Guinea-Bissau
Infant mortality in Guinea-Bissau
Infant mortality in Guinea-Bissau: 163.7 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 48.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 48.9 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −114.8 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 19 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 15.4 per 1,000 live births
- UN projection (medium variant)
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 15.4 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 3.6 per 1,000 live births and 57.7 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Guinea-Bissau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 48.9 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 50.4 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 52 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 53.6 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 55.2 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 56.9 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 58.7 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 60.6 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 62.5 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 64.7 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 67 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 69.4 | 35 |
| 2011 | 72 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 74.9 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 77.9 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 81.4 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 84.1 | 42 |
| 2006 | 87.1 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 90.8 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 93 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 95.8 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 98.5 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 101.1 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 103.5 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 106.6 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 108.1 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 112.1 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 112.5 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 114.4 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 117 | 62 |
| 1993 | 118.2 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 120.1 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 121.9 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 123.6 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 125.3 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 126.9 | 68 |
| 1987 | 128.6 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 130 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 131.3 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 132.5 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 133.7 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 134.9 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 136.1 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 137.2 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 138.5 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 139.7 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 140.9 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 142.1 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 143.2 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 144.4 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 145.5 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 146.5 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 147.6 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 148.6 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 149.6 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 150.6 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 151.6 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 152.6 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 153.6 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 154.5 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 155.4 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 156.3 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 157.1 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 157.8 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 158.5 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 159.1 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 159.7 | 120 |
| 1956 | 160.3 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 160.9 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 161.4 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 162 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 162.5 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 163.1 | 136 |
| 1950 | 163.7 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Guinea-Bissau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48.141–54.6 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 47.437.8–57.4 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 46.634.6–59.7 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 45.832–61 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 45.129.7–61 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 44.427.9–61.9 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 43.725.5–62.3 | 24 |
| 2031 | 4324.7–62.7 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 42.323.2–62.5 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 41.721.8–63.4 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 4121–64.4 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 40.419.9–65.3 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 39.718.7–66.1 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 39.118–66.2 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 38.516.4–66 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 3816.3–67.7 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 37.414.9–67.3 | 20 |
| 2041 | 36.814.7–68.4 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 36.214.2–67.7 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 35.713.4–68.7 | 19 |
| 2044 | 35.212.9–67.8 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 34.712.5–67.9 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 34.212–68 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 33.711.3–68.8 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 33.111–68.9 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 32.510.6–69.3 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 3210.5–70.2 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 31.510.2–71.6 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 30.99.8–70.4 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 30.59.3–68.2 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 309.3–69.9 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 29.58.7–69.5 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 298.6–69.3 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 28.68.2–70.5 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 28.18.2–70 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 27.77.8–68.5 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 27.27.8–68.2 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 26.87.5–67.9 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 26.47.3–68.3 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 25.97.1–67.6 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 25.56.9–69.1 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 25.16.9–69.4 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 24.86.9–68.3 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 24.46.7–68.1 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 246.3–68.1 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 23.76.3–66.5 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 23.46.2–67 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 236–66.7 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 22.66–66.9 | 13 |
| 2073 | 22.26–67.1 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 21.95.9–67.4 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 21.65.6–66.2 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 21.25.6–66.6 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 20.95.5–65 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 20.65.2–64.5 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 20.25.2–63.1 | 12 |
| 2080 | 205.1–64.1 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 19.75–65 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 19.44.9–64.6 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 19.14.8–64.2 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 18.84.6–63.5 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 18.64.5–61.6 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 18.34.5–61.4 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 184.4–60 | 11 |
| 2088 | 17.84.3–60.5 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 17.54.2–60.1 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 17.34.1–60.1 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 17.14.1–59.6 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 16.94–59.2 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 16.74.1–59.2 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 16.54–58.5 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 16.44.1–59.5 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 16.23.9–57.8 | 10 |
| 2097 | 163.8–58 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 15.83.8–57.9 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 15.63.7–57 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 15.43.6–57.7 | 9.6 |
Good to know
- Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending0.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$21M in 2025
- Military spending per person$10 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel4,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.53% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 1993