Fertility in Ghana, 2026

Ghana
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ghana is projected at 3.26 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (160 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.4 years old. In total, 903,735 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.26
Births
903,735
Births per 1,000 people
25.3
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
35,697,557
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%3,135
15-1955.78.6%100,588
20-24135.320.8%218,744
25-29159.924.6%224,614
30-34148.622.8%188,718
35-39100.615.4%117,874
40-4439.46.1%41,119
45-499.81.5%8,567
50-540.50.1%373