Births And Deaths Registry, Ghana

Name

Births And Deaths Registry, Ghana

Legal name

Births and Deaths Registry, Ghana

Website

https://bdr.gov.gh

Company type

Private

Founded year

1888

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Registration / Vital Records

NAICS

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (92615)

SIC

Foreign Governments (8888)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAJAJAA

Vital Records & Civil Registration (Birth/Death/Fetal Death Certificates)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Health Statistics, Vital Records & Population Health Analytics

SECONDARYBPAIAAAF

National Statistics & Census Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Central/Federal Government Administration

Keywords

• Vital records registration
• Birth registration services
• Death registration services
• Civil registration authority
• Government certificates issuance

Headquarters

HQ city

Accra

HQ country

Ghana

HQ region

Africa

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Registration and Certification Fees: Government-mandated fees for birth and death registration services including late registrations, certified copies, extracts, verification, adoption changes, and death-related services. These are statutory fees set by regulation.
2. Data Request Fees: Fees charged for statistical data requests from researchers, institutions, and government agencies seeking birth and death statistics for planning and research purposes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Births and Deaths Registry, Ghana is the official state agency under the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development responsible for the civil registration of all births, deaths, and foetal deaths occurring in Ghana. It issues certificates and certified true copies of vital records, registers adoptions and surrogacy arrangements, provides verification of vital records, and supplies vital statistics data to requesting parties. The Registry operates under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 2020 (Act 1027) and serves citizens, families, and institutions across all 16 regions of Ghana.

Product overview

Births and Deaths Registry, Ghana operates as a civil registration and vital statistics authority under the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, governed by the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1027 of 2020. The organization provides a unified portfolio of registration services centered around birth registration, death registration, and certification services, complemented by specialized services for adoption, surrogacy, verification, and statistical data requests. The Registry maintains district-level offices across all 16 regions of Ghana to ensure universal coverage of births and deaths registration throughout the country.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Birth Registration Statutory registration of all births occurring in Ghana, with issuance of official birth certificates, available to parents and guardians through district and regional Registry offices.
• Death Registration Statutory registration of all deaths occurring in Ghana, with issuance of official death certificates, available to next of kin and reporting institutions.
• Foetal Death Registration Statutory registration of foetal deaths, with issuance of official certificates, available to families and medical institutions for stillbirths and foetal losses.
• Certified True Copy / Extract Issuance Issuance of certified true copies of registered birth, death, and foetal death records for individuals who require duplicate or replacement certificates for official use.
• Adoption Registration Registration of legally completed adoptions in Ghana, providing official recognition of the new parent-child relationship and supporting documentation.
• Surrogacy Registration Registration of births arising from surrogacy arrangements in accordance with applicable laws, with issuance of supporting documentation for intended parents.
• Verification Services Authentication and verification of birth, death, foetal death, adoption, and surrogacy records for institutions such as courts, government agencies, employers, insurers, banks, and embassies.
• Statistics Data Request Provision of aggregate vital statistics data on registered births, deaths, and foetal deaths to government agencies, researchers, and other qualified institutions for planning, research, and policy purposes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Supports Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 16.9 (legal identity for all)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Floral TissueminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 30 June 2026Corporate partnership for birth registration awareness at Ga West Municipal Hospital.
• National Identification Authority (NIA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 May 2026Integration of birth and death records into Ghana's interoperable digital ID ecosystem under the Ghana Card program. BDR's work is key to ensuring legal identity from birth.
• National Information Technology Agency (NITA)coreTechnology or Integration · 12 May 2026Technical partnership for digital infrastructure supporting the national ID system and civil registration digitization.
• Data Protection Commission (DPC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 May 2026Collaboration on data protection for personal information in civil registration systems.
• UNICEF GhanacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 May 2026Partnership for birth registration evaluation and improving universal registration coverage, particularly for children.
• Ghana Health ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 May 2026Strengthened collaboration to ensure universal birth registration across Ghana. The partnership focuses on institutional births at health facilities to improve registration coverage.
• Delta Paper Mill LtdminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 25 April 2026Corporate partnership for birth registration awareness campaign.
• UG Legon HospitalcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 25 April 2026Hospital-based birth registration drive to capture registrations at point of birth.
• Ghana Statistical ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 March 2026MoU signed to strengthen collaboration on national statistics, integrating vital registration data with official statistics.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Ghana Health Service: Operational partner and key customer channel for BDR: birth registration drives and institutional death registration occur at GHS facilities. Not a competitor but a structural dependency for universal coverage.
• ID4Africa: Pan-African identity-for-development initiative that BDR actively participates in (ID4Africa 2026, Côte d'Ivoire). Industry ecosystem convener rather than peer, but a key channel for benchmarking and donor visibility.
• UNICEF Ghana: Core development partner funding birth registration evaluation and coverage programmes. Not a competitor but a critical donor and technical-assistance counterpart whose priorities shape BDR's coverage roadmap.

Regional players

• General Register Office (UK): England and Wales statutory register of births, deaths and marriages, part of HM Passport Office. Functionally identical to BDR but operating in a mature, fully-digitised UK context — useful reference for end-state digital operating model and service pricing.

Direct peers

• National Population Commission (Nigeria): National statutory authority responsible for birth, death and marriage registration across Nigeria. Closest functional peer — same mandate, same West African institutional context, parallel structure of state/regional offices under federal legislation.
• Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB): Uganda's statutory civil registration and vital events authority, handling birth and death registration alongside business and intellectual property registries. Comparable East African peer with similar fee-based service model.
• Tanzania Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (RITA): Tanzania's national civil registration authority handling birth, death and other vital events under ministerial oversight. Directly comparable mandate and Sub-Saharan African operational context.
• Kenya Civil Registration Services (CRS): Kenya's national civil registration department under the Ministry of Interior, responsible for birth and death registration nationwide. Direct peer with similar district-level delivery model and digital ID integration agenda (Huduma Namba).

Broad incumbents

• Ghana Statistical Service: Ghana's national statistics producer, which integrates BDR's vital registration data into official population statistics under a March 2026 MoU. Sibling agency operating in the same national statistical system with overlapping customer base (researchers, planners).
• National Identification Authority (Ghana): Ghana's sister agency issuing the Ghana Card national ID. BDR feeds NIA's identity records under a 2026 interoperability partnership; comparable in national scope and ministerial parentage, but with a downstream ID-card issuance mandate rather than vital events.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Births-and-Deaths-Registry-Ghana
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/births-and-deaths-registry

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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