Life expectancy at birth in Ecuador was 71.9 years in 1999: 75.1 for women and 68.8 for men, a gap of 6.2 years. 64,320 people died; 41.8% of them were 65 or older and 15.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1999

Life expectancy at birth

71.9

Women

75.1

Men

68.8

Life expectancy at 65

16.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

25.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

31.5

Deaths

64,320

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.2

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

199

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

117

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1999's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1999

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	22.41	29.34	75.1	68.8
1-4	1.45	1.70	75.8	69.9
5-9	0.54	0.68	72.2	66.3
10-14	0.57	0.70	67.4	61.5
15-19	0.93	1.69	62.6	56.8
20-24	1.10	2.87	57.8	52.2
25-29	1.20	3.13	53.2	47.9
30-34	1.43	3.40	48.5	43.6
35-39	1.94	3.97	43.8	39.4
40-44	2.51	4.71	39.2	35.1
45-49	3.52	5.79	34.6	30.9
50-54	5.01	7.84	30.2	26.7
55-59	7.21	10.99	25.9	22.7
60-64	11.58	16.71	21.8	18.8
65-69	17.35	25.26	17.9	15.2
70-74	25.93	39.04	14.3	11.9
75-79	47.95	70.04	10.9	8.9
80-84	79.25	111.97	8.2	6.6
85-89	128.19	174.02	6.0	4.8
90-94	200.98	260.85	4.3	3.5
95-99	300.61	370.75	3.1	2.6
100+	433.35	502.99	2.3	2.0

Mortality in Ecuador by year

Mortality in Ecuador, 1999

Year

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