Ghana vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 81st vs. 78th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Ghana and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Ghana and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Ghana

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	United Kingdom
1960	$1,217,230,095	$73,233,967,692
1961	$1,302,674,325	$77,741,965,703
1962	$1,382,515,654	$81,247,564,157
1963	$1,540,797,589	$86,561,961,812
1964	$1,731,296,200	$94,407,558,351
1965	$2,053,462,968	$101,824,755,079
1966	$2,126,300,672	$108,572,752,102
1967	$1,747,187,645	$113,116,888,211
1968	$1,666,909,518	$107,759,910,068
1969	$1,962,050,556	$116,464,702,803
1970	$2,215,028,588	$130,671,946,244
1971	$2,417,108,578	$148,113,896,325
1972	$2,112,293,280	$169,965,034,965
1973	$3,006,766,758	$192,537,971,583
1974	$2,894,409,938	$206,131,369,799
1975	$2,810,106,383	$241,756,637,168
1976	$2,765,254,237	$232,614,555,256
1977	$3,189,428,571	$263,066,457,352
1978	$3,662,478,185	$335,883,029,722
1979	$4,020,227,920	$438,994,070,309
1980	$4,445,228,216	$564,947,710,899
1981	$4,222,441,860	$540,765,675,241
1982	$4,035,994,398	$515,048,916,841
1983	$4,057,275,132	$489,618,008,186
1984	$4,412,279,843	$461,487,097,632
1985	$4,504,306,723	$489,285,164,271
1986	$5,735,677,434	$601,452,653,181
1987	$5,074,829,932	$745,162,608,269
1988	$5,197,765,032	$910,122,732,124
1989	$5,251,858,440	$926,884,816,754
1990	$5,889,106,573	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$6,603,185,268	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$6,416,103,926	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$5,968,922,939	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$5,446,383,727	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$6,464,382,808	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$6,932,991,739	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$6,891,443,192	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$7,482,069,162	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$7,718,109,982	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$4,982,850,662	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$5,314,872,854	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$6,166,197,848	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$7,632,723,556	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$8,881,417,907	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$10,744,568,381	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$20,885,037,597	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$24,827,339,138	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$28,679,383,241	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$26,048,720,006	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$32,197,655,567	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$39,336,668,081	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$41,271,701,061	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$62,845,721,960	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$54,678,533,806	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$49,436,806,230	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$56,144,179,398	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$60,385,409,435	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$67,259,353,966	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$68,352,629,246	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$70,008,243,860	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$79,514,204,730	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$73,919,003,210	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$80,547,146,878	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$82,825,288,889	$3,643,834,188,783

Ghana and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	United Kingdom
1960	$174.9	$1,398
1961	$181.9	$1,472
1962	$188.4	$1,526
1963	$205	$1,613
1964	$225	$1,748
1965	$260.5	$1,874
1966	$263.3	$1,987
1967	$211.2	$2,059
1968	$196.7	$1,952
1969	$225.8	$2,101
1970	$248.2	$2,348
1971	$263.4	$2,650
1972	$223.8	$3,030
1973	$310	$3,426
1974	$289.4	$3,666
1975	$273	$4,300
1976	$261	$4,138
1977	$292.3	$4,681
1978	$326	$5,977
1979	$347	$7,805
1980	$372	$10,032
1981	$344	$9,599
1982	$319	$9,146
1983	$311	$8,692
1984	$330	$8,179
1985	$330	$8,652
1986	$411	$10,611
1987	$355	$13,119
1988	$355	$15,987
1989	$350	$16,239
1990	$383	$19,095
1991	$418	$19,901
1992	$396	$20,487
1993	$360	$18,389
1994	$321	$19,709
1995	$372	$23,169
1996	$389	$24,406
1997	$378	$26,766
1998	$400	$28,275
1999	$403	$28,762
2000	$253.7	$28,281
2001	$263.5	$27,907
2002	$297.5	$30,078
2003	$358	$34,443
2004	$406	$40,367
2005	$479	$42,105
2006	$906	$44,512
2007	$1,050	$50,398
2008	$1,183	$47,396
2009	$1,048	$38,744
2010	$1,264	$39,599
2011	$1,507	$42,110
2012	$1,544	$42,490
2013	$2,295	$43,419
2014	$1,950	$47,427
2015	$1,723	$44,984
2016	$1,912	$40,988
2017	$2,012	$40,629
2018	$2,195	$43,315
2019	$2,187	$42,794
2020	$2,195	$40,405
2021	$2,445	$46,926
2022	$2,230	$46,063
2023	$2,384	$49,201
2024	$2,406	$52,637

Ghana vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	United Kingdom
1950	43.1	68.6
1951	43.6	68.2
1952	44	69.5
1953	44.5	69.8
1954	45	70.2
1955	45.4	70.1
1956	45.7	70.4
1957	46.1	70.5
1958	46.4	70.7
1959	46.7	70.8
1960	46.9	71
1961	47.1	70.8
1962	47.3	70.9
1963	47.5	70.8
1964	47.6	71.5
1965	47.7	71.5
1966	47.7	71.4
1967	47.7	72.1
1968	47.8	71.7
1969	47.9	71.7
1970	47.9	71.9
1971	47.9	72.2
1972	48.3	72
1973	48.6	72.2
1974	48.9	72.4
1975	49.3	72.7
1976	49.7	72.6
1977	50.1	73.1
1978	50.5	73
1979	50.8	73.2
1980	51.1	73.6
1981	51.3	73.9
1982	51.4	74
1983	51.8	74.3
1984	52.2	74.7
1985	52.7	74.5
1986	53.3	74.8
1987	53.8	75.1
1988	54.4	75.3
1989	54.9	75.4
1990	55.4	75.7
1991	55.7	75.9
1992	56.1	76.3
1993	56.3	76.2
1994	56.2	76.7
1995	56.7	76.6
1996	57	76.9
1997	57.2	77.1
1998	57.5	77.3
1999	57.8	77.4
2000	58.1	77.8
2001	58.4	78.1
2002	58.7	78.2
2003	59	78.3
2004	59.3	78.9
2005	59.6	79.1
2006	60	79.3
2007	60.3	79.5
2008	60.6	79.7
2009	60.9	80.2
2010	61.3	80.4
2011	61.6	80.8
2012	62	80.9
2013	62.4	80.9
2014	62.8	81.2
2015	63.2	80.9
2016	63.5	81.1
2017	63.8	81.2
2018	64.1	81.1
2019	64.5	81.4
2020	64.3	80.4
2021	64.3	80.7
2022	65.2	81.1
2023	65.5	81.3
2024	65.7	81.4
2025	65.9	81.6

Ghana and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	United Kingdom
1960	6,961,215	52,400,000
1961	7,162,667	52,800,000
1962	7,337,375	53,250,000
1963	7,514,714	53,650,000
1964	7,695,739	54,000,000
1965	7,882,606	54,348,050
1966	8,074,521	54,648,500
1967	8,271,913	54,943,600
1968	8,475,729	55,211,700
1969	8,690,383	55,441,750
1970	8,925,813	55,663,250
1971	9,176,264	55,896,223
1972	9,438,187	56,086,065
1973	9,714,617	56,194,527
1974	10,000,523	56,229,974
1975	10,294,308	56,225,800
1976	10,594,913	56,211,968
1977	10,911,871	56,193,492
1978	11,248,450	56,196,504
1979	11,597,255	56,246,951
1980	11,941,448	56,314,216
1981	12,281,712	56,333,829
1982	12,643,819	56,313,641
1983	13,029,836	56,332,848
1984	13,370,590	56,422,072
1985	13,661,229	56,550,268
1986	13,965,217	56,681,396
1987	14,289,108	56,802,050
1988	14,636,568	56,928,327
1989	15,006,813	57,076,711
1990	15,394,648	57,247,586
1991	15,787,496	57,424,897
1992	16,184,855	57,580,402
1993	16,589,519	57,718,614
1994	16,993,190	57,865,745
1995	17,399,017	58,019,030
1996	17,810,181	58,166,950
1997	18,238,958	58,316,954
1998	18,688,036	58,487,141
1999	19,149,864	58,682,466
2000	19,637,087	58,892,514
2001	20,167,069	59,119,673
2002	20,729,388	59,370,479
2003	21,296,705	59,647,577
2004	21,868,298	59,987,905
2005	22,449,438	60,401,206
2006	23,040,702	60,846,820
2007	23,642,279	61,322,463
2008	24,249,946	61,806,995
2009	24,862,664	62,276,270
2010	25,474,995	62,766,365
2011	26,095,088	63,258,810
2012	26,734,268	63,711,000
2013	27,386,193	64,139,000
2014	28,041,592	64,620,000
2015	28,696,068	65,088,000
2016	29,356,742	65,607,000
2017	30,008,354	65,966,000
2018	30,637,585	66,289,000
2019	31,258,945	66,631,000
2020	31,887,809	66,744,000
2021	32,518,665	66,984,000
2022	33,149,152	67,604,000
2023	33,787,914	68,492,000
2024	34,427,414	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Ghana and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Ghana

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	United Kingdom
1960	6.89	2.69
1961	6.91	2.78
1962	6.94	2.86
1963	6.94	2.88
1964	6.9	2.93
1965	6.88	2.86
1966	6.86	2.78
1967	6.89	2.68
1968	6.89	2.6
1969	6.95	2.51
1970	6.95	2.44
1971	6.95	2.41
1972	6.92	2.2
1973	6.87	2.04
1974	6.82	1.92
1975	6.76	1.81
1976	6.7	1.74
1977	6.64	1.69
1978	6.56	1.75
1979	6.51	1.86
1980	6.47	1.9
1981	6.42	1.82
1982	6.31	1.78
1983	6.23	1.77
1984	6.15	1.77
1985	6.12	1.79
1986	6.08	1.78
1987	6.02	1.81
1988	5.92	1.82
1989	5.82	1.79
1990	5.74	1.83
1991	5.63	1.82
1992	5.52	1.79
1993	5.41	1.76
1994	5.25	1.74
1995	5.11	1.71
1996	4.96	1.73
1997	4.88	1.72
1998	4.83	1.71
1999	4.82	1.68
2000	4.83	1.64
2001	4.77	1.63
2002	4.69	1.63
2003	4.6	1.7
2004	4.5	1.75
2005	4.5	1.76
2006	4.4	1.82
2007	4.29	1.86
2008	4.22	1.91
2009	4.18	1.89
2010	4.18	1.92
2011	4.18	1.91
2012	4.15	1.92
2013	4.11	1.83
2014	4.03	1.81
2015	3.98	1.8
2016	3.87	1.79
2017	3.72	1.74
2018	3.65	1.68
2019	3.59	1.63
2020	3.54	1.57
2021	3.49	1.58
2022	3.43	1.56
2023	3.4	1.56

Ghana and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	United Kingdom
1960	17.7	35.5
1961	17.4	35.4
1962	17.2	35.3
1963	16.9	35.3
1964	16.7	35.2
1965	16.5	35.1
1966	16.4	34.9
1967	16.2	34.8
1968	16.1	34.6
1969	16	34.4
1970	15.9	34.2
1971	15.9	34.1
1972	15.8	34
1973	15.8	34
1974	15.8	34
1975	15.9	34
1976	16	34
1977	16.2	34.1
1978	16.4	34.2
1979	16.5	34.3
1980	16.7	34.4
1981	16.7	34.5
1982	16.9	34.8
1983	17	35
1984	17.1	35.2
1985	17.1	35.3
1986	17.1	35.4
1987	17.1	35.4
1988	17.1	35.7
1989	17.1	35.9
1990	17.2	36
1991	17.2	36.1
1992	17.3	36.2
1993	17.4	36.3
1994	17.5	36.5
1995	17.6	36.6
1996	17.7	36.8
1997	17.9	37
1998	18.1	37.2
1999	18.3	37.4
2000	18.4	37.7
2001	18.6	37.9
2002	18.8	38.1
2003	19	38.2
2004	19.1	38.4
2005	19.3	38.5
2006	19.5	38.6
2007	19.7	38.8
2008	19.9	38.9
2009	20	39
2010	20.2	39.2
2011	20.3	39.3
2012	20.5	39.5
2013	20.6	39.6
2014	20.7	39.7
2015	20.8	39.8
2016	20.9	39.8
2017	21	39.9
2018	21.2	40
2019	21.3	40.1
2020	21.5	40.2
2021	21.7	40.3
2022	21.8	40.5
2023	22	40.8
2024	22.2	41

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