Life expectancy at birth in Equatorial Guinea was 58.8 years in 2011: 60.3 for women and 57.4 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 13,061 people died; 23.4% of them were 65 or older and 37.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

58.8

Women

60.3

Men

57.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

76.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

107.3

Deaths

13,061

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.5

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

302

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

258

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	73.75	87.63	60.3	57.4
1-4	8.20	8.91	63.8	61.6
5-9	2.26	2.46	61.9	59.7
10-14	1.61	1.71	57.6	55.4
15-19	2.19	2.50	53.0	50.9
20-24	2.92	3.59	48.6	46.5
25-29	3.59	4.05	44.3	42.3
30-34	4.33	4.75	40.0	38.1
35-39	5.34	5.95	35.8	34.0
40-44	6.60	7.64	31.7	29.9
45-49	8.25	10.11	27.7	26.0
50-54	11.15	14.03	23.8	22.2
55-59	15.28	19.32	20.0	18.6
60-64	23.08	28.57	16.4	15.2
65-69	35.72	42.63	13.1	12.2
70-74	57.51	65.73	10.1	9.5
75-79	90.56	100.92	7.7	7.2
80-84	139.72	152.78	5.7	5.4
85-89	210.32	224.91	4.2	4.0
90-94	300.68	314.14	3.1	3.0
95-99	413.11	422.66	2.4	2.3
100+	542.74	542.77	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Equatorial Guinea by year

Mortality in Equatorial Guinea, 2011

Year

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