Guinea-Bissau Mortality 2019: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau was 62.2 years in 2019: 64.3 for women and 59.9 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 15,471 people died; 24.6% of them were 65 or older and 32.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2019

Life expectancy at birth

62.2

Women

64.3

Men

59.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

55.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

79.7

Deaths

15,471

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.9

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

296

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

219

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2019's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2019

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	51.82	63.45	64.3	59.9
1-4	6.22	6.94	66.7	62.7
5-9	1.71	1.97	64.3	60.4
10-14	1.22	1.42	59.8	56.0
15-19	1.69	2.19	55.2	51.4
20-24	2.26	3.23	50.6	46.9
25-29	2.79	3.78	46.2	42.7
30-34	3.41	4.55	41.8	38.4
35-39	4.29	5.81	37.5	34.2
40-44	5.41	7.54	33.2	30.2
45-49	6.90	10.02	29.1	26.2
50-54	9.50	13.86	25.0	22.5
55-59	13.19	19.01	21.1	18.9
60-64	20.12	27.92	17.4	15.5
65-69	31.35	41.35	13.9	12.4
70-74	50.87	63.31	10.8	9.7
75-79	80.73	96.60	8.3	7.4
80-84	125.72	145.84	6.2	5.6
85-89	190.81	214.12	4.6	4.2
90-94	274.82	299.15	3.4	3.2
95-99	380.72	402.77	2.5	2.4
100+	505.89	519.51	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau by year

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau, 2019

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