Life expectancy at birth in Equatorial Guinea was 51.2 years in 1988: 53.3 for women and 49.0 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 7,274 people died; 18.9% of them were 65 or older and 49.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

51.2

Women

53.3

Men

49.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

117.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

181.8

Deaths

7,274

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.5

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

378

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

288

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	118.22	137.28	53.3	49.0
1-4	18.62	19.69	58.9	55.0
5-9	4.67	4.91	59.2	55.3
10-14	2.97	3.05	55.6	51.6
15-19	3.44	3.88	51.4	47.4
20-24	4.31	5.54	47.2	43.3
25-29	4.98	6.23	43.2	39.4
30-34	5.60	7.14	39.2	35.6
35-39	6.43	8.61	35.3	31.8
40-44	7.45	10.47	31.3	28.0
45-49	8.70	13.04	27.4	24.4
50-54	11.47	17.20	23.5	20.9
55-59	15.52	22.63	19.8	17.5
60-64	23.76	32.70	16.2	14.3
65-69	36.99	48.09	12.9	11.4
70-74	59.76	73.64	10.0	8.9
75-79	93.13	112.11	7.6	6.7
80-84	140.98	167.47	5.7	5.0
85-89	208.52	243.07	4.3	3.8
90-94	292.98	333.67	3.2	2.9
95-99	397.32	443.41	2.5	2.2
100+	516.98	562.27	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Equatorial Guinea by year

Mortality in Equatorial Guinea, 1988

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