Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Ghana

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Ghana chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Azerbaijan was 1.55 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 Azerbaijan 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
	Azerbaijan	Ghana
1960	5.88	6.89
1961	5.94	6.91
1962	5.96	6.94
1963	5.95	6.94
1964	5.89	6.9
1965	5.79	6.88
1966	5.66	6.86
1967	5.38	6.89
1968	5.22	6.89
1969	5.07	6.95
1970	4.91	6.95
1971	4.77	6.95
1972	4.62	6.92
1973	4.45	6.87
1974	4.33	6.82
1975	4.18	6.76
1976	4.02	6.7
1977	3.87	6.64
1978	3.73	6.56
1979	3.61	6.51
1980	3.5	6.47
1981	3.41	6.42
1982	3.34	6.31
1983	3.29	6.23
1984	3.26	6.15
1985	2.91	6.12
1986	2.9	6.08
1987	2.9	6.02
1988	2.8	5.92
1989	2.8	5.82
1990	2.74	5.74
1991	2.87	5.63
1992	2.74	5.52
1993	2.7	5.41
1994	2.52	5.25
1995	2.29	5.11
1996	2.06	4.96
1997	2.07	4.88
1998	2	4.83
1999	2.07	4.82
2000	2	4.83
2001	1.8	4.77
2002	1.8	4.69
2003	1.9	4.6
2004	2.05	4.5
2005	2	4.5
2006	1.97	4.4
2007	1.97	4.29
2008	1.9	4.22
2009	1.82	4.18
2010	1.92	4.18
2011	1.96	4.18
2012	2	4.15
2013	1.98	4.11
2014	1.97	4.03
2015	1.94	3.98
2016	1.9	3.87
2017	1.75	3.72
2018	1.73	3.65
2019	1.81	3.59
2020	1.7	3.54
2021	1.52	3.49
2022	1.67	3.43
2023	1.55	3.4
2024	1.55	3.34
2025	1.54	3.3
2026	1.54	3.26
2027	1.54	3.22
2028	1.54	3.18
2029	1.54	3.14
2030	1.54	3.1
2031	1.53	3.06
2032	1.53	3.03
2033	1.53	2.99
2034	1.53	2.96
2035	1.53	2.93
2036	1.53	2.9
2037	1.53	2.87
2038	1.53	2.84
2039	1.52	2.81
2040	1.52	2.78
2041	1.52	2.76
2042	1.52	2.73
2043	1.52	2.71
2044	1.52	2.68
2045	1.52	2.66
2046	1.52	2.64
2047	1.52	2.62
2048	1.52	2.59
2049	1.52	2.57
2050	1.52	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Ghana
1960	40.4%	45.4%
1961	42%	45.9%
1962	43.3%	46.4%
1963	44.2%	46.8%
1964	44.9%	47.1%
1965	45.3%	47.4%
1966	45.6%	47.6%
1967	45.7%	47.8%
1968	45.6%	47.9%
1969	45.3%	48.1%
1970	44.9%	48.2%
1971	44.3%	48.4%
1972	43.6%	48.4%
1973	42.7%	48.4%
1974	41.7%	48.3%
1975	40.6%	48.2%
1976	39.4%	47.9%
1977	38.1%	47.5%
1978	36.7%	47%
1979	35.6%	46.5%
1980	35%	46.2%
1981	34.4%	45.9%
1982	34%	45.7%
1983	33.8%	45.4%
1984	33.5%	45.2%
1985	33.4%	45.3%
1986	33.2%	45.4%
1987	33.1%	45.5%
1988	33.2%	45.4%
1989	33.5%	45.4%
1990	33.8%	45.3%
1991	34%	45.2%
1992	34.1%	45%
1993	34%	44.8%
1994	33.9%	44.5%
1995	33.6%	44.2%
1996	33.2%	43.9%
1997	32.8%	43.5%
1998	32.2%	43.1%
1999	31.4%	42.7%
2000	30.3%	42.3%
2001	29.2%	41.9%
2002	28.1%	41.5%
2003	27%	41.1%
2004	26%	40.7%
2005	25.1%	40.4%
2006	24.4%	40.1%
2007	23.8%	39.8%
2008	23.2%	39.5%
2009	22.7%	39.3%
2010	22.3%	39.1%
2011	22.2%	39%
2012	22.3%	38.9%
2013	22.7%	38.9%
2014	23.1%	38.8%
2015	23.5%	38.6%
2016	23.8%	38.4%
2017	23.9%	38.1%
2018	23.8%	37.8%
2019	23.5%	37.6%
2020	23.4%	37.2%
2021	23.1%	36.9%
2022	22.8%	36.5%
2023	22.3%	36.2%
2024	21.8%	35.8%
2025	21.2%	35.4%
2026	20.6%	35%
2027	20%	34.6%
2028	19.4%	34.1%
2029	18.9%	33.7%
2030	18.3%	33.3%
2031	17.9%	32.8%
2032	17.6%	32.5%
2033	17.5%	32.2%
2034	17.3%	31.9%
2035	17%	31.6%
2036	16.9%	31.4%
2037	16.8%	31.2%
2038	16.8%	30.9%
2039	16.8%	30.7%
2040	16.8%	30.5%
2041	16.8%	30.3%
2042	16.9%	30.1%
2043	16.9%	29.8%
2044	16.9%	29.6%
2045	16.8%	29.4%
2046	16.8%	29.2%
2047	16.8%	29%
2048	16.7%	28.8%
2049	16.6%	28.5%
2050	16.5%	28.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 35.8% in Ghana in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 45.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Ghana compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Ghana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan 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
	Azerbaijan	Ghana
1960	127,982	217,134
1961	133,870	222,372
1962	135,928	223,842
1963	136,762	225,367
1964	134,971	226,685
1965	131,114	229,061
1966	126,678	231,440
1967	118,988	237,156
1968	115,379	242,821
1969	111,387	251,925
1970	108,976	257,938
1971	106,948	265,442
1972	105,009	275,236
1973	103,208	283,385
1974	103,872	290,796
1975	103,472	298,267
1976	103,370	305,769
1977	102,304	315,429
1978	102,831	324,428
1979	104,864	334,848
1980	110,279	346,816
1981	121,400	359,572
1982	117,615	369,061
1983	125,966	379,846
1984	130,043	392,053
1985	132,068	401,722
1986	141,499	411,191
1987	138,195	419,328
1988	136,702	425,031
1989	141,531	432,541
1990	142,069	442,211
1991	147,607	448,159
1992	133,615	452,156
1993	123,664	454,669
1994	107,112	449,589
1995	93,755	451,748
1996	80,735	450,259
1997	84,653	459,822
1998	77,548	471,313
1999	71,047	487,210
2000	70,023	508,738
2001	64,890	519,382
2002	63,741	528,620
2003	64,226	536,656
2004	81,403	543,339
2005	89,793	563,234
2006	96,724	569,474
2007	97,827	572,332
2008	99,903	579,695
2009	99,315	592,825
2010	112,274	613,133
2011	122,002	631,501
2012	119,915	646,595
2013	117,710	658,638
2014	115,374	660,829
2015	110,967	667,729
2016	102,457	659,910
2017	86,715	641,218
2018	81,506	641,551
2019	85,207	642,403
2020	50,466	637,469
2021	35,483	635,805
2022	61,865	646,441
2023	52,800	651,094

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Ghana

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 18 deaths per 100,000 live births in Azerbaijan, compared to 234 deaths in Ghana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Ghana
1985	45	943
1986	48	908
1987	45	873
1988	45	834
1989	43	799
1990	41	769
1991	43	745
1992	56	718
1993	54	696
1994	58	670
1995	64	630
1996	58	591
1997	59	553
1998	54	521
1999	51	490
2000	46	472
2001	45	460
2002	40	434
2003	41	410
2004	40	403
2005	40	390
2006	33	385
2007	33	377
2008	30	380
2009	29	369
2010	28	363
2011	27	356
2012	28	351
2013	24	338
2014	23	317
2015	21	310
2016	22	296
2017	22	287
2018	21	276
2019	21	260
2020	21	253
2021	55	264
2022	32	239
2023	18	234

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan 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
	Azerbaijan	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	-	20.3%
1970	-	20.2%
1971	-	20.1%
1972	-	19.9%
1973	-	19.6%
1974	-	19.2%
1975	-	18.7%
1976	-	18.2%
1977	-	17.7%
1978	-	17.2%
1979	-	16.9%
1980	-	16.7%
1981	-	16.6%
1982	10.9%	16.4%
1983	10.7%	16.2%
1984	10.4%	15.9%
1985	10.2%	15.5%
1986	9.96%	15%
1987	9.77%	14.4%
1988	9.62%	13.8%
1989	9.52%	13.3%
1990	9.48%	12.8%
1991	9.5%	12.3%
1992	9.52%	12%
1993	9.52%	11.8%
1994	9.47%	11.6%
1995	9.34%	11.5%
1996	9.1%	11.3%
1997	8.78%	11.1%
1998	8.37%	10.8%
1999	7.91%	10.4%
2000	7.4%	10%
2001	6.9%	9.61%
2002	6.41%	9.21%
2003	5.96%	8.85%
2004	5.55%	8.52%
2005	5.18%	8.22%
2006	4.85%	7.93%
2007	4.55%	7.63%
2008	4.27%	7.31%
2009	4.01%	6.99%
2010	3.77%	6.65%
2011	3.54%	6.33%
2012	3.32%	6.02%
2013	3.12%	5.74%
2014	2.95%	5.48%
2015	2.78%	5.25%
2016	2.63%	5.02%
2017	2.49%	4.81%
2018	2.36%	4.6%
2019	2.24%	4.39%
2020	2.13%	4.2%
2021	2.04%	4.02%
2022	1.94%	3.85%
2023	1.86%	3.71%