Which has higher deaths by age group, Egypt or Ghana?

Egypt, at 42,457 deaths against 36,223 deaths in Ghana as of 2023.

What is the difference in deaths by age group between Egypt and Ghana?

6,234 deaths, with Egypt ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Ghana?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Deaths by age group. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Egypt vs Ghana: Deaths by age group

Egypt

42,457 deaths

in 2023

Ghana

36,223 deaths

in 2023

Egypt rank

28th

Ghana rank

30th

Deaths by age group over time

Egypt
Ghana

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 42,457 deaths against 36,223 deaths in Ghana, a difference of 6,234 deaths.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.2 times Ghana's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 28th and Ghana ranks 30th of 236 countries.

Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Ghana	Difference	Ahead
1950s	456,103 deaths	64,616 deaths	391,486 deaths	Egypt
1960s	368,164 deaths	78,014 deaths	290,150 deaths	Egypt
1970s	332,459 deaths	85,036 deaths	247,423 deaths	Egypt
1980s	233,222 deaths	86,147 deaths	147,075 deaths	Egypt
1990s	129,002 deaths	73,357 deaths	55,645 deaths	Egypt
2000s	79,587 deaths	63,158 deaths	16,429 deaths	Egypt
2010s	62,637 deaths	49,363 deaths	13,274 deaths	Egypt
2020s	44,304 deaths	37,937 deaths	6,367 deaths	Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher deaths by age group, Egypt or Ghana?: Egypt, at 42,457 deaths against 36,223 deaths in Ghana as of 2023.
What is the difference in deaths by age group between Egypt and Ghana?: 6,234 deaths, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Ghana?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Egypt and Ghana rank globally for deaths by age group?: Egypt ranks 28th and Ghana ranks 30th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Deaths by age group. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Deaths by age group
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year. This only includes people aged 0-4.