Fertility in Ghana, 2055

Ghana
2055
Total fertility rate: 2.45
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2055  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Ghana is projected at 2.45 children per woman in 2055 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (124 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 989,744 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.45
Births
989,744
Births per 1,000 people
18.6
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
53,257,057
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
10-140.60.1%1,467
15-1938.27.8%87,336
20-24104.021.2%225,123
25-29124.325.4%253,522
30-34121.024.7%234,765
35-3975.415.4%141,722
40-4422.24.5%40,271
45-493.30.7%5,213
50-540.20.0%322