Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 47.6 years in 1964: 49.9 for women and 45.6 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 147,781 people died; 15.7% 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, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

47.6

Women

49.9

Men

45.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

120.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

203.7

Deaths

147,781

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.2

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

405

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

327

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

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	120.18	142.36	49.9	45.6
1-4	24.32	25.64	55.2	51.4
5-9	7.08	8.40	56.6	52.7
10-14	3.95	4.36	53.5	49.9
15-19	4.34	5.21	49.6	45.9
20-24	5.15	7.39	45.6	42.1
25-29	5.99	7.81	41.7	38.5
30-34	6.88	8.34	37.9	35.0
35-39	7.87	9.40	34.1	31.4
40-44	8.98	11.36	30.4	27.8
45-49	9.95	13.67	26.7	24.2
50-54	12.71	17.62	22.9	20.8
55-59	17.13	23.00	19.3	17.4
60-64	25.46	32.71	15.8	14.3
65-69	39.42	48.03	12.5	11.3
70-74	62.15	74.18	9.7	8.7
75-79	96.11	113.57	7.4	6.6
80-84	149.36	174.30	5.5	4.8
85-89	220.49	262.18	4.0	3.5
90-94	326.82	393.54	2.9	2.5
95-99	443.96	531.94	2.2	1.9
100+	577.03	672.68	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 1964

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