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How many babies are born in Ghana?

904 thousand babies born in Ghana in 2026. That is 0.68% of all births worldwide, and the 34th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Ghana: history and projections

10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Ghana’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~9.6K ~230K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~36K ~880K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1500 ~71K ~1.7M 41.4 Modelled estimate
1800 ~89.8K ~2.02M 44.5 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~121K ~2.72M 44.5 Historical reconstruction
1950 244K 5.08M 48.0 UN estimate
2000 705K 19.6M 35.9 UN estimate
2023 889K 33.8M 26.3 UN estimate
2026 904K 35.7M 25.3 UN projection
2050 997K 50.6M 19.7 UN projection
2075 958K 62M 15.5 UN projection
2100 857K 67.5M 12.7 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Ghana among estimates through 2023 were in 2015, at about 893K. That is roughly 93 times the estimated ~9.58K births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.26 children per woman, fertility in Ghana is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Ghana each year?

An estimated 904 thousand babies are born in Ghana in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 2,470 a day and 0.68% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Ghana?

Ghana has an estimated 25.3 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.26 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.