Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ghana, 2036

Ghana
2036
Total fertility rate: 2.90
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2036  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ghana is projected at 2.90 children per woman in 2036 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.3 years old. In total, 971,414 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.90
Births
971,414
Births per 1,000 people
23.1
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.33
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
42,047,456
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
10-141.10.2%2,337
15-1949.68.5%99,289
20-24123.121.2%241,345
25-29143.824.8%249,895
30-34135.723.4%211,609
35-3989.615.4%121,646
40-4430.95.3%37,843
45-496.31.1%7,098
50-540.40.1%354