Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau was 54.1 years in 2006: 56.1 for women and 52.0 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 18,085 people died; 19.4% of them were 65 or older and 42.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2006

Life expectancy at birth

54.1

Women

56.1

Men

52.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

87.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

138.0

Deaths

18,085

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.8

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

381

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

305

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2006's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2006

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	84.11	101.26	56.1	52.0
1-4	13.63	15.25	60.0	56.4
5-9	3.48	3.91	59.2	55.8
10-14	2.35	2.55	55.2	51.9
15-19	3.02	3.48	50.8	47.5
20-24	4.10	5.20	46.6	43.3
25-29	5.08	6.12	42.5	39.3
30-34	5.98	7.23	38.5	35.5
35-39	7.07	8.88	34.6	31.7
40-44	8.26	10.84	30.7	28.0
45-49	9.72	13.48	26.9	24.5
50-54	12.62	17.58	23.1	21.0
55-59	16.77	22.87	19.5	17.7
60-64	24.96	32.62	16.0	14.5
65-69	38.20	47.36	12.8	11.6
70-74	60.87	71.70	9.9	9.1
75-79	94.32	107.98	7.5	6.9
80-84	142.71	160.38	5.7	5.2
85-89	211.28	231.40	4.2	3.9
90-94	298.24	316.89	3.2	3.0
95-99	405.63	420.65	2.4	2.3
100+	529.61	535.25	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau by year

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau, 2006

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