Life expectancy at birth in Ecuador was 60.3 years in 1973: 62.9 for women and 57.9 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 69,616 people died; 26.1% of them were 65 or older and 46.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

60.3

Women

62.9

Men

57.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

88.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

124.0

Deaths

69,616

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.4

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

263

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

184

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	86.08	102.21	62.9	57.9
1-4	9.58	10.43	67.4	62.9
5-9	0.87	1.62	66.0	61.5
10-14	0.91	1.29	61.2	57.0
15-19	1.36	2.10	56.5	52.4
20-24	1.86	2.99	51.9	47.9
25-29	2.18	3.12	47.3	43.6
30-34	2.56	3.52	42.8	39.2
35-39	3.15	4.41	38.3	34.9
40-44	4.07	5.93	33.9	30.6
45-49	5.62	8.36	29.5	26.4
50-54	8.09	12.29	25.3	22.4
55-59	11.86	18.35	21.2	18.7
60-64	18.52	27.78	17.4	15.3
65-69	29.91	42.07	13.8	12.1
70-74	49.84	65.01	10.6	9.4
75-79	82.62	101.62	7.9	7.1
80-84	136.26	157.62	5.7	5.2
85-89	211.63	241.81	4.1	3.7
90-94	328.78	368.25	2.9	2.6
95-99	468.06	515.34	2.1	1.9
100+	618.70	664.28	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Ecuador by year

Mortality in Ecuador, 1973

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