Life expectancy at birth in Least developed countries is projected at 67.3 years in 2028: 69.7 for women and 64.9 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 8,480,866 people are projected to die; 34.5% of them would be 65 or older and 23.0% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2028

Life expectancy at birth

67.3

Women

69.7

Men

64.9

Life expectancy at 65

14.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

36.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

51.6

Deaths

8,480,866

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.5

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

230

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

159

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2028's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2028

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	32.95	41.90	69.7	64.9
1-4	3.71	4.25	71.0	66.7
5-9	1.48	1.89	68.0	63.8
10-14	0.95	1.24	63.5	59.4
15-19	1.33	1.94	58.8	54.7
20-24	1.65	2.78	54.2	50.2
25-29	1.92	2.98	49.6	45.9
30-34	2.20	3.34	45.1	41.5
35-39	2.71	3.97	40.6	37.2
40-44	3.55	5.08	36.1	32.9
45-49	4.69	6.93	31.7	28.7
50-54	6.86	10.30	27.4	24.6
55-59	9.65	14.82	23.2	20.8
60-64	15.12	21.98	19.2	17.2
65-69	24.54	32.46	15.5	13.9
70-74	40.12	50.77	12.2	10.9
75-79	64.69	80.24	9.4	8.3
80-84	103.69	124.44	7.0	6.2
85-89	158.22	192.08	5.2	4.5
90-94	233.59	288.47	3.9	3.2
95-99	338.40	420.97	2.8	2.3
100+	439.10	534.76	2.3	1.9

Mortality in Least developed countries by year

Mortality in Least developed countries, 2028

Year

Country