Fertility & birth rates in Ghana and Honduras

Fertility rate in Ghana vs Honduras 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 2.5 in Honduras in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ghana vs Honduras 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	Honduras
1960	6.89	7.46
1961	6.91	7.45
1962	6.94	7.44
1963	6.94	7.44
1964	6.9	7.44
1965	6.88	7.44
1966	6.86	7.41
1967	6.89	7.36
1968	6.89	7.3
1969	6.95	7.23
1970	6.95	7.17
1971	6.95	7.11
1972	6.92	7.06
1973	6.87	6.99
1974	6.82	6.91
1975	6.76	6.87
1976	6.7	6.81
1977	6.64	6.73
1978	6.56	6.63
1979	6.51	6.53
1980	6.47	6.42
1981	6.42	6.3
1982	6.31	6.18
1983	6.23	6.06
1984	6.15	5.94
1985	6.12	5.82
1986	6.08	5.7
1987	6.02	5.58
1988	5.92	5.47
1989	5.82	5.35
1990	5.74	5.27
1991	5.63	5.19
1992	5.52	5.11
1993	5.41	5.03
1994	5.25	4.93
1995	5.11	4.84
1996	4.96	4.71
1997	4.88	4.59
1998	4.83	4.47
1999	4.82	4.37
2000	4.83	4.29
2001	4.77	4.15
2002	4.69	4
2003	4.6	3.84
2004	4.5	3.71
2005	4.5	3.58
2006	4.4	3.45
2007	4.29	3.35
2008	4.22	3.26
2009	4.18	3.17
2010	4.18	3.08
2011	4.18	3
2012	4.15	2.93
2013	4.11	2.86
2014	4.03	2.79
2015	3.98	2.75
2016	3.87	2.7
2017	3.72	2.66
2018	3.65	2.65
2019	3.59	2.61
2020	3.54	2.58
2021	3.49	2.55
2022	3.43	2.52
2023	3.4	2.5
2024	3.34	2.48
2025	3.3	2.45
2026	3.26	2.42
2027	3.22	2.4
2028	3.18	2.38
2029	3.14	2.35
2030	3.1	2.32
2031	3.06	2.3
2032	3.03	2.28
2033	2.99	2.26
2034	2.96	2.24
2035	2.93	2.22
2036	2.9	2.2
2037	2.87	2.18
2038	2.84	2.16
2039	2.81	2.15
2040	2.78	2.13
2041	2.76	2.12
2042	2.73	2.1
2043	2.71	2.09
2044	2.68	2.07
2045	2.66	2.06
2046	2.64	2.05
2047	2.62	2.03
2048	2.59	2.02
2049	2.57	2.01
2050	2.55	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ghana	Honduras
1960	45.4%	47%
1961	45.9%	47.3%
1962	46.4%	47.6%
1963	46.8%	47.8%
1964	47.1%	47.9%
1965	47.4%	48%
1966	47.6%	48%
1967	47.8%	48%
1968	47.9%	48%
1969	48.1%	48%
1970	48.2%	47.9%
1971	48.4%	47.9%
1972	48.4%	47.9%
1973	48.4%	47.9%
1974	48.3%	47.8%
1975	48.2%	47.6%
1976	47.9%	47.5%
1977	47.5%	47.4%
1978	47%	47.4%
1979	46.5%	47.3%
1980	46.2%	47.3%
1981	45.9%	47.2%
1982	45.7%	47.1%
1983	45.4%	47.1%
1984	45.2%	47%
1985	45.3%	46.8%
1986	45.4%	46.7%
1987	45.5%	46.5%
1988	45.4%	46.4%
1989	45.4%	46.3%
1990	45.3%	46.1%
1991	45.2%	45.9%
1992	45%	45.7%
1993	44.8%	45.4%
1994	44.5%	45.1%
1995	44.2%	44.8%
1996	43.9%	44.5%
1997	43.5%	44.2%
1998	43.1%	43.8%
1999	42.7%	43.4%
2000	42.3%	43.1%
2001	41.9%	42.7%
2002	41.5%	42.3%
2003	41.1%	41.9%
2004	40.7%	41.5%
2005	40.4%	41%
2006	40.1%	40.4%
2007	39.8%	39.9%
2008	39.5%	39.3%
2009	39.3%	38.7%
2010	39.1%	38.1%
2011	39%	37.4%
2012	38.9%	36.8%
2013	38.9%	36.2%
2014	38.8%	35.6%
2015	38.6%	34.9%
2016	38.4%	34.3%
2017	38.1%	33.7%
2018	37.8%	33.1%
2019	37.6%	32.6%
2020	37.2%	32.2%
2021	36.9%	31.8%
2022	36.5%	31.4%
2023	36.2%	31%
2024	35.8%	30.6%
2025	35.4%	30.3%
2026	35%	29.9%
2027	34.6%	29.6%
2028	34.1%	29.3%
2029	33.7%	28.9%
2030	33.3%	28.6%
2031	32.8%	28.3%
2032	32.5%	28%
2033	32.2%	27.6%
2034	31.9%	27.3%
2035	31.6%	26.9%
2036	31.4%	26.6%
2037	31.2%	26.2%
2038	30.9%	25.9%
2039	30.7%	25.5%
2040	30.5%	25.2%
2041	30.3%	24.8%
2042	30.1%	24.5%
2043	29.8%	24.2%
2044	29.6%	23.9%
2045	29.4%	23.6%
2046	29.2%	23.3%
2047	29%	23%
2048	28.8%	22.7%
2049	28.5%	22.5%
2050	28.3%	22.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 35.8% of the population in Ghana and 30.6% in Honduras in 2024, compared to 45.3% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ghana and Honduras compared.

Natural population change in Ghana vs Honduras by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.1% in Ghana and +1.85% in Honduras. 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	Honduras
1960	217,134	62,602
1961	222,372	64,672
1962	223,842	67,332
1963	225,367	69,883
1964	226,685	72,756
1965	229,061	75,622
1966	231,440	78,369
1967	237,156	81,131
1968	242,821	84,070
1969	251,925	87,273
1970	257,938	90,875
1971	265,442	94,597
1972	275,236	98,634
1973	283,385	99,553
1974	290,796	98,141
1975	298,267	111,469
1976	305,769	115,754
1977	315,429	119,333
1978	324,428	122,593
1979	334,848	125,957
1980	346,816	128,856
1981	359,572	131,789
1982	369,061	134,629
1983	379,846	137,597
1984	392,053	139,851
1985	401,722	142,190
1986	411,191	144,500
1987	419,328	146,750
1988	425,031	149,130
1989	432,541	152,266
1990	442,211	156,537
1991	448,159	160,933
1992	452,156	165,434
1993	454,669	169,358
1994	449,589	173,437
1995	451,748	177,309
1996	450,259	180,083
1997	459,822	182,308
1998	471,313	169,632
1999	487,210	186,816
2000	508,738	190,308
2001	519,382	190,636
2002	528,620	189,653
2003	536,656	187,854
2004	543,339	186,774
2005	563,234	185,216
2006	569,474	183,381
2007	572,332	183,052
2008	579,695	182,607
2009	592,825	182,250
2010	613,133	180,318
2011	631,501	180,164
2012	646,595	180,384
2013	658,638	179,999
2014	660,829	180,075
2015	667,729	181,098
2016	659,910	182,243
2017	641,218	182,731
2018	641,551	184,953
2019	642,403	185,200
2020	637,469	179,553
2021	635,805	172,890
2022	646,441	186,257
2023	651,094	186,125

Maternal mortality chart: Ghana vs Honduras

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 47 deaths in Honduras.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ghana	Honduras
1985	943	199
1986	908	191
1987	873	183
1988	834	177
1989	799	169
1990	769	159
1991	745	148
1992	718	138
1993	696	128
1994	670	119
1995	630	109
1996	591	101
1997	553	96
1998	521	91
1999	490	86
2000	472	82
2001	460	78
2002	434	75
2003	410	75
2004	403	74
2005	390	73
2006	385	72
2007	377	72
2008	380	72
2009	369	71
2010	363	72
2011	356	68
2012	351	64
2013	338	62
2014	317	60
2015	310	57
2016	296	55
2017	287	53
2018	276	52
2019	260	51
2020	253	57
2021	264	88
2022	239	48
2023	234	47

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.71% in Ghana and 1.55% in Honduras. 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	Honduras
1960	20.9%	20.7%
1961	20.7%	20%
1962	20.5%	19.4%
1963	20.4%	18.7%
1964	20.3%	18.1%
1965	20.3%	17.5%
1966	20.3%	16.9%
1967	20.3%	16.3%
1968	20.3%	15.7%
1969	20.3%	15.2%
1970	20.2%	14.6%
1971	20.1%	14%
1972	19.9%	13.5%
1973	19.6%	12.9%
1974	19.2%	14.9%
1975	18.7%	11.9%
1976	18.2%	11.4%
1977	17.7%	10.9%
1978	17.2%	10.4%
1979	16.9%	9.94%
1980	16.7%	9.48%
1981	16.6%	9.05%
1982	16.4%	8.62%
1983	16.2%	8.2%
1984	15.9%	7.81%
1985	15.5%	7.43%
1986	15%	7.07%
1987	14.4%	6.73%
1988	13.8%	6.4%
1989	13.3%	6.1%
1990	12.8%	5.81%
1991	12.3%	5.54%
1992	12%	5.29%
1993	11.8%	5.06%
1994	11.6%	4.84%
1995	11.5%	4.64%
1996	11.3%	4.44%
1997	11.1%	4.25%
1998	10.8%	6.49%
1999	10.4%	3.9%
2000	10%	3.73%
2001	9.61%	3.57%
2002	9.21%	3.41%
2003	8.85%	3.26%
2004	8.52%	3.11%
2005	8.22%	2.98%
2006	7.93%	2.86%
2007	7.63%	2.75%
2008	7.31%	2.65%
2009	6.99%	2.55%
2010	6.65%	2.46%
2011	6.33%	2.37%
2012	6.02%	2.28%
2013	5.74%	2.2%
2014	5.48%	2.12%
2015	5.25%	2.05%
2016	5.02%	1.98%
2017	4.81%	1.91%
2018	4.6%	1.84%
2019	4.39%	1.78%
2020	4.2%	1.72%
2021	4.02%	1.66%
2022	3.85%	1.6%
2023	3.71%	1.55%