Guinea
Life expectancy in Guinea
Life expectancy in Guinea: 35.6 years in 1950 and 60.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 60.7 years
- Since 1950
- +25.2 years
- Rank, 2023
- 222 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 70.6 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 70.6 years in 2100, between 57.4 years and 82.6 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 60.7 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 60.4 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 59.4 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 59.4 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 59.4 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 59 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 58.7 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 58.5 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 57.9 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 57.6 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 57.5 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 57.1 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 56.8 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 56.4 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 56.1 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 55.7 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 55.2 | 69 |
| 2006 | 54.9 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 54.4 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 54 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 53.6 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 53.2 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 52.7 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 52.4 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 52 | 66 |
| 1998 | 51.6 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 51.1 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 50.6 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 49.8 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 49.2 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 48.8 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 48.3 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 47.8 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 47.3 | 64 |
| 1989 | 46.9 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 46.5 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 46.1 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 45.7 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 45.3 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 44.9 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 44.2 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 43.9 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 43.3 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 42.8 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 42.3 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 41.9 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 41.4 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 41 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 40.6 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 40.2 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 39.9 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 39.7 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 39.4 | 56 |
| 1970 | 39.1 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 38.8 | 56 |
| 1968 | 38.5 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 38.2 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 38 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 37.7 | 54 |
| 1964 | 37.4 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 37.2 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 37 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 36.8 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 36.6 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 36.5 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 36.4 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 36.2 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 36.1 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 36 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 35.9 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 35.8 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 35.7 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 35.7 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 35.6 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 60.959.4–62.4 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 61.158.9–63.2 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 61.258.6–63.8 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 61.458.3–64.5 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 61.658.1–65 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 61.758–65.5 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 61.957.8–65.9 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 6257.6–66.2 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 62.257.4–66.6 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 62.357.5–66.8 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 62.557.2–67.2 | 75 |
| 2035 | 62.657.2–67.7 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 62.857.1–68.1 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 62.957.2–68.3 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 63.157.2–68.8 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 63.256.9–68.9 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 63.457–69.3 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 63.556.8–69.7 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 63.757–70.1 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 63.857–70.2 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 63.956.8–70.5 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 64.157–71 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 64.256.9–71 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 64.356.9–71.2 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 64.556.7–71.5 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 64.656.8–71.6 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 64.756.6–72.1 | 77 |
| 2051 | 64.956.9–72.2 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 6556.8–72.5 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 65.156.8–73 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 65.256.9–73.1 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 65.456.9–73.2 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 65.557.2–73.5 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 65.657–73.9 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 65.757–74 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 65.957.1–74.1 | 78 |
| 2060 | 6656.7–74.4 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 66.156.5–74.3 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 66.256.8–74.6 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 66.356.8–74.8 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 66.456.9–75.1 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 66.557–75.3 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 66.656.9–75.4 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 66.856.9–75.9 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 66.956.9–76 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 6756.8–76.1 | 79 |
| 2070 | 67.256.6–76.3 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 67.356.5–76.7 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 67.456.8–76.9 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 67.556.7–77.1 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 67.657.1–77.2 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 67.756.9–77.4 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 67.856.8–77.5 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 67.957–78 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 68.156.8–78.3 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 68.256.5–78.4 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 68.356.6–78.6 | 80 |
| 2081 | 68.457–78.7 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 68.557–78.7 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 68.657–78.9 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 68.856.8–79.2 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 68.957.1–79.5 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 6957.3–79.7 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 69.157.1–80 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 69.257.1–80.2 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 69.357.1–80.5 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 69.457.4–80.8 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 69.557.6–81.2 | 81 |
| 2092 | 69.657.5–81.1 | 81 |
| 2093 | 69.857.4–81.5 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 69.957.4–81.8 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 7057.3–81.8 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 70.157.4–81.6 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 70.257.4–81.6 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 70.357.5–82 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 70.456.9–82.2 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 70.657.4–82.6 | 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 spending2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$586M in 2025
- Military spending per person$40 in 2025
- Military share of state spending10.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel13,000 people in 2020
- National power0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.32% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports6 million TIV in 2025