Ghana vs Iraq: Fertility rate, total
Ghana
3.34 births per woman
in 2024
Iraq
3.22 births per woman
in 2024
Ghana rank
46th
Iraq rank
49th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Ghana
- Iraq
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 3.34 births per woman against 3.22 births per woman in Iraq, a difference of 0.12 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 46th and Iraq ranks 49th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 2 and Iraq in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.91 births per woman | 6.73 births per woman | 0.1747 births per woman | Ghana |
| 1970s | 6.77 births per woman | 6.9 births per woman | 0.1353 births per woman | Iraq |
| 1980s | 6.15 births per woman | 6.29 births per woman | 0.1323 births per woman | Iraq |
| 1990s | 5.22 births per woman | 5.45 births per woman | 0.2375 births per woman | Iraq |
| 2000s | 4.5 births per woman | 4.56 births per woman | 0.0593 births per woman | Iraq |
| 2010s | 3.95 births per woman | 4.09 births per woman | 0.1462 births per woman | Iraq |
| 2020s | 3.44 births per woman | 3.31 births per woman | 0.1334 births per woman | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Ghana or Iraq?
- Ghana, at 3.34 births per woman against 3.22 births per woman in Iraq as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Ghana and Iraq?
- 0.12 births per woman, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Iraq?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Iraq rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Ghana ranks 46th and Iraq ranks 49th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.