Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 54.4 years in 1988: 56.1 for women and 52.7 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 182,307 people died; 14.8% of them were 65 or older and 45.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

54.4

Women

56.1

Men

52.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

85.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

138.5

Deaths

182,307

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.5

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

341

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

285

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	83.60	99.09	56.1	52.7
1-4	14.40	15.38	59.9	57.1
5-9	5.30	5.66	59.3	56.6
10-14	3.02	3.11	55.8	53.2
15-19	3.49	4.05	51.7	49.0
20-24	4.22	5.78	47.5	44.9
25-29	4.92	6.07	43.5	41.1
30-34	5.62	6.50	39.5	37.3
35-39	6.44	7.31	35.6	33.5
40-44	7.57	8.88	31.6	29.6
45-49	8.55	10.86	27.8	25.9
50-54	11.19	14.57	23.9	22.2
55-59	15.10	19.17	20.1	18.7
60-64	22.71	27.94	16.5	15.3
65-69	35.58	41.73	13.1	12.2
70-74	56.76	64.86	10.2	9.4
75-79	89.02	100.83	7.7	7.1
80-84	140.40	156.77	5.7	5.2
85-89	209.76	240.03	4.2	3.7
90-94	316.01	366.85	3.0	2.6
95-99	433.69	504.96	2.3	2.0
100+	570.58	651.98	1.8	1.5

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 1988

Year

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