Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 58.4 years in 2001: 59.6 for women and 57.2 for men, a gap of 2.4 years. 198,967 people died; 20.6% of them were 65 or older and 33.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

58.4

Women

59.6

Men

57.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

62.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

96.1

Deaths

198,967

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.9

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

307

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

271

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	58.82	71.88	59.6	57.2
1-4	8.66	9.74	62.2	60.3
5-9	4.80	4.45	60.3	58.7
10-14	2.69	2.55	56.7	54.9
15-19	3.21	3.50	52.4	50.6
20-24	3.91	5.00	48.2	46.5
25-29	4.57	5.24	44.1	42.6
30-34	5.20	5.63	40.1	38.6
35-39	5.98	6.31	36.1	34.7
40-44	7.10	7.69	32.1	30.7
45-49	8.07	9.50	28.2	26.8
50-54	10.66	13.05	24.2	23.0
55-59	14.38	17.24	20.4	19.4
60-64	21.72	25.51	16.7	15.9
65-69	34.18	38.48	13.4	12.7
70-74	54.76	60.05	10.4	9.8
75-79	86.30	94.22	7.9	7.4
80-84	136.97	147.67	5.8	5.4
85-89	205.65	228.44	4.3	3.9
90-94	297.20	352.66	3.1	2.7
95-99	429.09	490.37	2.3	2.0
100+	567.05	640.33	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 2001

Year

Country