Life expectancy for people of different ages in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 64.08 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Guinea-Bissau, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy for people of different ages in Guinea-Bissau is 64.08 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 64.08 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 35.64 years, in 1963.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 212th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 36.53 years | 35.74 years | 37.34 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 36.68 years | 35.64 years | 38.03 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 40.53 years | 37.26 years | 43.24 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 45.09 years | 43.57 years | 46.61 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 47.92 years | 46.89 years | 48.77 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 53.17 years | 50.56 years | 56.3 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.69 years | 57 years | 62.16 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.67 years | 61.34 years | 64.08 years | 4 |
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More health data for Guinea-Bissau
- Number of infants who die before age 1 941 deaths (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,070 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 28,594 (2025)
- Population, male 49.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 666,780 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 862,130 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 28,214 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 28,958 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Guinea-Bissau?
- Life expectancy for people of different ages in Guinea-Bissau was 64.08 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 64.08 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.64 years in 1963.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 212th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.