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
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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

Indicator
Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit
live births per woman
Source
Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
Last refreshed

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.