Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau is projected at 68.6 years in 2055: 71.4 for women and 65.9 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 27,968 people are projected to die; 48.5% of them would be 65 or older and 10.6% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2055

Life expectancy at birth

68.6

Women

71.4

Men

65.9

Life expectancy at 65

14.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

29.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

41.7

Deaths

27,968

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.7

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

222

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

144

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2055's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2055

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	24.01	36.43	71.4	65.9
1-4	2.59	3.72	72.1	67.3
5-9	0.77	1.20	68.8	64.3
10-14	0.57	0.85	64.1	59.6
15-19	0.82	1.41	59.2	54.9
20-24	1.12	2.09	54.5	50.3
25-29	1.39	2.40	49.8	45.8
30-34	1.73	2.90	45.1	41.3
35-39	2.29	3.74	40.5	36.8
40-44	3.19	5.07	35.9	32.5
45-49	4.39	7.08	31.4	28.3
50-54	6.56	10.45	27.1	24.2
55-59	9.60	14.91	22.9	20.3
60-64	15.40	22.80	18.9	16.7
65-69	25.02	34.84	15.2	13.4
70-74	41.84	54.51	11.9	10.5
75-79	68.41	85.25	9.0	8.0
80-84	110.18	131.98	6.7	6.0
85-89	171.35	199.35	4.9	4.4
90-94	252.75	286.59	3.6	3.3
95-99	357.27	394.06	2.7	2.5
100+	478.72	524.96	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau by year

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau, 2055

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