Life expectancy at birth in Least developed countries was 52.6 years in 1996: 54.0 for women and 51.3 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 8,359,881 people died; 17.7% of them were 65 or older and 44.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

52.6

Women

54.0

Men

51.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

96.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

153.0

Deaths

8,359,881

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.7

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

362

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

313

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	95.73	111.34	54.0	51.3
1-4	15.90	16.53	58.3	56.2
5-9	4.90	4.90	58.0	55.9
10-14	2.77	2.82	54.4	52.2
15-19	3.48	3.76	50.2	47.9
20-24	4.47	5.45	46.0	43.8
25-29	5.38	6.02	42.0	39.9
30-34	6.03	6.61	38.0	36.1
35-39	6.94	7.66	34.1	32.2
40-44	8.38	9.44	30.3	28.3
45-49	9.75	11.98	26.4	24.6
50-54	12.68	16.19	22.6	21.0
55-59	17.87	22.54	18.9	17.5
60-64	27.15	33.14	15.5	14.3
65-69	40.69	47.85	12.4	11.4
70-74	63.13	72.04	9.6	8.8
75-79	99.87	113.33	7.2	6.6
80-84	154.62	174.71	5.3	4.8
85-89	226.73	263.51	4.0	3.5
90-94	318.91	380.80	3.0	2.5
95-99	417.29	505.28	2.3	2.0
100+	537.78	631.51	1.9	1.6

Mortality in Least developed countries by year

Mortality in Least developed countries, 1996

Year

Country