Life expectancy at birth in Ecuador was 66.6 years in 1987: 69.2 for women and 64.1 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 63,271 people died; 35.9% of them were 65 or older and 29.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

66.6

Women

69.2

Men

64.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

48.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

62.5

Deaths

63,271

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.5

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

219

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

142

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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	44.58	55.66	69.2	64.1
1-4	3.52	4.01	71.3	66.7
5-9	0.54	1.11	68.3	63.7
10-14	0.50	0.89	63.5	59.1
15-19	0.79	1.54	58.6	54.3
20-24	1.11	2.19	53.9	49.7
25-29	1.34	2.23	49.1	45.2
30-34	1.63	2.49	44.5	40.7
35-39	2.12	3.20	39.8	36.2
40-44	2.93	4.49	35.2	31.7
45-49	4.34	6.74	30.7	27.4
50-54	6.48	10.34	26.3	23.2
55-59	9.79	16.12	22.1	19.3
60-64	15.82	25.08	18.0	15.7
65-69	26.75	39.17	14.3	12.5
70-74	45.99	61.79	11.0	9.6
75-79	78.28	97.81	8.2	7.2
80-84	130.73	153.17	5.9	5.3
85-89	204.64	236.44	4.3	3.8
90-94	304.15	354.51	3.1	2.7
95-99	432.29	493.51	2.3	2.0
100+	572.54	637.76	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Ecuador by year

Mortality in Ecuador, 1987

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