Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ghana, 2044

Ghana
2044
Total fertility rate: 2.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2044  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ghana is projected at 2.68 children per woman in 2044 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (134 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 996,925 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.68
Births
996,925
Births per 1,000 people
21.2
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
47,030,358
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%1,917
15-1944.48.3%93,169
20-24114.621.3%228,337
25-29134.425.0%259,893
30-34128.423.9%235,239
35-3982.615.4%133,744
40-4426.75.0%38,483
45-494.70.9%5,822
50-540.30.1%318