Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 57.2 years in 1997: 58.3 for women and 56.1 for men, a gap of 2.2 years. 189,491 people died; 18.3% of them were 65 or older and 37.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

57.2

Women

58.3

Men

56.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

69.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

109.3

Deaths

189,491

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.4

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

311

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

278

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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	66.46	80.46	58.3	56.1
1-4	10.40	11.40	61.3	59.7
5-9	5.05	4.62	59.8	58.4
10-14	2.84	2.61	56.3	54.7
15-19	3.35	3.56	52.0	50.4
20-24	4.06	5.09	47.9	46.3
25-29	4.74	5.33	43.8	42.4
30-34	5.41	5.72	39.8	38.5
35-39	6.21	6.42	35.8	34.5
40-44	7.33	7.83	31.9	30.6
45-49	8.32	9.65	28.0	26.7
50-54	10.94	13.22	24.0	22.9
55-59	14.75	17.46	20.2	19.3
60-64	22.24	25.79	16.6	15.8
65-69	34.92	38.86	13.2	12.6
70-74	55.84	60.63	10.3	9.8
75-79	87.78	95.03	7.8	7.4
80-84	138.98	148.79	5.7	5.4
85-89	208.12	229.84	4.2	3.9
90-94	300.10	354.35	3.1	2.7
95-99	432.12	492.01	2.3	2.0
100+	569.83	641.31	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 1997

Year

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