Life expectancy at birth in Least developed countries was 50.4 years in 1989: 51.8 for women and 49.0 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 7,938,575 people died; 16.0% of them were 65 or older and 48.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

50.4

Women

51.8

Men

49.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

111.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

179.9

Deaths

7,938,575

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.7

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

376

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

322

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	111.96	129.36	51.8	49.0
1-4	19.95	20.45	56.7	54.6
5-9	5.54	5.52	57.3	55.0
10-14	3.10	3.10	53.8	51.5
15-19	3.82	4.20	49.6	47.3
20-24	4.79	6.15	45.5	43.2
25-29	5.59	6.64	41.6	39.5
30-34	6.29	7.13	37.7	35.7
35-39	7.29	8.20	33.8	32.0
40-44	8.78	10.05	30.0	28.2
45-49	10.24	12.57	26.2	24.5
50-54	12.97	16.68	22.5	20.9
55-59	17.83	22.52	18.8	17.5
60-64	27.54	32.99	15.3	14.3
65-69	41.45	47.69	12.2	11.4
70-74	64.78	71.98	9.4	8.8
75-79	102.70	112.87	7.1	6.6
80-84	159.26	174.06	5.2	4.8
85-89	234.01	262.78	3.9	3.5
90-94	325.74	376.02	2.9	2.6
95-99	418.24	486.92	2.3	2.0
100+	529.30	598.23	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Least developed countries by year

Mortality in Least developed countries, 1989

Year

Country