Least developed countries Mortality 2029: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Least developed countries is projected at 67.5 years in 2029: 69.9 for women and 65.1 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 8,617,059 people are projected to die; 35.1% of them would be 65 or older and 22.4% 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, 2029

Life expectancy at birth

67.5

Women

69.9

Men

65.1

Life expectancy at 65

14.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

35.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

50.6

Deaths

8,617,059

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.5

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

228

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

157

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2029's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2029

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	32.17	41.20	69.9	65.1
1-4	3.64	4.19	71.2	66.8
5-9	1.45	1.86	68.2	63.9
10-14	0.93	1.22	63.7	59.5
15-19	1.31	1.92	58.9	54.8
20-24	1.63	2.74	54.3	50.3
25-29	1.89	2.94	49.7	46.0
30-34	2.17	3.31	45.2	41.6
35-39	2.67	3.92	40.7	37.3
40-44	3.51	5.05	36.2	33.0
45-49	4.62	6.86	31.8	28.8
50-54	6.79	10.20	27.4	24.7
55-59	9.56	14.71	23.3	20.8
60-64	14.98	21.85	19.3	17.2
65-69	24.33	32.28	15.6	13.9
70-74	39.86	50.45	12.3	10.9
75-79	64.20	79.61	9.4	8.3
80-84	103.00	123.75	7.1	6.2
85-89	157.06	190.75	5.3	4.5
90-94	232.20	286.87	3.9	3.2
95-99	337.27	419.55	2.9	2.3
100+	438.52	532.48	2.3	1.9

Mortality in Least developed countries by year

Mortality in Least developed countries, 2029

Year

Country