Life expectancy at birth in Least developed countries was 56.0 years in 2002: 57.5 for women and 54.6 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 8,155,826 people died; 19.7% of them were 65 or older and 40.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2002

Life expectancy at birth

56.0

Women

57.5

Men

54.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

80.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

123.4

Deaths

8,155,826

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.5

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

332

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

284

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2002's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2002

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	78.38	92.10	57.5	54.6
1-4	11.70	12.33	61.1	58.7
5-9	4.10	4.04	59.9	57.6
10-14	2.34	2.39	56.1	53.7
15-19	2.97	3.26	51.7	49.3
20-24	3.80	4.73	47.5	45.1
25-29	4.61	5.20	43.3	41.1
30-34	5.30	5.87	39.3	37.1
35-39	6.18	6.86	35.3	33.2
40-44	7.38	8.43	31.3	29.2
45-49	8.67	10.79	27.4	25.4
50-54	11.59	14.88	23.5	21.6
55-59	16.13	20.69	19.7	18.1
60-64	24.52	30.62	16.2	14.8
65-69	37.25	44.71	12.9	11.8
70-74	57.84	67.59	10.1	9.2
75-79	91.80	105.90	7.6	6.9
80-84	143.24	163.57	5.6	5.1
85-89	213.46	247.79	4.2	3.7
90-94	303.69	359.03	3.1	2.7
95-99	395.72	463.27	2.5	2.1
100+	506.12	591.30	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Least developed countries by year

Mortality in Least developed countries, 2002

Year

Country