Life expectancy at birth in Guinea was 51.6 years in 1998: 52.2 for women and 51.0 for men, a gap of 1.2 years. 126,384 people died; 18.5% of them were 65 or older and 48.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

51.6

Women

52.2

Men

51.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

111.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

179.7

Deaths

126,384

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.6

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

323

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

311

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	111.15	129.83	52.2	51.0
1-4	19.42	20.75	57.2	56.9
5-9	6.31	5.22	57.6	57.6
10-14	3.57	2.78	54.4	54.1
15-19	3.99	3.76	50.4	49.8
20-24	4.77	5.37	46.3	45.7
25-29	5.56	5.63	42.4	41.9
30-34	6.37	6.04	38.5	38.0
35-39	7.29	6.78	34.7	34.1
40-44	8.42	8.25	30.9	30.2
45-49	9.41	10.13	27.1	26.4
50-54	12.14	13.76	23.3	22.6
55-59	16.37	18.14	19.5	19.0
60-64	24.45	26.65	16.0	15.6
65-69	38.03	40.01	12.7	12.4
70-74	60.23	62.30	9.9	9.6
75-79	93.68	97.32	7.5	7.3
80-84	146.43	151.95	5.5	5.3
85-89	217.30	233.94	4.1	3.8
90-94	324.11	359.51	2.9	2.7
95-99	442.12	498.34	2.2	2.0
100+	578.30	646.58	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Guinea by year

Mortality in Guinea, 1998

Year

Country