Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau was 41.6 years in 1974: 43.4 for women and 39.9 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 13,457 people died; 15.8% of them were 65 or older and 48.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

41.6

Women

43.4

Men

39.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

144.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

281.1

Deaths

13,457

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.9

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

429

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

361

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	147.70	173.25	43.4	39.9
1-4	42.53	46.59	49.1	46.1
5-9	9.59	10.16	53.7	51.0
10-14	5.51	5.46	51.3	48.5
15-19	5.58	5.82	47.6	44.8
20-24	6.84	8.04	43.9	41.0
25-29	7.75	8.70	40.3	37.6
30-34	8.30	9.48	36.8	34.2
35-39	8.98	10.83	33.3	30.7
40-44	9.77	12.42	29.7	27.3
45-49	10.66	14.60	26.1	23.9
50-54	13.58	18.51	22.3	20.5
55-59	17.95	23.53	18.7	17.2
60-64	27.45	33.66	15.2	14.1
65-69	42.42	49.48	12.1	11.2
70-74	67.90	76.32	9.4	8.7
75-79	103.40	116.80	7.2	6.5
80-84	151.67	174.15	5.5	4.9
85-89	217.60	252.18	4.1	3.7
90-94	297.07	343.37	3.2	2.8
95-99	393.83	454.29	2.5	2.2
100+	503.68	572.31	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau by year

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau, 1974

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