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===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 β 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 15β49 currently pregnant ! style="width:100pt;"| Mean number of children ever born to women aged 40β49 |- |[[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) |}
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