Guinea-Bissau Mortality 2021: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau was 61.7 years in 2021: 63.9 for women and 59.3 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 16,518 people died; 26.4% of them were 65 or older and 28.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2021

Life expectancy at birth

61.7

Women

63.9

Men

59.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

52.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

74.4

Deaths

16,518

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.0

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

322

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

239

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2021's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2021

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	48.58	59.71	63.9	59.3
1-4	5.65	6.34	66.0	61.9
5-9	1.57	1.82	63.5	59.4
10-14	1.12	1.32	59.0	55.0
15-19	1.55	2.05	54.3	50.3
20-24	2.06	3.02	49.7	45.8
25-29	2.52	3.57	45.2	41.5
30-34	3.26	4.51	40.7	37.2
35-39	4.41	6.16	36.3	32.9
40-44	6.00	8.53	32.1	28.9
45-49	8.05	11.75	28.0	25.0
50-54	11.27	16.19	24.0	21.4
55-59	15.46	21.75	20.3	18.0
60-64	22.89	31.33	16.7	14.8
65-69	34.42	46.00	13.4	11.8
70-74	53.89	69.50	10.4	9.2
75-79	84.18	103.19	7.9	7.1
80-84	133.19	153.95	5.8	5.3
85-89	219.91	240.91	4.0	3.8
90-94	322.15	341.86	2.9	2.8
95-99	451.97	461.40	2.2	2.1
100+	595.20	588.20	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau by year

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau, 2021

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