Life expectancy at birth in Guinea was 43.9 years in 1982: 45.1 for women and 42.6 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 114,182 people died; 14.2% 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, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

43.9

Women

45.1

Men

42.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

149.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

271.9

Deaths

114,182

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.8

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

389

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

338

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1982

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	155.11	176.85	45.2	42.6
1-4	39.30	39.94	51.5	49.5
5-9	7.52	7.95	55.8	53.6
10-14	4.29	4.01	52.9	50.7
15-19	4.58	4.91	49.0	46.7
20-24	5.41	6.98	45.1	42.8
25-29	6.29	7.37	41.2	39.2
30-34	7.23	7.86	37.5	35.6
35-39	8.26	8.86	33.7	31.9
40-44	9.37	10.70	30.1	28.3
45-49	10.35	12.92	26.4	24.7
50-54	13.16	16.79	22.6	21.1
55-59	17.73	21.96	19.0	17.8
60-64	26.29	31.38	15.5	14.5
65-69	40.62	46.24	12.4	11.6
70-74	63.89	71.51	9.6	8.9
75-79	98.51	109.81	7.3	6.7
80-84	152.69	169.00	5.4	4.9
85-89	224.68	255.14	4.0	3.6
90-94	332.36	384.45	2.9	2.5
95-99	449.83	521.36	2.2	1.9
100+	584.32	662.78	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Guinea by year

Mortality in Guinea, 1982

Year

Country