Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 42.9 years in 1953: 43.9 for women and 42.0 for men, a gap of 1.8 years. 26,011,628 people died; 13.0% of them were 65 or older and 53.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

42.9

Women

43.9

Men

42.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

161.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

266.8

Deaths

26,011,628

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.6

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

432

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

383

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	171.42	191.53	43.9	42.1
1-4	34.88	33.73	50.8	49.5
5-9	6.39	6.14	54.0	52.4
10-14	4.13	3.59	50.7	48.9
15-19	5.32	5.12	46.7	44.8
20-24	6.51	7.21	42.9	40.9
25-29	7.42	7.81	39.2	37.3
30-34	8.38	8.56	35.6	33.6
35-39	9.50	10.11	32.0	30.0
40-44	10.44	12.20	28.4	26.4
45-49	12.10	15.22	24.8	22.9
50-54	15.67	19.97	21.2	19.5
55-59	21.25	26.86	17.7	16.3
60-64	31.81	38.57	14.4	13.3
65-69	46.91	55.34	11.5	10.6
70-74	72.80	82.93	8.9	8.2
75-79	112.59	125.30	6.7	6.2
80-84	169.62	187.52	5.0	4.6
85-89	244.46	271.62	3.7	3.4
90-94	338.87	377.27	2.8	2.6
95-99	457.13	505.44	2.1	2.0
100+	593.47	650.32	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1953

Year

Country