Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ghana, 2042

Ghana
2042
Total fertility rate: 2.73
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ghana is projected at 2.73 children per woman in 2042 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 994,198 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.73
Births
994,198
Births per 1,000 people
21.7
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
45,808,599
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
10-140.90.2%2,010
15-1945.78.3%94,423
20-24116.721.3%229,984
25-29136.625.0%264,217
30-34130.123.8%227,459
35-3984.215.4%131,586
40-4427.85.1%38,152
45-495.00.9%6,040
50-540.30.1%327