Life expectancy at birth in Guinea was 54.0 years in 2004: 54.6 for women and 53.3 for men, a gap of 1.4 years. 122,642 people died; 20.9% of them were 65 or older and 41.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

54.0

Women

54.6

Men

53.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

93.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

143.6

Deaths

122,642

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.5

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

322

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

306

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	91.69	108.53	54.6	53.3
1-4	13.55	14.82	58.8	58.2
5-9	6.16	5.10	57.9	57.7
10-14	3.42	2.79	54.7	54.1
15-19	3.91	3.75	50.6	49.8
20-24	4.68	5.36	46.5	45.7
25-29	5.45	5.62	42.6	41.9
30-34	6.24	6.03	38.7	38.0
35-39	7.15	6.77	34.8	34.1
40-44	8.28	8.24	31.0	30.2
45-49	9.26	10.12	27.2	26.4
50-54	11.98	13.75	23.4	22.6
55-59	16.15	18.13	19.6	19.0
60-64	24.15	26.64	16.1	15.6
65-69	37.61	40.00	12.8	12.4
70-74	59.64	62.29	9.9	9.6
75-79	92.88	97.30	7.5	7.3
80-84	145.43	151.92	5.6	5.3
85-89	216.05	233.89	4.1	3.8
90-94	322.87	359.43	2.9	2.7
95-99	440.93	497.89	2.2	2.0
100+	579.07	646.54	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Guinea by year

Mortality in Guinea, 2004

Year

Country