Life expectancy at birth in Ghana is projected at 69.7 years in 2048: 72.6 for women and 67.0 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 373,816 people are projected to die; 51.9% of them would be 65 or older and 6.9% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2048

Life expectancy at birth

69.7

Women

72.6

Men

67.0

Life expectancy at 65

14.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

19.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

25.8

Deaths

373,816

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.6

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

217

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

140

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2048's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2048

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	14.71	24.17	72.6	67.0
1-4	1.28	2.10	72.7	67.6
5-9	1.08	1.91	69.0	64.2
10-14	0.69	1.24	64.4	59.8
15-19	0.99	1.92	59.6	55.1
20-24	1.32	2.82	54.9	50.6
25-29	1.62	3.01	50.2	46.3
30-34	1.89	3.34	45.6	42.0
35-39	2.32	3.87	41.0	37.7
40-44	3.21	4.95	36.5	33.3
45-49	4.10	6.44	32.0	29.1
50-54	6.12	9.54	27.6	25.0
55-59	8.61	13.02	23.4	21.1
60-64	13.88	20.15	19.3	17.3
65-69	23.10	31.37	15.5	13.9
70-74	38.90	49.82	12.1	10.8
75-79	64.74	80.13	9.2	8.1
80-84	108.28	128.30	6.7	6.0
85-89	170.67	203.24	4.9	4.2
90-94	258.38	318.80	3.5	3.0
95-99	386.80	452.30	2.5	2.2
100+	525.18	583.16	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 2048

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