Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 46.4 years in 1958: 48.7 for women and 44.5 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 129,876 people died; 14.4% of them were 65 or older and 53.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

46.4

Women

48.7

Men

44.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

127.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

215.9

Deaths

129,876

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.9

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

415

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

337

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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	127.46	150.41	48.7	44.5
1-4	26.42	27.66	54.1	50.5
5-9	7.53	8.83	55.9	52.1
10-14	4.18	4.54	53.0	49.4
15-19	4.56	5.39	49.0	45.4
20-24	5.39	7.64	45.1	41.6
25-29	6.26	8.08	41.3	38.1
30-34	7.20	8.63	37.5	34.6
35-39	8.22	9.73	33.8	31.0
40-44	9.33	11.76	30.1	27.4
45-49	10.31	14.14	26.4	23.9
50-54	13.11	18.16	22.7	20.5
55-59	17.67	23.70	19.0	17.2
60-64	26.21	33.60	15.6	14.1
65-69	40.51	49.23	12.4	11.2
70-74	63.73	76.01	9.6	8.6
75-79	98.29	116.17	7.3	6.5
80-84	152.40	178.02	5.4	4.7
85-89	224.32	267.17	4.0	3.4
90-94	331.95	400.05	2.9	2.4
95-99	449.34	539.55	2.2	1.8
100+	583.98	679.90	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 1958

Year

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