Life expectancy at birth in Least developed countries was 60.9 years in 2011: 62.7 for women and 59.1 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 7,813,193 people died; 24.2% of them were 65 or older and 34.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

60.9

Women

62.7

Men

59.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

60.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

88.9

Deaths

7,813,193

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.9

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

288

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

228

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	57.39	68.19	62.7	59.1
1-4	7.59	8.08	65.4	62.2
5-9	2.83	3.00	63.3	60.1
10-14	1.72	1.86	59.2	56.0
15-19	2.19	2.63	54.7	51.5
20-24	2.76	3.71	50.2	47.2
25-29	3.28	4.03	45.9	43.0
30-34	3.78	4.59	41.6	38.8
35-39	4.54	5.46	37.4	34.7
40-44	5.57	6.90	33.2	30.6
45-49	6.78	9.06	29.0	26.5
50-54	9.55	12.89	25.0	22.6
55-59	13.26	18.57	21.0	19.0
60-64	20.52	27.52	17.3	15.6
65-69	32.27	40.00	13.9	12.5
70-74	50.39	61.83	10.9	9.7
75-79	79.48	96.34	8.3	7.3
80-84	125.63	149.52	6.2	5.4
85-89	191.56	229.62	4.5	3.9
90-94	281.58	341.65	3.3	2.8
95-99	381.24	456.37	2.6	2.2
100+	485.74	578.30	2.1	1.7

Mortality in Least developed countries by year

Mortality in Least developed countries, 2011

Year

Country