Life expectancy at birth in Guinea was 40.2 years in 1974: 41.6 for women and 38.9 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 112,622 people died; 13.2% of them were 65 or older and 55.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

40.2

Women

41.6

Men

38.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

161.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

307.5

Deaths

112,622

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.6

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

429

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

371

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	169.27	192.48	41.6	38.9
1-4	48.66	49.46	48.0	45.8
5-9	9.01	9.63	53.7	51.3
10-14	4.99	4.76	51.1	48.7
15-19	5.24	5.62	47.3	44.8
20-24	6.11	7.97	43.5	41.0
25-29	7.14	8.43	39.8	37.6
30-34	8.24	9.01	36.2	34.1
35-39	9.42	10.17	32.6	30.6
40-44	10.56	12.30	29.0	27.0
45-49	11.59	14.79	25.5	23.6
50-54	14.54	18.91	21.8	20.2
55-59	19.69	24.71	18.3	16.9
60-64	28.98	34.88	14.9	13.8
65-69	44.38	50.93	11.8	11.0
70-74	69.34	78.60	9.2	8.4
75-79	105.85	119.85	6.9	6.3
80-84	162.55	183.29	5.1	4.6
85-89	236.77	274.12	3.8	3.4
90-94	346.74	409.05	2.8	2.4
95-99	464.91	549.39	2.1	1.8
100+	597.19	688.94	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Guinea by year

Mortality in Guinea, 1974

Year

Country