Life expectancy at birth in Guinea was 47.8 years in 1991: 48.6 for women and 46.9 for men, a gap of 1.7 years. 125,286 people died; 16.2% of them were 65 or older and 53.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

47.8

Women

48.6

Men

46.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

132.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

226.2

Deaths

125,286

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.7

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

350

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

324

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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	134.84	154.64	48.6	46.9
1-4	28.46	29.71	54.5	53.5
5-9	6.93	6.27	56.7	56.0
10-14	3.93	3.24	53.7	52.7
15-19	4.29	4.21	49.7	48.5
20-24	5.09	6.00	45.7	44.5
25-29	5.92	6.31	41.8	40.8
30-34	6.80	6.75	38.0	37.0
35-39	7.78	7.60	34.2	33.2
40-44	8.89	9.22	30.5	29.4
45-49	9.86	11.25	26.8	25.6
50-54	12.61	15.00	23.0	22.0
55-59	17.00	19.72	19.3	18.5
60-64	25.29	28.64	15.8	15.1
65-69	39.18	42.66	12.6	12.1
70-74	61.81	66.24	9.8	9.3
75-79	95.66	102.74	7.4	7.0
80-84	148.79	159.43	5.5	5.1
85-89	219.82	243.48	4.0	3.7
90-94	326.07	371.13	2.9	2.6
95-99	443.26	509.61	2.2	1.9
100+	576.54	655.87	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Guinea by year

Mortality in Guinea, 1991

Year

Country