Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau was 35.6 years in 1963: 39.7 for women and 32.2 for men, a gap of 7.6 years. 17,007 people died; 12.6% of them were 65 or older and 48.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

35.6

Women

39.7

Men

32.2

Life expectancy at 65

11.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

155.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

318.2

Deaths

17,007

Deaths per 1,000 people

28.6

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

599

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

399

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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.

WomenMen

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	160.24	188.33	39.7	32.2
1-4	52.31	57.83	45.4	37.5
5-9	11.57	12.30	51.3	42.6
10-14	6.49	6.61	49.3	40.2
15-19	6.47	10.28	45.8	36.5
20-24	7.96	18.88	42.2	33.2
25-29	8.94	19.67	38.8	31.3
30-34	9.52	19.02	35.5	29.3
35-39	10.33	19.06	32.1	26.9
40-44	11.36	19.64	28.7	24.4
45-49	12.16	21.32	25.2	21.6
50-54	15.19	24.66	21.6	18.8
55-59	19.72	30.07	18.1	15.9
60-64	29.67	40.21	14.7	13.1
65-69	45.52	57.03	11.7	10.5
70-74	72.41	85.39	9.1	8.1
75-79	109.39	127.50	6.9	6.2
80-84	158.90	188.76	5.3	4.6
85-89	225.72	271.91	4.0	3.4
90-94	305.04	366.90	3.1	2.6
95-99	401.15	488.44	2.4	2.0
100+	509.27	599.45	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau by year

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau, 1963

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