Life expectancy at birth in Least developed countries was 54.0 years in 1999: 55.6 for women and 52.4 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 8,387,555 people died; 18.3% of them were 65 or older and 42.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1999

Life expectancy at birth

54.0

Women

55.6

Men

52.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

89.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

139.1

Deaths

8,387,555

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.8

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

359

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

301

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1999's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1999

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	87.49	102.28	55.6	52.4
1-4	13.89	14.52	59.6	56.9
5-9	4.52	4.47	58.8	56.2
10-14	2.56	2.61	55.1	52.4
15-19	3.23	3.68	50.8	48.1
20-24	4.17	5.59	46.6	43.9
25-29	5.05	6.13	42.5	40.1
30-34	5.75	6.72	38.6	36.3
35-39	6.64	7.67	34.6	32.4
40-44	7.98	9.28	30.7	28.6
45-49	9.32	11.72	26.8	24.8
50-54	12.27	15.89	23.0	21.2
55-59	17.16	22.03	19.3	17.7
60-64	26.01	32.33	15.8	14.5
65-69	39.12	46.76	12.6	11.6
70-74	60.61	70.32	9.8	9.0
75-79	96.05	110.24	7.4	6.7
80-84	149.13	170.09	5.5	4.9
85-89	220.44	257.00	4.1	3.6
90-94	312.28	373.38	3.0	2.6
95-99	408.80	506.77	2.4	2.0
100+	517.44	635.45	1.9	1.6

Mortality in Least developed countries by year

Mortality in Least developed countries, 1999

Year

Country