Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 54.9 years in 1989: 56.5 for women and 53.4 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 181,090 people died; 15.0% of them were 65 or older and 44.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

54.9

Women

56.5

Men

53.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

83.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

133.6

Deaths

181,090

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.1

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

334

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

283

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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	80.86	95.91	56.5	53.4
1-4	13.67	14.70	60.2	57.6
5-9	5.22	5.43	59.5	57.0
10-14	2.97	2.99	56.0	53.5
15-19	3.44	3.94	51.8	49.3
20-24	4.17	5.63	47.6	45.2
25-29	4.86	5.91	43.6	41.4
30-34	5.55	6.33	39.6	37.6
35-39	6.37	7.12	35.6	33.7
40-44	7.49	8.65	31.7	29.8
45-49	8.48	10.59	27.8	26.0
50-54	11.11	14.28	23.9	22.3
55-59	14.99	18.80	20.1	18.8
60-64	22.57	27.48	16.5	15.4
65-69	35.38	41.11	13.2	12.3
70-74	56.47	63.95	10.2	9.5
75-79	88.65	99.59	7.7	7.2
80-84	139.93	155.07	5.7	5.2
85-89	209.23	237.88	4.2	3.8
90-94	315.46	364.22	3.0	2.6
95-99	433.20	502.31	2.3	2.0
100+	570.29	649.86	1.8	1.5

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 1989

Year

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