Less developed regions, excluding China Mortality 1955: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 44.4 years in 1955: 45.3 for women and 43.6 for men, a gap of 1.7 years. 25,893,479 people died; 13.3% of them were 65 or older and 53.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1955

Life expectancy at birth

44.4

Women

45.3

Men

43.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

154.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

252.5

Deaths

25,893,479

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.5

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

413

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

370

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1955's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1955

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	163.89	182.75	45.3	43.6
1-4	31.85	30.70	52.1	51.0
5-9	5.82	5.61	54.8	53.4
10-14	3.87	3.36	51.4	49.9
15-19	5.02	4.70	47.3	45.7
20-24	6.14	6.56	43.5	41.7
25-29	7.00	7.13	39.8	38.0
30-34	7.91	7.84	36.1	34.3
35-39	9.04	9.38	32.4	30.5
40-44	9.94	11.42	28.8	26.9
45-49	11.58	14.39	25.2	23.3
50-54	15.02	18.99	21.5	19.9
55-59	20.53	25.78	18.0	16.6
60-64	30.69	37.19	14.7	13.5
65-69	45.54	53.69	11.7	10.8
70-74	70.75	80.84	9.0	8.3
75-79	110.10	123.06	6.8	6.3
80-84	166.18	184.43	5.1	4.7
85-89	240.26	267.56	3.8	3.5
90-94	332.24	370.09	2.9	2.6
95-99	446.07	490.47	2.2	2.0
100+	582.82	637.76	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1955

Year

Country