Life expectancy at birth in Equatorial Guinea was 56.9 years in 2007: 58.2 for women and 55.5 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 12,135 people died; 22.1% of them were 65 or older and 40.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2007

Life expectancy at birth

56.9

Women

58.2

Men

55.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

86.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

123.8

Deaths

12,135

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.7

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

320

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

278

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2007

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	84.19	99.30	58.2	55.5
1-4	10.15	10.91	62.2	60.1
5-9	2.72	2.94	60.7	58.7
10-14	1.90	1.98	56.5	54.6
15-19	2.53	2.79	52.1	50.1
20-24	3.39	4.00	47.7	45.7
25-29	4.18	4.51	43.5	41.6
30-34	4.99	5.25	39.3	37.5
35-39	6.05	6.52	35.3	33.4
40-44	7.30	8.25	31.3	29.5
45-49	8.90	10.75	27.3	25.6
50-54	11.84	14.74	23.4	21.9
55-59	16.02	20.07	19.7	18.3
60-64	24.04	29.51	16.2	15.0
65-69	37.02	43.89	12.9	12.0
70-74	59.34	67.57	10.0	9.3
75-79	92.85	103.55	7.6	7.1
80-84	142.11	156.26	5.7	5.3
85-89	212.48	229.25	4.2	3.9
90-94	302.22	318.83	3.1	3.0
95-99	413.44	427.68	2.4	2.3
100+	541.45	547.50	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Equatorial Guinea by year

Mortality in Equatorial Guinea, 2007

Year

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