Life expectancy at birth in Least developed countries was 41.7 years in 1962: 42.9 for women and 40.6 for men, a gap of 2.3 years. 5,882,420 people died; 11.4% of them were 65 or older and 55.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

41.7

Women

42.9

Men

40.6

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

161.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

273.4

Deaths

5,882,420

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.9

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

441

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

391

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	168.63	194.44	42.9	40.6
1-4	35.92	36.92	49.5	47.9
5-9	8.41	8.10	52.8	51.2
10-14	4.75	4.44	49.9	48.2
15-19	5.72	5.54	46.1	44.2
20-24	6.84	7.78	42.3	40.4
25-29	7.73	8.39	38.7	36.9
30-34	8.79	9.13	35.1	33.4
35-39	9.74	10.46	31.6	29.8
40-44	10.74	12.66	28.1	26.3
45-49	12.25	15.48	24.5	22.8
50-54	15.77	19.94	20.9	19.4
55-59	21.56	26.65	17.4	16.2
60-64	33.25	38.87	14.0	13.2
65-69	49.42	55.79	11.1	10.5
70-74	76.69	84.41	8.5	8.0
75-79	119.57	130.76	6.4	6.0
80-84	182.54	198.24	4.7	4.4
85-89	260.68	293.05	3.5	3.2
90-94	356.78	409.92	2.7	2.4
95-99	461.01	524.73	2.1	1.9
100+	584.56	664.72	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Least developed countries by year

Mortality in Least developed countries, 1962

Year

Country