Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ghana, 2003

Ghana
2003
Total fertility rate: 4.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ghana was 4.60 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (215 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 740,673 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.60
Births
740,673
Births per 1,000 people
34.8
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
21,296,705
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
10-144.00.4%5,237
15-1977.38.4%91,620
20-24180.919.6%185,528
25-29215.223.3%183,773
30-34193.321.0%138,565
35-39140.915.3%86,238
40-4481.88.9%39,798
45-4926.52.9%9,426
50-541.70.2%488