Life expectancy at birth in Guinea was 44.2 years in 1983: 45.5 for women and 43.0 for men, a gap of 2.5 years. 115,154 people died; 14.4% of them were 65 or older and 55.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1983

Life expectancy at birth

44.2

Women

45.5

Men

43.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

148.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

267.8

Deaths

115,154

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.5

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

385

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

337

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1983

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	153.34	174.88	45.5	43.0
1-4	38.27	38.98	51.8	49.9
5-9	7.42	7.74	55.9	53.9
10-14	4.28	3.94	53.0	50.9
15-19	4.57	4.84	49.0	46.9
20-24	5.39	6.88	45.1	43.0
25-29	6.26	7.25	41.3	39.4
30-34	7.19	7.74	37.5	35.7
35-39	8.20	8.72	33.8	32.1
40-44	9.32	10.52	30.1	28.4
45-49	10.31	12.72	26.4	24.8
50-54	13.12	16.60	22.7	21.2
55-59	17.66	21.71	19.0	17.8
60-64	26.19	31.07	15.6	14.6
65-69	40.46	45.82	12.4	11.6
70-74	63.67	70.83	9.6	9.0
75-79	98.08	108.83	7.3	6.8
80-84	152.21	167.70	5.4	5.0
85-89	224.32	253.71	4.0	3.6
90-94	332.35	383.53	2.9	2.5
95-99	450.95	527.68	2.2	1.9
100+	590.35	667.60	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Guinea by year

Mortality in Guinea, 1983

Year

Country