Life expectancy at birth in Equatorial Guinea was 44.3 years in 1966: 47.3 for women and 41.5 for men, a gap of 5.8 years. 6,536 people died; 19.9% of them were 65 or older and 46.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

44.3

Women

47.3

Men

41.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

150.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

254.6

Deaths

6,536

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.4

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

441

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

307

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	154.68	180.44	47.3	41.5
1-4	32.13	34.66	53.9	48.4
5-9	7.58	8.09	57.0	51.3
10-14	4.45	4.67	54.1	48.3
15-19	4.58	5.44	50.3	44.4
20-24	5.45	7.71	46.4	40.5
25-29	6.02	8.59	42.6	37.0
30-34	6.44	9.61	38.8	33.5
35-39	7.05	11.20	35.0	30.0
40-44	7.87	13.05	31.2	26.6
45-49	8.82	15.56	27.3	23.3
50-54	11.51	19.83	23.5	19.9
55-59	15.49	25.33	19.7	16.7
60-64	24.03	36.10	16.1	13.7
65-69	37.61	52.71	12.8	10.9
70-74	61.01	80.48	9.9	8.4
75-79	94.51	121.82	7.6	6.4
80-84	141.29	180.22	5.7	4.8
85-89	206.42	259.07	4.3	3.6
90-94	286.21	351.44	3.3	2.7
95-99	384.40	462.87	2.5	2.1
100+	496.57	581.36	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Equatorial Guinea by year

Mortality in Equatorial Guinea, 1966

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