Life expectancy at birth in Ecuador was 70.1 years in 1993: 73.2 for women and 67.0 for men, a gap of 6.3 years. 59,919 people died; 33.0% of them were 65 or older and 24.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1993

Life expectancy at birth

70.1

Women

73.2

Men

67.0

Life expectancy at 65

16.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

36.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

46.0

Deaths

59,919

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.4

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

210

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

133

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1993's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1993

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	32.73	41.74	73.3	67.0
1-4	2.38	2.73	74.7	68.8
5-9	0.75	0.85	71.4	65.5
10-14	0.68	0.93	66.6	60.8
15-19	1.09	1.62	61.8	56.1
20-24	1.25	2.64	57.2	51.5
25-29	1.44	3.10	52.5	47.2
30-34	1.75	3.51	47.9	42.9
35-39	2.28	4.03	43.3	38.6
40-44	2.78	4.68	38.7	34.3
45-49	4.05	6.41	34.2	30.1
50-54	5.84	8.62	29.9	25.9
55-59	8.15	12.42	25.7	22.0
60-64	12.47	18.81	21.6	18.2
65-69	17.41	26.56	17.9	14.8
70-74	27.45	41.83	14.3	11.5
75-79	48.79	74.87	11.0	8.6
80-84	78.81	119.14	8.3	6.4
85-89	124.99	184.18	6.1	4.6
90-94	192.58	274.61	4.5	3.4
95-99	286.20	389.51	3.3	2.5
100+	416.58	521.00	2.4	1.9

Mortality in Ecuador by year

Mortality in Ecuador, 1993

Year

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