Life expectancy at birth in Equatorial Guinea was 41.5 years in 1974: 44.7 for women and 38.5 for men, a gap of 6.2 years. 7,033 people died; 17.5% of them were 65 or older and 42.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

41.5

Women

44.7

Men

38.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

143.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

243.0

Deaths

7,033

Deaths per 1,000 people

23.8

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

535

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

391

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	147.44	171.24	44.7	38.5
1-4	30.11	32.64	50.5	44.4
5-9	9.02	10.03	52.7	46.3
10-14	6.41	7.22	50.0	43.5
15-19	6.72	8.33	46.6	40.1
20-24	7.62	11.58	43.1	36.6
25-29	8.63	13.12	39.7	33.7
30-34	9.33	14.22	36.3	30.8
35-39	10.32	16.21	32.9	27.9
40-44	11.12	17.37	29.5	25.0
45-49	12.11	19.59	26.1	22.1
50-54	14.71	23.54	22.5	19.1
55-59	18.56	28.88	19.1	16.2
60-64	26.67	39.25	15.7	13.3
65-69	39.92	55.73	12.6	10.6
70-74	63.10	83.57	9.8	8.2
75-79	95.94	124.26	7.5	6.3
80-84	144.11	184.74	5.6	4.7
85-89	212.18	267.62	4.2	3.5
90-94	296.32	364.16	3.2	2.6
95-99	398.92	481.40	2.4	2.1
100+	505.48	591.51	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Equatorial Guinea by year

Mortality in Equatorial Guinea, 1974

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