Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau is projected at 66.9 years in 2042: 69.5 for women and 64.3 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 21,370 people are projected to die; 38.2% of them would be 65 or older and 16.9% 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, 2042

Life expectancy at birth

66.9

Women

69.5

Men

64.3

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

36.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

51.4

Deaths

21,370

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.0

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

240

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

162

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2042's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2042

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	31.32	43.29	69.5	64.3
1-4	3.47	4.45	70.7	66.1
5-9	1.00	1.36	67.7	63.3
10-14	0.71	0.97	63.0	58.7
15-19	1.00	1.56	58.2	54.0
20-24	1.34	2.31	53.5	49.4
25-29	1.66	2.67	48.8	44.9
30-34	2.07	3.23	44.2	40.5
35-39	2.71	4.19	39.6	36.1
40-44	3.67	5.63	35.1	31.8
45-49	4.97	7.80	30.7	27.7
50-54	7.28	11.32	26.5	23.6
55-59	10.54	16.05	22.3	19.9
60-64	16.72	24.29	18.4	16.3
65-69	26.85	36.81	14.8	13.1
70-74	44.54	57.29	11.5	10.2
75-79	72.17	88.93	8.8	7.8
80-84	114.93	136.61	6.5	5.8
85-89	177.22	204.39	4.8	4.3
90-94	258.90	290.96	3.6	3.2
95-99	363.00	397.06	2.7	2.4
100+	482.88	526.37	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau by year

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau, 2042

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