Ghana vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Ghana has a population of 34.4M (ranked 47/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Ghana's land area is 87,851 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 81st vs. 60th).

By GDP, Ghana ranks 79/197 ($82.8B) and Zimbabwe ranks 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, Ghana ranks 150/197 ($2,406), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

Ghana and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Ghana and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Ghana

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Ghana	Zimbabwe
1960	$1,217,230,095	$1,052,990,485
1961	$1,302,674,325	$1,096,646,688
1962	$1,382,515,654	$1,117,601,690
1963	$1,540,797,589	$1,159,511,793
1964	$1,731,296,200	$1,217,138,098
1965	$2,053,462,968	$1,311,435,906
1966	$2,126,300,672	$1,281,749,603
1967	$1,747,187,645	$1,397,002,112
1968	$1,666,909,518	$1,479,600,019
1969	$1,962,050,556	$1,747,998,941
1970	$2,215,028,588	$1,884,206,452
1971	$2,417,108,578	$2,178,716,475
1972	$2,112,293,280	$2,677,729,616
1973	$3,006,766,758	$3,309,353,866
1974	$2,894,409,938	$3,982,161,721
1975	$2,810,106,383	$4,371,301,052
1976	$2,765,254,237	$4,318,372,348
1977	$3,189,428,571	$4,364,382,451
1978	$3,662,478,185	$4,351,600,850
1979	$4,020,227,920	$5,177,459,817
1980	$4,445,228,216	$6,678,868,738
1981	$4,222,441,860	$8,011,374,445
1982	$4,035,994,398	$8,539,701,388
1983	$4,057,275,132	$7,764,067,625
1984	$4,412,279,843	$6,352,126,411
1985	$4,504,306,723	$5,637,259,754
1986	$5,735,677,434	$6,217,524,201
1987	$5,074,829,932	$6,741,215,643
1988	$5,197,765,032	$7,814,784,729
1989	$5,251,858,440	$8,286,323,367
1990	$5,889,106,573	$8,783,817,407
1991	$6,603,185,268	$8,641,482,396
1992	$6,416,103,926	$6,751,472,744
1993	$5,968,922,939	$6,563,813,829
1994	$5,446,383,727	$6,890,675,555
1995	$6,464,382,808	$7,111,271,273
1996	$6,932,991,739	$8,553,147,289
1997	$6,891,443,192	$8,529,572,287
1998	$7,482,069,162	$6,401,968,715
1999	$7,718,109,982	$6,858,013,652
2000	$4,982,850,662	$6,689,958,139
2001	$5,314,872,854	$6,777,385,246
2002	$6,166,197,848	$6,342,116,911
2003	$7,632,723,556	$5,727,592,261
2004	$8,881,417,907	$5,805,598,867
2005	$10,744,568,381	$5,755,215,663
2006	$20,885,037,597	$5,443,896,938
2007	$24,827,339,138	$5,291,950,526
2008	$28,679,383,241	$4,415,703,156
2009	$26,048,720,006	$9,665,815,601
2010	$32,197,655,567	$12,041,602,762
2011	$39,336,668,081	$14,101,801,031
2012	$41,271,701,061	$17,114,762,914
2013	$62,845,721,960	$19,091,004,042
2014	$54,678,533,806	$19,495,547,523
2015	$49,436,806,230	$19,963,058,858
2016	$56,144,179,398	$20,548,759,858
2017	$60,385,409,435	$51,074,726,484
2018	$67,259,353,966	$34,156,057,417
2019	$68,352,629,246	$25,715,657,177
2020	$70,008,243,860	$26,868,564,055
2021	$79,514,204,730	$27,240,507,842
2022	$73,919,003,210	$32,789,657,378
2023	$80,547,146,878	$35,231,369,343
2024	$82,825,288,889	$44,187,704,410

Ghana and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Ghana

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ghana	Zimbabwe
1960	$174.9	$276.4
1961	$181.9	$279
1962	$188.4	$275.5
1963	$205	$277
1964	$225	$281.7
1965	$260.5	$294.1
1966	$263.3	$278.6
1967	$211.2	$294.2
1968	$196.7	$302
1969	$225.8	$346
1970	$248.2	$361
1971	$263.4	$405
1972	$223.8	$483
1973	$310	$579
1974	$289.4	$674
1975	$273	$717
1976	$261	$687
1977	$292.3	$677
1978	$326	$665
1979	$347	$779
1980	$372	$949
1981	$344	$1,068
1982	$319	$1,095
1983	$311	$959
1984	$330	$757
1985	$330	$649
1986	$411	$692
1987	$355	$726
1988	$355	$815
1989	$350	$840
1990	$383	$866
1991	$418	$831
1992	$396	$631
1993	$360	$604
1994	$321	$634
1995	$372	$648
1996	$389	$767
1997	$378	$750
1998	$400	$552
1999	$403	$582
2000	$253.7	$563
2001	$263.5	$566
2002	$297.5	$525
2003	$358	$468
2004	$406	$469
2005	$479	$461
2006	$906	$431
2007	$1,050	$413
2008	$1,183	$341
2009	$1,048	$735
2010	$1,264	$902
2011	$1,507	$1,037
2012	$1,544	$1,239
2013	$2,295	$1,362
2014	$1,950	$1,372
2015	$1,723	$1,386
2016	$1,912	$1,407
2017	$2,012	$3,448
2018	$2,195	$2,272
2019	$2,187	$1,684
2020	$2,195	$1,730
2021	$2,445	$1,724
2022	$2,230	$2,041
2023	$2,384	$2,156
2024	$2,406	$2,656

Ghana vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ghana

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ghana	Zimbabwe
1950	43.1	49.4
1951	43.6	49.8
1952	44	50.2
1953	44.5	50.6
1954	45	51
1955	45.4	51.4
1956	45.7	51.8
1957	46.1	52.2
1958	46.4	52.6
1959	46.7	53
1960	46.9	53.5
1961	47.1	54
1962	47.3	54.5
1963	47.5	54.9
1964	47.6	55.4
1965	47.7	55.9
1966	47.7	56.4
1967	47.7	56.8
1968	47.8	57.1
1969	47.9	57.5
1970	47.9	57.8
1971	47.9	58
1972	48.3	58.2
1973	48.6	58.1
1974	48.9	58.2
1975	49.3	58.2
1976	49.7	57.6
1977	50.1	57
1978	50.5	54.7
1979	50.8	54.9
1980	51.1	59.1
1981	51.3	59.4
1982	51.4	59.9
1983	51.8	60
1984	52.2	60.6
1985	52.7	60.9
1986	53.3	61
1987	53.8	60.7
1988	54.4	60.2
1989	54.9	59.4
1990	55.4	58.3
1991	55.7	57
1992	56.1	55.6
1993	56.3	54
1994	56.2	52.5
1995	56.7	51.1
1996	57	49
1997	57.2	48.5
1998	57.5	47.6
1999	57.8	46.4
2000	58.1	46
2001	58.4	44.5
2002	58.7	45.9
2003	59	45.4
2004	59.3	46
2005	59.6	46.6
2006	60	47.1
2007	60.3	47.6
2008	60.6	48.5
2009	60.9	49.7
2010	61.3	51.9
2011	61.6	53.9
2012	62	55.4
2013	62.4	56.8
2014	62.8	58.1
2015	63.2	59
2016	63.5	59.8
2017	63.8	60.3
2018	64.1	60.9
2019	64.5	61.1
2020	64.3	61.5
2021	64.3	60.1
2022	65.2	62.4
2023	65.5	62.8
2024	65.7	63.1
2025	65.9	63.3

Ghana and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Ghana

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	Ghana	Zimbabwe
1960	6,961,215	3,809,389
1961	7,162,667	3,930,401
1962	7,337,375	4,055,959
1963	7,514,714	4,185,877
1964	7,695,739	4,320,006
1965	7,882,606	4,458,462
1966	8,074,521	4,601,217
1967	8,271,913	4,748,307
1968	8,475,729	4,900,440
1969	8,690,383	5,058,181
1970	8,925,813	5,215,918
1971	9,176,264	5,374,712
1972	9,438,187	5,542,445
1973	9,714,617	5,720,404
1974	10,000,523	5,908,328
1975	10,294,308	6,098,658
1976	10,594,913	6,287,105
1977	10,911,871	6,449,512
1978	11,248,450	6,543,575
1979	11,597,255	6,647,556
1980	11,941,448	7,041,303
1981	12,281,712	7,498,635
1982	12,643,819	7,796,496
1983	13,029,836	8,098,404
1984	13,370,590	8,391,488
1985	13,661,229	8,686,813
1986	13,965,217	8,982,578
1987	14,289,108	9,284,644
1988	14,636,568	9,583,094
1989	15,006,813	9,864,798
1990	15,394,648	10,137,281
1991	15,787,496	10,404,816
1992	16,184,855	10,702,700
1993	16,589,519	10,860,288
1994	16,993,190	10,873,148
1995	17,399,017	10,974,599
1996	17,810,181	11,158,360
1997	18,238,958	11,369,827
1998	18,688,036	11,594,297
1999	19,149,864	11,783,458
2000	19,637,087	11,892,055
2001	20,167,069	11,971,901
2002	20,729,388	12,087,653
2003	21,296,705	12,232,323
2004	21,868,298	12,365,896
2005	22,449,438	12,483,432
2006	23,040,702	12,636,445
2007	23,642,279	12,804,058
2008	24,249,946	12,959,149
2009	24,862,664	13,142,790
2010	25,474,995	13,356,548
2011	26,095,088	13,595,424
2012	26,734,268	13,817,887
2013	27,386,193	14,013,808
2014	28,041,592	14,207,359
2015	28,696,068	14,399,013
2016	29,356,742	14,600,294
2017	30,008,354	14,812,482
2018	30,637,585	15,034,452
2019	31,258,945	15,271,368
2020	31,887,809	15,526,888
2021	32,518,665	15,797,210
2022	33,149,152	16,069,056
2023	33,787,914	16,340,822
2024	34,427,414	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Ghana and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Ghana

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Zimbabwe
1960	6.89	7.2
1961	6.91	7.21
1962	6.94	7.23
1963	6.94	7.23
1964	6.9	7.23
1965	6.88	7.23
1966	6.86	7.2
1967	6.89	7.16
1968	6.89	7.11
1969	6.95	7.04
1970	6.95	6.98
1971	6.95	6.94
1972	6.92	6.94
1973	6.87	6.94
1974	6.82	6.88
1975	6.76	6.83
1976	6.7	6.77
1977	6.64	6.71
1978	6.56	6.66
1979	6.51	6.59
1980	6.47	6.52
1981	6.42	6.45
1982	6.31	6.33
1983	6.23	6.2
1984	6.15	6.04
1985	6.12	5.87
1986	6.08	5.69
1987	6.02	5.5
1988	5.92	5.28
1989	5.82	5.07
1990	5.74	4.88
1991	5.63	4.72
1992	5.52	4.57
1993	5.41	4.39
1994	5.25	4.28
1995	5.11	4.15
1996	4.96	4.11
1997	4.88	4.08
1998	4.83	4.07
1999	4.82	4.06
2000	4.83	4.01
2001	4.77	3.98
2002	4.69	3.93
2003	4.6	3.86
2004	4.5	3.78
2005	4.5	3.69
2006	4.4	3.64
2007	4.29	3.68
2008	4.22	3.78
2009	4.18	3.95
2010	4.18	4.04
2011	4.18	4.13
2012	4.15	4.13
2013	4.11	4.11
2014	4.03	4.01
2015	3.98	3.91
2016	3.87	3.83
2017	3.72	3.77
2018	3.65	3.74
2019	3.59	3.75
2020	3.54	3.75
2021	3.49	3.77
2022	3.43	3.77
2023	3.4	3.72

Ghana and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Ghana

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ghana	Zimbabwe
1960	17.7	16.4
1961	17.4	16.2
1962	17.2	16
1963	16.9	15.8
1964	16.7	15.7
1965	16.5	15.7
1966	16.4	15.7
1967	16.2	15.7
1968	16.1	15.7
1969	16	15.7
1970	15.9	15.7
1971	15.9	15.8
1972	15.8	15.8
1973	15.8	15.8
1974	15.8	15.9
1975	15.9	15.9
1976	16	15.8
1977	16.2	15.8
1978	16.4	15.7
1979	16.5	15.6
1980	16.7	15.6
1981	16.7	15.7
1982	16.9	15.8
1983	17	15.8
1984	17.1	15.8
1985	17.1	15.9
1986	17.1	15.9
1987	17.1	15.9
1988	17.1	15.9
1989	17.1	16.1
1990	17.2	16.3
1991	17.2	16.5
1992	17.3	16.4
1993	17.4	16.3
1994	17.5	16.4
1995	17.6	16.6
1996	17.7	16.9
1997	17.9	17.2
1998	18.1	17.5
1999	18.3	17.7
2000	18.4	17.8
2001	18.6	18
2002	18.8	18.1
2003	19	18.2
2004	19.1	18.3
2005	19.3	18.3
2006	19.5	18.5
2007	19.7	18.5
2008	19.9	18.5
2009	20	18.4
2010	20.2	18.3
2011	20.3	18.2
2012	20.5	18.1
2013	20.6	18
2014	20.7	18
2015	20.8	18
2016	20.9	18
2017	21	18.1
2018	21.2	18.2
2019	21.3	18.3
2020	21.5	18.5
2021	21.7	18.6
2022	21.8	18.7
2023	22	18.9
2024	22.2	19

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