Ghana vs Pakistan: Fertility rate, total

Ghana
3.34 births per woman
in 2024
Pakistan
3.55 births per woman
in 2024
Ghana rank
46th
Pakistan rank
43rd

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Ghana
  • Pakistan
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How they compare

Pakistan currently reports 3.55 births per woman against 3.34 births per woman in Ghana, a difference of 0.21 births per woman.

That makes Pakistan's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 46th and Pakistan ranks 43rd of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 1 and Pakistan in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ghana Pakistan Difference Ahead
1960s 6.91 births per woman 6.8 births per woman 0.1063 births per woman Ghana
1970s 6.77 births per woman 6.8 births per woman 0.0303 births per woman Pakistan
1980s 6.15 births per woman 6.59 births per woman 0.4383 births per woman Pakistan
1990s 5.22 births per woman 5.93 births per woman 0.7106 births per woman Pakistan
2000s 4.5 births per woman 4.78 births per woman 0.2881 births per woman Pakistan
2010s 3.95 births per woman 4.05 births per woman 0.1074 births per woman Pakistan
2020s 3.44 births per woman 3.66 births per woman 0.2182 births per woman Pakistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Ghana or Pakistan?
Pakistan, at 3.55 births per woman against 3.34 births per woman in Ghana as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Ghana and Pakistan?
0.21 births per woman, with Pakistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Pakistan?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Ghana and Pakistan rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Ghana ranks 46th and Pakistan ranks 43rd 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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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,258 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.