Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 45.0 years in 1954: 47.2 for women and 43.1 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 122,354 people died; 16.5% of them were 65 or older and 52.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

45.0

Women

47.2

Men

43.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

136.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

231.9

Deaths

122,354

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.4

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

425

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

347

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	137.53	162.75	47.2	43.1
1-4	29.01	30.17	53.0	49.5
5-9	8.00	9.24	55.3	51.5
10-14	4.40	4.72	52.4	48.9
15-19	4.76	5.56	48.5	45.0
20-24	5.59	7.88	44.6	41.2
25-29	6.52	8.34	40.8	37.7
30-34	7.50	8.91	37.1	34.2
35-39	8.57	10.05	33.4	30.7
40-44	9.69	12.16	29.8	27.1
45-49	10.68	14.62	26.1	23.7
50-54	13.53	18.70	22.4	20.3
55-59	18.26	24.44	18.8	17.0
60-64	27.01	34.53	15.4	13.9
65-69	41.61	50.44	12.2	11.0
70-74	65.30	77.85	9.5	8.5
75-79	100.33	118.76	7.2	6.4
80-84	155.04	181.71	5.3	4.7
85-89	227.41	271.93	3.9	3.4
90-94	335.38	406.11	2.8	2.4
95-99	452.57	545.75	2.2	1.8
100+	586.23	685.35	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 1954

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