Life expectancy at birth in Equatorial Guinea was 44.7 years in 1973: 47.7 for women and 41.8 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 6,528 people died; 18.7% of them were 65 or older and 46.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

44.7

Women

47.7

Men

41.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

143.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

238.9

Deaths

6,528

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.6

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

461

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

324

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	146.78	170.84	47.7	41.8
1-4	29.03	31.22	54.0	48.2
5-9	7.46	8.07	56.3	50.4
10-14	4.74	5.12	53.4	47.3
15-19	4.96	6.02	49.6	43.5
20-24	5.81	8.48	45.8	39.7
25-29	6.48	9.53	42.1	36.4
30-34	6.99	10.56	38.4	33.0
35-39	7.72	12.26	34.7	29.7
40-44	8.55	13.91	30.9	26.4
45-49	9.53	16.35	27.2	23.1
50-54	12.15	20.50	23.4	19.8
55-59	16.03	25.90	19.7	16.7
60-64	24.28	36.39	16.1	13.7
65-69	37.54	52.67	12.8	10.9
70-74	60.49	79.98	10.0	8.4
75-79	93.40	120.63	7.6	6.4
80-84	140.31	179.20	5.8	4.8
85-89	206.14	258.85	4.3	3.6
90-94	287.41	352.46	3.3	2.7
95-99	387.35	465.89	2.5	2.1
100+	498.63	582.48	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Equatorial Guinea by year

Mortality in Equatorial Guinea, 1973

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