Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 62.0 years in 2012: 63.7 for women and 60.3 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 222,789 people died; 26.4% of them were 65 or older and 24.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

62.0

Women

63.7

Men

60.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

43.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

63.5

Deaths

222,789

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.3

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

289

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

237

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	40.46	50.30	63.7	60.3
1-4	4.77	5.65	65.3	62.4
5-9	3.64	3.81	62.5	59.7
10-14	2.06	2.29	58.6	55.9
15-19	2.60	3.23	54.2	51.5
20-24	3.23	4.62	49.9	47.3
25-29	3.78	4.83	45.7	43.3
30-34	4.28	5.19	41.5	39.3
35-39	4.92	5.82	37.3	35.3
40-44	6.02	7.12	33.2	31.2
45-49	6.98	8.83	29.1	27.3
50-54	9.45	12.29	25.1	23.4
55-59	12.76	16.29	21.1	19.7
60-64	19.51	24.31	17.4	16.2
65-69	31.08	36.90	13.9	12.9
70-74	50.40	57.74	10.8	10.0
75-79	80.62	91.12	8.2	7.6
80-84	129.77	143.46	6.0	5.5
85-89	197.43	223.15	4.4	4.0
90-94	288.91	346.40	3.2	2.8
95-99	422.04	483.94	2.3	2.0
100+	563.00	635.81	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 2012

Year

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