Life expectancy at birth in Ecuador was 57.9 years in 1968: 60.3 for women and 55.6 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 70,045 people died; 24.5% of them were 65 or older and 48.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

57.9

Women

60.3

Men

55.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

99.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

143.2

Deaths

70,045

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.1

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

285

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

209

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	98.13	116.03	60.3	55.7
1-4	11.95	12.99	65.4	61.3
5-9	1.20	1.87	64.5	60.5
10-14	1.20	1.49	59.9	56.0
15-19	1.75	2.38	55.2	51.4
20-24	2.36	3.39	50.7	47.0
25-29	2.73	3.57	46.3	42.8
30-34	3.19	4.04	41.9	38.5
35-39	3.82	5.01	37.5	34.2
40-44	4.77	6.65	33.2	30.0
45-49	6.35	9.16	28.9	26.0
50-54	9.00	13.24	24.8	22.0
55-59	12.97	19.42	20.8	18.4
60-64	20.09	29.15	17.0	15.0
65-69	31.84	43.72	13.5	11.9
70-74	52.36	67.09	10.4	9.2
75-79	85.77	104.35	7.8	7.0
80-84	139.50	160.73	5.7	5.1
85-89	214.65	245.05	4.1	3.7
90-94	329.28	370.99	2.9	2.6
95-99	465.46	516.84	2.1	1.9
100+	612.90	664.28	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Ecuador by year

Mortality in Ecuador, 1968

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