Ghana - Birth Rate 1986
42.7
−0.4 from 1985
Ghana's birth rate was 42.7 in 1986, decreased +0.4 from 43.1 in 1985. This was the 171st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1986▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Marino | 9.5 | -0.4% |
| 2nd | Italy | 9.8 | -3.9% |
| 3rd | Denmark | 10.8 | 2.9% |
| 4th | Germany | 10.9 | 3.8% |
| 5th | Greece | 11.3 | -3.4% |
| 6th | Spain | 11.4 | -4.2% |
| 7th | Japan | 11.4 | -4.2% |
| 8th | Austria | 11.5 | -0.9% |
| 9th | Switzerland | 11.7 | 1.7% |
| 10th | Luxembourg | 11.7 | 4.5% |
| 11th | Isle of Man | 11.8 | -0.2% |
| 12th | Belgium | 11.9 | 2.6% |
| 13th | Channel Islands | 11.9 | 3.5% |
| 14th | Hungary | 12.1 | -0.8% |
| 15th | Sweden | 12.2 | 3.4% |
| 16th | Finland | 12.3 | -3.9% |
| 17th | Andorra | 12.6 | -1.8% |
| 18th | Norway | 12.6 | 2.4% |
| 19th | Portugal | 12.6 | -3.1% |
| 20th | Netherlands | 12.7 | 3.3% |
| 21st | European Union | 12.7 | -1.0% |
| 22nd | Croatia | 12.8 | -3.8% |
| 23rd | Czechia | 12.9 | -1.5% |
| 24th | Liechtenstein | 12.9 | -7.2% |
| 25th | Serbia | 12.9 | -2.6% |
| 26th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 13.0 | -7.1% |
| 27th | Slovenia | 13.0 | -3.0% |
| 28th | United Kingdom | 13.3 | 0.0% |
| 29th | Bulgaria | 13.4 | 0.8% |
| 30th | Monaco | 13.6 | -1.9% |
| 31st | France | 14.1 | -0.7% |
| 32nd | Bermuda | 14.4 | -3.7% |
| 33rd | Canada | 14.5 | -2.7% |
| 34th | Singapore | 14.8 | -10.8% |
| 35th | Australia | 15.0 | -4.5% |
| 36th | Malta | 15.3 | -5.0% |
| 37th | Korea | 15.4 | -4.3% |
| 38th | Barbados | 15.5 | -4.6% |
| 39th | United States | 15.6 | -1.3% |
| 40th | Estonia | 15.7 | 1.3% |
| 41st | Ukraine | 15.8 | 2.6% |
| 42nd | Latvia | 16.1 | 4.5% |
| 43rd | New Zealand | 16.1 | 1.8% |
| 44th | Iceland | 16.4 | 2.5% |
| 45th | Romania | 16.5 | 4.4% |
| 46th | Cayman Islands | 16.6 | -2.7% |
| 47th | Lithuania | 16.7 | 1.2% |
| 48th | Slovak Republic | 16.8 | -4.0% |
| 49th | British Virgin Islands | 16.9 | -5.7% |
| 50th | Aruba | 16.9 | -5.8% |
| 51st | Cuba | 17.0 | 1.5% |
| 52nd | Poland | 17.0 | -7.1% |
| 53rd | Belarus | 17.1 | 3.6% |
| 54th | Russian Federation | 17.2 | 3.6% |
| 55th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.2 | -2.9% |
| 56th | Faroe Islands | 17.3 | 6.1% |
| 57th | Gibraltar | 17.4 | -1.9% |
| 58th | Ireland | 17.4 | -1.1% |
| 59th | Montenegro | 17.5 | -2.4% |
| 60th | Uruguay | 17.8 | 0.1% |
| 61st | Mauritius | 18.6 | -2.1% |
| 62nd | North Macedonia | 18.9 | -1.0% |
| 63rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 19.5 | 0.3% |
| 64th | Greenland | 19.7 | -9.2% |
| 65th | Cyprus | 20.1 | -0.4% |
| 66th | Georgia | 20.3 | -1.6% |
| 67th | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.3 | -6.3% |
| 68th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 20.4 | 0.1% |
| 69th | Curaçao | 20.9 | -0.3% |
| 70th | Thailand | 21.3 | -1.7% |
| 71st | Sri Lanka | 21.4 | -4.6% |
| 72nd | Bahamas, The | 21.5 | 0.7% |
| 73rd | Palau | 22.1 | -1.1% |
| 74th | Argentina | 22.4 | -0.7% |
| 75th | China | 22.4 | 6.6% |
| 76th | Chile | 22.5 | 0.1% |
| 77th | Israel | 23.1 | -1.7% |
| 78th | Moldova | 23.5 | 0.7% |
| 79th | Northern Mariana Islands | 23.6 | 7.2% |
| 80th | Virgin Islands (US) | 23.7 | -5.4% |
| 81st | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 23.7 | -1.5% |
| 82nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 24.3 | -5.0% |
| 83rd | New Caledonia | 24.5 | 2.0% |
| 84th | Qatar | 24.5 | -2.0% |
| 85th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 25.2 | -4.7% |
| 86th | Macao SAR, China | 25.3 | -3.1% |
| 87th | Guam | 25.6 | 1.1% |
| 88th | Dominica | 26.0 | 0.6% |
| 89th | Seychelles | 26.2 | -1.1% |
| 90th | Albania | 26.3 | -0.6% |
| 91st | Armenia | 26.5 | -1.7% |
| 92nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 26.7 | -3.6% |
| 93rd | Jamaica | 27.1 | -2.3% |
| 94th | Azerbaijan | 27.6 | 3.8% |
| 95th | Kazakhstan | 27.8 | -1.3% |
| 96th | Colombia | 27.9 | -1.4% |
| 97th | Indonesia | 28.2 | -4.3% |
| 98th | United Arab Emirates | 28.2 | -1.1% |
| 99th | Brazil | 28.3 | -2.9% |
| 100th | Panama | 28.5 | -1.7% |
| 101st | Kuwait | 28.7 | -4.0% |
| 102nd | Bahrain | 29.0 | 0.8% |
| 103rd | Türkiye | 29.0 | -2.2% |
| 104th | Lebanon | 29.2 | -1.8% |
| 105th | Malaysia | 29.4 | -2.4% |
| 106th | Costa Rica | 29.8 | -1.9% |
| 107th | Brunei Darussalam | 29.9 | -0.1% |
| 108th | Myanmar | 30.2 | -4.1% |
| 109th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 30.5 | -0.6% |
| 110th | French Polynesia | 30.7 | -2.4% |
| 111th | Viet Nam | 30.7 | -4.6% |
| 112th | Guyana | 31.0 | -1.3% |
| 113th | St. Martin (French part) | 31.2 | 2.5% |
| 114th | Tunisia | 31.2 | -1.9% |
| 115th | Fiji | 31.2 | -3.4% |
| 116th | Ecuador | 31.5 | -2.5% |
| 117th | Grenada | 31.7 | 3.2% |
| 118th | Dominican Republic | 31.8 | -1.4% |
| 119th | Nauru | 31.9 | 0.0% |
| 120th | Kosovo | 32.2 | -0.9% |
| 121st | Mexico | 32.3 | -1.3% |
| 122nd | Libya | 32.4 | -3.8% |
| 123rd | St. Lucia | 32.4 | -3.5% |
| 124th | Suriname | 32.6 | -0.8% |
| 125th | Kyrgyz Republic | 32.7 | 2.2% |
| 126th | Peru | 33.5 | -1.5% |
| 127th | South Africa | 33.6 | -1.9% |
| 128th | Morocco | 33.7 | -3.1% |
| 129th | American Samoa | 33.9 | 1.6% |
| 130th | Tonga | 34.4 | -1.6% |
| 131st | El Salvador | 35.1 | -1.7% |
| 132nd | India | 35.2 | -0.6% |
| 133rd | Samoa | 36.1 | -0.5% |
| 134th | Algeria | 36.1 | -5.4% |
| 135th | Philippines | 36.2 | -1.4% |
| 136th | Paraguay | 36.5 | -0.6% |
| 137th | Uzbekistan | 36.9 | 0.8% |
| 138th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 37.3 | -2.1% |
| 139th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 37.4 | -0.6% |
| 140th | Tuvalu | 37.4 | -0.2% |
| 141st | Lesotho | 37.5 | -1.1% |
| 142nd | Papua New Guinea | 37.5 | -0.3% |
| 143rd | Belize | 37.6 | -1.1% |
| 144th | Mongolia | 37.7 | -2.0% |
| 145th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 38.1 | -1.7% |
| 146th | Namibia | 38.3 | 0.0% |
| 147th | Botswana | 38.5 | -2.2% |
| 148th | Gabon | 38.7 | -0.4% |
| 149th | Kiribati | 38.8 | -0.2% |
| 150th | Turkmenistan | 38.9 | 1.2% |
| 151st | Haiti | 38.9 | -0.2% |
| 152nd | Iraq | 39.0 | -1.3% |
| 153rd | Nepal | 39.1 | -0.8% |
| 154th | Bangladesh | 39.4 | -3.2% |
| 155th | Djibouti | 39.5 | -1.3% |
| 156th | Congo, Republic of | 39.6 | -0.7% |
| 157th | Nicaragua | 39.8 | -1.9% |
| 158th | Solomon Islands | 40.3 | -0.9% |
| 159th | Jordan | 40.4 | -1.2% |
| 160th | Honduras | 40.5 | -1.6% |
| 161st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 40.7 | -4.0% |
| 162nd | Vanuatu | 40.8 | -0.6% |
| 163rd | Guatemala | 40.8 | -0.8% |
| 164th | Zimbabwe | 40.9 | -3.3% |
| 165th | Syrian Arab Republic | 41.0 | -0.8% |
| 166th | São Tomé and Principe | 41.0 | -0.1% |
| 167th | Bhutan | 41.1 | -1.2% |
| 168th | Cabo Verde | 42.0 | -0.3% |
| 169th | Mauritania | 42.2 | -1.3% |
| 170th | Tajikistan | 42.5 | 2.2% |
| 171st | Ghana | 42.7 | -0.8% |
| 172nd | Saudi Arabia | 43.1 | -2.5% |
| 173rd | Lao PDR | 43.1 | -0.8% |
| 174th | Togo | 43.3 | -0.6% |
| 175th | Timor-Leste | 43.8 | -0.9% |
| 176th | Madagascar | 44.0 | -1.8% |
| 177th | Pakistan | 44.1 | -0.3% |
| 178th | Senegal | 44.5 | -2.2% |
| 179th | Sudan | 44.5 | -0.5% |
| 180th | Eritrea | 44.7 | -0.3% |
| 181st | Cameroon | 44.8 | 0.3% |
| 182nd | Tanzania | 44.9 | -1.8% |
| 183rd | Nigeria | 45.3 | -1.3% |
| 184th | Eswatini | 45.4 | -3.2% |
| 185th | Oman | 45.6 | -5.5% |
| 186th | Comoros | 46.0 | -0.7% |
| 187th | Guinea | 46.2 | 0.2% |
| 188th | Maldives | 46.3 | -1.3% |
| 189th | Equatorial Guinea | 46.5 | 1.7% |
| 190th | Sierra Leone | 46.6 | -0.2% |
| 191st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 46.6 | 0.3% |
| 192nd | Kenya | 46.6 | -0.5% |
| 193rd | Benin | 47.1 | -0.5% |
| 194th | Liberia | 47.2 | -0.7% |
| 195th | Marshall Islands | 47.3 | -1.8% |
| 196th | Zambia | 47.4 | -0.1% |
| 197th | Central African Republic | 47.5 | 0.6% |
| 198th | Guinea-Bissau | 47.7 | -0.9% |
| 199th | Côte d'Ivoire | 47.9 | -0.5% |
| 200th | Burundi | 48.4 | -1.5% |
| 201st | Burkina Faso | 48.6 | -0.6% |
| 202nd | Mali | 48.8 | 0.0% |
| 203rd | Gambia, The | 48.8 | -0.3% |
| 204th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 48.9 | 0.3% |
| 205th | Rwanda | 49.0 | -2.3% |
| 206th | Chad | 49.1 | -0.3% |
| 207th | Mozambique | 49.3 | -0.8% |
| 208th | Malawi | 49.8 | -1.1% |
| 209th | Cambodia | 50.2 | -1.4% |
| 210th | Uganda | 50.4 | 1.3% |
| 211th | South Sudan | 50.6 | -0.1% |
| 212th | Angola | 50.8 | 0.3% |
| 213th | Afghanistan | 52.2 | 1.0% |
| 214th | Yemen, Republic of | 53.1 | -0.9% |
| 215th | Niger | 56.1 | -0.5% |
FAQ
What was Ghana's birth rate in 1986?▾
Ghana's birth rate in 1986 was 42.7. This ranked 171st globally.
How did Ghana's birth rate change in 1986?▾
Ghana's birth rate decreased by 0.8% in 1986 compared to 1985.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 1986?▾
Niger had the highest birth rate in 1986 at 56.1.
What is the birth rate of Ghana in 1986?▾
The birth rate of Ghana in 1986 was 42.7. This ranked 171st globally.
How does 1986 compare to 1985 for Ghana's birth rate?▾
Ghana's birth rate went from 43.1 in 1985 to 42.7 in 1986, a 0.8% decrease.
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