Life expectancy at birth in Least developed countries is projected at 68.9 years in 2037: 71.4 for women and 66.4 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 9,845,396 people are projected to die; 39.9% of them would be 65 or older and 17.9% 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, 2037

Life expectancy at birth

68.9

Women

71.4

Men

66.4

Life expectancy at 65

15.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

30.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

44.0

Deaths

9,845,396

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.3

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

213

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

144

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2037's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2037

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	26.79	36.29	71.4	66.4
1-4	3.10	3.76	72.3	67.8
5-9	1.24	1.66	69.2	64.8
10-14	0.80	1.09	64.6	60.3
15-19	1.11	1.72	59.9	55.6
20-24	1.44	2.51	55.2	51.1
25-29	1.69	2.66	50.6	46.7
30-34	1.94	3.01	46.0	42.3
35-39	2.39	3.63	41.4	37.9
40-44	3.17	4.73	36.9	33.6
45-49	4.22	6.48	32.4	29.3
50-54	6.15	9.50	28.0	25.2
55-59	8.86	13.75	23.8	21.3
60-64	13.99	20.77	19.8	17.6
65-69	22.71	31.03	16.0	14.2
70-74	37.42	48.33	12.7	11.2
75-79	61.09	75.60	9.7	8.6
80-84	97.90	117.20	7.3	6.4
85-89	148.51	181.50	5.5	4.7
90-94	220.19	272.36	4.0	3.4
95-99	327.20	406.10	2.9	2.4
100+	434.10	520.86	2.3	1.9

Mortality in Least developed countries by year

Mortality in Least developed countries, 2037

Year

Country