Life expectancy at birth in Guinea was 51.1 years in 1997: 51.7 for women and 50.5 for men, a gap of 1.3 years. 128,093 people died; 18.1% of them were 65 or older and 49.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

51.1

Women

51.7

Men

50.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

114.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

186.5

Deaths

128,093

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.2

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

326

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

311

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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	114.76	133.61	51.8	50.5
1-4	20.66	21.95	56.9	56.5
5-9	6.32	5.34	57.6	57.5
10-14	3.58	2.83	54.4	54.0
15-19	4.00	3.80	50.3	49.7
20-24	4.78	5.43	46.3	45.6
25-29	5.56	5.70	42.4	41.8
30-34	6.38	6.11	38.5	37.9
35-39	7.30	6.86	34.7	34.0
40-44	8.43	8.34	30.8	30.1
45-49	9.42	10.25	27.1	26.3
50-54	12.15	13.89	23.2	22.5
55-59	16.38	18.31	19.5	19.0
60-64	24.46	26.87	16.0	15.5
65-69	38.06	40.30	12.7	12.4
70-74	60.27	62.75	9.9	9.6
75-79	93.73	97.95	7.5	7.2
80-84	146.49	152.82	5.5	5.3
85-89	217.35	235.01	4.1	3.8
90-94	324.11	360.73	2.9	2.7
95-99	441.99	498.63	2.2	2.0
100+	577.93	646.87	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Guinea by year

Mortality in Guinea, 1997

Year

Country