Life expectancy at birth in Equatorial Guinea was 31.0 years in 1969: 34.3 for women and 28.1 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 10,837 people died; 15.1% of them were 65 or older and 34.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1969

Life expectancy at birth

31.0

Women

34.3

Men

28.1

Life expectancy at 65

10.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

155.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

281.5

Deaths

10,837

Deaths per 1,000 people

33.6

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

738

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

596

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1969

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	161.54	186.58	34.3	28.2
1-4	38.93	43.36	39.1	32.7
5-9	15.83	18.41	41.3	34.4
10-14	13.13	15.51	39.5	32.5
15-19	13.70	17.38	37.0	29.9
20-24	14.84	23.73	34.5	27.4
25-29	17.11	27.12	31.9	25.6
30-34	18.51	28.47	29.6	23.9
35-39	20.42	31.54	27.2	22.2
40-44	21.10	30.89	24.8	20.6
45-49	22.08	32.26	22.3	18.6
50-54	24.66	35.51	19.6	16.5
55-59	28.46	40.61	16.9	14.2
60-64	36.37	50.78	14.1	11.8
65-69	50.04	68.37	11.4	9.5
70-74	74.76	98.85	8.9	7.4
75-79	108.05	140.92	6.9	5.7
80-84	161.24	208.89	5.2	4.2
85-89	238.28	302.52	3.8	3.1
90-94	337.02	417.99	2.8	2.3
95-99	478.83	577.96	2.1	1.7
100+	556.70	654.79	1.8	1.5

Mortality in Equatorial Guinea by year

Mortality in Equatorial Guinea, 1969

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