Guinea-Bissau
Life expectancy in Guinea-Bissau
Life expectancy in Guinea-Bissau: 35.7 years in 1950 and 64.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 64.1 years
- Since 1950
- +28.3 years
- Rank, 2023
- 205 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 74.1 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 74.1 years in 2100, between 61.7 years and 85.9 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 64.1 years in 2023, the lowest 35.6 years in 1963.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Guinea-Bissau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 64.1 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 63.6 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 61.7 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 61.3 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 62.2 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 61.7 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 61.2 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 60.6 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 60.1 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 59.5 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 58.9 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 58.3 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 57.7 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 57 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 56.3 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 55.3 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 54.9 | 69 |
| 2006 | 54.1 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 53 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 52.8 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 52.2 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 51.6 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 51.1 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 50.6 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 48.5 | 66 |
| 1998 | 48.1 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 48 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 48.8 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 48.5 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 47.8 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 47.8 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 47.5 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 47.2 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 46.9 | 64 |
| 1989 | 46.6 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 46.3 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 45.8 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 45.5 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 45.3 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 44.9 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 44.6 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 44.3 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 43.9 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 43.6 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 43.2 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 42.9 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 42.6 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 42.3 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 41.9 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 41.6 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 38.2 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 37.8 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 37.5 | 56 |
| 1970 | 37.3 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 37 | 56 |
| 1968 | 36.7 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 36.3 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 36.1 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 35.9 | 54 |
| 1964 | 35.8 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 35.6 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 38 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 37.8 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 37.6 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 37.3 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 37.1 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 37 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 36.8 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 36.6 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 36.4 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 36.3 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 36.1 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 35.9 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 35.7 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Guinea-Bissau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64.362.9–65.7 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 64.462.3–66.4 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 64.661.9–67.1 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 64.761.7–67.7 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 64.961.6–68.2 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 6561.5–68.6 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 65.261.4–69.2 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 65.361.4–69.3 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 65.561.4–69.8 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 65.761.2–70.2 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 65.861–70.4 | 75 |
| 2035 | 65.960.8–70.7 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 66.160.7–71.1 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 66.260.7–71.3 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 66.460.7–71.8 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 66.560.5–72 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 66.760.5–72.5 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 66.860.4–72.6 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 66.960.5–72.8 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 67.160.4–73.2 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 67.260.6–73.5 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 67.360.5–73.7 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 67.460.5–74 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 67.660.3–74.4 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 67.760.4–74.6 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 67.860.4–74.7 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 6860.2–75 | 77 |
| 2051 | 68.160–75.1 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 68.260.1–75.3 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 68.360.5–75.7 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 68.560.2–75.9 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 68.660.3–76.3 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 68.760.2–76.5 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 68.860.1–76.8 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 6960.1–77.1 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 69.160.3–77.3 | 78 |
| 2060 | 69.260.6–77.3 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 69.360.4–77.7 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 69.460.4–77.9 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 69.660.4–78.2 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 69.760.2–78.4 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 69.860.1–78.5 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 69.960.3–78.6 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 7060.3–78.9 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 70.160.2–79.3 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 70.360.4–79.5 | 79 |
| 2070 | 70.460.4–79.6 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 70.560.4–79.7 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 70.660.3–79.9 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 70.860.4–80 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 70.960.3–80.3 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 7160.4–80.6 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 71.160.4–80.8 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 71.360.8–81 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 71.460.6–81.4 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 71.560.7–81.6 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 71.660.7–81.9 | 80 |
| 2081 | 71.760.7–82.1 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 71.860.5–82.2 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 7260.5–82.4 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 72.160.8–82.9 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 72.261–83.1 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 72.361–83 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 72.561.2–83.3 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 72.661–83.6 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 72.761.2–83.7 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 72.861–84 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 72.961.1–84.2 | 81 |
| 2092 | 73.161.2–84.3 | 81 |
| 2093 | 73.261.3–84.3 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 73.361.4–84.6 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 73.461.3–84.6 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 73.661.5–85 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 73.761.6–85.2 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 73.861.7–85.3 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 73.961.9–85.5 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 74.161.7–85.9 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- 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