Ghana vs Thailand statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 71.7M in Thailand (ranked 20/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 197,256 sq mi for Thailand (ranked 81st vs. 50th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345).

Ghana and Thailand: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Thailand economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Thailand
1960	$1,217,230,095	$2,760,750,861
1961	$1,302,674,325	$3,034,037,811
1962	$1,382,515,654	$3,308,912,797
1963	$1,540,797,589	$3,540,403,457
1964	$1,731,296,200	$3,889,129,942
1965	$2,053,462,968	$4,388,937,649
1966	$2,126,300,672	$5,279,230,817
1967	$1,747,187,645	$5,638,461,442
1968	$1,666,909,518	$6,081,009,428
1969	$1,962,050,556	$6,695,336,567
1970	$2,215,028,588	$7,086,538,438
1971	$2,417,108,578	$7,375,000,024
1972	$2,112,293,280	$8,177,873,151
1973	$3,006,766,758	$10,838,587,358
1974	$2,894,409,938	$13,702,998,512
1975	$2,810,106,383	$14,882,770,594
1976	$2,765,254,237	$16,985,208,648
1977	$3,189,428,571	$19,779,312,261
1978	$3,662,478,185	$24,006,566,637
1979	$4,020,227,920	$27,371,650,825
1980	$4,445,228,216	$32,353,514,989
1981	$4,222,441,860	$34,846,039,194
1982	$4,035,994,398	$36,589,772,404
1983	$4,057,275,132	$40,042,798,388
1984	$4,412,279,843	$41,797,647,776
1985	$4,504,306,723	$38,900,711,333
1986	$5,735,677,434	$43,096,773,981
1987	$5,074,829,932	$50,535,446,555
1988	$5,197,765,032	$61,667,253,471
1989	$5,251,858,440	$72,250,748,100
1990	$5,889,106,573	$85,343,190,719
1991	$6,603,185,268	$98,234,714,971
1992	$6,416,103,926	$111,452,746,518
1993	$5,968,922,939	$128,889,262,951
1994	$5,446,383,727	$146,683,778,959
1995	$6,464,382,808	$169,278,916,593
1996	$6,932,991,739	$183,035,237,429
1997	$6,891,443,192	$150,180,456,566
1998	$7,482,069,162	$113,675,596,788
1999	$7,718,109,982	$126,669,211,779
2000	$4,982,850,662	$126,392,224,254
2001	$5,314,872,854	$120,296,476,180
2002	$6,166,197,848	$134,300,904,400
2003	$7,632,723,556	$152,280,615,246
2004	$8,881,417,907	$172,895,685,155
2005	$10,744,568,381	$189,318,408,469
2006	$20,885,037,597	$221,758,296,022
2007	$24,827,339,138	$262,942,621,455
2008	$28,679,383,241	$291,382,982,431
2009	$26,048,720,006	$281,710,630,187
2010	$32,197,655,567	$341,104,766,329
2011	$39,336,668,081	$370,818,739,624
2012	$41,271,701,061	$397,558,325,279
2013	$62,845,721,960	$420,333,654,593
2014	$54,678,533,806	$407,339,040,198
2015	$49,436,806,230	$401,296,238,228
2016	$56,144,179,398	$413,366,349,748
2017	$60,385,409,435	$456,356,813,537
2018	$67,259,353,966	$506,754,208,404
2019	$68,352,629,246	$543,976,691,794
2020	$70,008,243,860	$500,461,898,480
2021	$79,514,204,730	$506,194,668,790
2022	$73,919,003,210	$495,644,697,588
2023	$80,547,146,878	$515,906,283,941
2024	$82,825,288,889	$526,411,265,428

Ghana and Thailand economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Thailand
1960	$174.9	$102.8
1961	$181.9	$109.7
1962	$188.4	$116.2
1963	$205	$120.7
1964	$225	$128.6
1965	$260.5	$140.9
1966	$263.3	$164.5
1967	$211.2	$170.7
1968	$196.7	$178.8
1969	$225.8	$191.4
1970	$248.2	$197.1
1971	$263.4	$199.7
1972	$223.8	$215.6
1973	$310	$278.3
1974	$289.4	$343
1975	$273	$364
1976	$261	$405
1977	$292.3	$462
1978	$326	$548
1979	$347	$612
1980	$372	$709
1981	$344	$748
1982	$319	$770
1983	$311	$827
1984	$330	$847
1985	$330	$774
1986	$411	$842
1987	$355	$970
1988	$355	$1,164
1989	$350	$1,342
1990	$383	$1,559
1991	$418	$1,766
1992	$396	$1,972
1993	$360	$2,245
1994	$321	$2,518
1995	$372	$2,864
1996	$389	$3,055
1997	$378	$2,473
1998	$400	$1,848
1999	$403	$2,033
2000	$253.7	$2,006
2001	$263.5	$1,890
2002	$297.5	$2,090
2003	$358	$2,348
2004	$406	$2,642
2005	$479	$2,868
2006	$906	$3,331
2007	$1,050	$3,919
2008	$1,183	$4,309
2009	$1,048	$4,135
2010	$1,264	$4,974
2011	$1,507	$5,374
2012	$1,544	$5,726
2013	$2,295	$6,018
2014	$1,950	$5,801
2015	$1,723	$5,689
2016	$1,912	$5,834
2017	$2,012	$6,413
2018	$2,195	$7,100
2019	$2,187	$7,606
2020	$2,195	$6,986
2021	$2,445	$7,057
2022	$2,230	$6,909
2023	$2,384	$7,195
2024	$2,406	$7,345

Ghana vs. Thailand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Thailand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Thailand
1950	43.1	45.2
1951	43.6	45.9
1952	44	46.5
1953	44.5	47.1
1954	45	47.6
1955	45.4	48.1
1956	45.7	48.6
1957	46.1	49.1
1958	46.4	49.5
1959	46.7	50.1
1960	46.9	50.6
1961	47.1	51.1
1962	47.3	51.4
1963	47.5	52
1964	47.6	52.5
1965	47.7	53.1
1966	47.7	53.7
1967	47.7	54.3
1968	47.8	55
1969	47.9	55.7
1970	47.9	56.5
1971	47.9	57.1
1972	48.3	57.7
1973	48.6	58.3
1974	48.9	59
1975	49.3	59.7
1976	49.7	60.4
1977	50.1	60.9
1978	50.5	61.3
1979	50.8	61.7
1980	51.1	62.2
1981	51.3	62.9
1982	51.4	63.6
1983	51.8	64.5
1984	52.2	65.5
1985	52.7	66.5
1986	53.3	67.3
1987	53.8	67.8
1988	54.4	68.2
1989	54.9	68.6
1990	55.4	68.9
1991	55.7	69.1
1992	56.1	69.4
1993	56.3	69.6
1994	56.2	69.7
1995	56.7	69.8
1996	57	69.9
1997	57.2	70.4
1998	57.5	70.7
1999	57.8	71
2000	58.1	71.2
2001	58.4	71.5
2002	58.7	71.8
2003	59	72.1
2004	59.3	72.1
2005	59.6	72.9
2006	60	73.3
2007	60.3	73.8
2008	60.6	74.2
2009	60.9	74.7
2010	61.3	75
2011	61.6	75.3
2012	62	75.6
2013	62.4	76
2014	62.8	76.3
2015	63.2	76.6
2016	63.5	76.8
2017	63.8	77
2018	64.1	77.2
2019	64.5	77.2
2020	64.3	77.3
2021	64.3	77.6
2022	65.2	75.3
2023	65.5	76.4
2024	65.7	76.6
2025	65.9	76.8

Ghana and Thailand population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Thailand

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Thailand
1960	6,961,215	26,851,747
1961	7,162,667	27,650,334
1962	7,337,375	28,481,040
1963	7,514,714	29,342,322
1964	7,695,739	30,232,141
1965	7,882,606	31,149,337
1966	8,074,521	32,086,071
1967	8,271,913	33,037,801
1968	8,475,729	34,002,560
1969	8,690,383	34,973,782
1970	8,925,813	35,954,408
1971	9,176,264	36,937,387
1972	9,438,187	37,933,929
1973	9,714,617	38,947,787
1974	10,000,523	39,952,891
1975	10,294,308	40,940,005
1976	10,594,913	41,896,504
1977	10,911,871	42,843,974
1978	11,248,450	43,788,976
1979	11,597,255	44,718,434
1980	11,941,448	45,650,022
1981	12,281,712	46,575,855
1982	12,643,819	47,494,577
1983	13,029,836	48,423,309
1984	13,370,590	49,351,708
1985	13,661,229	50,270,753
1986	13,965,217	51,177,834
1987	14,289,108	52,074,105
1988	14,636,568	52,969,595
1989	15,006,813	53,848,956
1990	15,394,648	54,738,329
1991	15,787,496	55,637,434
1992	16,184,855	56,528,834
1993	16,589,519	57,408,198
1994	16,993,190	58,260,854
1995	17,399,017	59,098,232
1996	17,810,181	59,920,064
1997	18,238,958	60,724,584
1998	18,688,036	61,522,630
1999	19,149,864	62,299,043
2000	19,637,087	63,007,815
2001	20,167,069	63,651,141
2002	20,729,388	64,266,437
2003	21,296,705	64,868,166
2004	21,868,298	65,452,047
2005	22,449,438	66,017,420
2006	23,040,702	66,567,687
2007	23,642,279	67,102,394
2008	24,249,946	67,619,830
2009	24,862,664	68,121,080
2010	25,474,995	68,579,447
2011	26,095,088	69,007,208
2012	26,734,268	69,436,098
2013	27,386,193	69,845,114
2014	28,041,592	70,216,367
2015	28,696,068	70,540,795
2016	29,356,742	70,859,841
2017	30,008,354	71,160,187
2018	30,637,585	71,376,079
2019	31,258,945	71,522,271
2020	31,887,809	71,641,484
2021	32,518,665	71,727,332
2022	33,149,152	71,735,329
2023	33,787,914	71,702,435
2024	34,427,414	71,668,011

Fertility rates in Ghana and Thailand

Fertility rate

Ghana

Thailand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Thailand
1960	6.89	6.33
1961	6.91	6.32
1962	6.94	6.33
1963	6.94	6.34
1964	6.9	6.31
1965	6.88	6.26
1966	6.86	6.18
1967	6.89	6.08
1968	6.89	5.93
1969	6.95	5.7
1970	6.95	5.45
1971	6.95	5.25
1972	6.92	5.08
1973	6.87	4.85
1974	6.82	4.6
1975	6.76	4.36
1976	6.7	4.12
1977	6.64	3.87
1978	6.56	3.62
1979	6.51	3.45
1980	6.47	3.29
1981	6.42	3.13
1982	6.31	2.94
1983	6.23	2.76
1984	6.15	2.58
1985	6.12	2.45
1986	6.08	2.36
1987	6.02	2.26
1988	5.92	2.17
1989	5.82	2.14
1990	5.74	2.07
1991	5.63	2.04
1992	5.52	2.01
1993	5.41	1.97
1994	5.25	1.93
1995	5.11	1.89
1996	4.96	1.87
1997	4.88	1.85
1998	4.83	1.82
1999	4.82	1.77
2000	4.83	1.73
2001	4.77	1.71
2002	4.69	1.69
2003	4.6	1.67
2004	4.5	1.67
2005	4.5	1.64
2006	4.4	1.63
2007	4.29	1.62
2008	4.22	1.59
2009	4.18	1.57
2010	4.18	1.56
2011	4.18	1.57
2012	4.15	1.56
2013	4.11	1.53
2014	4.03	1.48
2015	3.98	1.45
2016	3.87	1.4
2017	3.72	1.36
2018	3.65	1.32
2019	3.59	1.29
2020	3.54	1.26
2021	3.49	1.23
2022	3.43	1.22
2023	3.4	1.21

Ghana and Thailand demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Thailand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Thailand
1960	17.7	18
1961	17.4	17.9
1962	17.2	17.7
1963	16.9	17.6
1964	16.7	17.5
1965	16.5	17.4
1966	16.4	17.3
1967	16.2	17.3
1968	16.1	17.3
1969	16	17.4
1970	15.9	17.5
1971	15.9	17.6
1972	15.8	17.8
1973	15.8	18
1974	15.8	18.2
1975	15.9	18.4
1976	16	18.7
1977	16.2	18.9
1978	16.4	19.2
1979	16.5	19.5
1980	16.7	19.9
1981	16.7	20.2
1982	16.9	20.6
1983	17	21
1984	17.1	21.5
1985	17.1	21.9
1986	17.1	22.4
1987	17.1	22.8
1988	17.1	23.3
1989	17.1	23.7
1990	17.2	24.3
1991	17.2	24.8
1992	17.3	25.4
1993	17.4	26
1994	17.5	26.6
1995	17.6	27.2
1996	17.7	27.7
1997	17.9	28.3
1998	18.1	28.9
1999	18.3	29.5
2000	18.4	30
2001	18.6	30.5
2002	18.8	30.9
2003	19	31.3
2004	19.1	31.7
2005	19.3	32.2
2006	19.5	32.6
2007	19.7	33.1
2008	19.9	33.6
2009	20	34
2010	20.2	34.5
2011	20.3	35
2012	20.5	35.4
2013	20.6	35.9
2014	20.7	36.3
2015	20.8	36.8
2016	20.9	37.3
2017	21	37.7
2018	21.2	38.2
2019	21.3	38.7
2020	21.5	39.2
2021	21.7	39.7
2022	21.8	40.2
2023	22	40.7
2024	22.2	41.1

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