Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau was 36.7 years in 1968: 41.2 for women and 32.8 for men, a gap of 8.4 years. 15,131 people died; 13.7% of them were 65 or older and 45.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

36.7

Women

41.2

Men

32.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

150.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

301.7

Deaths

15,131

Deaths per 1,000 people

26.2

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

612

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

389

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

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	154.81	181.77	41.2	32.8
1-4	47.86	52.62	46.8	38.0
5-9	10.67	11.32	52.1	42.3
10-14	6.06	6.22	49.9	39.7
15-19	6.14	10.50	46.3	35.8
20-24	7.60	19.94	42.7	32.6
25-29	8.56	20.78	39.2	30.8
30-34	9.15	19.98	35.8	28.9
35-39	10.00	19.85	32.4	26.6
40-44	11.09	20.32	28.9	24.2
45-49	11.91	21.96	25.4	21.5
50-54	14.86	25.19	21.8	18.7
55-59	19.28	30.63	18.3	15.9
60-64	28.90	40.62	14.9	13.1
65-69	44.34	57.30	11.9	10.5
70-74	70.61	85.32	9.2	8.1
75-79	106.97	126.53	7.0	6.2
80-84	156.00	187.80	5.4	4.6
85-89	222.52	271.91	4.1	3.4
90-94	302.03	379.52	3.1	2.5
95-99	399.10	613.01	2.4	1.6
100+	507.43	692.38	2.0	1.4

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau by year

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau, 1968

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