Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ghana, 2034

Ghana
2034
Total fertility rate: 2.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2034  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Ghana is projected at 2.96 children per woman in 2034 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (147 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.3 years old. In total, 958,778 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.96
Births
958,778
Births per 1,000 people
23.5
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
40,774,156
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
10-141.20.2%2,467
15-1951.18.6%102,728
20-24125.221.1%237,629
25-29146.624.7%245,193
30-34138.023.3%206,172
35-3991.215.4%117,923
40-4432.45.5%38,862
45-496.91.2%7,437
50-540.40.1%364