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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 63.5 years for males, 68.4 years for females, and 65.9 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

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 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy: 41.9 Years

Mean expected age of death: 71.9 Years

Median expected age of death: 74.8 Years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Average Male Female
40 96.0% 95.3% 96.8%
50 90.4% 88.8% 92.0%
60 81.0% 77.9% 84.0%
65 73.5% 69.5% 77.4%
70 63.0% 58.4% 67.7%
75 49.3% 44.4% 54.1%
80 33.1% 28.6% 37.5%
85 17.3% 14.1% 20.3%
90 6.2% 4.6% 7.8%
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 years at age 65, 80.9 at 70, 83.3 at 75, and 86.1 years at 80 — significantly higher than the 65.9 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 65.9 63.5 68.4
1 67.9 65.7 70.2
2 68 65.8 70.3
3 68.2 66 70.5
4 68.4 66.2 70.6
5 68.6 66.4 70.8
6 68.7 66.6 71
7 68.9 66.8 71.1
8 69.1 67 71.3
9 69.2 67.1 71.4
10 69.4 67.3 71.5
11 69.5 67.4 71.6
12 69.6 67.5 71.7
13 69.6 67.6 71.7
14 69.7 67.7 71.8
15 69.8 67.8 71.9
16 69.9 67.9 72
17 70 68 72.1
18 70.1 68.2 72.2
19 70.3 68.3 72.3
20 70.4 68.5 72.4
21 70.6 68.7 72.5
22 70.7 68.9 72.6
23 70.9 69.1 72.7
24 71 69.2 72.8
25 71.2 69.4 72.9
26 71.3 69.6 73.1
27 71.5 69.8 73.2
28 71.6 70 73.3
29 71.8 70.1 73.4
30 71.9 70.3 73.6
31 72.1 70.5 73.7
32 72.2 70.7 73.8
33 72.4 70.8 73.9
34 72.5 71 74.1
35 72.7 71.2 74.2
36 72.8 71.4 74.3
37 73 71.5 74.4
38 73.1 71.7 74.6
39 73.3 71.9 74.7
40 73.5 72 74.8
41 73.6 72.2 75
42 73.8 72.4 75.1
43 74 72.6 75.3
44 74.1 72.8 75.4
45 74.3 73 75.6
46 74.5 73.2 75.7
47 74.7 73.4 75.9
48 74.8 73.6 76
49 75 73.8 76.2
50 75.2 74 76.4
51 75.4 74.2 76.5
52 75.6 74.5 76.7
53 75.8 74.7 76.9
54 76.1 75 77.1
55 76.3 75.2 77.3
56 76.5 75.5 77.5
57 76.8 75.8 77.7
58 77 76 77.9
59 77.3 76.3 78.1
60 77.5 76.6 78.4
61 77.8 76.9 78.6
62 78.1 77.2 78.8
63 78.4 77.6 79.1
64 78.7 77.9 79.4
65 79 78.3 79.7
66 79.4 78.7 80
67 79.8 79.1 80.3
68 80.1 79.5 80.7
69 80.5 79.9 81.1
70 80.9 80.3 81.4
71 81.4 80.8 81.8
72 81.8 81.2 82.3
73 82.3 81.7 82.7
74 82.8 82.2 83.2
75 83.3 82.8 83.6
76 83.8 83.3 84.1
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 86.3
81 86.7 86.3 86.9
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 90.8 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 94.7 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: 72.8% of the newborn cohort in Ghana are expected to survive to at least 60 years old, 56.7% will live to 70 years or older, 29.7% to 80+ years, and 5.6% 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% 96.7% 97.4%
2 96.8% 96.5% 97.2%
3 96.6% 96.2% 97%
4 96.3% 95.9% 96.8%
5 96.1% 95.6% 96.5%
6 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
7 95.5% 95% 96%
8 95.2% 94.7% 95.8%
9 95% 94.4% 95.6%
10 94.8% 94.2% 95.5%
11 94.6% 94% 95.3%
12 94.5% 93.8% 95.2%
13 94.3% 93.6% 95.1%
14 94.2% 93.5% 95%
15 94.1% 93.3% 94.8%
16 93.9% 93.1% 94.7%
17 93.7% 92.9% 94.6%
18 93.5% 92.6% 94.4%
19 93.2% 92.3% 94.2%
20 93% 92% 94%
21 92.7% 91.6% 93.8%
22 92.4% 91.3% 93.6%
23 92.1% 90.9% 93.4%
24 91.8% 90.5% 93.2%
25 91.5% 90.2% 92.9%
26 91.2% 89.8% 92.7%
27 90.9% 89.4% 92.5%
28 90.6% 89% 92.2%
29 90.3% 88.7% 92%
30 90% 88.3% 91.7%
31 89.6% 87.9% 91.4%
32 89.3% 87.5% 91.1%
33 89% 87.1% 90.9%
34 88.6% 86.7% 90.6%
35 88.3% 86.3% 90.3%
36 87.9% 85.9% 90%
37 87.6% 85.5% 89.7%
38 87.2% 85% 89.4%
39 86.8% 84.6% 89.1%
40 86.4% 84.1% 88.7%
41 86% 83.7% 88.4%
42 85.5% 83.2% 88%
43 85.1% 82.6% 87.6%
44 84.6% 82.1% 87.2%
45 84.1% 81.5% 86.7%
46 83.6% 81% 86.3%
47 83.1% 80.4% 85.9%
48 82.5% 79.8% 85.4%
49 81.9% 79.1% 84.9%
50 81.3% 78.4% 84.4%
51 80.7% 77.6% 83.8%
52 80% 76.8% 83.2%
53 79.2% 76% 82.6%
54 78.4% 75.1% 81.9%
55 77.6% 74.1% 81.2%
56 76.7% 73.1% 80.4%
57 75.8% 72.1% 79.7%
58 74.9% 71.1% 78.8%
59 73.9% 70% 78%
60 72.8% 68.8% 77%
61 71.7% 67.5% 76%
62 70.4% 66.1% 74.9%
63 69.1% 64.7% 73.7%
64 67.6% 63.1% 72.4%
65 66.1% 61.4% 70.9%
66 64.4% 59.6% 69.4%
67 62.7% 57.8% 67.8%
68 60.8% 55.8% 66%
69 58.8% 53.8% 64.1%
70 56.7% 51.6% 62%
71 54.5% 49.3% 59.8%
72 52.1% 46.9% 57.5%
73 49.6% 44.4% 55%
74 47% 41.8% 52.4%
75 44.3% 39.2% 49.6%
76 41.5% 36.4% 46.8%
77 38.6% 33.7% 43.8%
78 35.7% 30.9% 40.7%
79 32.7% 28% 37.6%
80 29.7% 25.2% 34.4%
81 26.7% 22.5% 31.1%
82 23.8% 19.8% 27.9%
83 20.9% 17.2% 24.7%
84 18.2% 14.7% 21.6%
85 15.5% 12.5% 18.7%
86 13.1% 10.4% 15.9%
87 10.9% 8.46% 13.3%
88 8.9% 6.77% 11%
89 7.13% 5.29% 8.96%
90 5.6% 4.03% 7.16%
91 4.3% 2.98% 5.62%
92 3.23% 2.14% 4.31%
93 2.36% 1.5% 3.23%
94 1.68% 1.01% 2.35%
95 1.16% 0.67% 1.67%
96 0.78% 0.43% 1.14%
97 0.51% 0.26% 0.76%
98 0.32% 0.16% 0.49%
99 0.19% 0.09% 0.3%
100 0.12% 0.05% 0.18%

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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 2.95% in the birth year, 0.37% at age 30, 1.58% at 60, and 10.1% 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 2.95% 3.3% 2.59%
1 0.23% 0.25% 0.2%
2 0.25% 0.27% 0.22%
3 0.27% 0.3% 0.24%
4 0.29% 0.32% 0.25%
5 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
6 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
7 0.27% 0.31% 0.23%
8 0.24% 0.28% 0.2%
9 0.21% 0.24% 0.17%
10 0.18% 0.21% 0.15%
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 0.18% 0.21% 0.14%
16 0.2% 0.24% 0.16%
17 0.23% 0.28% 0.18%
18 0.26% 0.31% 0.2%
19 0.28% 0.35% 0.21%
20 0.3% 0.38% 0.22%
21 0.31% 0.39% 0.22%
22 0.32% 0.41% 0.23%
23 0.32% 0.41% 0.23%
24 0.33% 0.41% 0.24%
25 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
26 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
27 0.34% 0.42% 0.27%
28 0.35% 0.42% 0.28%
29 0.36% 0.43% 0.29%
30 0.37% 0.44% 0.29%
31 0.37% 0.44% 0.3%
32 0.38% 0.45% 0.3%
33 0.38% 0.46% 0.31%
34 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
35 0.4% 0.48% 0.32%
36 0.41% 0.49% 0.33%
37 0.43% 0.5% 0.35%
38 0.45% 0.52% 0.37%
39 0.47% 0.55% 0.39%
40 0.49% 0.57% 0.41%
41 0.52% 0.6% 0.44%
42 0.54% 0.63% 0.46%
43 0.56% 0.65% 0.47%
44 0.58% 0.67% 0.49%
45 0.6% 0.7% 0.5%
46 0.62% 0.73% 0.51%
47 0.65% 0.77% 0.54%
48 0.7% 0.83% 0.57%
49 0.75% 0.89% 0.61%
50 0.81% 0.97% 0.66%
51 0.88% 1.04% 0.72%
52 0.94% 1.12% 0.77%
53 1% 1.19% 0.83%
54 1.06% 1.25% 0.87%
55 1.11% 1.31% 0.92%
56 1.17% 1.38% 0.97%
57 1.24% 1.46% 1.03%
58 1.33% 1.57% 1.11%
59 1.44% 1.7% 1.2%
60 1.58% 1.85% 1.32%
61 1.74% 2.03% 1.46%
62 1.91% 2.23% 1.62%
63 2.1% 2.44% 1.79%
64 2.3% 2.66% 1.97%
65 2.51% 2.88% 2.17%
66 2.73% 3.12% 2.38%
67 2.98% 3.39% 2.62%
68 3.27% 3.69% 2.89%
69 3.59% 4.03% 3.19%
70 3.94% 4.41% 3.54%
71 4.34% 4.84% 3.91%
72 4.77% 5.31% 4.33%
73 5.24% 5.82% 4.78%
74 5.74% 6.37% 5.26%
75 6.31% 6.98% 5.78%
76 6.92% 7.63% 6.36%
77 7.59% 8.36% 7%
78 8.34% 9.15% 7.73%
79 9.16% 10% 8.53%
80 10.1% 11% 9.42%
81 11% 12% 10.4%
82 12.1% 13.1% 11.4%
83 13.2% 14.2% 12.5%
84 14.4% 15.5% 13.7%
85 15.6% 16.8% 14.9%
86 16.9% 18.3% 16.1%
87 18.3% 20% 17.3%
88 19.9% 21.8% 18.7%
89 21.5% 23.9% 20.1%
90 23.2% 26% 21.6%
91 25% 28.1% 23.2%
92 26.9% 30.2% 25.1%
93 28.9% 32.3% 27.1%
94 30.9% 34.2% 29.2%
95 32.9% 36.1% 31.4%
96 35% 38.1% 33.6%
97 37% 40% 35.7%
98 38.9% 42% 37.7%
99 40.7% 44% 39.6%
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: 70.7 for men, 74.9 for women, and 72.8 combined — only half of the cohort is expected to live past that age.

Total
Male
Female
Age Death rate
Total Male Female
0 2,951 3,302 2,586
1 219.5 238.9 199.4
2 239.1 262.5 214.9
3 258.8 286.5 230
4 274.7 307 241.4
5 282.1 318 245
6 276.7 314 237.6
7 257.4 295 218.4
8 229 264.5 192.2
9 197.9 230.2 164.5
10 171.1 200.1 141.2
11 152.5 178.9 125.2
12 142.9 167.9 116.9
13 142.7 167.8 116.6
14 151 177.9 123.2
15 167.3 197.7 135.8
16 189.6 225.4 152.5
17 214.8 258 170.1
18 239.8 291.7 186
19 260.8 322 197.7
20 276.7 346 205.2
21 287.3 362 209.9
22 293.9 371 213.7
23 298.1 375 218.4
24 301 375 224.7
25 305 374 232.6
26 308 373 241.5
27 313 373 250.2
28 318 375 258.1
29 323 380 264.4
30 328 385 269.2
31 333 391 272.9
32 338 396 275.9
33 342 401 279
34 346 406 283.3
35 352 412 289.6
36 361 419 299
37 373 430 312
38 388 445 328
39 407 463 348
40 427 483 368
41 446 503 387
42 464 521 403
43 478 538 415
44 490 553 424
45 503 570 432
46 519 592 443
47 542 621 460
48 574 658 485
49 614 704 519
50 660 757 559
51 709 811 602
52 755 861 644
53 795 904 682
54 830 941 715
55 863 975 746
56 897 1,010 779
57 939 1,055 820
58 995 1,114 872
59 1,065 1,187 939
60 1,150 1,276 1,020
61 1,245 1,374 1,112
62 1,347 1,476 1,213
63 1,451 1,577 1,319
64 1,553 1,675 1,427
65 1,656 1,769 1,538
66 1,761 1,863 1,652
67 1,870 1,958 1,774
68 1,986 2,059 1,906
69 2,109 2,166 2,046
70 2,237 2,277 2,193
71 2,364 2,387 2,342
72 2,486 2,491 2,489
73 2,599 2,586 2,627
74 2,700 2,667 2,754
75 2,794 2,733 2,870
76 2,875 2,782 2,974
77 2,934 2,814 3,067
78 2,976 2,824 3,145
79 2,998 2,810 3,205
80 2,994 2,767 3,238
81 2,953 2,692 3,235
82 2,875 2,583 3,189
83 2,759 2,444 3,095
84 2,607 2,278 2,954
85 2,426 2,095 2,771
86 2,221 1,898 2,553
87 1,999 1,691 2,311
88 1,767 1,479 2,055
89 1,532 1,262 1,798
90 1,299 1,046 1,546
91 1,076 839 1,306
92 868 648 1,082
93 681 483 875
94 518 347 688
95 382 240.9 524
96 271.9 162 384
97 187 105.5 271
98 123.9 66.4 183.9
99 79.3 40.4 120.2
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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