Fertility in Ghana, 2040

Ghana
2040
Total fertility rate: 2.78
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2040 2010, 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

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-5 -1   2040  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ghana is projected at 2.78 children per woman in 2040 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 988,500 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.78
Births
988,500
Births per 1,000 people
22.2
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
44,568,350
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
10-141.00.2%2,107
15-1946.98.4%95,694
20-24118.821.3%233,925
25-29138.724.9%263,177
30-34131.723.6%220,624
35-3985.715.4%128,854
40-4428.85.2%37,388
45-495.41.0%6,395
50-540.30.1%335