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Ghana vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 81st vs. 197th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

Ghana Vatican
Population
35572974
949
Population rank 47/197 197/197
GDP
$82.8B
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 79/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$2,406
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 150/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$8,027
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$58.4B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
66.4%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$1,696
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 122/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,836
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
87,851 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
392 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
3.4
2023
n/a
Median age
22.2 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
65.9 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

Ghana and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Ghana vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Ghana

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
Ghana Vatican
1950 43.1 65.9
1951 43.6 65.3
1952 44 65.7
1953 44.5 66.3
1954 45 67.5
1955 45.4 67.8
1956 45.7 67.3
1957 46.1 67.5
1958 46.4 68.7
1959 46.7 69.2
1960 46.9 69.2
1961 47.1 69.8
1962 47.3 69.2
1963 47.5 69.3
1964 47.6 70.3
1965 47.7 70.1
1966 47.7 70.9
1967 47.7 70.9
1968 47.8 70.7
1969 47.9 70.7
1970 47.9 71.5
1971 47.9 71.7
1972 48.3 72
1973 48.6 71.9
1974 48.9 72.7
1975 49.3 72.6
1976 49.7 72.9
1977 50.1 73.3
1978 50.5 73.7
1979 50.8 74
1980 51.1 74.1
1981 51.3 74.3
1982 51.4 74.8
1983 51.8 74.7
1984 52.2 75.1
1985 52.7 75.5
1986 53.3 75.7
1987 53.8 76.2
1988 54.4 76.4
1989 54.9 76.8
1990 55.4 76.9
1991 55.7 76.9
1992 56.1 77.3
1993 56.3 77
1994 56.2 77.7
1995 56.7 77.8
1996 57 78.5
1997 57.2 78.2
1998 57.5 78.3
1999 57.8 78.7
2000 58.1 79.3
2001 58.4 79.9
2002 58.7 80
2003 59 79.8
2004 59.3 80.2
2005 59.6 80.6
2006 60 81.2
2007 60.3 81.3
2008 60.6 81.4
2009 60.9 81.3
2010 61.3 81.5
2011 61.6 81.7
2012 62 82
2013 62.4 82.5
2014 62.8 82.6
2015 63.2 82.5
2016 63.5 82.9
2017 63.8 82.7
2018 64.1 83.3
2019 64.5 83.6
2020 64.3 83
2021 64.3 82.9
2022 65.2 83.3
2023 65.5 83
2024 65.7 83.1
2025 65.9 83.3

Ghana and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
Ghana

Vatican
Year Population
Ghana Vatican
1960 6,961,215 -
1961 7,162,667 -
1962 7,337,375 -
1963 7,514,714 -
1964 7,695,739 -
1965 7,882,606 -
1966 8,074,521 -
1967 8,271,913 -
1968 8,475,729 -
1969 8,690,383 -
1970 8,925,813 -
1971 9,176,264 -
1972 9,438,187 -
1973 9,714,617 -
1974 10,000,523 -
1975 10,294,308 -
1976 10,594,913 -
1977 10,911,871 -
1978 11,248,450 -
1979 11,597,255 -
1980 11,941,448 -
1981 12,281,712 -
1982 12,643,819 -
1983 13,029,836 -
1984 13,370,590 -
1985 13,661,229 -
1986 13,965,217 -
1987 14,289,108 -
1988 14,636,568 -
1989 15,006,813 -
1990 15,394,648 -
1991 15,787,496 -
1992 16,184,855 -
1993 16,589,519 -
1994 16,993,190 -
1995 17,399,017 -
1996 17,810,181 -
1997 18,238,958 -
1998 18,688,036 -
1999 19,149,864 -
2000 19,637,087 880
2001 20,167,069 890
2002 20,729,388 900
2003 21,296,705 911
2004 21,868,298 921
2005 22,449,438 921
2006 23,040,702 932
2007 23,642,279 821
2008 24,249,946 824
2009 24,862,664 826
2010 25,474,995 829
2011 26,095,088 832
2012 26,734,268 836
2013 27,386,193 839
2014 28,041,592 842
2015 28,696,068 1,000
2016 29,356,742 -
2017 30,008,354 1,000
2018 30,637,585 -
2019 31,258,945 1,000
2020 31,887,809 -
2021 32,518,665 -
2022 33,149,152 -
2023 33,787,914 -
2024 34,427,414 -

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Ghana Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$79.8B
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
18.8%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.91%
2022
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.39%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
16,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.76%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
2.87%
2022
n/a
Services, % of GDP
43.9%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
28.8%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
56
2025
65
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.2%
2016
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
1.6%
2016
n/a
Listed domestic companies
30
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$7.58B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$3.62B
2023
n/a
Personal remittances received
$3.03B
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
897,000
2015
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
0.87%
2020
n/a
Banked people share
81.2%
2024
n/a

Energy

Ghana Vatican
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
359 kg
2022
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.1
2022
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
24.2 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
0.72 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
62%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
39%
2021
n/a
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
6.03%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-22.4%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
553 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
34.9%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
35.4%
2022
n/a
Nuclear share
0%
2021
n/a
Electricity access
89.5%
2023
n/a

Society

Ghana Vatican
% of world population
0.42%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
-13,114
2024
n/a
Urban population
59.9%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
Average male height
5.59 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
39.1
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
42
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
64
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.81
2022
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
25.7
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
74
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
76.5%
2021
100%
2013
English speaking
66.7%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
69.9%
2023
n/a

Health

Ghana Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$82.3
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$20.6
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
65.9 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
15.8%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.14
2022
n/a
Age at first childbirth
22.1 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
234
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
37.1
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
13.3%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
2.7%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
21
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
3.4%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.26 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Ghana Vatican
% of world land
0.15%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
2,552 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
48,663 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
30,917 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
68,049 mi
2009
5.59 mi
2003

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