Least developed countries Mortality 1950: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Least developed countries was 36.5 years in 1950: 37.7 for women and 35.3 for men, a gap of 2.4 years. 5,498,965 people died; 11.8% of them were 65 or older and 56.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1950

Life expectancy at birth

36.5

Women

37.7

Men

35.3

Life expectancy at 65

10.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

191.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

337.0

Deaths

5,498,965

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.7

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

485

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

433

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1950's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1950

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	203.56	236.89	37.7	35.3
1-4	49.78	52.02	44.9	43.2
5-9	10.24	10.04	50.2	48.6
10-14	5.67	5.27	47.7	46.0
15-19	6.79	6.37	44.0	42.2
20-24	8.08	8.84	40.4	38.5
25-29	9.05	9.56	37.0	35.1
30-34	10.24	10.52	33.6	31.7
35-39	11.27	11.98	30.2	28.3
40-44	12.23	14.36	26.8	24.8
45-49	13.75	17.65	23.4	21.5
50-54	17.73	22.80	19.8	18.3
55-59	24.31	30.56	16.4	15.2
60-64	37.20	44.40	13.2	12.2
65-69	54.96	63.34	10.4	9.7
70-74	85.40	95.66	7.9	7.4
75-79	134.68	150.02	5.9	5.4
80-84	204.27	225.12	4.3	4.0
85-89	287.54	324.26	3.3	2.9
90-94	391.33	438.85	2.5	2.2
95-99	484.88	541.77	2.0	1.8
100+	592.84	645.95	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Least developed countries by year

Mortality in Least developed countries, 1950

Year

Country