Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Ghana

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Ghana chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Argentina was 1.5 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 Argentina 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
	Argentina	Ghana
1960	3.14	6.89
1961	3.12	6.91
1962	3.13	6.94
1963	3.11	6.94
1964	3.08	6.9
1965	3.01	6.88
1966	2.97	6.86
1967	2.98	6.89
1968	3.01	6.89
1969	3.05	6.95
1970	3.09	6.95
1971	3.11	6.95
1972	3.14	6.92
1973	3.17	6.87
1974	3.22	6.82
1975	3.27	6.76
1976	3.32	6.7
1977	3.36	6.64
1978	3.36	6.56
1979	3.34	6.51
1980	3.3	6.47
1981	3.25	6.42
1982	3.2	6.31
1983	3.15	6.23
1984	3.12	6.15
1985	3.07	6.12
1986	3.05	6.08
1987	3.04	6.02
1988	3.05	5.92
1989	3.02	5.82
1990	3.03	5.74
1991	3.01	5.63
1992	2.99	5.52
1993	2.97	5.41
1994	2.94	5.25
1995	2.86	5.11
1996	2.78	4.96
1997	2.71	4.88
1998	2.66	4.83
1999	2.64	4.82
2000	2.59	4.83
2001	2.53	4.77
2002	2.49	4.69
2003	2.45	4.6
2004	2.43	4.5
2005	2.43	4.5
2006	2.4	4.4
2007	2.37	4.29
2008	2.43	4.22
2009	2.4	4.18
2010	2.41	4.18
2011	2.39	4.18
2012	2.3	4.15
2013	2.34	4.11
2014	2.39	4.03
2015	2.35	3.98
2016	2.24	3.87
2017	2.17	3.72
2018	2.07	3.65
2019	1.88	3.59
2020	1.6	3.54
2021	1.59	3.49
2022	1.48	3.43
2023	1.5	3.4
2024	1.5	3.34
2025	1.5	3.3
2026	1.51	3.26
2027	1.51	3.22
2028	1.51	3.18
2029	1.51	3.14
2030	1.51	3.1
2031	1.51	3.06
2032	1.52	3.03
2033	1.52	2.99
2034	1.52	2.96
2035	1.52	2.93
2036	1.52	2.9
2037	1.52	2.87
2038	1.52	2.84
2039	1.52	2.81
2040	1.52	2.78
2041	1.52	2.76
2042	1.52	2.73
2043	1.53	2.71
2044	1.53	2.68
2045	1.53	2.66
2046	1.53	2.64
2047	1.53	2.62
2048	1.53	2.59
2049	1.53	2.57
2050	1.54	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Ghana
1960	31.2%	45.4%
1961	31.1%	45.9%
1962	31%	46.4%
1963	30.8%	46.8%
1964	30.6%	47.1%
1965	30.5%	47.4%
1966	30.2%	47.6%
1967	30%	47.8%
1968	29.8%	47.9%
1969	29.7%	48.1%
1970	29.6%	48.2%
1971	29.5%	48.4%
1972	29.5%	48.4%
1973	29.5%	48.4%
1974	29.6%	48.3%
1975	29.7%	48.2%
1976	29.8%	47.9%
1977	29.9%	47.5%
1978	30.1%	47%
1979	30.3%	46.5%
1980	30.5%	46.2%
1981	30.6%	45.9%
1982	30.8%	45.7%
1983	30.9%	45.4%
1984	31%	45.2%
1985	31%	45.3%
1986	30.9%	45.4%
1987	30.9%	45.5%
1988	30.7%	45.4%
1989	30.6%	45.4%
1990	30.4%	45.3%
1991	30.3%	45.2%
1992	30%	45%
1993	29.8%	44.8%
1994	29.6%	44.5%
1995	29.3%	44.2%
1996	29.1%	43.9%
1997	28.8%	43.5%
1998	28.6%	43.1%
1999	28.4%	42.7%
2000	28.2%	42.3%
2001	27.9%	41.9%
2002	27.7%	41.5%
2003	27.5%	41.1%
2004	27.2%	40.7%
2005	26.9%	40.4%
2006	26.7%	40.1%
2007	26.4%	39.8%
2008	26.1%	39.5%
2009	25.9%	39.3%
2010	25.7%	39.1%
2011	25.5%	39%
2012	25.3%	38.9%
2013	25.2%	38.9%
2014	25%	38.8%
2015	24.9%	38.6%
2016	24.7%	38.4%
2017	24.6%	38.1%
2018	24.4%	37.8%
2019	24.1%	37.6%
2020	23.7%	37.2%
2021	23.2%	36.9%
2022	22.8%	36.5%
2023	22.2%	36.2%
2024	21.6%	35.8%
2025	21%	35.4%
2026	20.4%	35%
2027	19.9%	34.6%
2028	19.3%	34.1%
2029	18.7%	33.7%
2030	18.1%	33.3%
2031	17.6%	32.8%
2032	17.1%	32.5%
2033	16.7%	32.2%
2034	16.4%	31.9%
2035	16.2%	31.6%
2036	16.2%	31.4%
2037	16.1%	31.2%
2038	16.2%	30.9%
2039	16.2%	30.7%
2040	16.2%	30.5%
2041	16.1%	30.3%
2042	16.1%	30.1%
2043	16.1%	29.8%
2044	16%	29.6%
2045	16%	29.4%
2046	15.9%	29.2%
2047	15.8%	29%
2048	15.7%	28.8%
2049	15.6%	28.5%
2050	15.5%	28.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 35.8% in Ghana in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 45.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Ghana compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Ghana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina 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
	Argentina	Ghana
1960	315,943	217,134
1961	317,816	222,372
1962	316,952	223,842
1963	317,041	225,367
1964	311,020	226,685
1965	304,734	229,061
1966	303,981	231,440
1967	308,904	237,156
1968	312,440	242,821
1969	319,108	251,925
1970	339,096	257,938
1971	344,889	265,442
1972	357,835	275,236
1973	370,856	283,385
1974	388,107	290,796
1975	409,561	298,267
1976	422,330	305,769
1977	441,647	315,429
1978	448,413	324,428
1979	449,952	334,848
1980	443,732	346,816
1981	442,501	359,572
1982	431,926	369,061
1983	426,145	379,846
1984	423,279	392,053
1985	428,866	401,722
1986	436,760	411,191
1987	443,404	419,328
1988	455,701	425,031
1989	460,991	432,541
1990	466,640	442,211
1991	474,960	448,159
1992	473,226	452,156
1993	474,791	454,669
1994	481,958	449,589
1995	469,658	451,748
1996	458,199	450,259
1997	450,930	459,822
1998	440,184	471,313
1999	444,038	487,210
2000	437,562	508,738
2001	430,579	519,382
2002	424,825	528,620
2003	410,141	536,656
2004	417,970	543,339
2005	428,247	563,234
2006	424,591	569,474
2007	402,889	572,332
2008	442,442	579,695
2009	439,271	592,825
2010	441,335	613,133
2011	448,730	631,501
2012	411,540	646,595
2013	421,694	658,638
2014	450,462	660,829
2015	444,161	667,729
2016	391,767	659,910
2017	375,260	641,218
2018	346,031	641,551
2019	280,005	642,403
2020	151,347	637,469
2021	88,677	635,805
2022	96,673	646,441
2023	154,648	651,094

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Ghana

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 33 deaths per 100,000 live births in Argentina, compared to 234 deaths in Ghana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Ghana
1985	80	943
1986	76	908
1987	73	873
1988	70	834
1989	68	799
1990	68	769
1991	67	745
1992	65	718
1993	62	696
1994	62	670
1995	60	630
1996	59	591
1997	60	553
1998	57	521
1999	57	490
2000	58	472
2001	60	460
2002	59	434
2003	61	410
2004	58	403
2005	57	390
2006	60	385
2007	62	377
2008	59	380
2009	62	369
2010	55	363
2011	48	356
2012	49	351
2013	47	338
2014	43	317
2015	39	310
2016	40	296
2017	38	287
2018	38	276
2019	36	260
2020	40	253
2021	76	264
2022	39	239
2023	33	234

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina 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
	Argentina	Ghana
1960	-	20.9%
1961	-	20.7%
1962	-	20.5%
1963	-	20.4%
1964	-	20.3%
1965	-	20.3%
1966	-	20.3%
1967	-	20.3%
1968	-	20.3%
1969	7.25%	20.3%
1970	7.17%	20.2%
1971	7.08%	20.1%
1972	6.97%	19.9%
1973	6.82%	19.6%
1974	6.61%	19.2%
1975	6.33%	18.7%
1976	5.98%	18.2%
1977	5.56%	17.7%
1978	5.12%	17.2%
1979	4.68%	16.9%
1980	4.28%	16.7%
1981	3.94%	16.6%
1982	3.65%	16.4%
1983	3.41%	16.2%
1984	3.21%	15.9%
1985	3.06%	15.5%
1986	2.96%	15%
1987	2.91%	14.4%
1988	2.9%	13.8%
1989	2.89%	13.3%
1990	2.88%	12.8%
1991	2.84%	12.3%
1992	2.76%	12%
1993	2.66%	11.8%
1994	2.54%	11.6%
1995	2.42%	11.5%
1996	2.31%	11.3%
1997	2.19%	11.1%
1998	2.09%	10.8%
1999	2.01%	10.4%
2000	1.94%	10%
2001	1.88%	9.61%
2002	1.83%	9.21%
2003	1.78%	8.85%
2004	1.73%	8.52%
2005	1.67%	8.22%
2006	1.62%	7.93%
2007	1.58%	7.63%
2008	1.54%	7.31%
2009	1.49%	6.99%
2010	1.44%	6.65%
2011	1.39%	6.33%
2012	1.33%	6.02%
2013	1.27%	5.74%
2014	1.22%	5.48%
2015	1.17%	5.25%
2016	1.14%	5.02%
2017	1.1%	4.81%
2018	1.07%	4.6%
2019	1.05%	4.39%
2020	1.03%	4.2%
2021	1%	4.02%
2022	0.98%	3.85%
2023	0.96%	3.71%