Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 47.9 years in 1971: 50.1 for women and 46.0 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 169,487 people died; 16.6% of them were 65 or older and 50.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

47.9

Women

50.1

Men

46.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

118.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

200.1

Deaths

169,487

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.5

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

403

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

327

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	118.28	139.44	50.1	46.0
1-4	23.94	24.92	55.2	51.7
5-9	7.04	8.26	56.6	52.9
10-14	3.95	4.31	53.5	50.0
15-19	4.35	5.17	49.5	46.0
20-24	5.16	7.33	45.6	42.2
25-29	6.00	7.76	41.7	38.6
30-34	6.88	8.29	37.9	35.1
35-39	7.87	9.34	34.1	31.4
40-44	8.99	11.27	30.4	27.8
45-49	9.97	13.57	26.7	24.3
50-54	12.74	17.51	22.9	20.8
55-59	17.14	22.86	19.3	17.5
60-64	25.47	32.53	15.7	14.3
65-69	39.44	47.77	12.5	11.4
70-74	62.20	73.70	9.7	8.8
75-79	96.19	112.77	7.4	6.6
80-84	149.56	173.15	5.5	4.8
85-89	220.84	260.66	4.0	3.5
90-94	327.64	391.61	2.9	2.5
95-99	444.95	529.68	2.2	1.9
100+	579.24	670.74	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 1971

Year

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