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Ghana vs Syria statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 81st vs. 87th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Main facts and rankings

Ghana Syria
Population
35572974
26304877
Population rank 47/197 57/197
GDP
$82.8B
2024
$20B
2023
GDP rank 79/197 129/197
GDP per capita
$2,406
2024
$847
2023
GDP per capita rank 150/197 184/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$8,027
2024
$4,650
2023
Government debt
$58.4B
2024
$18.4B
2010
Debt-to-GDP ratio
66.4%
2025
30%
2010
Government debt per person
$1,696
2024
$820
2010
Government debt per person rank 122/185 148/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,836
2025
$731
2025
Land area
87,851 sq mi
2025
70,900 sq mi
2025
Population density
392 ppl/mi²
2024
348 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.4
2023
2.71
2023
Median age
22.2 years
2024
23.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
65.9 years
2025
73 years
2025

Ghana and Syria: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Syria economies compared

GDP
Ghana

Syria
Year GDP
Ghana Syria
1960 $1,217,230,095 $857,704,413
1961 $1,302,674,325 $945,244,972
1962 $1,382,515,654 $1,110,565,881
1963 $1,540,797,589 $1,200,447,408
1964 $1,731,296,200 $1,339,494,267
1965 $2,053,462,968 $1,472,036,540
1966 $2,126,300,672 $1,342,287,553
1967 $1,747,187,645 $1,580,229,799
1968 $1,666,909,518 $1,753,746,430
1969 $1,962,050,556 $2,245,011,515
1970 $2,215,028,588 $2,140,384,010
1971 $2,417,108,578 $2,589,851,325
1972 $2,112,293,280 $3,059,681,698
1973 $3,006,766,758 $3,239,487,516
1974 $2,894,409,938 $5,159,557,148
1975 $2,810,106,383 $6,826,980,444
1976 $2,765,254,237 $7,633,528,867
1977 $3,189,428,571 $7,696,011,396
1978 $3,662,478,185 $9,275,200,458
1979 $4,020,227,920 $9,929,681,529
1980 $4,445,228,216 $13,062,420,382
1981 $4,222,441,860 $15,518,201,335
1982 $4,035,994,398 $16,298,929,011
1983 $4,057,275,132 $17,589,277,143
1984 $4,412,279,843 $17,503,078,174
1985 $4,504,306,723 $16,403,539,893
1986 $5,735,677,434 $13,293,205,278
1987 $5,074,829,932 $11,356,215,543
1988 $5,197,765,032 $10,577,041,645
1989 $5,251,858,440 $9,853,395,762
1990 $5,889,106,573 $12,308,624,418
1991 $6,603,185,268 $12,981,833,333
1992 $6,416,103,926 $13,253,565,861
1993 $5,968,922,939 $13,695,962,055
1994 $5,446,383,727 $10,122,020,000
1995 $6,464,382,808 $11,396,706,587
1996 $6,932,991,739 $13,789,560,878
1997 $6,891,443,192 $14,505,233,463
1998 $7,482,069,162 $15,200,846,154
1999 $7,718,109,982 $15,873,875,969
2000 $4,982,850,662 $18,937,052,543
2001 $5,314,872,854 $20,237,024,725
2002 $6,166,197,848 $20,669,357,462
2003 $7,632,723,556 $21,828,144,686
2004 $8,881,417,907 $25,086,950,495
2005 $10,744,568,381 $28,858,965,517
2006 $20,885,037,597 $33,751,788,856
2007 $24,827,339,138 $40,465,318,382
2008 $28,679,383,241 $52,557,913,569
2009 $26,048,720,006 $54,111,735,629
2010 $32,197,655,567 $61,390,830,875
2011 $39,336,668,081 $67,539,428,159
2012 $41,271,701,061 $43,190,318,033
2013 $62,845,721,960 $21,361,254,635
2014 $54,678,533,806 $21,502,061,466
2015 $49,436,806,230 $16,466,863,117
2016 $56,144,179,398 $12,597,854,877
2017 $60,385,409,435 $16,369,843,352
2018 $67,259,353,966 $21,497,782,868
2019 $68,352,629,246 $22,583,045,060
2020 $70,008,243,860 $12,047,752,036
2021 $79,514,204,730 $14,353,205,678
2022 $73,919,003,210 $23,622,827,080
2023 $80,547,146,878 $19,993,439,950
2024 $82,825,288,889 -

Ghana and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita
Ghana

Syria
Year GDP per capita
Ghana Syria
1960 $174.9 $183.5
1961 $181.9 $196.3
1962 $188.4 $223.9
1963 $205 $234.9
1964 $225 $254.2
1965 $260.5 $270.8
1966 $263.3 $239.3
1967 $211.2 $272.9
1968 $196.7 $293.3
1969 $225.8 $364
1970 $248.2 $335
1971 $263.4 $393
1972 $223.8 $448
1973 $310 $459
1974 $289.4 $707
1975 $273 $904
1976 $261 $976
1977 $292.3 $951
1978 $326 $1,108
1979 $347 $1,146
1980 $372 $1,458
1981 $344 $1,676
1982 $319 $1,703
1983 $311 $1,776
1984 $330 $1,706
1985 $330 $1,544
1986 $411 $1,208
1987 $355 $997
1988 $355 $898
1989 $350 $809
1990 $383 $978
1991 $418 $1,000
1992 $396 $990
1993 $360 $993
1994 $321 $712
1995 $372 $780
1996 $389 $918
1997 $378 $941
1998 $400 $961
1999 $403 $978
2000 $253.7 $1,138
2001 $263.5 $1,187
2002 $297.5 $1,183
2003 $358 $1,220
2004 $406 $1,368
2005 $479 $1,534
2006 $906 $1,719
2007 $1,050 $1,938
2008 $1,183 $2,429
2009 $1,048 $2,462
2010 $1,264 $2,731
2011 $1,507 $2,952
2012 $1,544 $1,898
2013 $2,295 $986
2014 $1,950 $1,061
2015 $1,723 $848
2016 $1,912 $656
2017 $2,012 $852
2018 $2,195 $1,098
2019 $2,187 $1,110
2020 $2,195 $572
2021 $2,445 $664
2022 $2,230 $1,052
2023 $2,384 $847
2024 $2,406 -

Ghana vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Ghana

Syria
Year Life expectancy, years
Ghana Syria
1950 43.1 42.5
1951 43.6 43.4
1952 44 44.3
1953 44.5 45.3
1954 45 46.4
1955 45.4 47.4
1956 45.7 48.5
1957 46.1 49.6
1958 46.4 50.7
1959 46.7 51.7
1960 46.9 52.7
1961 47.1 53.7
1962 47.3 54.6
1963 47.5 55.4
1964 47.6 56.2
1965 47.7 56.9
1966 47.7 57.6
1967 47.7 58
1968 47.8 59.1
1969 47.9 59.8
1970 47.9 60.6
1971 47.9 61.3
1972 48.3 62
1973 48.6 60.8
1974 48.9 63.4
1975 49.3 64.2
1976 49.7 64.8
1977 50.1 65.4
1978 50.5 65.9
1979 50.8 66.2
1980 51.1 66.5
1981 51.3 64.6
1982 51.4 60.8
1983 51.8 67.4
1984 52.2 67.7
1985 52.7 68
1986 53.3 68.4
1987 53.8 68.8
1988 54.4 69.2
1989 54.9 69.5
1990 55.4 69.8
1991 55.7 70.1
1992 56.1 70.2
1993 56.3 70.3
1994 56.2 70.3
1995 56.7 70.2
1996 57 70.2
1997 57.2 70.2
1998 57.5 70.2
1999 57.8 70.5
2000 58.1 70.9
2001 58.4 71.3
2002 58.7 71.7
2003 59 72.2
2004 59.3 72.5
2005 59.6 72.8
2006 60 73
2007 60.3 73.3
2008 60.6 73.4
2009 60.9 73.5
2010 61.3 73.5
2011 61.6 72.3
2012 62 66.2
2013 62.4 65.1
2014 62.8 65.5
2015 63.2 63.3
2016 63.5 65.2
2017 63.8 65.7
2018 64.1 67.4
2019 64.5 71
2020 64.3 71.9
2021 64.3 72.4
2022 65.2 72.8
2023 65.5 72.1
2024 65.7 72.6
2025 65.9 73

Ghana and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population
Ghana

Syria
Year Population
Ghana Syria
1960 6,961,215 4,673,500
1961 7,162,667 4,815,466
1962 7,337,375 4,959,340
1963 7,514,714 5,110,467
1964 7,695,739 5,269,087
1965 7,882,606 5,435,267
1966 8,074,521 5,609,047
1967 8,271,913 5,790,198
1968 8,475,729 5,978,742
1969 8,690,383 6,175,166
1970 8,925,813 6,380,609
1971 9,176,264 6,598,094
1972 9,438,187 6,826,024
1973 9,714,617 7,060,321
1974 10,000,523 7,302,160
1975 10,294,308 7,554,364
1976 10,594,913 7,817,320
1977 10,911,871 8,090,501
1978 11,248,450 8,372,759
1979 11,597,255 8,661,909
1980 11,941,448 8,957,663
1981 12,281,712 9,260,189
1982 12,643,819 9,572,511
1983 13,029,836 9,904,809
1984 13,370,590 10,258,398
1985 13,661,229 10,625,672
1986 13,965,217 11,002,844
1987 14,289,108 11,388,923
1988 14,636,568 11,782,264
1989 15,006,813 12,179,060
1990 15,394,648 12,579,208
1991 15,787,496 12,980,821
1992 16,184,855 13,385,571
1993 16,589,519 13,795,686
1994 16,993,190 14,208,583
1995 17,399,017 14,616,801
1996 17,810,181 15,018,104
1997 18,238,958 15,417,542
1998 18,688,036 15,820,413
1999 19,149,864 16,228,061
2000 19,637,087 16,637,888
2001 20,167,069 17,051,338
2002 20,729,388 17,468,332
2003 21,296,705 17,889,296
2004 21,868,298 18,336,875
2005 22,449,438 18,814,091
2006 23,040,702 19,637,022
2007 23,642,279 20,884,125
2008 24,249,946 21,636,564
2009 24,862,664 21,976,969
2010 25,474,995 22,482,421
2011 26,095,088 22,878,098
2012 26,734,268 22,759,763
2013 27,386,193 21,666,917
2014 28,041,592 20,273,659
2015 28,696,068 19,424,618
2016 29,356,742 19,193,834
2017 30,008,354 19,224,668
2018 30,637,585 19,577,845
2019 31,258,945 20,353,534
2020 31,887,809 21,049,429
2021 32,518,665 21,628,839
2022 33,149,152 22,462,173
2023 33,787,914 23,594,623
2024 34,427,414 24,672,760

Fertility rates in Ghana and Syria

Fertility rate
Ghana

Syria
Year Fertility rate
Ghana Syria
1960 6.89 7.51
1961 6.91 7.5
1962 6.94 7.51
1963 6.94 7.51
1964 6.9 7.53
1965 6.88 7.53
1966 6.86 7.55
1967 6.89 7.56
1968 6.89 7.57
1969 6.95 7.59
1970 6.95 7.62
1971 6.95 7.6
1972 6.92 7.57
1973 6.87 7.55
1974 6.82 7.52
1975 6.76 7.49
1976 6.7 7.45
1977 6.64 7.42
1978 6.56 7.35
1979 6.51 7.25
1980 6.47 7.12
1981 6.42 6.97
1982 6.31 6.81
1983 6.23 6.69
1984 6.15 6.59
1985 6.12 6.48
1986 6.08 6.37
1987 6.02 6.2
1988 5.92 6
1989 5.82 5.78
1990 5.74 5.56
1991 5.63 5.34
1992 5.52 5.14
1993 5.41 4.99
1994 5.25 4.86
1995 5.11 4.7
1996 4.96 4.54
1997 4.88 4.37
1998 4.83 4.25
1999 4.82 4.14
2000 4.83 4.07
2001 4.77 3.98
2002 4.69 3.87
2003 4.6 3.76
2004 4.5 3.68
2005 4.5 3.61
2006 4.4 3.56
2007 4.29 3.54
2008 4.22 3.48
2009 4.18 3.42
2010 4.18 3.36
2011 4.18 3.29
2012 4.15 3.22
2013 4.11 3.17
2014 4.03 3.12
2015 3.98 3.07
2016 3.87 3.01
2017 3.72 2.97
2018 3.65 2.93
2019 3.59 2.88
2020 3.54 2.84
2021 3.49 2.8
2022 3.43 2.75
2023 3.4 2.71

Ghana and Syria demographics compared

Median age
Ghana

Syria
Year Median age, years
Ghana Syria
1960 17.7 17.6
1961 17.4 17.3
1962 17.2 17.1
1963 16.9 16.9
1964 16.7 16.7
1965 16.5 16.5
1966 16.4 16.4
1967 16.2 16.2
1968 16.1 16.1
1969 16 16
1970 15.9 15.9
1971 15.9 15.8
1972 15.8 15.8
1973 15.8 15.7
1974 15.8 15.7
1975 15.9 15.7
1976 16 15.6
1977 16.2 15.6
1978 16.4 15.6
1979 16.5 15.6
1980 16.7 15.6
1981 16.7 15.6
1982 16.9 15.7
1983 17 15.8
1984 17.1 15.8
1985 17.1 15.9
1986 17.1 16
1987 17.1 16.1
1988 17.1 16.2
1989 17.1 16.4
1990 17.2 16.5
1991 17.2 16.7
1992 17.3 16.9
1993 17.4 17.1
1994 17.5 17.3
1995 17.6 17.5
1996 17.7 17.7
1997 17.9 17.9
1998 18.1 18.1
1999 18.3 18.3
2000 18.4 18.5
2001 18.6 18.8
2002 18.8 19
2003 19 19.2
2004 19.1 19.5
2005 19.3 19.7
2006 19.5 20.3
2007 19.7 21
2008 19.9 21.3
2009 20 21.5
2010 20.2 21.7
2011 20.3 21.9
2012 20.5 21.8
2013 20.6 21.2
2014 20.7 20.1
2015 20.8 19.5
2016 20.9 19.5
2017 21 19.6
2018 21.2 20.1
2019 21.3 20.9
2020 21.5 21.6
2021 21.7 22.2
2022 21.8 22.7
2023 22 23.3
2024 22.2 23.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Ghana Syria
GNI, Atlas method
$79.8B
2024
$18.2B
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
18.8%
2025
28.6%
2010
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.91%
2022
5.13%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.39%
2023
4.06%
2010
Armed forces personnel
16,000
2020
269,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.76%
2025
-7.79%
2010
Unemployment rate
2.87%
2022
8.61%
2010
Services, % of GDP
43.9%
2024
44.9%
2022
Industry, % of GDP
28.8%
2024
12%
2022
Economic freedom index
56
2025
51.2
2012
Income share by richest 10%
32.2%
2016
21.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
1.6%
2016
3.8%
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
$20.6B
2010
Personal remittances received
$3.03B
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
897,000
2015
2,424,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
0.87%
2020
32.2%
2010
Banked people share
81.2%
2024
23.3%
2011

Energy

Ghana Syria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
359 kg
2022
455 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.1
2022
$10.5
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
24.2 megatons
2023
25.6 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.72 tons
2023
1.08 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
62%
2022
99.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
39%
2021
1.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
6.03%
2022
0.72%
2022
Net energy imports use share
-22.4%
2022
61.3%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
553 kWh
2022
690 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
34.9%
2021
3.91%
2021
Hydroelectric share
35.4%
2022
3.76%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
89.5%
2023
88.4%
2023

Society

Ghana Syria
% of world population
0.42%
2024
0.3%
2024
Annual migration change
-13,114
2024
+546,494
2024
Urban population
59.9%
2024
58%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.59 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
39.1
2025
17.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
42
2024
12
2024
Higher education index
64
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.81
2022
2.07
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
25.7
2019
14.9
2019
Visa free countries
74
2025
39
2025
Adult literacy rate
76.5%
2021
94.4%
2021
English speaking
66.7%
2023
4%
2025
People using the Internet
69.9%
2023
34.7%
2019

Health

Ghana Syria
Government health expenditure per capita
$82.3
2022
$34.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$20.6
2022
$15.7
2022
Life expectancy
65.9 years
2025
73 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
15.8%
2022
20.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.14
2022
1.19
2016
Age at first childbirth
22.1 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
234
2023
20
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
37.1
2023
20.6
2023
Obesity rate
13.3%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
2.7%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
21
2025
42
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
3.4%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.26 liters
2020
0.09 liters
2020

Territory

Ghana Syria
% of world land
0.15%
2025
0.12%
2025
Land area per capita
2,552 sq mi
2024
2,874 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
48,663 sq mi
2025
52,533 sq mi
2025
Forest area
30,917 sq mi
2025
2,016 sq mi
2025
Roads length
68,049 mi
2009
n/a

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