Editing Demographics of Ghana (section)

== Vital statistics ==
In July 2022, the [[United Nations]] published its 2022 World Population Prospects, a biennially-updated database where key demographic indicators are estimated and projected worldwide down to the country level. They prepared the following estimates of demographic indicators in Ghana for every year from 1950 to 2021, as well as projections for future decades.<ref>{{cite UN WPP|2022|rows=5333:5404|cols=M,X,AE,S,AH,S,AA,AV,AI}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
!
! style="width:80pt;"|Mid-year population 
! style="width:80pt;"|Live births
! style="width:80pt;"|Deaths
! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change
! style="width:80pt;"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;"|[[Total fertility rate]] (TFR)
! style="width:80pt;"|[[Infant mortality]] (per 1000 live births)
! style="width:80pt;"|[[Life expectancy]] (in years)
|-
|1950
|5 078 000
|   237 000
|   114 000
|   123 000
|46.8
|22.6
|24.2
|6.59
|149.2
|43.11
|-
|1951
|  5 220 000
|  250 000
|  116 000
|  135 000
|48.0
|22.2
|25.8
|6.64
|145.5
|43.65
|-
|1952
|  5 373 000
|  263 000
|  117 000
|  145 000
|49.0
|21.9
|27.1
|6.68
|142.2
|44.07
|-
|1953
|  5 535 000
|  276 000
|  119 000
|  157 000
|49.8
|21.5
|28.3
|6.73
|139.0
|44.59
|-
|1954
|  5 706 000
|  287 000
|  121 000
|  167 000
|50.3
|21.1
|29.2
|6.75
|136.1
|45.08
|-
|1955
|  5 887 000
|  298 000
|  122 000
|  176 000
|50.7
|20.8
|29.9
|6.77
|133.2
|45.50
|-
|1956
|  6 077 000
|  309 000
|  124 000
|  185 000
|style="color:blue"|50.9
|20.4
|30.5
|6.80
|130.6
|45.90
|-
|1957
|  6 276 000
|  319 000
|  126 000
|  193 000
|50.8
|20.0
|30.8
|6.81
|128.3
|46.26
|-
|1958
|  6 479 000
|  328 000
|  128 000
|  201 000
|50.7
|19.7
|style="color:blue"|31.0
|6.82
|126.2
|46.50
|-
|1959
|  6 690 000
|  337 000
|  129 000
|  207 000
|50.4
|19.3
|31.0
|6.83
|124.6
|46.87
|-
|1960
|  6 912 000
|  344 000
|  131 000
|  213 000
|49.8
|19.0
|30.8
|6.85
|123.1
|47.10
|-
|1961
|  7 109 000
|  352 000
|  133 000
|  219 000
|49.3
|18.7
|30.7
|6.89
|122.0
|47.33
|-
|1962
|  7 281 000
|  359 000
|  137 000
|  222 000
|49.2
|18.7
|30.4
|6.95
|121.2
|47.41
|-
|1963
|  7 458 000
|  367 000
|  140 000
|  226 000
|49.0
|18.7
|30.3
|style="color:blue"|6.98
|120.6
|47.58
|-
|1964
|  7 640 000
|  371 000
|  143 000
|  228 000
|48.4
|18.7
|29.7
|6.93
|120.1
|47.72
|-
|1965
|  7 828 000
|  376 000
|  146 000
|  230 000
|47.9
|18.6
|29.3
|6.89
|120.0
|47.78
|-
|1966
|  8 020 000
|  381 000
|  150 000
|  231 000
|47.4
|18.6
|28.7
|6.88
|120.0
|47.73
|-
|1967
|  8 216 000
|  389 000
|  153 000
|  236 000
|47.2
|18.6
|28.6
|6.91
|120.2
|47.68
|-
|1968
|  8 418 000
|  398 000
|  157 000
|  241 000
|47.2
|18.7
|28.5
|6.91
|120.3
|47.57
|-
|1969
|  8 630 000
|  409 000
|  161 000
|  248 000
|47.3
|18.6
|28.7
|6.96
|120.3
|47.57
|-
|1970
|  8 862 000
|  418 000
|  163 000
|  255 000
|47.2
|18.4
|28.8
|6.95
|120.1
|47.81
|-
|1971
|  9 109 000
|  428 000
|  166 000
|  261 000
|46.9
|18.3
|28.7
|6.94
|119.7
|47.80
|-
|1972
|  9 366 000
|  436 000
|  166 000
|  270 000
|46.5
|17.8
|28.8
|6.91
|118.4
|48.03
|-
|1973
|  9 637 000
|  446 000
|  167 000
|  279 000
|46.2
|17.3
|28.9
|6.87
|116.7
|48.40
|-
|1974
|  9 919 000
|  455 000
|  168 000
|  287 000
|45.8
|16.9
|29.0
|6.83
|114.5
|48.78
|-
|1975
|  10 210 000
|  464 000
|  168 000
|  296 000
|45.4
|16.4
|29.0
|6.77
|112.0
|49.25
|-
|1976
|  10 509 000
|  473 000
|  168 000
|  305 000
|45.0
|15.9
|29.0
|6.72
|109.1
|49.76
|-
|1977
|  10 825 000
|  484 000
|  169 000
|  315 000
|44.7
|15.6
|29.1
|6.68
|106.6
|50.09
|-
|1978
|  11 163 000
|  498 000
|  171 000
|  327 000
|44.7
|15.3
|29.3
|6.61
|104.4
|50.57
|-
|1979
|  11 516 000
|  514 000
|  175 000
|  339 000
|44.7
|15.2
|29.5
|6.56
|102.8
|50.93
|-
|1980
|  11 865 000
|  532 000
|  179 000
|  353 000
|44.8
|15.1
|29.7
|6.52
|101.6
|51.12
|-
|1981
|  12 213 000
|  549 000
|  181 000
|  368 000
|45.0
|14.8
|30.1
|6.47
|100.8
|51.27
|-
|1982
|  12 585 000
|  563 000
|  183 000
|  380 000
|44.8
|14.6
|30.2
|6.38
|100.2
|51.38
|-
|1983
|  12 984 000
|  582 000
|  187 000
|  395 000
|44.8
|14.4
|30.4
|6.31
|98.9
|51.62
|-
|1984
|  13 342 000
|  602 000
|  190 000
|  412 000
|44.9
|14.2
|30.8
|6.24
|97.1
|52.05
|-
|1985
|  13 651 000
|  608 000
|  189 000
|  418 000
|44.3
|13.8
|30.5
|6.19
|94.9
|52.42
|-
|1986
|  13 972 000
|  613 000
|  186 000
|  427 000
|43.8
|13.3
|30.5
|6.15
|92.2
|53.13
|-
|1987
|  14 311 000
|  618 000
|  184 000
|  434 000
|43.0
|12.8
|30.2
|6.09
|89.1
|53.82
|-
|1988
|  14 672 000
|  618 000
|  181 000
|  437 000
|42.0
|12.3
|29.7
|5.96
|85.8
|54.51
|-
|1989
|  15 052 000
|  620 000
|  178 000
|  441 000
|41.1
|11.8
|29.3
|5.83
|82.7
|55.19
|-
|1990
|  15 447 000
|  625 000
|  178 000
|  447 000
|40.4
|11.5
|28.9
|5.71
|79.8
|55.62
|-
|1991
|  15 843 000
|  629 000
|  178 000
|  451 000
|39.6
|11.2
|28.4
|5.59
|77.6
|56.01
|-
|1992
|  16 242 000
|  630 000
|  179 000
|  451 000
|38.7
|11.0
|27.7
|5.47
|75.7
|56.23
|-
|1993
|  16 644 000
|  632 000
|  181 000
|  451 000
|37.9
|10.9
|27.0
|5.36
|74.3
|56.42
|-
|1994
|  17 041 000
|  627 000
|  187 000
|  441 000
|36.8
|10.9
|25.8
|5.19
|73.7
|56.11
|-
|1995
|  17 439 000
|  632 000
|  186 000
|  445 000
|36.2
|10.7
|25.5
|5.07
|72.6
|56.57
|-
|1996
|  17 844 000
|  633 000
|  188 000
|  445 000
|35.4
|10.5
|24.9
|4.93
|71.4
|56.82
|-
|1997
|  18 268 000
|  644 000
|  189 000
|  456 000
|35.3
|10.3
|24.9
|4.87
|70.2
|57.20
|-
|1998
|  18 715 000
|  660 000
|  190 000
|  471 000
|35.3
|10.1
|25.1
|4.84
|68.6
|57.60
|-
|1999
|  19 177 000
|  680 000
|  191 000
|  489 000
|35.4
|10.0
|25.5
|4.84
|66.6
|58.03
|-
|2000
|  19 666 000
|  706 000
|  195 000
|  510 000
|35.9
|9.9
|25.9
|4.85
|64.3
|58.20
|-
|2001
|  20 196 000
|  719 000
|  201 000
|  518 000
|35.6
|10.0
|25.7
|4.79
|62.1
|58.11
|-
|2002
|  20 758 000
|  733 000
|  202 000
|  531 000
|35.3
|9.7
|25.6
|4.72
|59.9
|58.61
|-
|2003
|  21 330 000
|  745 000
|  203 000
|  542 000
|34.9
|9.5
|25.4
|4.63
|58.0
|59.11
|-
|2004
|  21 906 000
|  756 000
|  207 000
|  549 000
|34.5
|9.5
|25.1
|4.53
|56.3
|59.19
|-
|2005
|  22 497 000
|  785 000
|  208 000
|  577 000
|34.9
|9.2
|25.6
|4.54
|54.9
|59.76
|-
|2006
|  23 099 000
|  788 000
|  211 000
|  577 000
|34.1
|9.1
|25.0
|4.41
|53.5
|59.99
|-
|2007
|  23 708 000
|  795 000
|  214 000
|  581 000
|33.6
|9.0
|24.5
|4.31
|52.0
|60.22
|-
|2008
|  24 326 000
|  807 000
|  217 000
|  591 000
|33.2
|8.9
|24.3
|4.25
|50.5
|60.49
|-
|2009
|  24 951 000
|  823 000
|  217 000
|  606 000
|33.0
|8.7
|24.3
|4.21
|48.8
|60.95
|-
|2010
|  25 575 000
|  844 000
|  221 000
|  624 000
|33.0
|8.6
|24.4
|4.21
|47.0
|61.16
|-
|2011
|  26 206 000
|  864 000
|  221 000
|  643 000
|33.0
|8.4
|24.5
|4.19
|45.2
|61.65
|-
|2012
|  26 859 000
|  883 000
|  221 000
|  662 000
|32.9
|8.2
|24.6
|4.18
|43.4
|62.08
|-
|2013
|  27 526 000
|  896 000
|  223 000
|  673 000
|32.5
|8.1
|24.4
|4.14
|41.7
|62.42
|-
|2014
|  28 196 000
|  898 000
|  220 000
|  677 000
|31.8
|7.8
|24.0
|4.05
|40.2
|63.05
|-
|2015
|  28 871 000
|style="color:blue"|  916 000
|  225 000
|style="color:blue"|  691 000
|31.7
|7.8
|23.9
|4.05
|38.7
|63.18
|-
|2016
|  29 554 000
|  902 000
|  220 000
|  682 000
|30.5
|7.5
|23.1
|3.91
|37.4
|63.89
|-
|2017
|  30 222 000
|  876 000
|  223 000
|  652 000
|29.0
|7.4
|21.6
|3.71
|36.2
|64.01
|-
|2018
|  30 871 000
|  897 000
|  228 000
|  669 000
|29.0
|7.4
|21.7
|3.73
|35.1
|64.12
|-
|2019
|  31 259 000
|  872 000
|  229 000
|  642 000
|27.9
|7.3
|20.6
|3.59
|34.5
|64.5
|-
|2020
|  31 888 000
|  875 000
|  237 000
|  637 000
|27.4
|7.4
|20.0
|3.54
|33.5
|64.3
|-
|2021
|  32 519 000
|  879 000
|  243 000
|  636 000
|27.0
|7.5
|19.6
|3.49
|32.5
|64.3
|-
|2022
|  33 149 000
|  882 000
|  235 000
|  646 000
|26.6
|7.1
|19.5
|3.43
|31.6
|65.2
|-
|2023
|  33 788 000
|  889 000
|  238 000
|  651 000
|26.3
|7.0
|19.3
|3.40
|30.7
|65.5
|-
|}

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| y1= 149.2,145.5,142.2,139.0,136.1,133.2,130.6,128.3,126.2,124.6,123.1,122.0,121.2,120.6,120.1,120.0,120.0,120.2,120.3,120.3,120.1,119.7,118.4,116.7,114.5,112.0,109.1,106.6,104.4,102.8,101.6,100.8,100.2,98.9,97.1,94.9,92.2,89.1,85.8,82.7,79.8,77.6,75.7,74.3,73.7,72.6,71.4,70.2,68.6,66.6,64.3,62.1,59.9,58.0,56.3,54.9,53.5,52.,
50.5,48.8,47.0,45.2,43.4,41.7,40.2,38.7,37.4,36.2,35.1,34.0,33.0,32.1

| y1Title=Infant Mortality (per 1000 live births)
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| y1= 6.59,6.64,6.68,6.73,6.75,6.77,6.80,6.81,6.82,6.83,6.85,6.89,6.95,6.98,6.93,6.89,6.88,6.91,6.91,6.96,6.95,6.94,6.91,6.87,6.83,6.77,6.72,6.68,6.61,6.56,6.52,
6.47,6.38,6.31,6.24,6.19,6.15,6.09,5.96,5.83,5.71,5.59,5.47,5.36,5.19,5.07,4.93,4.87,4.84,4.84,4.85,4.79,4.72,4.63,4.53,4.54,4.41,4.31,4.25,4.21,4.21,4.19,4.18,4.14,4.05,4.05,3.91,3.71,3.73,3.68,3.62,3.56

| y1Title=Total Fertility Rate
}}

===Demographics and Health Surveys===
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR) Demographics Health Survey:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhsprogram.com/What-We-Do/Survey-Search.cfm|title=The DHS Program – Survey Search|website=Dhsprogram.com|access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2| Year
! colspan=2| Total
! colspan=2| Urban
! colspan=2| Rural
|-
! CBR !! TFR (WFR)
! CBR !! TFR (WFR)
! CBR !! TFR (WFR)
|-
| 1993
| style="text-align:right;"| 38.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.5 (4.2)
| style="text-align:right;"| 32.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.99 (2.9)
| style="text-align:right;"| 40.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.36 (4.9)
|-
| 1998
| style="text-align:right;"| 32.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.55 (3.7)
| style="text-align:right;"| 25.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.96 (2.4)
| style="text-align:right;"| 36.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.41 (4.3)
|-
| 2003
| style="text-align:right;"| 32.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.4 (3.7)
| style="text-align:right;"| 26.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.1 (2.6)
| style="text-align:right;"| 36.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.6 (4.6)
|-
| 2007
| style="text-align:right;"| 33.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 28.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 36.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.5
|-
| 2008
| style="text-align:right;"| 30.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.0 (3.5)
| style="text-align:right;"| 27.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.1 (2.7)
| style="text-align:right;"| 33.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.9 (4.2)
|-
| 2014
| style="text-align:right;"| 30.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.2 (3.6)
| style="text-align:right;"| 27.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.4 (3.1)
| style="text-align:right;"| 33.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.2 (4.3)
|-
| 2017
| style="text-align:right;"| 30.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 28.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 31.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.7
|-
| 2022
| style="text-align:right;"| 27.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.9 (3.4)
| style="text-align:right;"| 25.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.2 (2.8)
| style="text-align:right;"| 30.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.8 (4.2)
|}

===Fertility and births (Census 2000 and 2010)===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Total Fertility Rate (TFR) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):<ref name="National Analytical Report">[http://www.statsghana.gov.gh/docfiles/2010phc/National_Analytical_Report.pdf National Analytical Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712212518/http://www.statsghana.gov.gh/docfiles/2010phc/National_Analytical_Report.pdf |date=2018-07-12 }}. Statsghana.gov.gh.</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2| Year
! colspan=2| Total
! colspan=2| Urban
! colspan=2| Rural
|-
! CBR !! TFR
! CBR !! TFR
! CBR !! TFR
|-
| 2000
| style="text-align:right;"| 31.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.99
| style="text-align:right;"| 26.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 33.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.9
|-
| 2010
| style="text-align:right;"| 25.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.28
| style="text-align:right;"| 23.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.78
| style="text-align:right;"| 26.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.94
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Births and deaths<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm|title=United Nations Statistics Division – Demographic and Social Statistics|website=Unstats.un.org|access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref>
|-
! width="70"|Year
! width="70"|Population
! width="70"|Live births
! width="70"|Deaths
! width="70"|Natural increase
! width="70"|Crude birth rate
! width="70"|Crude death rate
! width="70"|Rate of natural increase
! width="70"|TFR
|-
| align="right" | 2010
| align="right" | 24,200,000
| align="right" | 623,700
| align="right" | 163,534
| align="right" | 460,166
| align="right" | 25.3
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 18.7
| align="right" | 3.28
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Fertility data as of 2014 (DHS Program):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR307/FR307.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020120950/http://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR307/FR307.pdf |archive-date=2016-10-20 |url-status=live|title=Demographic and Health Survey 2014|website=Dhsprogram.com|access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref>
|-
! style="width:100pt;"| Region
! style="width:100pt;"| Total fertility rate
! style="width:100pt;"| Percentage of women aged 15–49 currently pregnant
! style="width:100pt;"| Mean number of children ever born to women aged 40–49
|-
|[[Western Region (Ghana)|Western]]|| 3.6 || 6.9 || 4.8
|-
|[[Central Region (Ghana)|Central]]|| 4.7 || 7.8 || 5.2
|-
|[[Greater Accra Region|Greater Accra]]|| 2.8 || 6.9 || 3.4
|-
|[[Volta Region|Volta]]|| 4.3 || 6.1 || 4.8
|-
|[[Eastern Region (Ghana)|Eastern]]|| 4.2 || 7.9 || 4.9
|-
|[[Ashanti Region|Ashanti]]|| 4.2 || 5.8 || 4.8
|-
|[[Brong-Ahafo Region|Brong Ahafo]]|| 4.8 || 7.6 || 5.1
|-
|[[Northern Region (Ghana)|Northern]]|| 6.6 || 8.9 || 6.4
|-
|[[Upper East Region|Upper East]]|| 4.9 || 7.9 || 5.7
|-
|[[Upper West Region|Upper West]]|| 5.2 || 6.8 || 6.4
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Fertility and wanted fertility data as of 2014 and 2022 (DHS Program):<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2014 |url=https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR307/FR307.pdf |website=dhsprogram.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2022 |url=https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR387/FR387.pdf |website=dhsprogram.com}}</ref>
|-
! style="width:100pt;"| Region
! style="width:100pt;"| Total fertility rate (Wanted fertility rate) 2014
! style="width:100pt;"| Total fertility rate (Wanted fertility rate) 2022
|-
|[[Western Region (Ghana)|Western]]||3.6 (3.3)||3.6 (3.0) 
|-
|[[Central Region (Ghana)|Central]]||4.7 (3.8)||3.6 (2.8) 
|-
|[[Greater Accra Region|Greater Accra]]||2.8 (2.5)||2.9 (2.6)  
|-
|[[Volta Region|Volta]]||4.3 (3.6)||3.2 (2.7)
|-
|[[Eastern Region (Ghana)|Eastern]]||4.2 (3.4)||3.5 (3.0)  
|-
|[[Ashanti Region|Ashanti]]||4.2 (3.5)||3.5 (3.0)
|-
|[[Western North Region|Western North]]||  ||3.8 (3.3) 
|-
|[[Brong-Ahafo Region|Brong Ahafo]]||4.8 (3.9)||4.3 (3.7)
|-
|[[Bono Region|Bono]]||  ||3.7 (3.4)  
|-
|[[Bono East Region|Bono East]]||  ||4.7 (4.3)  
|-
|[[Oti Region|Oti]]||  ||5.2 (4.6)  
|-
|[[Northern Region (Ghana)|Northern]]||6.6 (6.2)||5.6 (5.1)  
|-
|[[Savannah Region|Savannah]]||  ||5.8 (5.4)  
|-
|[[North East Region (Ghana)|North East]]||  ||6.6 (6.5)  
|-
|[[Upper East Region|Upper East]]||4.9 (4.5)||4.6 (4.5)  
|-
|[[Upper West Region|Upper West]]||5.2 (4.5)||4.5 (4.2)
|}