Life expectancy at birth in Guinea was 54.4 years in 2005: 55.2 for women and 53.6 for men, a gap of 1.6 years. 122,428 people died; 21.1% of them were 65 or older and 41.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

54.4

Women

55.2

Men

53.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

91.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

139.0

Deaths

122,428

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.2

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

322

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

302

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	89.14	105.70	55.2	53.6
1-4	12.87	14.13	59.2	58.4
5-9	5.97	5.06	58.2	57.7
10-14	3.32	2.78	54.9	54.2
15-19	3.81	3.74	50.8	49.9
20-24	4.57	5.34	46.7	45.8
25-29	5.33	5.60	42.8	41.9
30-34	6.10	6.00	38.9	38.1
35-39	6.99	6.75	35.0	34.1
40-44	8.12	8.21	31.1	30.2
45-49	9.10	10.09	27.3	26.4
50-54	11.80	13.71	23.5	22.6
55-59	15.91	18.08	19.7	19.0
60-64	23.82	26.58	16.2	15.6
65-69	37.14	39.92	12.9	12.5
70-74	58.97	62.17	10.0	9.6
75-79	91.98	97.14	7.6	7.3
80-84	144.23	151.70	5.6	5.3
85-89	214.51	233.61	4.1	3.8
90-94	321.16	359.09	3.0	2.7
95-99	439.06	497.44	2.2	2.0
100+	577.17	646.29	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Guinea by year

Mortality in Guinea, 2005

Year

Country