Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Guinea-Bissau

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Guinea-Bissau was 64.08 years. A difference of +0.47 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Guinea-Bissau were 61.66 years and 66.36 years respectively in 2023.

You can see similar information for other countries.

The World Bank defines life expectancy at birth as "the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future".

The chart and table below shows the total, male, and female life expectancies of Guinea-Bissau for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Guinea-Bissau (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Guinea-Bissau (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	37.55	35.95	39.27
1961	37.79	36.19	39.51
1962	38.03	36.43	39.76
1963	35.64	32.17	39.74
1964	35.81	32.23	40.01
1965	35.92	32.2	40.28
1966	36.08	32.24	40.56
1967	36.34	32.44	40.85
1968	36.67	32.76	41.16
1969	36.96	33.02	41.46
1970	37.26	33.28	41.77
1971	37.54	33.51	42.09
1972	37.82	33.73	42.41
1973	38.17	34.07	42.73
1974	41.61	39.85	43.42
1975	41.93	40.18	43.76
1976	42.25	40.49	44.09
1977	42.58	40.81	44.44
1978	42.91	41.14	44.79
1979	43.24	41.46	45.14
1980	43.57	41.78	45.48
1981	43.93	42.12	45.84
1982	44.29	42.47	46.2
1983	44.6	42.8	46.48
1984	44.94	43.11	46.85
1985	45.27	43.41	47.19
1986	45.52	43.66	47.46
1987	45.84	43.96	47.79
1988	46.28	44.37	48.26
1989	46.61	44.66	48.63
1990	46.89	44.94	48.92
1991	47.2	45.22	49.25
1992	47.52	45.49	49.61
1993	47.84	45.78	49.96
1994	47.78	45.69	49.9
1995	48.53	46.39	50.71
1996	48.77	46.61	50.95
1997	48.03	45.94	50.13
1998	48.12	44.68	51.69
1999	48.49	45.47	51.57
2000	50.57	48.37	52.72
2001	51.05	48.87	53.2
2002	51.61	49.46	53.71
2003	52.19	50.06	54.26
2004	52.8	50.69	54.85
2005	52.95	50.89	54.93
2006	54.09	51.97	56.13
2007	54.87	52.83	56.83
2008	55.3	53.28	57.23
2009	56.3	54.26	58.23
2010	57	54.96	58.93
2011	57.66	55.6	59.6
2012	58.27	56.18	60.24
2013	58.88	56.76	60.87
2014	59.48	57.31	61.51
2015	60.07	57.89	62.12
2016	60.62	58.41	62.69
2017	61.15	58.91	63.25
2018	61.65	59.39	63.77
2019	62.16	59.87	64.31
2020	61.34	58.87	63.68
2021	61.65	59.31	63.87
2022	63.61	61.21	65.85
2023	64.08	61.66	66.36