Fertility in Ghana, 2024

Ghana
2024
Total fertility rate: 3.34
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2024  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ghana is projected at 3.34 children per woman in 2024 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (164 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.5 years old. In total, 892,343 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.34
Births
892,343
Births per 1,000 people
25.9
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.50
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
34,427,414
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
10-141.60.2%3,188
15-1957.48.6%99,852
20-24138.020.6%213,861
25-29163.824.5%218,977
30-34151.922.7%189,124
35-39103.415.4%117,061
40-4441.76.2%40,992
45-4910.91.6%8,897
50-540.60.1%390