Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 51.8 years in 1983: 53.7 for women and 50.0 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 185,004 people died; 13.8% of them were 65 or older and 47.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1983

Life expectancy at birth

51.8

Women

53.7

Men

50.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

98.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

161.2

Deaths

185,004

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.2

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

368

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

304

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1983

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	96.48	113.42	53.7	50.0
1-4	17.84	18.64	58.0	54.9
5-9	6.01	6.68	58.1	55.0
10-14	3.41	3.61	54.8	51.7
15-19	3.86	4.53	50.7	47.6
20-24	4.63	6.46	46.6	43.7
25-29	5.39	6.80	42.7	40.0
30-34	6.16	7.28	38.8	36.3
35-39	7.06	8.19	34.9	32.6
40-44	8.19	9.90	31.1	28.8
45-49	9.18	12.02	27.3	25.2
50-54	11.88	15.84	23.4	21.6
55-59	16.01	20.76	19.7	18.1
60-64	23.93	29.93	16.1	14.8
65-69	37.30	44.34	12.9	11.8
70-74	59.19	68.62	10.0	9.1
75-79	92.23	105.83	7.6	6.9
80-84	144.60	163.63	5.6	5.0
85-89	215.02	248.70	4.1	3.6
90-94	321.82	377.28	3.0	2.6
95-99	439.70	515.50	2.2	1.9
100+	576.07	659.98	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 1983

Year

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