Life expectancy at birth in Least developed countries was 59.2 years in 2007: 60.8 for women and 57.6 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 7,806,072 people died; 22.6% of them were 65 or older and 36.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2007

Life expectancy at birth

59.2

Women

60.8

Men

57.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

66.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

99.2

Deaths

7,806,072

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.8

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

303

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

250

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2007

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	64.03	76.11	60.8	57.6
1-4	8.60	9.19	63.8	61.0
5-9	3.20	3.31	61.9	59.2
10-14	1.90	2.03	57.9	55.2
15-19	2.47	2.83	53.4	50.7
20-24	3.14	4.04	49.1	46.4
25-29	3.80	4.42	44.8	42.3
30-34	4.38	5.04	40.6	38.2
35-39	5.21	5.99	36.4	34.1
40-44	6.27	7.43	32.3	30.1
45-49	7.51	9.66	28.3	26.1
50-54	10.36	13.53	24.3	22.3
55-59	14.44	19.13	20.4	18.7
60-64	22.12	28.52	16.8	15.3
65-69	34.43	42.00	13.4	12.2
70-74	53.87	64.23	10.5	9.5
75-79	85.62	100.25	7.9	7.2
80-84	134.84	155.06	5.9	5.3
85-89	203.82	236.80	4.3	3.8
90-94	293.41	346.39	3.2	2.8
95-99	384.31	452.27	2.5	2.2
100+	492.85	574.32	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Least developed countries by year

Mortality in Least developed countries, 2007

Year

Country