Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau was 51.1 years in 2001: 53.2 for women and 48.9 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 19,252 people died; 19.6% of them were 65 or older and 44.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

51.1

Women

53.2

Men

48.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

101.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

167.3

Deaths

19,252

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.3

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

407

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

322

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	99.18	118.07	53.2	48.9
1-4	18.38	20.27	57.6	53.8
5-9	4.53	5.02	57.9	54.2
10-14	2.94	3.14	54.1	50.5
15-19	3.57	4.05	49.9	46.3
20-24	4.75	5.99	45.7	42.2
25-29	5.80	7.03	41.8	38.4
30-34	6.67	8.23	37.9	34.6
35-39	7.70	9.98	34.1	31.0
40-44	8.80	11.95	30.4	27.4
45-49	10.12	14.54	26.6	24.0
50-54	13.03	18.64	22.9	20.6
55-59	17.23	23.89	19.3	17.4
60-64	25.74	33.85	15.8	14.2
65-69	39.43	48.97	12.6	11.4
70-74	62.81	74.08	9.8	8.9
75-79	96.80	111.48	7.4	6.8
80-84	145.16	165.06	5.6	5.1
85-89	213.05	237.40	4.2	3.8
90-94	298.18	323.65	3.2	2.9
95-99	402.89	428.28	2.4	2.3
100+	523.34	542.86	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau by year

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau, 2001

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