Life expectancy at birth in Guinea was 50.5 years in 1996: 51.2 for women and 49.8 for men, a gap of 1.4 years. 128,355 people died; 17.8% of them were 65 or older and 50.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

50.5

Women

51.2

Men

49.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

118.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

193.5

Deaths

128,355

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.5

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

330

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

312

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	118.41	137.41	51.3	49.8
1-4	21.95	23.22	56.5	55.9
5-9	6.37	5.50	57.5	57.2
10-14	3.62	2.90	54.3	53.7
15-19	4.03	3.87	50.3	49.5
20-24	4.81	5.53	46.2	45.4
25-29	5.60	5.81	42.3	41.6
30-34	6.42	6.22	38.4	37.7
35-39	7.35	7.00	34.6	33.8
40-44	8.48	8.50	30.8	30.0
45-49	9.46	10.43	27.0	26.2
50-54	12.20	14.09	23.2	22.4
55-59	16.44	18.56	19.5	18.9
60-64	24.55	27.18	16.0	15.5
65-69	38.17	40.72	12.7	12.3
70-74	60.43	63.36	9.9	9.5
75-79	93.93	98.78	7.5	7.2
80-84	146.73	153.95	5.5	5.3
85-89	217.66	236.47	4.1	3.8
90-94	324.37	362.52	2.9	2.7
95-99	442.29	500.55	2.2	2.0
100+	578.04	648.38	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Guinea by year

Mortality in Guinea, 1996

Year

Country