Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Ghana fits inside Brazil 36 times
Brazil: 8,510,420 km² (2024) · Ghana: 238,539 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Brazil’s coastline is 14 times as long as Ghana’s
Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Ghana: 539 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Brazil’s highest peak towers 2,109 m above Ghana’s
Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Ghana: 885 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 55% of Ghana, versus 28% of Brazil
Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Ghana: 55.4% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Brazil has 6.1 times as many people as Ghana
Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Ghana: 35.1 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Ghana is 6.1 times as densely populated as Brazil
Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Ghana: 154 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Brazil are 5.4 cm taller than in Ghana
Brazil: 175.7 cm (2019) · Ghana: 170.3 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Brazil are 3.5 cm taller than in Ghana
Brazil: 162.4 cm (2019) · Ghana: 158.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Brazil is 13 years older than in Ghana
Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Ghana: 20.9 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ghana have 1.7 more children on average than in Brazil
Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Ghana: 3.34 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
11% of people in Brazil are 65 or older, versus 3.8% in Ghana
Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Ghana: 3.8% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Brazil hosts 2.2 times as many refugees per resident as Ghana
Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Ghana: 0.6 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Ghana has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0
Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Ghana: 0.3 (2026)
How many official languages?
Brazil and Ghana are practically level
Brazil: 1 (2026) · Ghana: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Brazil’s economy is 20 times the size of Ghana’s
Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Ghana: $114 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Brazil produces 2.7 times as much per person as Ghana
Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Ghana: Int$8,610 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Ghana (Gini 6.8 points higher)
Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Ghana: 43.5 (2016)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Brazil: 3% (2024) · Ghana: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 3.0% in Ghana
Brazil: 6% (2025) · Ghana: 3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Brazil spends 1.1% of its GDP on the military, Ghana 0.5%
Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Ghana: 0.5% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Brazil’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Ghana’s 12%
Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Ghana: 12.4% (2023)
How expensive is it?
Brazil’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Ghana’s
Brazil: 46% (2025) · Ghana: 38% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Brazil spends 14 times as much on health per person as Ghana
Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Ghana: $70 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Brazil live 10 years longer than in Ghana
Brazil: 76 years (2024) · Ghana: 65.7 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ghana is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Brazil
Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Ghana: 27.5 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Brazil has 8.9 times as many doctors per person as Ghana
Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Ghana: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Brazil has 3.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Ghana
Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Ghana: 0.7 per 1,000 (2015)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Ghana is 2 times that in Brazil
Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 17.2 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 14% in Ghana
Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Ghana: 13.8% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
12% of adults in Brazil smoke, versus 3.3% in Ghana
Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Ghana: 3.3% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Brazil rate their lives 2.08 points higher than in Ghana
Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Ghana: 4.55 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Brazil drink 4 times as much alcohol as in Ghana
Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Ghana: 2.6 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Brazil has 6 times as much meat per person as Ghana
Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Ghana: 17.4 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Brazil has 298 kcal more food per person per day than Ghana
Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Ghana: 3,125 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Brazil put in 338 more hours a year than in Ghana
Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Ghana: 1,656 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Brazil went to school 1.3 years longer than in Ghana
Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Ghana: 7.1 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Brazil welcomed 16% more tourists per resident than Ghana (2019)
Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Ghana: 0.03 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Brazil has 24 more World Heritage sites than Ghana (26 against 2)
Brazil: 26 (2026) · Ghana: 2 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Ghana 5
Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Ghana: 5 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
84% of people in Brazil are online, versus 72% in Ghana
Brazil: 84% (2024) · Ghana: 72% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Brazil is 3.2 times as fast as in Ghana
Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Ghana: 92 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Brazil have electricity, versus 92% in Ghana
Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Ghana: 91.9% (2024)
How many live in cities?
88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 59% in Ghana
Brazil: 88% (2025) · Ghana: 59% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ghana has 114 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102
Brazil: 102 (2024) · Ghana: 114 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Brazil’s railway network is 32 times as long as Ghana’s
Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Ghana: 947 km (2022)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Brazil fly 36 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ghana
Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Ghana: 0.01 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 31% of Ghana
Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Ghana: 30.9% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Brazil emits 3.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ghana
Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Ghana: 0.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 36% in Ghana
Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Ghana: 36.2% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Ghana carries 84% more fine dust than in Brazil
Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Ghana: 28.2 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 11 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in Ghana
Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 1.8 per 100k (2022)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ghana are 2.1 times as deadly as in Brazil
Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 54.9 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Ghana is on average 2.6 °C warmer than Brazil
Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ghana: 27.9°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Brazil gets 49% more rain than Ghana
Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ghana: 1,118 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Brazil bigger than Ghana?
Brazil is larger. Ghana fits inside Brazil 36 times.
Which has more people, Brazil or Ghana?
Brazil has 6.1 times as many people as Ghana (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Brazil or Ghana?
People in Brazil live 10 years longer than in Ghana. Life expectancy at birth is 76.0 years in Brazil and 65.7 in Ghana.
Are people taller in Brazil or Ghana?
Men in Brazil are 5.4 cm taller than in Ghana (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
