Life expectancy at birth in Ecuador was 66.1 years in 1986: 68.7 for women and 63.6 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 63,919 people died; 35.6% of them were 65 or older and 30.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1986

Life expectancy at birth

66.1

Women

68.7

Men

63.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

50.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

65.8

Deaths

63,919

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.7

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

221

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

144

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1986's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1986

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	46.90	58.37	68.7	63.6
1-4	3.78	4.29	70.9	66.4
5-9	0.55	1.14	68.0	63.5
10-14	0.52	0.91	63.2	58.9
15-19	0.81	1.56	58.3	54.1
20-24	1.15	2.23	53.6	49.5
25-29	1.38	2.27	48.9	45.0
30-34	1.67	2.54	44.2	40.5
35-39	2.17	3.25	39.5	36.0
40-44	2.98	4.55	34.9	31.6
45-49	4.41	6.81	30.4	27.2
50-54	6.56	10.43	26.0	23.1
55-59	9.90	16.23	21.8	19.2
60-64	16.23	25.40	17.8	15.6
65-69	27.76	39.99	14.1	12.3
70-74	47.99	63.32	10.8	9.5
75-79	81.80	100.26	8.0	7.1
80-84	134.25	155.92	5.8	5.2
85-89	207.85	238.59	4.2	3.8
90-94	303.11	346.96	3.1	2.8
95-99	422.97	474.76	2.3	2.1
100+	556.20	610.05	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Ecuador by year

Mortality in Ecuador, 1986

Year

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