Fertility in Ghana, 2050

Ghana
2050
Total fertility rate: 2.55
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2050 2020, 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   2050  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ghana is projected at 2.55 children per woman in 2050 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (129 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 997,386 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.55
Births
997,386
Births per 1,000 people
19.7
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
50,553,047
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
10-140.70.1%1,672
15-1941.08.0%90,295
20-24108.921.3%226,089
25-29128.725.2%253,232
30-34124.024.3%236,023
35-3978.815.4%145,195
40-4424.04.7%39,021
45-493.80.8%5,551
50-540.20.0%307