Probability that a man will outlive a woman in French Guiana
French Guiana: Probability that a man will outlive a woman was 36.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in French Guiana, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
French Guiana recorded 36.5% for probability that a man will outlive a woman in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, probability that a man will outlive a woman in French Guiana peaked at 42.6% in 1950 and was at its lowest, 34.5%, in 2021.
French Guiana ranks 180th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in French Guiana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 42.6% | — |
| 1951 | 42.4% | -0.4% |
| 1952 | 42.2% | -0.4% |
| 1953 | 42.0% | -0.4% |
| 1954 | 41.9% | -0.3% |
| 1955 | 41.8% | -0.3% |
| 1956 | 41.6% | -0.4% |
| 1957 | 41.4% | -0.5% |
| 1958 | 41.0% | -0.8% |
| 1959 | 40.7% | -0.9% |
| 1960 | 40.3% | -1.0% |
| 1961 | 39.9% | -0.9% |
| 1962 | 39.5% | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 39.0% | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 38.8% | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 38.7% | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 38.8% | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 39.1% | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 39.5% | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 39.7% | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 39.8% | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 39.6% | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 39.4% | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 39.2% | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 38.9% | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 38.5% | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 38.0% | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 37.4% | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 37.0% | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 36.6% | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 36.4% | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 36.4% | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 36.4% | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 36.3% | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 36.3% | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 36.4% | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 36.5% | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 36.5% | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 36.5% | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 36.4% | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 36.5% | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 36.7% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 36.9% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 36.9% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 36.8% | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 36.7% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 36.5% | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 36.9% | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 36.9% | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 37.1% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 36.9% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 36.8% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 36.6% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 36.4% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 36.2% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 36.3% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 36.4% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 36.5% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 36.7% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 36.7% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 36.6% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 36.7% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 37.3% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 37.8% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 39.6% | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 39.5% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 40.1% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 40.3% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 36.3% | -9.9% |
| 2019 | 36.1% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 36.6% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 34.5% | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 36.5% | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 36.5% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 41.8% | 40.7% | 42.6% | 10 |
| 1960s | 39.3% | 38.7% | 40.3% | 10 |
| 1970s | 38.4% | 36.6% | 39.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 36.4% | 36.3% | 36.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.8% | 36.5% | 37.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.6% | 36.2% | 36.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.0% | 36.1% | 40.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.0% | 34.5% | 36.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near French Guiana
More gender data for French Guiana
- Share of women who are married or in a union 2.8% (2020)
- Share of women aged 15–49 who are married or in a union 44.4% (2050)
- Sex ratio at birth 103.41 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio by age 33.33 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at age 5 93.91 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at birth vs. at five years old 103.41 males per 100 females (2023)
- Probability of dying that year, among females 0.6% (2023)
- Sex ratio at age 60 96.66 males per 100 females (2023)
- Male population by age group 16,668 people (2023)
- Female population by age group 16,243 people (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is probability that a man will outlive a woman in French Guiana?
- Probability that a man will outlive a woman in French Guiana was 36.5% in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in French Guiana?
- The highest recorded value was 42.6% in 1950.
- What is the lowest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in French Guiana?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.5% in 2021.
- How does French Guiana rank for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- French Guiana ranks 180th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is probability that a man will outlive a woman rising or falling in French Guiana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this French Guiana data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.