Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ghana, 2037

Ghana
2037
Total fertility rate: 2.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2037  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ghana is projected at 2.87 children per woman in 2037 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.3 years old. In total, 975,955 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.87
Births
975,955
Births per 1,000 people
22.9
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
42,682,175
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%2,275
15-1948.88.5%97,946
20-24122.021.2%240,652
25-29142.424.8%253,012
30-34134.623.4%213,700
35-3988.615.4%123,736
40-4430.35.3%37,359
45-496.11.1%6,927
50-540.30.1%349