Life expectancy at birth in Ghana is projected at 70.8 years in 2055: 73.7 for women and 68.0 for men, a gap of 5.8 years. 422,477 people are projected to die; 57.6% of them would be 65 or older and 5.3% 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, 2055

Life expectancy at birth

70.8

Women

73.7

Men

68.0

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

16.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

22.7

Deaths

422,477

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.9

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

205

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

128

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2055's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2055

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	12.48	21.78	73.7	68.0
1-4	1.08	1.87	73.6	68.5
5-9	0.86	1.65	70.0	64.9
10-14	0.57	1.09	65.2	60.5
15-19	0.83	1.73	60.4	55.8
20-24	1.13	2.55	55.7	51.2
25-29	1.39	2.74	51.0	46.9
30-34	1.64	3.06	46.3	42.5
35-39	2.04	3.57	41.7	38.1
40-44	2.88	4.61	37.1	33.7
45-49	3.74	6.06	32.6	29.5
50-54	5.67	9.08	28.1	25.3
55-59	8.03	12.47	23.9	21.3
60-64	13.04	19.41	19.7	17.6
65-69	21.82	30.34	15.9	14.1
70-74	36.92	48.31	12.4	11.0
75-79	61.74	77.96	9.4	8.3
80-84	103.80	125.22	6.9	6.1
85-89	164.48	199.09	5.0	4.3
90-94	250.49	312.77	3.6	3.0
95-99	376.53	445.22	2.6	2.2
100+	514.43	577.40	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 2055

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