Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ghana, 2038

Ghana
2038
Total fertility rate: 2.84
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2038  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ghana is projected at 2.84 children per woman in 2038 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (141 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.3 years old. In total, 980,878 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.84
Births
980,878
Births per 1,000 people
22.6
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
43,314,977
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%2,218
15-1948.18.5%97,152
20-24121.021.3%238,840
25-29141.124.8%256,896
30-34133.623.5%215,820
35-3987.615.4%125,723
40-4429.75.2%37,125
45-495.81.0%6,761
50-540.30.1%344