Life expectancy in Guinea-Bissau

64.1

years at birth · 2023

211th highest of 235 countries

In 2013: 58.9

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Nearby in the ranking

Haiti 64.9
Angola 64.6
eSwatini 64.1
Guinea-Bissau 64.1
Eq. Guinea 63.7
Cameroon 63.7
Burundi 63.7

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Child deaths (under 5)
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Overweight adults
Stunted children
Overweight children
Homes with piped water
Homes with a flush toilet
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About the 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.

Unit: years at birth
Years: 1950–2023
Data as of: 2026-09-28
Source: Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0
Credit: Our World in Data; Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0