Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau was 48.1 years in 1998: 51.7 for women and 44.7 for men, a gap of 7.0 years. 20,925 people died; 19.6% of them were 65 or older and 43.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

48.1

Women

51.7

Men

44.7

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

108.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

183.2

Deaths

20,925

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.6

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

488

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

330

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	107.07	126.56	51.7	44.7
1-4	21.25	23.24	56.4	49.5
5-9	5.15	5.64	57.2	50.1
10-14	3.28	3.54	53.6	46.5
15-19	3.89	5.91	49.5	42.3
20-24	5.12	10.56	45.4	38.5
25-29	6.14	11.66	41.5	35.4
30-34	6.97	12.27	37.7	32.4
35-39	7.99	13.46	34.0	29.3
40-44	9.14	14.99	30.3	26.2
45-49	10.35	17.34	26.6	23.0
50-54	13.21	21.16	22.8	19.9
55-59	17.35	26.52	19.2	16.8
60-64	25.83	36.42	15.7	13.8
65-69	39.57	51.90	12.5	11.1
70-74	63.07	77.60	9.7	8.7
75-79	97.07	115.73	7.4	6.6
80-84	145.11	170.52	5.6	5.0
85-89	212.31	244.35	4.2	3.8
90-94	296.09	331.64	3.2	2.9
95-99	399.03	437.23	2.4	2.2
100+	517.36	552.12	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau by year

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau, 1998

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