Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 45.4 years in 1957: 46.2 for women and 44.6 for men, a gap of 1.7 years. 26,288,195 people died; 13.5% of them were 65 or older and 53.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

45.4

Women

46.2

Men

44.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

149.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

241.8

Deaths

26,288,195

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.8

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

406

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

363

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

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	158.06	175.75	46.2	44.6
1-4	29.75	28.54	52.9	51.8
5-9	5.61	5.39	55.3	53.8
10-14	3.75	3.27	51.8	50.2
15-19	4.86	4.58	47.7	46.0
20-24	5.94	6.37	43.8	42.0
25-29	6.78	6.93	40.1	38.2
30-34	7.64	7.61	36.3	34.5
35-39	8.78	9.13	32.7	30.7
40-44	9.71	11.16	29.0	27.1
45-49	11.32	14.08	25.3	23.5
50-54	14.75	18.67	21.7	20.0
55-59	20.15	25.42	18.1	16.7
60-64	30.14	36.65	14.8	13.6
65-69	44.80	53.08	11.8	10.9
70-74	69.66	79.74	9.1	8.4
75-79	108.33	121.71	6.9	6.3
80-84	164.42	182.56	5.1	4.7
85-89	237.99	264.85	3.8	3.5
90-94	331.77	366.07	2.9	2.6
95-99	441.51	480.12	2.2	2.1
100+	584.80	628.77	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1957

Year

Country