Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau was 47.8 years in 1994: 49.9 for women and 45.7 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 20,700 people died; 21.6% of them were 65 or older and 46.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

47.8

Women

49.9

Men

45.7

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

117.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

204.9

Deaths

20,700

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.0

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

420

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

332

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

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

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	117.14	137.40	49.9	45.7
1-4	25.52	27.61	54.9	51.2
5-9	6.18	6.60	56.6	52.9
10-14	3.84	3.92	53.3	49.6
15-19	4.29	4.71	49.3	45.6
20-24	5.47	6.76	45.3	41.6
25-29	6.42	7.72	41.5	37.9
30-34	7.15	8.84	37.8	34.3
35-39	8.02	10.49	34.0	30.7
40-44	8.99	12.35	30.3	27.3
45-49	10.12	14.82	26.6	23.8
50-54	12.96	18.88	22.9	20.5
55-59	17.11	24.10	19.2	17.3
60-64	25.79	34.21	15.7	14.1
65-69	39.70	49.63	12.5	11.3
70-74	63.48	75.21	9.7	8.8
75-79	97.45	113.33	7.4	6.7
80-84	145.19	168.12	5.6	5.0
85-89	211.63	242.32	4.2	3.8
90-94	293.84	330.13	3.2	2.9
95-99	394.72	436.77	2.5	2.2
100+	510.49	552.40	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau by year

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau, 1994

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