Fertility & birth rates in Ghana and Guatemala

Fertility rate in Ghana vs Guatemala chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ghana was 3.4 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.31 in Guatemala in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ghana	Guatemala
1960	6.89	7
1961	6.91	6.98
1962	6.94	6.93
1963	6.94	6.9
1964	6.9	6.87
1965	6.88	6.84
1966	6.86	6.8
1967	6.89	6.76
1968	6.89	6.7
1969	6.95	6.65
1970	6.95	6.6
1971	6.95	6.55
1972	6.92	6.51
1973	6.87	6.49
1974	6.82	6.46
1975	6.76	6.41
1976	6.7	6.37
1977	6.64	6.32
1978	6.56	6.26
1979	6.51	6.22
1980	6.47	6.17
1981	6.42	6.12
1982	6.31	6.06
1983	6.23	5.98
1984	6.15	5.86
1985	6.12	5.73
1986	6.08	5.66
1987	6.02	5.64
1988	5.92	5.62
1989	5.82	5.56
1990	5.74	5.48
1991	5.63	5.38
1992	5.52	5.31
1993	5.41	5.25
1994	5.25	5.19
1995	5.11	5.11
1996	4.96	5.01
1997	4.88	4.91
1998	4.83	4.8
1999	4.82	4.69
2000	4.83	4.58
2001	4.77	4.5
2002	4.69	4.37
2003	4.6	4.25
2004	4.5	4.13
2005	4.5	3.97
2006	4.4	3.85
2007	4.29	3.72
2008	4.22	3.57
2009	4.18	3.47
2010	4.18	3.38
2011	4.18	3.29
2012	4.15	3.22
2013	4.11	3.15
2014	4.03	3.09
2015	3.98	3.03
2016	3.87	2.97
2017	3.72	2.86
2018	3.65	2.74
2019	3.59	2.59
2020	3.54	2.47
2021	3.49	2.39
2022	3.43	2.34
2023	3.4	2.31
2024	3.34	2.29
2025	3.3	2.26
2026	3.26	2.23
2027	3.22	2.2
2028	3.18	2.17
2029	3.14	2.15
2030	3.1	2.13
2031	3.06	2.11
2032	3.03	2.09
2033	2.99	2.08
2034	2.96	2.06
2035	2.93	2.05
2036	2.9	2.03
2037	2.87	2.02
2038	2.84	2
2039	2.81	1.99
2040	2.78	1.97
2041	2.76	1.96
2042	2.73	1.95
2043	2.71	1.93
2044	2.68	1.92
2045	2.66	1.92
2046	2.64	1.91
2047	2.62	1.9
2048	2.59	1.89
2049	2.57	1.89
2050	2.55	1.88

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ghana	Guatemala
1960	45.4%	46.7%
1961	45.9%	46.7%
1962	46.4%	46.8%
1963	46.8%	46.7%
1964	47.1%	46.6%
1965	47.4%	46.6%
1966	47.6%	46.5%
1967	47.8%	46.4%
1968	47.9%	46.2%
1969	48.1%	46.2%
1970	48.2%	46.1%
1971	48.4%	46%
1972	48.4%	46%
1973	48.4%	46%
1974	48.3%	45.9%
1975	48.2%	45.8%
1976	47.9%	45.7%
1977	47.5%	45.6%
1978	47%	45.6%
1979	46.5%	45.5%
1980	46.2%	45.5%
1981	45.9%	45.6%
1982	45.7%	45.6%
1983	45.4%	45.7%
1984	45.2%	45.7%
1985	45.3%	45.7%
1986	45.4%	45.7%
1987	45.5%	45.6%
1988	45.4%	45.6%
1989	45.4%	45.5%
1990	45.3%	45.4%
1991	45.2%	45.3%
1992	45%	45.2%
1993	44.8%	45.1%
1994	44.5%	44.9%
1995	44.2%	44.8%
1996	43.9%	44.7%
1997	43.5%	44.5%
1998	43.1%	44.3%
1999	42.7%	44.1%
2000	42.3%	43.8%
2001	41.9%	43.6%
2002	41.5%	43.3%
2003	41.1%	43%
2004	40.7%	42.5%
2005	40.4%	42.1%
2006	40.1%	41.6%
2007	39.8%	41%
2008	39.5%	40.5%
2009	39.3%	39.9%
2010	39.1%	39.3%
2011	39%	38.7%
2012	38.9%	38.1%
2013	38.9%	37.5%
2014	38.8%	36.9%
2015	38.6%	36.4%
2016	38.4%	35.9%
2017	38.1%	35.4%
2018	37.8%	34.9%
2019	37.6%	34.4%
2020	37.2%	33.8%
2021	36.9%	33.3%
2022	36.5%	32.7%
2023	36.2%	32.1%
2024	35.8%	31.6%
2025	35.4%	31%
2026	35%	30.5%
2027	34.6%	29.9%
2028	34.1%	29.4%
2029	33.7%	28.8%
2030	33.3%	28.3%
2031	32.8%	27.8%
2032	32.5%	27.3%
2033	32.2%	26.8%
2034	31.9%	26.4%
2035	31.6%	26%
2036	31.4%	25.7%
2037	31.2%	25.5%
2038	30.9%	25.2%
2039	30.7%	24.9%
2040	30.5%	24.6%
2041	30.3%	24.3%
2042	30.1%	24%
2043	29.8%	23.7%
2044	29.6%	23.4%
2045	29.4%	23.1%
2046	29.2%	22.8%
2047	29%	22.5%
2048	28.8%	22.2%
2049	28.5%	21.9%
2050	28.3%	21.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 35.8% of the population in Ghana and 31.6% in Guatemala in 2024, compared to 45.3% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ghana and Guatemala compared.

Natural population change in Ghana vs Guatemala by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.1% in Ghana and +1.83% in Guatemala. 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
	Ghana	Guatemala
1960	217,134	120,728
1961	222,372	123,753
1962	223,842	126,429
1963	225,367	129,065
1964	226,685	132,832
1965	229,061	135,997
1966	231,440	140,494
1967	237,156	143,859
1968	242,821	146,946
1969	251,925	149,516
1970	257,938	155,946
1971	265,442	165,104
1972	275,236	173,162
1973	283,385	179,871
1974	290,796	184,992
1975	298,267	188,501
1976	305,769	171,903
1977	315,429	203,299
1978	324,428	211,301
1979	334,848	216,810
1980	346,816	218,460
1981	359,572	221,044
1982	369,061	199,809
1983	379,846	238,059
1984	392,053	241,892
1985	401,722	246,119
1986	411,191	252,754
1987	419,328	261,746
1988	425,031	271,466
1989	432,541	276,736
1990	442,211	280,318
1991	448,159	283,917
1992	452,156	288,411
1993	454,669	295,515
1994	449,589	302,708
1995	451,748	309,236
1996	450,259	315,252
1997	459,822	320,087
1998	471,313	325,174
1999	487,210	328,890
2000	508,738	332,891
2001	519,382	335,503
2002	528,620	334,255
2003	536,656	333,539
2004	543,339	331,699
2005	563,234	325,816
2006	569,474	325,604
2007	572,332	326,298
2008	579,695	323,226
2009	592,825	323,320
2010	613,133	324,802
2011	631,501	328,548
2012	646,595	332,365
2013	658,638	331,321
2014	660,829	333,551
2015	667,729	335,072
2016	659,910	338,114
2017	641,218	332,838
2018	641,551	323,100
2019	642,403	307,389
2020	637,469	281,328
2021	635,805	255,145
2022	646,441	281,675
2023	651,094	289,635

Maternal mortality chart: Ghana vs Guatemala

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 234 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ghana, compared to 94 deaths in Guatemala.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ghana	Guatemala
1985	943	301
1986	908	286
1987	873	277
1988	834	273
1989	799	271
1990	769	270
1991	745	268
1992	718	269
1993	696	262
1994	670	244
1995	630	229
1996	591	213
1997	553	198
1998	521	185
1999	490	174
2000	472	166
2001	460	162
2002	434	153
2003	410	150
2004	403	148
2005	390	153
2006	385	142
2007	377	135
2008	380	133
2009	369	130
2010	363	127
2011	356	120
2012	351	115
2013	338	111
2014	317	111
2015	310	112
2016	296	110
2017	287	107
2018	276	107
2019	260	106
2020	253	102
2021	264	125
2022	239	97
2023	234	94

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.71% in Ghana and 2.14% in Guatemala. 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
	Ghana	Guatemala
1960	20.9%	22.2%
1961	20.7%	21.6%
1962	20.5%	21.1%
1963	20.4%	20.6%
1964	20.3%	20.1%
1965	20.3%	19.6%
1966	20.3%	19.1%
1967	20.3%	18.6%
1968	20.3%	18.1%
1969	20.3%	17.6%
1970	20.2%	17.1%
1971	20.1%	16.6%
1972	19.9%	16.1%
1973	19.6%	15.6%
1974	19.2%	15.1%
1975	18.7%	14.6%
1976	18.2%	16.5%
1977	17.7%	13.6%
1978	17.2%	13.2%
1979	16.9%	12.7%
1980	16.7%	12.2%
1981	16.6%	11.8%
1982	16.4%	13.6%
1983	16.2%	10.9%
1984	15.9%	10.5%
1985	15.5%	10%
1986	15%	9.6%
1987	14.4%	9.19%
1988	13.8%	8.79%
1989	13.3%	8.41%
1990	12.8%	8.04%
1991	12.3%	7.68%
1992	12%	7.34%
1993	11.8%	7.02%
1994	11.6%	6.71%
1995	11.5%	6.42%
1996	11.3%	6.15%
1997	11.1%	5.89%
1998	10.8%	5.65%
1999	10.4%	5.42%
2000	10%	5.21%
2001	9.61%	5%
2002	9.21%	4.8%
2003	8.85%	4.61%
2004	8.52%	4.43%
2005	8.22%	4.26%
2006	7.93%	4.1%
2007	7.63%	3.93%
2008	7.31%	3.78%
2009	6.99%	3.62%
2010	6.65%	3.48%
2011	6.33%	3.33%
2012	6.02%	3.2%
2013	5.74%	3.07%
2014	5.48%	2.94%
2015	5.25%	2.83%
2016	5.02%	2.72%
2017	4.81%	2.63%
2018	4.6%	2.54%
2019	4.39%	2.45%
2020	4.2%	2.37%
2021	4.02%	2.28%
2022	3.85%	2.21%
2023	3.71%	2.14%