Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau was 52.9 years in 2005: 54.9 for women and 50.9 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 18,705 people died; 19.2% of them were 65 or older and 42.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

52.9

Women

54.9

Men

50.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

90.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

146.3

Deaths

18,705

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.5

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

393

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

317

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	88.03	105.68	54.9	50.9
1-4	15.01	16.69	58.9	55.4
5-9	3.91	4.32	58.4	55.1
10-14	2.64	2.79	54.5	51.3
15-19	3.31	3.71	50.2	47.0
20-24	4.45	5.44	46.0	42.8
25-29	5.48	6.43	42.0	38.9
30-34	6.40	7.62	38.1	35.1
35-39	7.50	9.34	34.2	31.3
40-44	8.69	11.35	30.4	27.7
45-49	10.14	14.03	26.7	24.2
50-54	13.07	18.18	22.9	20.8
55-59	17.26	23.55	19.3	17.5
60-64	25.58	33.49	15.8	14.4
65-69	39.06	48.43	12.6	11.5
70-74	62.10	72.87	9.8	9.0
75-79	95.79	109.12	7.5	6.9
80-84	144.59	161.81	5.6	5.2
85-89	213.57	233.19	4.2	3.9
90-94	300.65	318.86	3.1	3.0
95-99	407.84	422.79	2.4	2.3
100+	531.15	537.40	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau by year

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau, 2005

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