Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau was 37.5 years in 1971: 42.1 for women and 33.5 for men, a gap of 8.6 years. 14,990 people died; 14.2% of them were 65 or older and 44.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

37.5

Women

42.1

Men

33.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

147.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

291.5

Deaths

14,990

Deaths per 1,000 people

25.6

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

607

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

382

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	151.35	177.63	42.1	33.5
1-4	45.19	49.59	47.7	38.7
5-9	10.13	10.74	52.7	42.7
10-14	5.79	5.96	50.3	39.9
15-19	5.93	10.29	46.7	36.1
20-24	7.36	19.67	43.0	32.8
25-29	8.30	20.52	39.5	31.0
30-34	8.90	19.73	36.1	29.0
35-39	9.75	19.61	32.6	26.8
40-44	10.84	20.07	29.1	24.3
45-49	11.67	21.70	25.6	21.6
50-54	14.57	24.89	22.0	18.8
55-59	18.91	30.27	18.5	16.0
60-64	28.33	40.12	15.1	13.2
65-69	43.49	56.58	12.0	10.5
70-74	69.32	84.19	9.3	8.2
75-79	105.24	124.64	7.1	6.2
80-84	153.91	186.03	5.4	4.6
85-89	220.18	270.21	4.1	3.4
90-94	299.80	375.95	3.2	2.6
95-99	397.25	541.06	2.5	1.8
100+	506.10	632.91	2.0	1.6

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau by year

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau, 1971

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