Ghana vs Tanzania statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 68.6M in Tanzania (ranked 22/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 342,009 sq mi for Tanzania (ranked 81st vs. 31st).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Tanzania ranks 82/197 ($78.8B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Tanzania ranks 170/197 ($1,149).

Ghana and Tanzania: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Tanzania economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Tanzania
1960	$1,217,230,095	$2,651,729,807
1961	$1,302,674,325	$2,826,179,031
1962	$1,382,515,654	$3,101,589,993
1963	$1,540,797,589	$3,456,579,293
1964	$1,731,296,200	$3,748,840,925
1965	$2,053,462,968	$3,817,226,546
1966	$2,126,300,672	$4,377,998,825
1967	$1,747,187,645	$4,565,132,048
1968	$1,666,909,518	$4,895,251,824
1969	$1,962,050,556	$5,142,066,811
1970	$2,215,028,588	$2,851,419,386
1971	$2,417,108,578	$3,050,673,517
1972	$2,112,293,280	$3,472,787,266
1973	$3,006,766,758	$4,144,104,535
1974	$2,894,409,938	$4,977,337,978
1975	$2,810,106,383	$5,729,917,840
1976	$2,765,254,237	$6,472,511,988
1977	$3,189,428,571	$7,732,598,995
1978	$3,662,478,185	$9,261,675,710
1979	$4,020,227,920	$9,804,637,491
1980	$4,445,228,216	$11,409,228,087
1981	$4,222,441,860	$13,161,540,378
1982	$4,035,994,398	$13,927,383,240
1983	$4,057,275,132	$14,049,883,809
1984	$4,412,279,843	$12,906,635,133
1985	$4,504,306,723	$15,328,295,175
1986	$5,735,677,434	$10,840,864,521
1987	$5,074,829,932	$7,824,193,222
1988	$5,197,765,032	$7,406,614,407
1989	$5,251,858,440	$6,418,799,007
1990	$5,889,106,573	$6,184,384,225
1991	$6,603,185,268	$7,197,768,159
1992	$6,416,103,926	$6,681,997,469
1993	$5,968,922,939	$6,182,872,708
1994	$5,446,383,727	$6,550,480,484
1995	$6,464,382,808	$7,631,431,840
1996	$6,932,991,739	$9,433,528,150
1997	$6,891,443,192	$11,158,197,942
1998	$7,482,069,162	$12,172,790,056
1999	$7,718,109,982	$12,704,334,196
2000	$4,982,850,662	$13,371,767,082
2001	$5,314,872,854	$13,563,990,022
2002	$6,166,197,848	$14,129,651,896
2003	$7,632,723,556	$15,211,487,709
2004	$8,881,417,907	$16,673,062,473
2005	$10,744,568,381	$18,395,383,647
2006	$20,885,037,597	$18,619,859,795
2007	$24,827,339,138	$21,860,434,823
2008	$28,679,383,241	$27,947,821,398
2009	$26,048,720,006	$29,400,573,554
2010	$32,197,655,567	$32,012,892,919
2011	$39,336,668,081	$34,657,140,096
2012	$41,271,701,061	$39,650,394,363
2013	$62,845,721,960	$45,648,857,242
2014	$54,678,533,806	$49,986,726,461
2015	$49,436,806,230	$47,413,919,817
2016	$56,144,179,398	$49,774,409,374
2017	$60,385,409,435	$53,274,884,533
2018	$67,259,353,966	$57,003,712,892
2019	$68,352,629,246	$61,026,731,926
2020	$70,008,243,860	$66,068,737,786
2021	$79,514,204,730	$70,655,628,148
2022	$73,919,003,210	$75,769,974,505
2023	$80,547,146,878	$79,062,403,837
2024	$82,825,288,889	$78,779,864,877

Ghana and Tanzania economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Tanzania
1960	$174.9	$267.8
1961	$181.9	$277.4
1962	$188.4	$295.7
1963	$205	$320
1964	$225	$337
1965	$260.5	$333
1966	$263.3	$370
1967	$211.2	$374
1968	$196.7	$388
1969	$225.8	$394
1970	$248.2	$211.3
1971	$263.4	$218.4
1972	$223.8	$239.8
1973	$310	$276.1
1974	$289.4	$320
1975	$273	$355
1976	$261	$387
1977	$292.3	$446
1978	$326	$515
1979	$347	$527
1980	$372	$595
1981	$344	$665
1982	$319	$683
1983	$311	$667
1984	$330	$593
1985	$330	$681
1986	$411	$466
1987	$355	$326
1988	$355	$299
1989	$350	$252.3
1990	$383	$236.9
1991	$418	$268.8
1992	$396	$243.4
1993	$360	$218.2
1994	$321	$222.5
1995	$372	$251.2
1996	$389	$305
1997	$378	$353
1998	$400	$375
1999	$403	$382
2000	$253.7	$390
2001	$263.5	$385
2002	$297.5	$391
2003	$358	$410
2004	$406	$438
2005	$479	$469
2006	$906	$462
2007	$1,050	$528
2008	$1,183	$657
2009	$1,048	$674
2010	$1,264	$715
2011	$1,507	$753
2012	$1,544	$837
2013	$2,295	$935
2014	$1,950	$993
2015	$1,723	$911
2016	$1,912	$925
2017	$2,012	$957
2018	$2,195	$992
2019	$2,187	$1,031
2020	$2,195	$1,084
2021	$2,445	$1,125
2022	$2,230	$1,171
2023	$2,384	$1,187
2024	$2,406	$1,149

Ghana vs. Tanzania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Tanzania

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Tanzania
1950	43.1	41
1951	43.6	41.2
1952	44	41.4
1953	44.5	41.5
1954	45	41.7
1955	45.4	41.8
1956	45.7	42
1957	46.1	42.1
1958	46.4	42.3
1959	46.7	42.5
1960	46.9	42.6
1961	47.1	42.8
1962	47.3	43.2
1963	47.5	43.6
1964	47.6	44.1
1965	47.7	44.5
1966	47.7	44.9
1967	47.7	45.2
1968	47.8	45.6
1969	47.9	46
1970	47.9	46.5
1971	47.9	47
1972	48.3	47.4
1973	48.6	47.9
1974	48.9	48.4
1975	49.3	48.9
1976	49.7	49.5
1977	50.1	50
1978	50.5	50.4
1979	50.8	50.8
1980	51.1	51.3
1981	51.3	51.7
1982	51.4	52
1983	51.8	52.2
1984	52.2	52.2
1985	52.7	52.2
1986	53.3	52.2
1987	53.8	52.2
1988	54.4	52.2
1989	54.9	52.1
1990	55.4	52
1991	55.7	51.8
1992	56.1	51.4
1993	56.3	51.2
1994	56.2	51.1
1995	56.7	51
1996	57	51.1
1997	57.2	51.2
1998	57.5	51.8
1999	57.8	52.4
2000	58.1	53.2
2001	58.4	54.1
2002	58.7	54.9
2003	59	55.9
2004	59.3	56.8
2005	59.6	57.7
2006	60	58.5
2007	60.3	59.3
2008	60.6	59.9
2009	60.9	60.5
2010	61.3	61.1
2011	61.6	61.6
2012	62	62.3
2013	62.4	62.8
2014	62.8	63.4
2015	63.2	63.9
2016	63.5	64.4
2017	63.8	65
2018	64.1	65.5
2019	64.5	66
2020	64.3	66.8
2021	64.3	66.1
2022	65.2	66.9
2023	65.5	67
2024	65.7	67.2
2025	65.9	67.4

Ghana and Tanzania population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Tanzania

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Tanzania
1960	6,961,215	9,901,419
1961	7,162,667	10,187,886
1962	7,337,375	10,487,756
1963	7,514,714	10,799,528
1964	7,695,739	11,127,826
1965	7,882,606	11,470,728
1966	8,074,521	11,827,459
1967	8,271,913	12,200,109
1968	8,475,729	12,602,076
1969	8,690,383	13,036,700
1970	8,925,813	13,492,677
1971	9,176,264	13,971,451
1972	9,438,187	14,479,308
1973	9,714,617	15,010,101
1974	10,000,523	15,561,630
1975	10,294,308	16,138,361
1976	10,594,913	16,736,211
1977	10,911,871	17,352,929
1978	11,248,450	17,976,566
1979	11,597,255	18,592,038
1980	11,941,448	19,189,769
1981	12,281,712	19,784,703
1982	12,643,819	20,398,571
1983	13,029,836	21,079,874
1984	13,370,590	21,779,066
1985	13,661,229	22,501,693
1986	13,965,217	23,258,959
1987	14,289,108	24,030,378
1988	14,636,568	24,769,686
1989	15,006,813	25,438,759
1990	15,394,648	26,110,207
1991	15,787,496	26,780,436
1992	16,184,855	27,457,588
1993	16,589,519	28,332,692
1994	16,993,190	29,442,356
1995	17,399,017	30,383,497
1996	17,810,181	30,945,762
1997	18,238,958	31,578,089
1998	18,688,036	32,420,458
1999	19,149,864	33,300,330
2000	19,637,087	34,260,139
2001	20,167,069	35,198,299
2002	20,729,388	36,121,304
2003	21,296,705	37,089,555
2004	21,868,298	38,109,668
2005	22,449,438	39,182,076
2006	23,040,702	40,294,902
2007	23,642,279	41,435,512
2008	24,249,946	42,570,728
2009	24,862,664	43,633,982
2010	25,474,995	44,758,488
2011	26,095,088	46,029,367
2012	26,734,268	47,374,260
2013	27,386,193	48,824,128
2014	28,041,592	50,351,512
2015	28,696,068	52,020,962
2016	29,356,742	53,824,013
2017	30,008,354	55,652,890
2018	30,637,585	57,437,145
2019	31,258,945	59,174,891
2020	31,887,809	60,972,798
2021	32,518,665	62,830,412
2022	33,149,152	64,711,821
2023	33,787,914	66,617,606
2024	34,427,414	68,560,157

Fertility rates in Ghana and Tanzania

Fertility rate

Ghana

Tanzania

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Tanzania
1960	6.89	6.54
1961	6.91	6.56
1962	6.94	6.61
1963	6.94	6.65
1964	6.9	6.68
1965	6.88	6.73
1966	6.86	6.8
1967	6.89	6.86
1968	6.89	6.9
1969	6.95	6.95
1970	6.95	7
1971	6.95	7.04
1972	6.92	7.05
1973	6.87	7.06
1974	6.82	7.12
1975	6.76	7.1
1976	6.7	7.09
1977	6.64	7.07
1978	6.56	7.06
1979	6.51	7.04
1980	6.47	6.99
1981	6.42	6.93
1982	6.31	6.87
1983	6.23	6.81
1984	6.15	6.72
1985	6.12	6.6
1986	6.08	6.49
1987	6.02	6.41
1988	5.92	6.38
1989	5.82	6.3
1990	5.74	6.2
1991	5.63	6.14
1992	5.52	6.08
1993	5.41	6
1994	5.25	5.89
1995	5.11	5.82
1996	4.96	5.83
1997	4.88	5.84
1998	4.83	5.81
1999	4.82	5.75
2000	4.83	5.67
2001	4.77	5.62
2002	4.69	5.57
2003	4.6	5.58
2004	4.5	5.6
2005	4.5	5.58
2006	4.4	5.51
2007	4.29	5.4
2008	4.22	5.32
2009	4.18	5.26
2010	4.18	5.23
2011	4.18	5.14
2012	4.15	5.14
2013	4.11	5.16
2014	4.03	5.12
2015	3.98	5.03
2016	3.87	5.01
2017	3.72	4.99
2018	3.65	4.93
2019	3.59	4.87
2020	3.54	4.8
2021	3.49	4.73
2022	3.43	4.67
2023	3.4	4.61

Ghana and Tanzania demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Tanzania

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Tanzania
1960	17.7	17.4
1961	17.4	17.4
1962	17.2	17.4
1963	16.9	17.4
1964	16.7	17.4
1965	16.5	17.3
1966	16.4	17.2
1967	16.2	17.2
1968	16.1	17.1
1969	16	17.1
1970	15.9	17.1
1971	15.9	17
1972	15.8	17
1973	15.8	17
1974	15.8	16.9
1975	15.9	16.9
1976	16	16.8
1977	16.2	16.8
1978	16.4	16.7
1979	16.5	16.6
1980	16.7	16.5
1981	16.7	16.4
1982	16.9	16.3
1983	17	16.2
1984	17.1	16.2
1985	17.1	16.3
1986	17.1	16.4
1987	17.1	16.5
1988	17.1	16.6
1989	17.1	16.6
1990	17.2	16.7
1991	17.2	16.7
1992	17.3	16.8
1993	17.4	17
1994	17.5	17.3
1995	17.6	17.4
1996	17.7	17.4
1997	17.9	17.3
1998	18.1	17.3
1999	18.3	17.4
2000	18.4	17.4
2001	18.6	17.5
2002	18.8	17.5
2003	19	17.4
2004	19.1	17.4
2005	19.3	17.4
2006	19.5	17.4
2007	19.7	17.3
2008	19.9	17.3
2009	20	17.2
2010	20.2	17.2
2011	20.3	17.2
2012	20.5	17.3
2013	20.6	17.3
2014	20.7	17.4
2015	20.8	17.5
2016	20.9	17.6
2017	21	17.8
2018	21.2	17.9
2019	21.3	17.9
2020	21.5	18
2021	21.7	18.1
2022	21.8	18.2
2023	22	18.3
2024	22.2	18.4

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