Life expectancy at birth in Ecuador was 67.8 years in 1989: 70.6 for women and 65.1 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 61,247 people died; 34.9% of them were 65 or older and 28.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

67.8

Women

70.6

Men

65.1

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

44.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

56.5

Deaths

61,247

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.0

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

213

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

136

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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	40.39	50.71	70.6	65.1
1-4	3.08	3.51	72.5	67.5
5-9	0.59	1.03	69.4	64.4
10-14	0.55	0.90	64.6	59.7
15-19	0.83	1.56	59.7	55.0
20-24	1.14	2.29	55.0	50.4
25-29	1.27	2.35	50.3	45.9
30-34	1.60	2.69	45.6	41.4
35-39	2.09	3.39	40.9	37.0
40-44	2.86	4.51	36.3	32.5
45-49	4.11	6.58	31.8	28.2
50-54	6.17	9.83	27.4	24.1
55-59	9.20	14.71	23.2	20.2
60-64	14.39	22.61	19.1	16.5
65-69	22.88	34.56	15.4	13.2
70-74	38.91	54.33	11.9	10.2
75-79	67.07	90.06	8.9	7.6
80-84	113.26	143.28	6.5	5.5
85-89	180.04	223.53	4.7	4.0
90-94	274.84	342.36	3.4	2.8
95-99	400.98	484.01	2.4	2.0
100+	545.14	633.43	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Ecuador by year

Mortality in Ecuador, 1989

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