Life expectancy at birth in Least developed countries was 43.9 years in 1968: 45.1 for women and 42.7 for men, a gap of 2.4 years. 6,276,946 people died; 11.8% of them were 65 or older and 54.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

43.9

Women

45.1

Men

42.7

Life expectancy at 65

11.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

149.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

250.5

Deaths

6,276,946

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.0

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

421

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

368

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

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	154.91	178.09	45.1	42.7
1-4	31.75	32.43	51.5	49.7
5-9	7.65	7.40	54.1	52.3
10-14	4.25	4.00	51.2	49.2
15-19	5.15	5.16	47.2	45.1
20-24	6.24	7.42	43.4	41.2
25-29	7.06	7.96	39.7	37.7
30-34	8.01	8.56	36.0	34.1
35-39	8.94	9.79	32.4	30.5
40-44	9.96	11.89	28.7	26.9
45-49	11.44	14.57	25.1	23.4
50-54	14.73	18.80	21.4	20.0
55-59	20.18	25.02	17.8	16.7
60-64	31.20	36.55	14.4	13.6
65-69	46.71	52.59	11.5	10.8
70-74	72.92	79.45	8.8	8.3
75-79	114.23	123.54	6.6	6.2
80-84	173.76	187.39	4.9	4.6
85-89	250.20	277.58	3.7	3.3
90-94	348.72	396.24	2.8	2.4
95-99	454.74	530.72	2.2	1.9
100+	586.41	691.04	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Least developed countries by year

Mortality in Least developed countries, 1968

Year

Country