What is the difference in births and deaths per year between Ghana and Madagascar?

3,031 deaths, with Ghana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Madagascar?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Births and deaths per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ghana vs Madagascar: Births and deaths per year

Ghana

237,871 deaths

in 2023

Madagascar

234,840 deaths

in 2023

Ghana rank

41st

Madagascar rank

44th

Births and deaths per year over time

Ghana
Madagascar

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 237,871 deaths against 234,840 deaths in Madagascar, a difference of 3,031 deaths.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 41st and Madagascar ranks 44th of 236 countries.

Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1950s	123,411 deaths	103,946 deaths	19,464 deaths	Ghana
1960s	149,090 deaths	112,681 deaths	36,410 deaths	Ghana
1970s	169,320 deaths	128,035 deaths	41,285 deaths	Ghana
1980s	183,476 deaths	160,054 deaths	23,422 deaths	Ghana
1990s	186,626 deaths	173,763 deaths	12,863 deaths	Ghana
2000s	207,316 deaths	169,944 deaths	37,373 deaths	Ghana
2010s	224,631 deaths	189,729 deaths	34,903 deaths	Ghana
2020s	238,396 deaths	233,417 deaths	4,979 deaths	Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher births and deaths per year, Ghana or Madagascar?: Ghana, at 237,871 deaths against 234,840 deaths in Madagascar as of 2023.
What is the difference in births and deaths per year between Ghana and Madagascar?: 3,031 deaths, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Madagascar?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Ghana and Madagascar rank globally for births and deaths per year?: Ghana ranks 41st and Madagascar ranks 44th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Births and deaths per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Births and deaths per year
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year.