Life expectancy at birth in Ecuador was 63.8 years in 1981: 66.3 for women and 61.4 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 66,681 people died; 32.5% of them were 65 or older and 37.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

63.8

Women

66.3

Men

61.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

64.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

86.2

Deaths

66,681

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.0

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

237

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

156

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	61.20	74.16	66.3	61.4
1-4	5.58	6.17	69.4	65.0
5-9	0.62	1.32	67.0	62.6
10-14	0.62	1.05	62.2	58.0
15-19	0.96	1.76	57.4	53.3
20-24	1.34	2.51	52.6	48.7
25-29	1.59	2.58	48.0	44.3
30-34	1.91	2.90	43.3	39.9
35-39	2.44	3.68	38.7	35.4
40-44	3.30	5.06	34.2	31.0
45-49	4.78	7.39	29.7	26.7
50-54	7.05	11.12	25.3	22.6
55-59	10.53	17.03	21.1	18.8
60-64	17.54	26.63	17.1	15.2
65-69	30.50	42.06	13.5	12.0
70-74	53.17	66.58	10.3	9.3
75-79	89.92	105.19	7.6	6.9
80-84	143.50	162.20	5.6	5.1
85-89	216.92	245.04	4.1	3.7
90-94	306.23	343.30	3.1	2.8
95-99	415.25	458.57	2.4	2.1
100+	537.81	582.31	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Ecuador by year

Mortality in Ecuador, 1981

Year

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