Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau was 51.6 years in 2002: 53.7 for women and 49.5 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 19,028 people died; 19.5% of them were 65 or older and 44.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2002

Life expectancy at birth

51.6

Women

53.7

Men

49.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

98.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

161.7

Deaths

19,028

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.8

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

402

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

320

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2002's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2002

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	96.37	114.99	53.7	49.5
1-4	17.41	19.26	58.0	54.3
5-9	4.32	4.80	58.1	54.5
10-14	2.83	3.03	54.3	50.8
15-19	3.47	3.93	50.0	46.5
20-24	4.65	5.80	45.8	42.4
25-29	5.69	6.82	41.9	38.6
30-34	6.58	8.03	38.0	34.8
35-39	7.63	9.78	34.2	31.1
40-44	8.75	11.75	30.4	27.6
45-49	10.09	14.35	26.7	24.1
50-54	13.01	18.45	22.9	20.7
55-59	17.21	23.69	19.3	17.4
60-64	25.66	33.60	15.8	14.3
65-69	39.29	48.62	12.6	11.5
70-74	62.57	73.56	9.8	8.9
75-79	96.51	110.70	7.5	6.8
80-84	144.95	163.99	5.6	5.1
85-89	213.08	236.00	4.2	3.9
90-94	298.73	322.02	3.2	3.0
95-99	404.13	426.40	2.4	2.3
100+	525.43	540.95	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau by year

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau, 2002

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