Life expectancy at birth in Least developed countries was 44.6 years in 1972: 46.0 for women and 43.3 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 6,702,368 people died; 11.9% of them were 65 or older and 54.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

44.6

Women

46.0

Men

43.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

144.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

240.6

Deaths

6,702,368

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.3

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

424

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

362

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	148.79	170.65	46.0	43.3
1-4	30.04	30.63	52.2	50.0
5-9	7.38	7.25	54.6	52.3
10-14	4.15	3.99	51.5	49.1
15-19	5.02	5.33	47.6	45.0
20-24	6.13	7.89	43.7	41.2
25-29	7.03	8.39	40.0	37.7
30-34	7.97	8.88	36.3	34.3
35-39	8.86	9.99	32.7	30.7
40-44	9.79	11.92	29.1	27.1
45-49	11.14	14.50	25.4	23.7
50-54	14.28	18.56	21.7	20.2
55-59	19.58	24.55	18.1	17.0
60-64	30.00	35.49	14.7	13.8
65-69	44.92	51.02	11.7	11.0
70-74	70.18	76.91	9.0	8.5
75-79	110.00	118.63	6.8	6.4
80-84	168.52	181.14	5.0	4.7
85-89	243.46	270.12	3.7	3.4
90-94	343.61	387.14	2.8	2.5
95-99	464.39	532.60	2.1	1.9
100+	622.97	764.53	1.6	1.3

Mortality in Least developed countries by year

Mortality in Least developed countries, 1972

Year

Country