Life expectancy at birth in Ghana is projected at 67.9 years in 2036: 70.5 for women and 65.3 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 296,595 people are projected to die; 41.6% of them would be 65 or older and 10.6% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2036

Life expectancy at birth

67.9

Women

70.5

Men

65.3

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

24.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

32.5

Deaths

296,595

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.1

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

238

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

162

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2036's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2036

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	20.26	29.02	70.5	65.3
1-4	1.77	2.49	71.0	66.2
5-9	1.58	2.41	67.5	62.8
10-14	0.96	1.54	63.0	58.6
15-19	1.32	2.29	58.3	54.0
20-24	1.73	3.32	53.6	49.6
25-29	2.07	3.52	49.1	45.4
30-34	2.38	3.86	44.6	41.2
35-39	2.85	4.41	40.1	36.9
40-44	3.82	5.55	35.6	32.7
45-49	4.73	7.11	31.2	28.5
50-54	6.90	10.34	26.9	24.5
55-59	9.57	13.98	22.8	20.6
60-64	15.23	21.43	18.8	16.9
65-69	25.11	33.14	15.0	13.5
70-74	41.96	52.42	11.7	10.5
75-79	69.28	83.88	8.8	7.9
80-84	114.91	133.64	6.5	5.8
85-89	179.58	210.53	4.7	4.1
90-94	269.42	329.55	3.4	2.9
95-99	401.19	465.17	2.4	2.1
100+	539.84	594.07	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 2036

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