Fertility in Ghana, 2029

Ghana
2029
Total fertility rate: 3.14
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 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   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ghana is projected at 3.14 children per woman in 2029 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (155 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.4 years old. In total, 922,888 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.14
Births
922,888
Births per 1,000 people
24.6
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.42
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
37,589,710
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
10-141.40.2%2,934
15-1953.58.5%103,529
20-24131.420.9%224,183
25-29154.624.6%234,955
30-34144.423.0%189,838
35-3996.715.4%118,390
40-4436.55.8%40,436
45-498.61.4%8,245
50-540.50.1%377