Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 51.4 years in 1982: 53.3 for women and 49.7 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 181,896 people died; 13.6% of them were 65 or older and 48.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

51.4

Women

53.3

Men

49.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

99.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

164.3

Deaths

181,896

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.4

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

372

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

307

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1982

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	98.18	115.29	53.3	49.7
1-4	18.34	19.07	57.7	54.6
5-9	6.12	6.83	57.9	54.7
10-14	3.47	3.68	54.6	51.6
15-19	3.92	4.60	50.6	47.5
20-24	4.69	6.55	46.5	43.5
25-29	5.46	6.90	42.6	39.9
30-34	6.25	7.38	38.7	36.2
35-39	7.16	8.31	34.8	32.5
40-44	8.29	10.04	31.0	28.7
45-49	9.28	12.18	27.2	25.1
50-54	12.00	16.01	23.4	21.5
55-59	16.15	20.98	19.6	18.1
60-64	24.12	30.20	16.1	14.8
65-69	37.56	44.67	12.8	11.8
70-74	59.56	69.07	9.9	9.1
75-79	92.69	106.36	7.5	6.9
80-84	145.21	164.34	5.6	5.0
85-89	215.83	249.54	4.1	3.6
90-94	322.70	378.20	2.9	2.6
95-99	440.70	516.20	2.2	1.9
100+	576.97	660.24	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 1982

Year

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