Guinea-Bissau Mortality 2026: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau is projected at 64.6 years in 2026: 66.9 for women and 62.1 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 15,957 people are projected to die; 28.6% of them would be 65 or older and 27.1% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2026

Life expectancy at birth

64.6

Women

66.9

Men

62.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

46.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

66.1

Deaths

15,957

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.9

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

267

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

188

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2026's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2026

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.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	42.87	53.72	66.9	62.1
1-4	4.84	5.51	68.8	64.5
5-9	1.36	1.61	66.1	61.9
10-14	0.97	1.18	61.5	57.4
15-19	1.34	1.87	56.8	52.7
20-24	1.77	2.75	52.2	48.2
25-29	2.16	3.18	47.6	43.8
30-34	2.66	3.84	43.1	39.5
35-39	3.41	4.94	38.7	35.2
40-44	4.44	6.53	34.3	31.0
45-49	5.85	8.87	30.0	26.9
50-54	8.28	12.55	25.8	23.0
55-59	11.75	17.55	21.8	19.4
60-64	18.25	26.12	18.0	15.9
65-69	28.78	39.06	14.4	12.8
70-74	47.17	60.22	11.3	10.0
75-79	75.55	92.55	8.6	7.6
80-84	118.79	140.80	6.4	5.7
85-89	181.59	208.40	4.7	4.3
90-94	262.86	293.52	3.5	3.2
95-99	366.08	397.54	2.6	2.4
100+	483.91	524.60	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau by year

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau, 2026

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