What is the difference in number of births between Ghana and Somalia?

100,184 births, with Ghana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Somalia?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ghana vs Somalia: Number of births

Ghana

888,947 births

in 2023

Somalia

788,763 births

in 2023

Ghana rank

36th

Somalia rank

38th

Number of births over time

Ghana
Somalia

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 888,947 births against 788,763 births in Somalia, a difference of 100,184 births.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Ghana has been ahead every year.

Ghana ranks 36th and Somalia ranks 38th of 236 countries.

Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	297,015 births	121,334 births	175,681 births	Ghana
1960s	379,868 births	149,277 births	230,591 births	Ghana
1970s	464,472 births	196,445 births	268,027 births	Ghana
1980s	577,196 births	322,987 births	254,209 births	Ghana
1990s	643,337 births	373,345 births	269,991 births	Ghana
2000s	758,746 births	517,194 births	241,553 births	Ghana
2010s	870,982 births	647,405 births	223,578 births	Ghana
2020s	881,093 births	767,892 births	113,200 births	Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Ghana or Somalia?: Ghana, at 888,947 births against 788,763 births in Somalia as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Ghana and Somalia?: 100,184 births, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Somalia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Ghana and Somalia rank globally for number of births?: Ghana ranks 36th and Somalia ranks 38th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of births
Unit: births
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: 28 August 2026

Number of live births in a calendar year.