Life expectancy at birth in Ecuador was 71.9 years in 1998: 75.1 for women and 68.8 for men, a gap of 6.3 years. 62,200 people died; 39.7% of them were 65 or older and 17.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

71.9

Women

75.1

Men

68.8

Life expectancy at 65

16.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

27.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

33.7

Deaths

62,200

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.1

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

199

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

118

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	23.89	31.22	75.1	68.8
1-4	1.59	1.86	75.9	70.0
5-9	0.53	0.69	72.4	66.5
10-14	0.58	0.74	67.6	61.7
15-19	1.00	1.70	62.8	56.9
20-24	1.09	2.76	58.1	52.4
25-29	1.18	3.12	53.4	48.1
30-34	1.44	3.43	48.7	43.8
35-39	1.95	3.98	44.0	39.5
40-44	2.52	4.66	39.4	35.3
45-49	3.47	5.77	34.9	31.0
50-54	5.05	7.88	30.5	26.9
55-59	7.38	10.93	26.2	22.8
60-64	11.71	16.99	22.1	19.0
65-69	17.72	25.23	18.2	15.4
70-74	25.41	37.87	14.7	12.2
75-79	46.18	67.89	11.3	9.2
80-84	74.69	107.13	8.6	6.9
85-89	118.62	164.82	6.4	5.1
90-94	183.34	245.46	4.7	3.7
95-99	272.51	349.06	3.4	2.7
100+	397.14	483.30	2.5	2.1

Mortality in Ecuador by year

Mortality in Ecuador, 1998

Year

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