Ghana vs United States statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 340M in The United States (ranked 3/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 3,531,839 sq mi for The United States (ranked 81st vs. 3rd).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and The United States ranks 1/197 ($29.2T). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while The United States ranks 9/197 ($85,810).

Ghana and United States: Comparison Charts

Ghana and United States economies compared

GDP

Ghana

United States

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	United States
1960	$1,217,230,095	$542,390,475,099
1961	$1,302,674,325	$562,640,778,342
1962	$1,382,515,654	$604,729,643,906
1963	$1,540,797,589	$638,380,883,119
1964	$1,731,296,200	$685,631,590,687
1965	$2,053,462,968	$743,503,780,837
1966	$2,126,300,672	$814,082,043,611
1967	$1,747,187,645	$860,737,154,024
1968	$1,666,909,518	$941,639,100,804
1969	$1,962,050,556	$1,018,471,133,697
1970	$2,215,028,588	$1,073,303,000,000
1971	$2,417,108,578	$1,164,850,000,000
1972	$2,112,293,280	$1,279,110,000,000
1973	$3,006,766,758	$1,425,376,000,000
1974	$2,894,409,938	$1,545,243,000,000
1975	$2,810,106,383	$1,684,904,000,000
1976	$2,765,254,237	$1,873,412,000,000
1977	$3,189,428,571	$2,081,826,000,000
1978	$3,662,478,185	$2,351,599,000,000
1979	$4,020,227,920	$2,627,333,000,000
1980	$4,445,228,216	$2,857,307,000,000
1981	$4,222,441,860	$3,207,041,000,000
1982	$4,035,994,398	$3,343,789,000,000
1983	$4,057,275,132	$3,634,038,000,000
1984	$4,412,279,843	$4,037,613,000,000
1985	$4,504,306,723	$4,338,979,000,000
1986	$5,735,677,434	$4,579,631,000,000
1987	$5,074,829,932	$4,855,215,000,000
1988	$5,197,765,032	$5,236,438,000,000
1989	$5,251,858,440	$5,641,580,000,000
1990	$5,889,106,573	$5,963,144,000,000
1991	$6,603,185,268	$6,158,129,000,000
1992	$6,416,103,926	$6,520,327,000,000
1993	$5,968,922,939	$6,858,559,000,000
1994	$5,446,383,727	$7,287,236,000,000
1995	$6,464,382,808	$7,639,749,000,000
1996	$6,932,991,739	$8,073,122,000,000
1997	$6,891,443,192	$8,577,552,000,000
1998	$7,482,069,162	$9,062,817,000,000
1999	$7,718,109,982	$9,631,172,000,000
2000	$4,982,850,662	$10,250,952,000,000
2001	$5,314,872,854	$10,581,929,000,000
2002	$6,166,197,848	$10,929,108,000,000
2003	$7,632,723,556	$11,456,450,000,000
2004	$8,881,417,907	$12,217,196,000,000
2005	$10,744,568,381	$13,039,197,000,000
2006	$20,885,037,597	$13,815,583,000,000
2007	$24,827,339,138	$14,474,228,000,000
2008	$28,679,383,241	$14,769,862,000,000
2009	$26,048,720,006	$14,478,067,000,000
2010	$32,197,655,567	$15,048,971,000,000
2011	$39,336,668,081	$15,599,732,000,000
2012	$41,271,701,061	$16,253,970,000,000
2013	$62,845,721,960	$16,880,683,000,000
2014	$54,678,533,806	$17,608,138,000,000
2015	$49,436,806,230	$18,295,019,000,000
2016	$56,144,179,398	$18,804,913,000,000
2017	$60,385,409,435	$19,612,102,000,000
2018	$67,259,353,966	$20,656,516,000,000
2019	$68,352,629,246	$21,539,982,000,000
2020	$70,008,243,860	$21,354,105,000,000
2021	$79,514,204,730	$23,681,171,000,000
2022	$73,919,003,210	$26,006,893,000,000
2023	$80,547,146,878	$27,720,709,000,000
2024	$82,825,288,889	$29,184,890,000,000

Ghana and United States economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

United States

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	United States
1960	$174.9	$3,002
1961	$181.9	$3,063
1962	$188.4	$3,242
1963	$205	$3,373
1964	$225	$3,573
1965	$260.5	$3,827
1966	$263.3	$4,142
1967	$211.2	$4,332
1968	$196.7	$4,692
1969	$225.8	$5,025
1970	$248.2	$5,234
1971	$263.4	$5,609
1972	$223.8	$6,094
1973	$310	$6,726
1974	$289.4	$7,226
1975	$273	$7,801
1976	$261	$8,592
1977	$292.3	$9,453
1978	$326	$10,565
1979	$347	$11,674
1980	$372	$12,613
1981	$344	$13,976
1982	$319	$14,434
1983	$311	$15,544
1984	$330	$17,121
1985	$330	$18,237
1986	$411	$19,071
1987	$355	$20,039
1988	$355	$21,417
1989	$350	$22,857
1990	$383	$23,840
1991	$418	$24,293
1992	$396	$25,381
1993	$360	$26,353
1994	$321	$27,662
1995	$372	$28,661
1996	$389	$29,937
1997	$378	$31,430
1998	$400	$32,823
1999	$403	$34,484
2000	$253.7	$36,330
2001	$263.5	$37,134
2002	$297.5	$37,998
2003	$358	$39,490
2004	$406	$41,725
2005	$479	$44,123
2006	$906	$46,302
2007	$1,050	$48,050
2008	$1,183	$48,570
2009	$1,048	$47,195
2010	$1,264	$48,651
2011	$1,507	$50,066
2012	$1,544	$51,784
2013	$2,295	$53,410
2014	$1,950	$55,304
2015	$1,723	$57,040
2016	$1,912	$58,207
2017	$2,012	$60,322
2018	$2,195	$63,201
2019	$2,187	$65,605
2020	$2,195	$64,411
2021	$2,445	$71,352
2022	$2,230	$78,035
2023	$2,384	$82,769
2024	$2,406	$85,810

Ghana vs. United States life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

United States

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	United States
1950	43.1	68.1
1951	43.6	68.2
1952	44	68.4
1953	44.5	68.7
1954	45	69.5
1955	45.4	69.6
1956	45.7	69.6
1957	46.1	69.4
1958	46.4	69.7
1959	46.7	69.9
1960	46.9	69.8
1961	47.1	70.3
1962	47.3	70.1
1963	47.5	69.9
1964	47.6	70.2
1965	47.7	70.2
1966	47.7	70.2
1967	47.7	70.5
1968	47.8	70.2
1969	47.9	70.5
1970	47.9	70.7
1971	47.9	71.1
1972	48.3	71.2
1973	48.6	71.4
1974	48.9	72
1975	49.3	72.5
1976	49.7	72.8
1977	50.1	73.2
1978	50.5	73.4
1979	50.8	73.8
1980	51.1	73.7
1981	51.3	74.1
1982	51.4	74.5
1983	51.8	74.6
1984	52.2	74.7
1985	52.7	74.7
1986	53.3	74.7
1987	53.8	74.9
1988	54.4	74.8
1989	54.9	75.1
1990	55.4	75.4
1991	55.7	75.5
1992	56.1	75.8
1993	56.3	75.6
1994	56.2	75.7
1995	56.7	75.9
1996	57	76.2
1997	57.2	76.5
1998	57.5	76.7
1999	57.8	76.7
2000	58.1	76.8
2001	58.4	76.9
2002	58.7	77
2003	59	77.1
2004	59.3	77.5
2005	59.6	77.5
2006	60	77.8
2007	60.3	78
2008	60.6	78.1
2009	60.9	78.5
2010	61.3	78.7
2011	61.6	78.7
2012	62	78.8
2013	62.4	78.8
2014	62.8	78.9
2015	63.2	78.7
2016	63.5	78.7
2017	63.8	78.6
2018	64.1	78.8
2019	64.5	78.9
2020	64.3	77
2021	64.3	76.4
2022	65.2	78
2023	65.5	79.3
2024	65.7	79.5
2025	65.9	79.6

Ghana and United States population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

United States

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	United States
1900	-	76,094,000
1901	-	77,584,000
1902	-	79,163,000
1903	-	80,632,000
1904	-	82,166,000
1905	-	83,822,000
1906	-	85,450,000
1907	-	87,008,000
1908	-	88,710,000
1909	-	90,490,000
1910	-	92,407,000
1911	-	93,863,000
1912	-	95,335,000
1913	-	97,225,000
1914	-	99,111,000
1915	-	100,546,000
1916	-	101,961,000
1917	-	103,268,000
1918	-	103,208,000
1919	-	104,514,000
1920	-	106,461,000
1921	-	108,538,000
1922	-	110,049,000
1923	-	111,947,000
1924	-	114,109,000
1925	-	115,829,000
1926	-	117,397,000
1927	-	119,035,000
1928	-	120,509,000
1929	-	121,767,000
1930	-	123,076,741
1931	-	124,039,648
1932	-	124,840,471
1933	-	125,578,763
1934	-	126,373,773
1935	-	127,250,232
1936	-	128,053,180
1937	-	128,824,829
1938	-	129,824,939
1939	-	130,879,718
1940	-	132,122,446
1941	-	133,402,471
1942	-	134,859,553
1943	-	136,739,353
1944	-	138,397,345
1945	-	139,928,165
1946	-	141,388,566
1947	-	144,126,071
1948	-	146,631,302
1949	-	149,188,130
1950	-	152,271,417
1951	-	154,877,889
1952	-	157,552,740
1953	-	160,184,192
1954	-	163,025,854
1955	-	165,931,202
1956	-	168,903,031
1957	-	171,984,130
1958	-	174,881,904
1959	-	177,829,628
1960	6,961,215	180,671,158
1961	7,162,667	183,691,481
1962	7,337,375	186,537,737
1963	7,514,714	189,241,798
1964	7,695,739	191,888,791
1965	7,882,606	194,302,963
1966	8,074,521	196,560,338
1967	8,271,913	198,712,056
1968	8,475,729	200,706,052
1969	8,690,383	202,676,946
1970	8,925,813	205,052,174
1971	9,176,264	207,660,677
1972	9,438,187	209,896,021
1973	9,714,617	211,908,788
1974	10,000,523	213,853,928
1975	10,294,308	215,973,199
1976	10,594,913	218,035,164
1977	10,911,871	220,239,425
1978	11,248,450	222,584,545
1979	11,597,255	225,055,487
1980	11,941,448	226,542,250
1981	12,281,712	229,465,744
1982	12,643,819	231,664,432
1983	13,029,836	233,792,014
1984	13,370,590	235,824,908
1985	13,661,229	237,923,734
1986	13,965,217	240,132,831
1987	14,289,108	242,288,936
1988	14,636,568	244,499,004
1989	15,006,813	246,819,222
1990	15,394,648	250,131,894
1991	15,787,496	253,492,503
1992	16,184,855	256,894,189
1993	16,589,519	260,255,352
1994	16,993,190	263,435,673
1995	17,399,017	266,557,091
1996	17,810,181	269,667,391
1997	18,238,958	272,911,760
1998	18,688,036	276,115,288
1999	19,149,864	279,294,713
2000	19,637,087	282,162,411
2001	20,167,069	284,968,955
2002	20,729,388	287,625,193
2003	21,296,705	290,107,933
2004	21,868,298	292,805,298
2005	22,449,438	295,516,599
2006	23,040,702	298,379,912
2007	23,642,279	301,231,207
2008	24,249,946	304,093,966
2009	24,862,664	306,771,529
2010	25,474,995	309,327,143
2011	26,095,088	311,583,481
2012	26,734,268	313,877,662
2013	27,386,193	316,059,947
2014	28,041,592	318,386,329
2015	28,696,068	320,738,994
2016	29,356,742	323,071,755
2017	30,008,354	325,122,128
2018	30,637,585	326,838,199
2019	31,258,945	328,329,953
2020	31,887,809	331,526,933
2021	32,518,665	331,893,745
2022	33,149,152	333,271,411
2023	33,787,914	334,914,895
2024	34,427,414	340,110,988

Fertility rates in Ghana and United States

Fertility rate

Ghana

United States

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	United States
1960	6.89	3.65
1961	6.91	3.62
1962	6.94	3.46
1963	6.94	3.32
1964	6.9	3.19
1965	6.88	2.91
1966	6.86	2.72
1967	6.89	2.56
1968	6.89	2.46
1969	6.95	2.46
1970	6.95	2.48
1971	6.95	2.27
1972	6.92	2.01
1973	6.87	1.88
1974	6.82	1.84
1975	6.76	1.77
1976	6.7	1.74
1977	6.64	1.79
1978	6.56	1.76
1979	6.51	1.81
1980	6.47	1.84
1981	6.42	1.81
1982	6.31	1.83
1983	6.23	1.8
1984	6.15	1.81
1985	6.12	1.84
1986	6.08	1.84
1987	6.02	1.87
1988	5.92	1.93
1989	5.82	2.01
1990	5.74	2.08
1991	5.63	2.06
1992	5.52	2.05
1993	5.41	2.02
1994	5.25	2
1995	5.11	1.98
1996	4.96	1.98
1997	4.88	1.97
1998	4.83	2
1999	4.82	2.01
2000	4.83	2.06
2001	4.77	2.03
2002	4.69	2.02
2003	4.6	2.05
2004	4.5	2.05
2005	4.5	2.06
2006	4.4	2.11
2007	4.29	2.12
2008	4.22	2.07
2009	4.18	2
2010	4.18	1.93
2011	4.18	1.89
2012	4.15	1.88
2013	4.11	1.86
2014	4.03	1.86
2015	3.98	1.84
2016	3.87	1.82
2017	3.72	1.77
2018	3.65	1.73
2019	3.59	1.71
2020	3.54	1.64
2021	3.49	1.66
2022	3.43	1.66
2023	3.4	1.62

Ghana and United States demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

United States

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	United States
1960	17.7	29.2
1961	17.4	29
1962	17.2	28.7
1963	16.9	28.5
1964	16.7	28.2
1965	16.5	28.1
1966	16.4	27.9
1967	16.2	27.9
1968	16.1	27.9
1969	16	27.9
1970	15.9	27.8
1971	15.9	27.9
1972	15.8	28
1973	15.8	28.3
1974	15.8	28.5
1975	15.9	28.7
1976	16	28.9
1977	16.2	29.2
1978	16.4	29.6
1979	16.5	29.9
1980	16.7	30.1
1981	16.7	30.4
1982	16.9	30.7
1983	17	30.9
1984	17.1	31.2
1985	17.1	31.5
1986	17.1	31.8
1987	17.1	32.1
1988	17.1	32.4
1989	17.1	32.7
1990	17.2	32.9
1991	17.2	33.2
1992	17.3	33.4
1993	17.4	33.6
1994	17.5	33.8
1995	17.6	34.1
1996	17.7	34.4
1997	17.9	34.6
1998	18.1	34.9
1999	18.3	35.1
2000	18.4	35.3
2001	18.6	35.5
2002	18.8	35.6
2003	19	35.8
2004	19.1	36
2005	19.3	36.2
2006	19.5	36.4
2007	19.7	36.5
2008	19.9	36.6
2009	20	36.7
2010	20.2	36.9
2011	20.3	37
2012	20.5	37.1
2013	20.6	37.2
2014	20.7	37.3
2015	20.8	37.5
2016	20.9	37.6
2017	21	37.7
2018	21.2	37.9
2019	21.3	38
2020	21.5	38.2
2021	21.7	38.5
2022	21.8	38.7
2023	22	39
2024	22.2	39.3

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