Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 58.7 years in 2002: 59.9 for women and 57.5 for men, a gap of 2.5 years. 201,522 people died; 21.2% of them were 65 or older and 32.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2002

Life expectancy at birth

58.7

Women

59.9

Men

57.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

60.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

92.7

Deaths

201,522

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.7

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

306

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

269

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2002's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2002

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	56.71	69.74	60.0	57.5
1-4	8.24	9.29	62.4	60.5
5-9	4.73	4.40	60.4	58.7
10-14	2.65	2.53	56.8	55.0
15-19	3.18	3.48	52.5	50.7
20-24	3.87	4.98	48.3	46.5
25-29	4.52	5.22	44.2	42.6
30-34	5.15	5.60	40.2	38.7
35-39	5.92	6.28	36.2	34.7
40-44	7.03	7.66	32.2	30.7
45-49	8.01	9.45	28.2	26.8
50-54	10.59	13.00	24.3	23.0
55-59	14.29	17.17	20.4	19.4
60-64	21.60	25.43	16.8	15.9
65-69	34.00	38.37	13.4	12.7
70-74	54.52	59.90	10.4	9.8
75-79	85.98	94.03	7.9	7.4
80-84	136.55	147.41	5.8	5.4
85-89	205.13	228.09	4.3	3.9
90-94	296.61	352.21	3.1	2.7
95-99	428.41	489.73	2.3	2.0
100+	566.06	639.47	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 2002

Year

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