Fertility & birth rates in Afghanistan and Ghana

Fertility rate in Afghanistan vs Ghana chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Afghanistan was 4.84 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.4 in Ghana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Afghanistan vs Ghana population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Afghanistan	Ghana
1960	7.28	6.89
1961	7.28	6.91
1962	7.29	6.94
1963	7.3	6.94
1964	7.3	6.9
1965	7.31	6.88
1966	7.32	6.86
1967	7.34	6.89
1968	7.36	6.89
1969	7.39	6.95
1970	7.4	6.95
1971	7.43	6.95
1972	7.45	6.92
1973	7.49	6.87
1974	7.53	6.82
1975	7.54	6.76
1976	7.56	6.7
1977	7.59	6.64
1978	7.6	6.56
1979	7.61	6.51
1980	7.64	6.47
1981	7.62	6.42
1982	7.6	6.31
1983	7.57	6.23
1984	7.55	6.15
1985	7.55	6.12
1986	7.55	6.08
1987	7.55	6.02
1988	7.55	5.92
1989	7.56	5.82
1990	7.58	5.74
1991	7.63	5.63
1992	7.7	5.52
1993	7.76	5.41
1994	7.77	5.25
1995	7.77	5.11
1996	7.76	4.96
1997	7.73	4.88
1998	7.69	4.83
1999	7.64	4.82
2000	7.57	4.83
2001	7.45	4.77
2002	7.32	4.69
2003	7.17	4.6
2004	7.02	4.5
2005	6.86	4.5
2006	6.69	4.4
2007	6.51	4.29
2008	6.39	4.22
2009	6.3	4.18
2010	6.2	4.18
2011	6.09	4.18
2012	5.99	4.15
2013	5.88	4.11
2014	5.77	4.03
2015	5.65	3.98
2016	5.54	3.87
2017	5.43	3.72
2018	5.33	3.65
2019	5.24	3.59
2020	5.15	3.54
2021	5.04	3.49
2022	4.93	3.43
2023	4.84	3.4
2024	4.76	3.34
2025	4.66	3.3
2026	4.56	3.26
2027	4.48	3.22
2028	4.4	3.18
2029	4.3	3.14
2030	4.22	3.1
2031	4.15	3.06
2032	4.07	3.03
2033	4	2.99
2034	3.95	2.96
2035	3.89	2.93
2036	3.82	2.9
2037	3.76	2.87
2038	3.68	2.84
2039	3.61	2.81
2040	3.56	2.78
2041	3.49	2.76
2042	3.44	2.73
2043	3.39	2.71
2044	3.34	2.68
2045	3.3	2.66
2046	3.26	2.64
2047	3.22	2.62
2048	3.18	2.59
2049	3.14	2.57
2050	3.09	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Afghanistan	Ghana
1960	41.9%	45.4%
1961	42%	45.9%
1962	42.1%	46.4%
1963	42.2%	46.8%
1964	42.4%	47.1%
1965	42.6%	47.4%
1966	42.9%	47.6%
1967	43.2%	47.8%
1968	43.4%	47.9%
1969	43.7%	48.1%
1970	43.9%	48.2%
1971	44.2%	48.4%
1972	44.4%	48.4%
1973	44.6%	48.4%
1974	44.8%	48.3%
1975	45%	48.2%
1976	45.2%	47.9%
1977	45.4%	47.5%
1978	45.6%	47%
1979	45.8%	46.5%
1980	46.1%	46.2%
1981	46.3%	45.9%
1982	46.5%	45.7%
1983	46.6%	45.4%
1984	46.8%	45.2%
1985	47%	45.3%
1986	47.2%	45.4%
1987	47.3%	45.5%
1988	47.4%	45.4%
1989	47.5%	45.4%
1990	47.7%	45.3%
1991	47.8%	45.2%
1992	48%	45%
1993	48.2%	44.8%
1994	48.5%	44.5%
1995	48.7%	44.2%
1996	49%	43.9%
1997	49.3%	43.5%
1998	49.6%	43.1%
1999	49.8%	42.7%
2000	50%	42.3%
2001	50.2%	41.9%
2002	50.2%	41.5%
2003	50.2%	41.1%
2004	50.2%	40.7%
2005	50%	40.4%
2006	49.9%	40.1%
2007	49.6%	39.8%
2008	49.3%	39.5%
2009	48.9%	39.3%
2010	48.5%	39.1%
2011	48%	39%
2012	47.6%	38.9%
2013	47.2%	38.9%
2014	46.7%	38.8%
2015	46.3%	38.6%
2016	45.8%	38.4%
2017	45.4%	38.1%
2018	45%	37.8%
2019	44.6%	37.6%
2020	44.2%	37.2%
2021	43.9%	36.9%
2022	43.6%	36.5%
2023	43.2%	36.2%
2024	42.9%	35.8%
2025	42.6%	35.4%
2026	42.2%	35%
2027	41.9%	34.6%
2028	41.5%	34.1%
2029	41.1%	33.7%
2030	40.7%	33.3%
2031	40.3%	32.8%
2032	39.8%	32.5%
2033	39.4%	32.2%
2034	39%	31.9%
2035	38.6%	31.6%
2036	38.2%	31.4%
2037	37.8%	31.2%
2038	37.4%	30.9%
2039	36.9%	30.7%
2040	36.5%	30.5%
2041	36%	30.3%
2042	35.6%	30.1%
2043	35.2%	29.8%
2044	34.8%	29.6%
2045	34.4%	29.4%
2046	34%	29.2%
2047	33.6%	29%
2048	33.3%	28.8%
2049	32.9%	28.5%
2050	32.5%	28.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.9% of the population in Afghanistan and 35.8% in Ghana in 2024, compared to 47.7% and 45.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Afghanistan and Ghana compared.

Natural population change in Afghanistan vs Ghana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.04% in Afghanistan and +2.1% in Ghana. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Afghanistan	Ghana
1960	170,257	217,134
1961	179,094	222,372
1962	188,427	223,842
1963	198,035	225,367
1964	207,867	226,685
1965	217,741	229,061
1966	228,786	231,440
1967	239,967	237,156
1968	251,798	242,821
1969	263,823	251,925
1970	275,129	257,938
1971	288,267	265,442
1972	300,633	275,236
1973	315,062	283,385
1974	330,232	290,796
1975	343,850	298,267
1976	357,775	305,769
1977	372,567	315,429
1978	369,101	324,428
1979	361,750	334,848
1980	365,396	346,816
1981	343,468	359,572
1982	263,210	369,061
1983	263,778	379,846
1984	205,262	392,053
1985	228,469	401,722
1986	310,066	411,191
1987	314,361	419,328
1988	358,397	425,031
1989	381,158	432,541
1990	402,433	442,211
1991	409,954	448,159
1992	440,132	452,156
1993	541,257	454,669
1994	609,096	449,589
1995	653,280	451,748
1996	685,005	450,259
1997	709,778	459,822
1998	719,860	471,313
1999	760,727	487,210
2000	782,727	508,738
2001	764,090	519,382
2002	776,048	528,620
2003	826,165	536,656
2004	850,940	543,339
2005	855,112	563,234
2006	875,301	569,474
2007	889,848	572,332
2008	891,246	579,695
2009	920,581	592,825
2010	943,473	613,133
2011	966,743	631,501
2012	1,004,814	646,595
2013	1,033,778	658,638
2014	1,053,788	660,829
2015	1,077,068	667,729
2016	1,090,016	659,910
2017	1,101,218	641,218
2018	1,115,262	641,551
2019	1,138,485	642,403
2020	1,134,407	637,469
2021	1,133,611	635,805
2022	1,219,475	646,441
2023	1,228,719	651,094

Maternal mortality chart: Afghanistan vs Ghana

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 521 deaths per 100,000 live births in Afghanistan, compared to 234 deaths in Ghana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Afghanistan	Ghana
1985	2,232	943
1986	1,857	908
1987	1,821	873
1988	1,572	834
1989	1,520	799
1990	1,550	769
1991	1,534	745
1992	1,443	718
1993	1,347	696
1994	1,396	670
1995	1,414	630
1996	1,389	591
1997	1,376	553
1998	1,464	521
1999	1,346	490
2000	1,372	472
2001	1,311	460
2002	1,263	434
2003	1,201	410
2004	1,166	403
2005	1,108	390
2006	1,069	385
2007	1,032	377
2008	955	380
2009	925	369
2010	893	363
2011	838	356
2012	810	351
2013	778	338
2014	755	317
2015	741	310
2016	702	296
2017	659	287
2018	629	276
2019	601	260
2020	634	253
2021	660	264
2022	551	239
2023	521	234

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.55% in Afghanistan and 3.71% in Ghana. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Afghanistan	Ghana
1960	35.3%	20.9%
1961	34.8%	20.7%
1962	34.2%	20.5%
1963	33.7%	20.4%
1964	33.2%	20.3%
1965	32.7%	20.3%
1966	32.2%	20.3%
1967	31.7%	20.3%
1968	31.2%	20.3%
1969	30.6%	20.3%
1970	30.2%	20.2%
1971	29.7%	20.1%
1972	29.1%	19.9%
1973	28.6%	19.6%
1974	28.1%	19.2%
1975	27.5%	18.7%
1976	27%	18.2%
1977	26.4%	17.7%
1978	25.8%	17.2%
1979	25.2%	16.9%
1980	24.6%	16.7%
1981	23.9%	16.6%
1982	28%	16.4%
1983	27.4%	16.2%
1984	30.9%	15.9%
1985	30.1%	15.5%
1986	25.3%	15%
1987	24.7%	14.4%
1988	21.8%	13.8%
1989	18.7%	13.3%
1990	18.1%	12.8%
1991	17.4%	12.3%
1992	16.9%	12%
1993	16.3%	11.8%
1994	15.8%	11.6%
1995	15.3%	11.5%
1996	14.8%	11.3%
1997	14.4%	11.1%
1998	14%	10.8%
1999	13.6%	10.4%
2000	13.2%	10%
2001	12.7%	9.61%
2002	12.3%	9.21%
2003	11.9%	8.85%
2004	11.4%	8.52%
2005	11%	8.22%
2006	10.5%	7.93%
2007	10.1%	7.63%
2008	9.63%	7.31%
2009	9.22%	6.99%
2010	8.83%	6.65%
2011	8.46%	6.33%
2012	8.12%	6.02%
2013	7.8%	5.74%
2014	7.51%	5.48%
2015	7.24%	5.25%
2016	7%	5.02%
2017	6.76%	4.81%
2018	6.54%	4.6%
2019	6.33%	4.39%
2020	6.13%	4.2%
2021	5.93%	4.02%
2022	5.74%	3.85%
2023	5.55%	3.71%