Ghana vs Namibia: Birth rate

Ghana

26.31 births per 1,000 people

in 2023

Namibia

25.89 births per 1,000 people

in 2023

Ghana rank

48th

Namibia rank

50th

Birth rate over time

Ghana currently reports 26.31 births per 1,000 people against 25.89 births per 1,000 people in Namibia, a difference of 0.42 births per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 48th and Namibia ranks 50th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Birth rate
Unit: births per 1,000 people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of live births in a year per 1,000 people in the population.