Population Ageing in Ghana: Research Gaps and the Way Forward

Table 7

Demographic assumptions for Ghana’s population projections: 2000–2050.

Year	Total fertility	Male life	Female life	Net migration
	rate	Expectancy	Expectancy
2000	3.99	56.0	57.7	Constant
2010	3.37	57.6	58.5	Constant
2020	3.01	61.1	62.6	Constant
2030	2.70	64.4	66.6	Constant
2040	2.44	67.2	69.9	Constant
2050	2.10	69.8	72.9	Constant

Note. The mortality inputs correspond to the pattern of mortality implied by the North Family Model Life Tables (Coale and Demeny, 1983).
The total fertility rate and life expectancy are measured in number of children per woman and years, respectively, while net migration is constant at zero.