Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Czechia fits inside Ghana 3 times
Czechia: 78,871 km² (2024) · Ghana: 238,539 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Ghana: 539 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Czechia’s highest peak towers 717 m above Ghana’s
Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition) · Ghana: 885 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 55% of Ghana, versus 46% of Czechia
Czechia: 45.8% (2024) · Ghana: 55.4% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Ghana has 3.2 times as many people as Czechia
Czechia: 10.9 million (2025) · Ghana: 35.1 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Ghana is 9% more densely populated than Czechia
Czechia: 141 per km² (2025) · Ghana: 154 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Czechia are 10.9 cm taller than in Ghana
Czechia: 181.2 cm (2019) · Ghana: 170.3 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Czechia are 9.1 cm taller than in Ghana
Czechia: 168 cm (2019) · Ghana: 158.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Czechia is 22 years older than in Ghana
Czechia: 42.7 years (2023) · Ghana: 20.9 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ghana have 2.0 more children on average than in Czechia
Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Ghana: 3.34 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in Czechia are 65 or older, versus 3.8% in Ghana
Czechia: 21.2% (2025) · Ghana: 3.8% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Czechia hosts 61 times as many refugees per resident as Ghana
Czechia: 36.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Ghana: 0.6 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Czechia has produced 5.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ghana 0.3
Czechia: 5.5 (2026) · Ghana: 0.3 (2026)
How many official languages?
Czechia has 2 official languages, Ghana 1
Czechia: 2 (2026) · Ghana: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Czechia’s economy is 3.4 times the size of Ghana’s
Czechia: $391 billion (2025) · Ghana: $114 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Czechia produces 7 times as much per person as Ghana
Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025) · Ghana: Int$8,610 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Ghana than in Czechia (Gini 17.8 points higher)
Czechia: 25.7 (2023) · Ghana: 43.5 (2016)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Czechia: 0% (2023) · Ghana: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Ghana and Czechia are practically level
Czechia: 2.8% (2025) · Ghana: 3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Czechia spends 1.8% of its GDP on the military, Ghana 0.5%
Czechia: 1.8% (2025) · Ghana: 0.5% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Czechia’s central government collects 19% of GDP in tax, Ghana’s 12%
Czechia: 18.6% (2024) · Ghana: 12.4% (2023)
How expensive is it?
Czechia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Ghana’s
Czechia: 59% (2025) · Ghana: 38% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Czechia spends 38 times as much on health per person as Ghana
Czechia: $2,693 (2024) · Ghana: $70 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Czechia live 14 years longer than in Ghana
Czechia: 80 years (2024) · Ghana: 65.7 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ghana is 13 times as likely to die before turning one as in Czechia
Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Ghana: 27.5 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Czechia has 16 times as many doctors per person as Ghana
Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Ghana: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Czechia has 9.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Ghana
Czechia: 6.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Ghana: 0.7 per 1,000 (2015)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Ghana is 41% higher than in Czechia
Czechia: 12.2 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 17.2 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
32% of adults in Czechia are obese, versus 14% in Ghana
Czechia: 31.6% (2024) · Ghana: 13.8% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 3.3% in Ghana
Czechia: 28.4% (2024) · Ghana: 3.3% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Czechia rate their lives 2.27 points higher than in Ghana
Czechia: 6.82 (2025) · Ghana: 4.55 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Czechia drink 5.2 times as much alcohol as in Ghana
Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023) · Ghana: 2.6 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Czechia has 4.7 times as much meat per person as Ghana
Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023) · Ghana: 17.4 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Czechia has 259 kcal more food per person per day than Ghana
Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023) · Ghana: 3,125 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Czechia put in 119 more hours a year than in Ghana
Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023) · Ghana: 1,656 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Czechia went to school 5.9 years longer than in Ghana
Czechia: 13 years (2023) · Ghana: 7.1 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Czechia welcomed 50 times as many tourists per resident as Ghana (2019)
Czechia: 1.37 (2019) · Ghana: 0.03 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Czechia has 15 more World Heritage sites than Ghana (17 against 2)
Czechia: 17 (2026) · Ghana: 2 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Czechia has won 111 Olympic medals, Ghana 5
Czechia: 111 (2026 edition) · Ghana: 5 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
88% of people in Czechia are online, versus 72% in Ghana
Czechia: 88% (2024) · Ghana: 72% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Czechia is 2 times as fast as in Ghana
Czechia: 186 Mbps (2026) · Ghana: 92 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Czechia have electricity, versus 92% in Ghana
Czechia: 100% (2024) · Ghana: 91.9% (2024)
How many live in cities?
73% of people in Czechia live in cities, versus 59% in Ghana
Czechia: 73% (2025) · Ghana: 59% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Czechia has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ghana 114
Czechia: 127 (2024) · Ghana: 114 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Czechia’s railway network is 9.9 times as long as Ghana’s
Czechia: 9,357 km (2021) · Ghana: 947 km (2022)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Czechia fly 16 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ghana
Czechia: 0.2 (2023) · Ghana: 0.01 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 38% of Czechia, but only 31% of Ghana
Czechia: 38.4% (2024) · Ghana: 30.9% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Czechia emits 12 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ghana
Czechia: 7 t (2024) · Ghana: 0.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
36% of Ghana’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Czechia
Czechia: 16.8% (2025) · Ghana: 36.2% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Ghana carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Czechia
Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Ghana: 28.2 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.4 times as likely to be murdered in Ghana as in Czechia
Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 1.8 per 100k (2022)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ghana are 7.7 times as deadly as in Czechia
Czechia: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · Ghana: 54.9 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Ghana is on average 18.5 °C warmer than Czechia
Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ghana: 27.9°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ghana gets 39% more rain than Czechia
Czechia: 805 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 Czechia bigger than Ghana?
Ghana is larger. Czechia fits inside Ghana 3 times.
Which has more people, Czechia or Ghana?
Ghana has 3.2 times as many people as Czechia (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Czechia or Ghana?
People in Czechia live 14 years longer than in Ghana. Life expectancy at birth is 80.0 years in Czechia and 65.7 in Ghana.
Are people taller in Czechia or Ghana?
Men in Czechia are 10.9 cm taller than in Ghana (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
