Fertility in Ghana, 2001

Ghana
2001
Total fertility rate: 4.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ghana was 4.77 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (221 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 718,360 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.77
Births
718,360
Births per 1,000 people
35.6
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
20,167,069
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-144.70.5%5,890
15-1982.38.6%92,917
20-24189.219.8%181,394
25-29220.623.1%173,776
30-34197.520.7%134,157
35-39146.015.3%84,351
40-4485.79.0%36,478
45-4927.32.9%8,917
50-541.80.2%480