Life expectancy at birth in Equatorial Guinea was 30.5 years in 1976: 33.8 for women and 27.6 for men, a gap of 6.2 years. 9,674 people died; 13.9% of them were 65 or older and 33.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

30.5

Women

33.8

Men

27.6

Life expectancy at 65

10.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

148.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

268.1

Deaths

9,674

Deaths per 1,000 people

34.4

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

763

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

623

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	153.65	176.83	33.9	27.6
1-4	36.33	40.62	38.3	31.8
5-9	16.41	19.26	39.9	33.0
10-14	14.16	16.89	38.1	31.1
15-19	14.86	18.97	35.7	28.6
20-24	15.98	25.86	33.3	26.2
25-29	18.52	29.63	30.9	24.5
30-34	20.08	31.03	28.6	23.0
35-39	22.22	34.32	26.4	21.4
40-44	22.90	33.26	24.2	20.0
45-49	23.92	34.46	21.8	18.2
50-54	26.43	37.51	19.3	16.1
55-59	30.12	42.53	16.7	14.0
60-64	37.67	52.43	14.0	11.7
65-69	50.99	69.89	11.3	9.5
70-74	75.34	100.26	8.9	7.4
75-79	107.93	141.42	6.9	5.7
80-84	161.93	210.24	5.1	4.2
85-89	239.82	308.20	3.8	3.1
90-94	336.19	419.57	2.9	2.3
95-99	439.64	549.08	2.2	1.8
100+	527.65	630.20	1.9	1.6

Mortality in Equatorial Guinea by year

Mortality in Equatorial Guinea, 1976

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