Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 57.0 years in 1996: 58.1 for women and 55.8 for men, a gap of 2.2 years. 188,028 people died; 17.8% of them were 65 or older and 37.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

57.0

Women

58.1

Men

55.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

71.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

111.9

Deaths

188,028

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.6

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

313

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

280

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	68.00	82.06	58.1	55.9
1-4	10.71	11.78	61.1	59.5
5-9	5.13	4.69	59.6	58.3
10-14	2.88	2.64	56.1	54.6
15-19	3.39	3.59	51.9	50.3
20-24	4.11	5.13	47.8	46.2
25-29	4.80	5.38	43.7	42.3
30-34	5.47	5.77	39.7	38.4
35-39	6.28	6.48	35.7	34.4
40-44	7.40	7.90	31.8	30.5
45-49	8.39	9.73	27.9	26.6
50-54	11.01	13.32	24.0	22.8
55-59	14.86	17.58	20.2	19.2
60-64	22.38	25.95	16.5	15.8
65-69	35.12	39.08	13.2	12.6
70-74	56.10	60.94	10.2	9.7
75-79	88.16	95.48	7.8	7.3
80-84	139.30	149.42	5.7	5.4
85-89	208.49	230.70	4.2	3.9
90-94	314.66	355.51	3.0	2.7
95-99	432.51	493.51	2.3	2.0
100+	570.09	642.88	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 1996

Year

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