Fertility & birth rates in Ghana and Palestine

Fertility rate in Ghana vs Palestine 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 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ghana vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	6.89	-
1961	6.91	-
1962	6.94	-
1963	6.94	-
1964	6.9	-
1965	6.88	-
1966	6.86	-
1967	6.89	-
1968	6.89	-
1969	6.95	-
1970	6.95	-
1971	6.95	-
1972	6.92	-
1973	6.87	-
1974	6.82	-
1975	6.76	-
1976	6.7	-
1977	6.64	-
1978	6.56	-
1979	6.51	-
1980	6.47	-
1981	6.42	-
1982	6.31	-
1983	6.23	-
1984	6.15	-
1985	6.12	-
1986	6.08	-
1987	6.02	-
1988	5.92	-
1989	5.82	-
1990	5.74	6.81
1991	5.63	6.75
1992	5.52	6.65
1993	5.41	6.5
1994	5.25	6.33
1995	5.11	6.16
1996	4.96	5.99
1997	4.88	5.82
1998	4.83	5.69
1999	4.82	5.58
2000	4.83	5.46
2001	4.77	5.34
2002	4.69	5.22
2003	4.6	5.06
2004	4.5	4.97
2005	4.5	4.87
2006	4.4	4.74
2007	4.29	4.63
2008	4.22	4.51
2009	4.18	4.44
2010	4.18	4.43
2011	4.18	4.31
2012	4.15	4.15
2013	4.11	4.05
2014	4.03	4
2015	3.98	3.98
2016	3.87	3.89
2017	3.72	3.77
2018	3.65	3.67
2019	3.59	3.59
2020	3.54	3.51
2021	3.49	3.44
2022	3.43	3.38
2023	3.4	3.31
2024	3.34	3.25
2025	3.3	3.19
2026	3.26	3.13
2027	3.22	3.07
2028	3.18	3.02
2029	3.14	2.97
2030	3.1	2.93
2031	3.06	2.89
2032	3.03	2.85
2033	2.99	2.81
2034	2.96	2.78
2035	2.93	2.75
2036	2.9	2.71
2037	2.87	2.68
2038	2.84	2.65
2039	2.81	2.62
2040	2.78	2.59
2041	2.76	2.56
2042	2.73	2.53
2043	2.71	2.51
2044	2.68	2.48
2045	2.66	2.45
2046	2.64	2.43
2047	2.62	2.41
2048	2.59	2.38
2049	2.57	2.36
2050	2.55	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ghana	Palestine
1960	45.4%	-
1961	45.9%	-
1962	46.4%	-
1963	46.8%	-
1964	47.1%	-
1965	47.4%	-
1966	47.6%	-
1967	47.8%	-
1968	47.9%	-
1969	48.1%	-
1970	48.2%	-
1971	48.4%	-
1972	48.4%	-
1973	48.4%	-
1974	48.3%	-
1975	48.2%	-
1976	47.9%	-
1977	47.5%	-
1978	47%	-
1979	46.5%	-
1980	46.2%	-
1981	45.9%	-
1982	45.7%	-
1983	45.4%	-
1984	45.2%	-
1985	45.3%	-
1986	45.4%	-
1987	45.5%	-
1988	45.4%	-
1989	45.4%	-
1990	45.3%	49.1%
1991	45.2%	49.1%
1992	45%	49%
1993	44.8%	49%
1994	44.5%	48.9%
1995	44.2%	48.8%
1996	43.9%	48.6%
1997	43.5%	48.4%
1998	43.1%	48.1%
1999	42.7%	47.8%
2000	42.3%	47.4%
2001	41.9%	47.1%
2002	41.5%	46.6%
2003	41.1%	46.1%
2004	40.7%	45.6%
2005	40.4%	45%
2006	40.1%	44.3%
2007	39.8%	43.7%
2008	39.5%	43%
2009	39.3%	42.4%
2010	39.1%	41.9%
2011	39%	41.5%
2012	38.9%	41.1%
2013	38.9%	40.7%
2014	38.8%	40.4%
2015	38.6%	40.1%
2016	38.4%	39.9%
2017	38.1%	39.7%
2018	37.8%	39.6%
2019	37.6%	39.5%
2020	37.2%	39.3%
2021	36.9%	39%
2022	36.5%	38.7%
2023	36.2%	38.4%
2024	35.8%	38%
2025	35.4%	37.6%
2026	35%	37%
2027	34.6%	36.5%
2028	34.1%	35.9%
2029	33.7%	35.3%
2030	33.3%	34.7%
2031	32.8%	34%
2032	32.5%	33.4%
2033	32.2%	32.8%
2034	31.9%	32.3%
2035	31.6%	31.8%
2036	31.4%	31.4%
2037	31.2%	31%
2038	30.9%	30.6%
2039	30.7%	30.3%
2040	30.5%	30%
2041	30.3%	29.7%
2042	30.1%	29.4%
2043	29.8%	29.2%
2044	29.6%	28.9%
2045	29.4%	28.6%
2046	29.2%	28.4%
2047	29%	28.1%
2048	28.8%	27.8%
2049	28.5%	27.5%
2050	28.3%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 35.8% of the population in Ghana and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 45.3% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ghana and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Ghana vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.1% in Ghana and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	217,134	-
1961	222,372	-
1962	223,842	-
1963	225,367	-
1964	226,685	-
1965	229,061	-
1966	231,440	-
1967	237,156	-
1968	242,821	-
1969	251,925	-
1970	257,938	-
1971	265,442	-
1972	275,236	-
1973	283,385	-
1974	290,796	-
1975	298,267	-
1976	305,769	-
1977	315,429	-
1978	324,428	-
1979	334,848	-
1980	346,816	-
1981	359,572	-
1982	369,061	-
1983	379,846	-
1984	392,053	-
1985	401,722	-
1986	411,191	-
1987	419,328	-
1988	425,031	-
1989	432,541	-
1990	442,211	76,163
1991	448,159	79,444
1992	452,156	82,865
1993	454,669	86,434
1994	449,589	90,156
1995	451,748	94,037
1996	450,259	98,085
1997	459,822	102,307
1998	471,313	103,566
1999	487,210	104,823
2000	508,738	106,367
2001	519,382	107,320
2002	528,620	108,560
2003	536,656	109,162
2004	543,339	110,045
2005	563,234	110,569
2006	569,474	111,728
2007	572,332	112,453
2008	579,695	108,395
2009	592,825	111,724
2010	613,133	117,674
2011	631,501	119,021
2012	646,595	119,185
2013	658,638	120,503
2014	660,829	120,724
2015	667,729	126,189
2016	659,910	126,698
2017	641,218	125,688
2018	641,551	124,791
2019	642,403	124,508
2020	637,469	122,416
2021	635,805	120,396
2022	646,441	123,987
2023	651,094	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Ghana vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ghana	Palestine
1985	943	102
1986	908	96
1987	873	87
1988	834	85
1989	799	82
1990	769	78
1991	745	75
1992	718	73
1993	696	69
1994	670	66
1995	630	64
1996	591	61
1997	553	60
1998	521	59
1999	490	58
2000	472	59
2001	460	60
2002	434	58
2003	410	56
2004	403	55
2005	390	52
2006	385	51
2007	377	49
2008	380	49
2009	369	48
2010	363	42
2011	356	39
2012	351	36
2013	338	32
2014	317	29
2015	310	26
2016	296	23
2017	287	21
2018	276	19
2019	260	18
2020	253	20
2021	264	29
2022	239	17
2023	234	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.71% in Ghana and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
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%	10.8%
1976	18.2%	10.2%
1977	17.7%	9.55%
1978	17.2%	8.98%
1979	16.9%	8.45%
1980	16.7%	7.95%
1981	16.6%	7.48%
1982	16.4%	7.04%
1983	16.2%	6.63%
1984	15.9%	6.25%
1985	15.5%	5.89%
1986	15%	5.56%
1987	14.4%	5.25%
1988	13.8%	4.97%
1989	13.3%	4.72%
1990	12.8%	4.49%
1991	12.3%	4.28%
1992	12%	4.09%
1993	11.8%	3.92%
1994	11.6%	3.77%
1995	11.5%	3.62%
1996	11.3%	3.49%
1997	11.1%	3.36%
1998	10.8%	3.24%
1999	10.4%	3.13%
2000	10%	3.03%
2001	9.61%	2.94%
2002	9.21%	2.85%
2003	8.85%	2.77%
2004	8.52%	2.68%
2005	8.22%	2.6%
2006	7.93%	2.52%
2007	7.63%	2.43%
2008	7.31%	2.35%
2009	6.99%	2.28%
2010	6.65%	2.2%
2011	6.33%	2.12%
2012	6.02%	2.04%
2013	5.74%	1.97%
2014	5.48%	2.2%
2015	5.25%	1.83%
2016	5.02%	1.76%
2017	4.81%	1.69%
2018	4.6%	1.63%
2019	4.39%	1.57%
2020	4.2%	1.52%
2021	4.02%	1.47%
2022	3.85%	1.42%
2023	3.71%	2.63%