Life expectancy at birth, total in Guinea
Guinea: Life expectancy at birth, total was 60.9 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Guinea, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, total in Guinea is 60.9 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Guinea peaked at 60.9 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36.62 years, in 1960.
Guinea ranks 208th of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37.62 years | 36.62 years | 38.82 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 40.55 years | 39.06 years | 42.34 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 44.96 years | 42.84 years | 46.86 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.64 years | 47.25 years | 51.99 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 54.21 years | 52.42 years | 56.05 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.89 years | 56.43 years | 59.38 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.16 years | 59.35 years | 60.9 years | 5 |
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More health data for Guinea
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 193,609 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 181,139 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 190,353 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 194,686 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 189,269 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 199,145 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 206,455 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 210,429 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 200,789 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 186,308 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Guinea?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Guinea was 60.9 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 60.9 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.62 years in 1960.
- How does Guinea rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Guinea ranks 208th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Life expectancy at birth, total (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.