Fertility & birth rates in Ghana and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Ghana vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ghana vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	6.89	5.35
1961	6.91	5.24
1962	6.94	5.18
1963	6.94	5.12
1964	6.9	5.06
1965	6.88	4.93
1966	6.86	4.83
1967	6.89	4.79
1968	6.89	4.66
1969	6.95	4.5
1970	6.95	4.39
1971	6.95	4.27
1972	6.92	4.16
1973	6.87	4
1974	6.82	3.86
1975	6.76	3.82
1976	6.7	3.78
1977	6.64	3.74
1978	6.56	3.81
1979	6.51	3.82
1980	6.47	3.73
1981	6.42	3.65
1982	6.31	3.32
1983	6.23	3.11
1984	6.15	3.01
1985	6.12	2.9
1986	6.08	2.74
1987	6.02	2.64
1988	5.92	2.57
1989	5.82	2.58
1990	5.74	2.54
1991	5.63	2.51
1992	5.52	2.49
1993	5.41	2.44
1994	5.25	2.4
1995	5.11	2.35
1996	4.96	2.29
1997	4.88	2.22
1998	4.83	2.14
1999	4.82	2.14
2000	4.83	2.21
2001	4.77	2.28
2002	4.69	2.31
2003	4.6	2.3
2004	4.5	2.27
2005	4.5	2.26
2006	4.4	2.29
2007	4.29	2.3
2008	4.22	2.23
2009	4.18	2.18
2010	4.18	2.13
2011	4.18	2.14
2012	4.15	2.17
2013	4.11	2.18
2014	4.03	2.13
2015	3.98	2.09
2016	3.87	2.06
2017	3.72	2.04
2018	3.65	2.03
2019	3.59	2.02
2020	3.54	2.01
2021	3.49	2
2022	3.43	1.98
2023	3.4	1.97
2024	3.34	1.95
2025	3.3	1.94
2026	3.26	1.93
2027	3.22	1.91
2028	3.18	1.9
2029	3.14	1.89
2030	3.1	1.88
2031	3.06	1.87
2032	3.03	1.86
2033	2.99	1.85
2034	2.96	1.85
2035	2.93	1.84
2036	2.9	1.83
2037	2.87	1.83
2038	2.84	1.82
2039	2.81	1.81
2040	2.78	1.81
2041	2.76	1.8
2042	2.73	1.8
2043	2.71	1.8
2044	2.68	1.79
2045	2.66	1.79
2046	2.64	1.79
2047	2.62	1.78
2048	2.59	1.78
2049	2.57	1.77
2050	2.55	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ghana	Sri Lanka
1960	45.4%	41%
1961	45.9%	40.9%
1962	46.4%	40.8%
1963	46.8%	40.7%
1964	47.1%	40.6%
1965	47.4%	40.5%
1966	47.6%	40.4%
1967	47.8%	40.3%
1968	47.9%	40.1%
1969	48.1%	39.9%
1970	48.2%	39.7%
1971	48.4%	39.5%
1972	48.4%	39.2%
1973	48.4%	38.8%
1974	48.3%	38.4%
1975	48.2%	38%
1976	47.9%	37.6%
1977	47.5%	37.2%
1978	47%	36.9%
1979	46.5%	36.7%
1980	46.2%	36.4%
1981	45.9%	36.2%
1982	45.7%	36%
1983	45.4%	35.8%
1984	45.2%	35.5%
1985	45.3%	35.2%
1986	45.4%	34.6%
1987	45.5%	34%
1988	45.4%	33.5%
1989	45.4%	33%
1990	45.3%	32.5%
1991	45.2%	32.1%
1992	45%	31.4%
1993	44.8%	30.6%
1994	44.5%	29.9%
1995	44.2%	29.2%
1996	43.9%	28.6%
1997	43.5%	28.2%
1998	43.1%	27.8%
1999	42.7%	27.4%
2000	42.3%	27%
2001	41.9%	26.6%
2002	41.5%	26.3%
2003	41.1%	26.1%
2004	40.7%	26%
2005	40.4%	25.8%
2006	40.1%	25.7%
2007	39.8%	25.7%
2008	39.5%	25.6%
2009	39.3%	25.5%
2010	39.1%	25.4%
2011	39%	25.3%
2012	38.9%	25.2%
2013	38.9%	25%
2014	38.8%	24.9%
2015	38.6%	24.7%
2016	38.4%	24.5%
2017	38.1%	24.2%
2018	37.8%	24%
2019	37.6%	23.7%
2020	37.2%	23.3%
2021	36.9%	23%
2022	36.5%	22.7%
2023	36.2%	22.4%
2024	35.8%	22%
2025	35.4%	21.7%
2026	35%	21.4%
2027	34.6%	21.1%
2028	34.1%	20.8%
2029	33.7%	20.5%
2030	33.3%	20.2%
2031	32.8%	20%
2032	32.5%	19.8%
2033	32.2%	19.6%
2034	31.9%	19.4%
2035	31.6%	19.2%
2036	31.4%	19.1%
2037	31.2%	18.9%
2038	30.9%	18.8%
2039	30.7%	18.7%
2040	30.5%	18.6%
2041	30.3%	18.4%
2042	30.1%	18.3%
2043	29.8%	18.2%
2044	29.6%	18.1%
2045	29.4%	18%
2046	29.2%	17.9%
2047	29%	17.7%
2048	28.8%	17.6%
2049	28.5%	17.5%
2050	28.3%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 35.8% of the population in Ghana and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 45.3% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ghana and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Ghana vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.1% in Ghana and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	217,134	247,631
1961	222,372	251,087
1962	223,842	256,719
1963	225,367	262,880
1964	226,685	269,584
1965	229,061	272,422
1966	231,440	275,549
1967	237,156	284,738
1968	242,821	286,642
1969	251,925	286,218
1970	257,938	286,719
1971	265,442	281,200
1972	275,236	282,494
1973	283,385	278,577
1974	290,796	275,521
1975	298,267	282,496
1976	305,769	291,816
1977	315,429	300,038
1978	324,428	317,055
1979	334,848	329,791
1980	346,816	328,155
1981	359,572	328,096
1982	369,061	300,030
1983	379,846	277,768
1984	392,053	263,175
1985	401,722	247,836
1986	411,191	233,782
1987	419,328	226,414
1988	425,031	219,184
1989	432,541	212,401
1990	442,211	224,454
1991	448,159	218,117
1992	452,156	222,230
1993	454,669	226,257
1994	449,589	228,904
1995	451,748	221,957
1996	450,259	215,290
1997	459,822	208,193
1998	471,313	201,059
1999	487,210	206,876
2000	508,738	227,060
2001	519,382	244,377
2002	528,620	252,840
2003	536,656	252,008
2004	543,339	212,527
2005	563,234	248,683
2006	569,474	248,706
2007	572,332	248,287
2008	579,695	232,225
2009	592,825	200,175
2010	613,133	224,325
2011	631,501	224,461
2012	646,595	229,138
2013	658,638	221,021
2014	660,829	211,541
2015	667,729	201,815
2016	659,910	194,232
2017	641,218	187,993
2018	641,551	183,610
2019	642,403	172,243
2020	637,469	170,968
2021	635,805	121,858
2022	646,441	95,378
2023	651,094	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Ghana vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ghana	Sri Lanka
1985	943	68
1986	908	66
1987	873	64
1988	834	62
1989	799	61
1990	769	59
1991	745	57
1992	718	54
1993	696	51
1994	670	49
1995	630	48
1996	591	47
1997	553	45
1998	521	43
1999	490	41
2000	472	39
2001	460	37
2002	434	36
2003	410	35
2004	403	37
2005	390	32
2006	385	32
2007	377	31
2008	380	30
2009	369	28
2010	363	26
2011	356	25
2012	351	24
2013	338	23
2014	317	23
2015	310	22
2016	296	22
2017	287	21
2018	276	21
2019	260	20
2020	253	23
2021	264	34
2022	239	22
2023	234	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.71% in Ghana and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	20.9%	9.41%
1961	20.7%	8.95%
1962	20.5%	8.66%
1963	20.4%	8.48%
1964	20.3%	8.3%
1965	20.3%	8.07%
1966	20.3%	7.81%
1967	20.3%	7.55%
1968	20.3%	7.32%
1969	20.3%	7.14%
1970	20.2%	7.02%
1971	20.1%	6.94%
1972	19.9%	6.86%
1973	19.6%	6.77%
1974	19.2%	6.62%
1975	18.7%	6.41%
1976	18.2%	6.12%
1977	17.7%	5.77%
1978	17.2%	5.38%
1979	16.9%	4.99%
1980	16.7%	4.63%
1981	16.6%	4.29%
1982	16.4%	3.98%
1983	16.2%	3.67%
1984	15.9%	3.35%
1985	15.5%	3.02%
1986	15%	2.74%
1987	14.4%	2.54%
1988	13.8%	2.41%
1989	13.3%	2.74%
1990	12.8%	2.33%
1991	12.3%	2.32%
1992	12%	2.29%
1993	11.8%	2.22%
1994	11.6%	2.14%
1995	11.5%	2.05%
1996	11.3%	1.95%
1997	11.1%	1.86%
1998	10.8%	1.76%
1999	10.4%	1.69%
2000	10%	1.63%
2001	9.61%	1.58%
2002	9.21%	1.55%
2003	8.85%	1.52%
2004	8.52%	2.88%
2005	8.22%	1.4%
2006	7.93%	1.33%
2007	7.63%	1.26%
2008	7.31%	1.2%
2009	6.99%	2.08%
2010	6.65%	1.12%
2011	6.33%	1.08%
2012	6.02%	1.03%
2013	5.74%	0.98%
2014	5.48%	0.92%
2015	5.25%	0.87%
2016	5.02%	0.83%
2017	4.81%	0.79%
2018	4.6%	0.76%
2019	4.39%	0.72%
2020	4.2%	0.69%
2021	4.02%	0.66%
2022	3.85%	0.64%
2023	3.71%	0.61%