Least developed countries Mortality 1975: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Least developed countries was 43.8 years in 1975: 45.4 for women and 42.4 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 7,388,539 people died; 11.8% of them were 65 or older and 51.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1975

Life expectancy at birth

43.8

Women

45.4

Men

42.4

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

141.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

236.6

Deaths

7,388,539

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.7

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

450

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

383

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1975's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1975

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	145.82	166.86	45.4	42.4
1-4	29.48	30.13	51.3	48.8
5-9	7.89	8.05	53.4	50.7
10-14	4.83	4.93	50.5	47.7
15-19	5.71	6.38	46.7	43.8
20-24	6.83	9.12	42.9	40.2
25-29	7.81	9.61	39.4	36.9
30-34	8.79	10.01	35.8	33.6
35-39	9.79	11.25	32.3	30.2
40-44	10.64	12.98	28.8	26.8
45-49	11.91	15.49	25.2	23.5
50-54	14.95	19.40	21.6	20.1
55-59	20.13	25.18	18.1	16.9
60-64	30.13	35.76	14.8	13.9
65-69	44.65	50.86	11.8	11.1
70-74	69.34	76.33	9.1	8.6
75-79	107.97	116.65	6.8	6.5
80-84	167.15	178.04	5.0	4.8
85-89	244.60	267.45	3.7	3.4
90-94	345.97	383.21	2.8	2.5
95-99	453.26	502.18	2.2	2.0
100+	570.42	629.13	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Least developed countries by year

Mortality in Least developed countries, 1975

Year

Country