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Ghana life expectancy & odds of living to calculator

Updated on by Georank team

Ghana is ranked 169/197 for average life expectancy at birth, with 63.7 years for males, 68.6 years for females, and 66.1 years for both genders combined.

Ghana life expectancy at birth by year

Average
Male
Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Total Male Female
1950 43.1 41.3 45.3
1951 43.6 41.8 45.8
1952 44 42.2 46.3
1953 44.5 42.6 46.8
1954 45 43.1 47.2
1955 45.4 43.5 47.6
1956 45.7 43.8 48
1957 46.1 44.2 48.4
1958 46.4 44.5 48.7
1959 46.7 44.8 48.9
1960 46.9 45 49.2
1961 47.1 45.2 49.4
1962 47.3 45.4 49.5
1963 47.5 45.5 49.7
1964 47.6 45.6 49.9
1965 47.7 45.7 50
1966 47.7 45.7 50
1967 47.7 45.7 50
1968 47.8 45.7 50
1969 47.9 45.8 50.2
1970 47.9 45.9 50.1
1971 47.9 46 50.1
1972 48.3 46.3 50.4
1973 48.6 46.6 50.7
1974 48.9 47 50.9
1975 49.3 47.5 51.3
1976 49.7 47.9 51.7
1977 50.1 48.3 52
1978 50.5 48.6 52.4
1979 50.8 49 52.7
1980 51.1 49.3 53
1981 51.3 49.5 53.2
1982 51.4 49.7 53.3
1983 51.8 50 53.7
1984 52.2 50.4 54.1
1985 52.7 50.9 54.6
1986 53.3 51.5 55.1
1987 53.8 52.1 55.6
1988 54.4 52.7 56.1
1989 54.9 53.4 56.5
1990 55.4 53.9 56.9
1991 55.7 54.4 57.1
1992 56.1 54.8 57.3
1993 56.3 55.1 57.4
1994 56.2 55 57.4
1995 56.7 55.6 57.8
1996 57 55.8 58.1
1997 57.2 56.1 58.3
1998 57.5 56.4 58.6
1999 57.8 56.6 59
2000 58.1 56.9 59.3
2001 58.4 57.2 59.6
2002 58.7 57.5 59.9
2003 59 57.7 60.3
2004 59.3 58 60.6
2005 59.6 58.4 60.9
2006 60 58.7 61.3
2007 60.3 59 61.6
2008 60.6 59.2 62
2009 60.9 59.5 62.4
2010 61.3 59.8 62.8
2011 61.6 60 63.3
2012 62 60.3 63.7
2013 62.4 60.7 64.2
2014 62.8 61 64.7
2015 63.2 61.3 65.1
2016 63.5 61.6 65.4
2017 63.8 61.9 65.8
2018 64.1 62.2 66.2
2019 64.5 62.4 66.6
2020 64.3 62 66.7
2021 64.3 62.1 66.5
2022 65.2 63 67.6
2023 65.5 63.1 67.9
2024 65.7 63.3 68.2
2025 65.9 63.5 68.4
2026 66.1 63.7 68.6

Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these rates.

In Ghana, healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 56.9 years for men and 58.9 for women, with a combined average of 57.9 years. People who reach 60 can expect an additional 12.9 healthy years, 12 for males and 13.7 for females.

Ghana life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in Ghana, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy: 42.0 Years

Mean expected age of death: 72.0 Years

Median expected age of death: 74.8 Years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Average Male Female
40 96.1% 95.4% 96.8%
50 90.5% 88.9% 92.2%
60 81.1% 78.1% 84.2%
65 73.7% 69.7% 77.6%
70 63.2% 58.6% 67.9%
75 49.5% 44.6% 54.4%
80 33.2% 28.7% 37.7%
85 17.4% 14.2% 20.5%
90 6.3% 4.6% 7.9%
95 1.3% 0.8% 1.8%
100 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

In Ghana, total life expectancy is 79.1 years at age 65, 80.9 at 70, 83.3 at 75, and 86.1 years at 80 — significantly higher than the 66.1 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Ghana.

Average
Male
Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Average Male Female
0 66.1 63.7 68.6
1 68 65.8 70.3
2 68.2 66 70.5
3 68.4 66.1 70.6
4 68.5 66.3 70.8
5 68.7 66.5 71
6 68.9 66.7 71.1
7 69.1 66.9 71.3
8 69.2 67.1 71.4
9 69.4 67.3 71.5
10 69.5 67.4 71.6
11 69.6 67.5 71.7
12 69.7 67.6 71.8
13 69.8 67.7 71.9
14 69.9 67.8 71.9
15 69.9 67.9 72
16 70 68 72.1
17 70.1 68.1 72.2
18 70.3 68.3 72.3
19 70.4 68.4 72.4
20 70.5 68.6 72.5
21 70.7 68.8 72.6
22 70.8 69 72.7
23 71 69.1 72.8
24 71.1 69.3 72.9
25 71.3 69.5 73.1
26 71.4 69.7 73.2
27 71.6 69.9 73.3
28 71.7 70 73.4
29 71.9 70.2 73.5
30 72 70.4 73.7
31 72.2 70.6 73.8
32 72.3 70.7 73.9
33 72.5 70.9 74
34 72.6 71.1 74.1
35 72.8 71.2 74.3
36 72.9 71.4 74.4
37 73.1 71.6 74.5
38 73.2 71.8 74.6
39 73.4 71.9 74.8
40 73.5 72.1 74.9
41 73.7 72.3 75
42 73.8 72.5 75.2
43 74 72.7 75.3
44 74.2 72.8 75.5
45 74.4 73 75.6
46 74.5 73.2 75.8
47 74.7 73.4 75.9
48 74.9 73.6 76.1
49 75.1 73.8 76.2
50 75.3 74 76.4
51 75.5 74.3 76.6
52 75.7 74.5 76.8
53 75.9 74.8 76.9
54 76.1 75 77.1
55 76.3 75.3 77.3
56 76.6 75.5 77.5
57 76.8 75.8 77.7
58 77 76.1 77.9
59 77.3 76.3 78.2
60 77.6 76.6 78.4
61 77.8 76.9 78.6
62 78.1 77.3 78.9
63 78.4 77.6 79.1
64 78.7 77.9 79.4
65 79.1 78.3 79.7
66 79.4 78.7 80
67 79.8 79.1 80.4
68 80.1 79.5 80.7
69 80.5 79.9 81.1
70 80.9 80.3 81.5
71 81.4 80.8 81.9
72 81.8 81.3 82.3
73 82.3 81.7 82.7
74 82.8 82.3 83.2
75 83.3 82.8 83.7
76 83.8 83.3 84.2
77 84.3 83.9 84.7
78 84.9 84.5 85.2
79 85.5 85.1 85.8
80 86.1 85.7 86.4
81 86.7 86.3 87
82 87.3 87 87.6
83 88 87.7 88.2
84 88.7 88.4 88.9
85 89.4 89.1 89.6
86 90.1 89.8 90.3
87 90.9 90.5 91.1
88 91.6 91.3 91.8
89 92.4 92 92.6
90 93.1 92.8 93.3
91 93.9 93.6 94.1
92 94.8 94.5 94.9
93 95.6 95.3 95.7
94 96.4 96.2 96.5
95 97.3 97.1 97.4
96 98.2 98 98.2
97 99 98.9 99.1
98 99.9 99.8 100
99 100.9 100.7 100.9
100 101.8 101.7 101.8

Probability of survival to age graph

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth: 73.1% of the newborn cohort in Ghana are expected to survive to at least 60 years old, 57% will live to 70 years or older, 30% to 80+ years, and 5.67% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

Average
Male
Female
Age Survival probability
Average Male Female
1 97.1% 96.7% 97.5%
2 96.9% 96.5% 97.3%
3 96.6% 96.2% 97.1%
4 96.4% 96% 96.8%
5 96.1% 95.7% 96.6%
6 95.8% 95.4% 96.4%
7 95.6% 95% 96.1%
8 95.3% 94.8% 95.9%
9 95.1% 94.5% 95.7%
10 94.9% 94.3% 95.6%
11 94.7% 94.1% 95.4%
12 94.6% 93.9% 95.3%
13 94.5% 93.7% 95.2%
14 94.3% 93.6% 95.1%
15 94.2% 93.4% 95%
16 94% 93.2% 94.8%
17 93.8% 93% 94.7%
18 93.6% 92.7% 94.5%
19 93.4% 92.4% 94.3%
20 93.1% 92.1% 94.1%
21 92.8% 91.8% 93.9%
22 92.6% 91.4% 93.7%
23 92.3% 91.1% 93.5%
24 92% 90.7% 93.3%
25 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
26 91.4% 90% 92.9%
27 91.1% 89.6% 92.6%
28 90.8% 89.2% 92.4%
29 90.5% 88.9% 92.1%
30 90.2% 88.5% 91.9%
31 89.8% 88.1% 91.6%
32 89.5% 87.7% 91.4%
33 89.2% 87.3% 91.1%
34 88.8% 86.9% 90.8%
35 88.5% 86.5% 90.5%
36 88.1% 86.1% 90.2%
37 87.8% 85.7% 90%
38 87.4% 85.3% 89.6%
39 87% 84.8% 89.3%
40 86.6% 84.4% 89%
41 86.2% 83.9% 88.6%
42 85.8% 83.4% 88.2%
43 85.3% 82.9% 87.8%
44 84.8% 82.4% 87.4%
45 84.4% 81.8% 87%
46 83.9% 81.2% 86.6%
47 83.3% 80.6% 86.1%
48 82.8% 80% 85.7%
49 82.2% 79.4% 85.2%
50 81.6% 78.7% 84.7%
51 81% 77.9% 84.1%
52 80.3% 77.1% 83.5%
53 79.5% 76.3% 82.9%
54 78.7% 75.4% 82.2%
55 77.9% 74.4% 81.5%
56 77% 73.4% 80.8%
57 76.1% 72.4% 80%
58 75.2% 71.4% 79.2%
59 74.2% 70.3% 78.3%
60 73.1% 69.1% 77.4%
61 72% 67.8% 76.4%
62 70.8% 66.4% 75.2%
63 69.4% 65% 74%
64 68% 63.4% 72.7%
65 66.4% 61.7% 71.3%
66 64.7% 59.9% 69.8%
67 63% 58.1% 68.1%
68 61.1% 56.1% 66.3%
69 59.1% 54% 64.4%
70 57% 51.9% 62.4%
71 54.8% 49.6% 60.2%
72 52.4% 47.2% 57.8%
73 49.9% 44.7% 55.4%
74 47.3% 42.1% 52.7%
75 44.6% 39.4% 50%
76 41.8% 36.7% 47.1%
77 38.9% 33.9% 44.1%
78 36% 31.1% 41%
79 33% 28.2% 37.9%
80 30% 25.4% 34.6%
81 26.9% 22.6% 31.4%
82 24% 19.9% 28.1%
83 21.1% 17.3% 24.9%
84 18.3% 14.8% 21.8%
85 15.7% 12.6% 18.8%
86 13.2% 10.4% 16.1%
87 11% 8.53% 13.5%
88 8.99% 6.83% 11.1%
89 7.21% 5.34% 9.07%
90 5.67% 4.07% 7.26%
91 4.36% 3.01% 5.7%
92 3.27% 2.17% 4.37%
93 2.39% 1.51% 3.28%
94 1.7% 1.02% 2.39%
95 1.18% 0.67% 1.69%
96 0.79% 0.43% 1.16%
97 0.52% 0.27% 0.77%
98 0.33% 0.16% 0.5%
99 0.2% 0.09% 0.31%
100 0.12% 0.05% 0.19%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. In Ghana, the risk of dying is lowest at age 12 and increases afterward. The annual chance of dying is 2.9% in the birth year, 0.36% at age 30, 1.57% at 60, and 10% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Ghana at any given age.

Average
Male
Female
Age Probability of dying
Average Male Female
0 2.9% 3.26% 2.53%
1 0.22% 0.25% 0.2%
2 0.24% 0.27% 0.22%
3 0.26% 0.29% 0.23%
4 0.28% 0.31% 0.24%
5 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
6 0.28% 0.32% 0.24%
7 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
8 0.23% 0.27% 0.19%
9 0.2% 0.24% 0.17%
10 0.18% 0.21% 0.14%
11 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
12 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
13 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
14 0.16% 0.19% 0.13%
15 0.17% 0.21% 0.14%
16 0.2% 0.24% 0.16%
17 0.22% 0.27% 0.18%
18 0.25% 0.31% 0.19%
19 0.27% 0.34% 0.2%
20 0.29% 0.37% 0.21%
21 0.3% 0.39% 0.22%
22 0.31% 0.4% 0.22%
23 0.32% 0.4% 0.23%
24 0.32% 0.41% 0.24%
25 0.33% 0.41% 0.24%
26 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
27 0.34% 0.41% 0.26%
28 0.34% 0.41% 0.27%
29 0.35% 0.42% 0.28%
30 0.36% 0.43% 0.29%
31 0.36% 0.44% 0.29%
32 0.37% 0.45% 0.3%
33 0.38% 0.45% 0.3%
34 0.38% 0.46% 0.31%
35 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
36 0.4% 0.48% 0.33%
37 0.42% 0.5% 0.34%
38 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
39 0.46% 0.54% 0.38%
40 0.49% 0.57% 0.41%
41 0.51% 0.59% 0.43%
42 0.54% 0.62% 0.45%
43 0.55% 0.64% 0.47%
44 0.57% 0.67% 0.48%
45 0.59% 0.69% 0.49%
46 0.61% 0.72% 0.51%
47 0.65% 0.76% 0.53%
48 0.69% 0.82% 0.56%
49 0.74% 0.88% 0.6%
50 0.8% 0.96% 0.65%
51 0.87% 1.04% 0.71%
52 0.94% 1.11% 0.77%
53 1% 1.18% 0.82%
54 1.05% 1.25% 0.86%
55 1.1% 1.31% 0.91%
56 1.16% 1.37% 0.96%
57 1.23% 1.45% 1.02%
58 1.32% 1.56% 1.1%
59 1.43% 1.69% 1.19%
60 1.57% 1.85% 1.31%
61 1.73% 2.03% 1.45%
62 1.9% 2.22% 1.61%
63 2.09% 2.43% 1.78%
64 2.29% 2.65% 1.96%
65 2.49% 2.87% 2.15%
66 2.72% 3.11% 2.37%
67 2.97% 3.38% 2.6%
68 3.25% 3.68% 2.87%
69 3.57% 4.02% 3.18%
70 3.93% 4.4% 3.52%
71 4.33% 4.83% 3.9%
72 4.76% 5.3% 4.31%
73 5.23% 5.81% 4.75%
74 5.73% 6.36% 5.24%
75 6.28% 6.96% 5.76%
76 6.89% 7.62% 6.34%
77 7.58% 8.34% 6.98%
78 8.32% 9.14% 7.7%
79 9.14% 10% 8.5%
80 10% 11% 9.39%
81 11% 12% 10.4%
82 12.1% 13.1% 11.4%
83 13.2% 14.2% 12.5%
84 14.3% 15.4% 13.6%
85 15.6% 16.8% 14.8%
86 16.9% 18.3% 16%
87 18.3% 20% 17.3%
88 19.8% 21.8% 18.6%
89 21.4% 23.8% 20%
90 23.1% 25.9% 21.5%
91 24.9% 28.1% 23.2%
92 26.8% 30.2% 25%
93 28.8% 32.2% 27%
94 30.8% 34.2% 29.2%
95 32.9% 36.1% 31.4%
96 34.9% 38% 33.5%
97 36.9% 40% 35.6%
98 38.8% 42% 37.6%
99 40.7% 44% 39.5%
100 42.7% 45.9% 41.7%

Death rate by age in Ghana

The chart below shows the number of deaths in Ghana by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

In Ghana, most deaths occur at age 79 for both sexes combined, at 0 for males, and 80 for females. The median age of death is indicated by vertical lines: 70.8 for men, 75 for women, and 73 combined — only half of the cohort is expected to live past that age.

Total
Male
Female
Age Death rate
Total Male Female
0 2,898 3,255 2,529
1 217.9 238.1 197
2 235.9 260 210.9
3 254.3 282.7 224.8
4 269.1 302 235.2
5 275.9 312 238.4
6 270.4 308 230.9
7 251.4 289.1 212.2
8 223.6 259.2 186.7
9 193.3 225.5 159.9
10 167.2 196.1 137.3
11 149 175.3 121.8
12 139.7 164.6 113.9
13 139.6 164.6 113.6
14 147.8 174.6 120
15 163.7 194 132.3
16 185.6 221.3 148.5
17 210.3 253.3 165.7
18 234.8 286.4 181.2
19 255.4 316 192.6
20 271 340 200
21 281.6 356 204.7
22 288.1 365 208.5
23 292.3 369 213.2
24 295.5 369 219.4
25 298.8 368 227.2
26 303 367 235.9
27 307 367 244.6
28 312 370 252.4
29 318 374 258.7
30 323 380 263.6
31 328 386 267.3
32 332 391 270.4
33 336 396 273.6
34 341 401 278
35 347 407 284.4
36 356 415 293.7
37 368 426 307
38 383 440 323
39 402 458 342
40 422 478 363
41 441 498 382
42 459 517 398
43 473 534 410
44 486 549 419
45 499 567 427
46 515 588 438
47 538 617 456
48 570 655 481
49 610 701 514
50 656 754 555
51 705 808 598
52 751 858 640
53 792 902 678
54 827 939 711
55 860 973 742
56 895 1,009 775
57 937 1,054 816
58 993 1,112 869
59 1,063 1,187 936
60 1,148 1,275 1,017
61 1,244 1,374 1,109
62 1,346 1,476 1,210
63 1,450 1,578 1,316
64 1,554 1,677 1,425
65 1,656 1,772 1,536
66 1,760 1,865 1,651
67 1,871 1,962 1,774
68 1,988 2,064 1,906
69 2,112 2,171 2,047
70 2,241 2,283 2,195
71 2,370 2,394 2,345
72 2,495 2,499 2,492
73 2,609 2,595 2,632
74 2,711 2,677 2,760
75 2,799 2,744 2,877
76 2,881 2,794 2,983
77 2,948 2,826 3,077
78 2,991 2,838 3,158
79 3,013 2,824 3,219
80 3,009 2,782 3,254
81 2,970 2,707 3,252
82 2,893 2,598 3,207
83 2,776 2,459 3,115
84 2,624 2,294 2,975
85 2,442 2,109 2,792
86 2,236 1,911 2,573
87 2,014 1,704 2,331
88 1,781 1,490 2,075
89 1,544 1,272 1,816
90 1,311 1,055 1,563
91 1,086 846 1,321
92 877 654 1,095
93 689 487 887
94 525 350 698
95 387 243.5 532
96 276.4 163.8 390
97 190.3 106.7 275.6
98 126.3 67.3 187.2
99 80.9 40.9 122.6
100 0 0 0

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about Ghana's demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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