3
1987	17.1	36.5
1988	17.1	36.7
1989	17.1	36.8
1990	17.2	36.9
1991	17.2	36.9
1992	17.3	36.9
1993	17.4	37
1994	17.5	37.1
1995	17.6	37.3
1996	17.7	37.6
1997	17.9	37.9
1998	18.1	38.2
1999	18.3	38.4
2000	18.4	38.7
2001	18.6	39
2002	18.8	39.3
2003	19	39.6
2004	19.1	39.9
2005	19.3	40.3
2006	19.5	40.6
2007	19.7	40.9
2008	19.9	41.1
2009	20	41.3
2010	20.2	41.5
2011	20.3	41.6
2012	20.5	41.8
2013	20.6	42
2014	20.7	42.1
2015	20.8	42.2
2016	20.9	42.3
2017	21	42.4
2018	21.2	42.5
2019	21.3	42.6
2020	21.5	42.7
2021	21.7	42.8
2022	21.8	43
2023	22	43.4
2024	22.2	43.7

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