Ghana vs Vanuatu: Fertility rate: births per woman
Ghana
3.4 live births per woman
in 2023
Vanuatu
3.6 live births per woman
in 2023
Ghana rank
47th
Vanuatu rank
44th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Ghana
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Vanuatu currently reports 3.6 live births per woman against 3.4 live births per woman in Ghana, a difference of 0.2 live births per woman.
That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Vanuatu ahead.
Ghana ranks 47th and Vanuatu ranks 44th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 5 and Vanuatu in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.8 live births per woman | 6.99 live births per woman | 0.1893 live births per woman | Vanuatu |
| 1960s | 6.91 live births per woman | 6.58 live births per woman | 0.327 live births per woman | Ghana |
| 1970s | 6.77 live births per woman | 6.02 live births per woman | 0.7444 live births per woman | Ghana |
| 1980s | 6.15 live births per woman | 5.46 live births per woman | 0.6941 live births per woman | Ghana |
| 1990s | 5.22 live births per woman | 4.88 live births per woman | 0.3387 live births per woman | Ghana |
| 2000s | 4.5 live births per woman | 4.26 live births per woman | 0.2375 live births per woman | Ghana |
| 2010s | 3.95 live births per woman | 3.97 live births per woman | 0.0214 live births per woman | Vanuatu |
| 2020s | 3.47 live births per woman | 3.67 live births per woman | 0.2032 live births per woman | Vanuatu |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Ghana or Vanuatu?
- Vanuatu, at 3.6 live births per woman against 3.4 live births per woman in Ghana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Ghana and Vanuatu?
- 0.2 live births per woman, with Vanuatu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Vanuatu?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Ghana and Vanuatu rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Ghana ranks 47th and Vanuatu ranks 44th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: 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
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.