Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 51.6 years in 1972: 52.9 for women and 50.4 for men, a gap of 2.5 years. 28,836,398 people died; 17.5% of them were 65 or older and 48.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

51.6

Women

52.9

Men

50.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

118.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

181.4

Deaths

28,836,398

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.9

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

352

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

296

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	122.09	135.65	52.9	50.4
1-4	19.12	18.37	58.6	56.5
5-9	4.33	4.30	59.1	56.7
10-14	2.50	2.43	55.3	52.8
15-19	3.40	3.55	51.0	48.5
20-24	4.27	4.98	46.8	44.3
25-29	4.88	5.35	42.8	40.3
30-34	5.45	5.85	38.8	36.4
35-39	6.30	7.09	34.8	32.4
40-44	7.29	8.98	30.8	28.4
45-49	8.95	11.82	26.8	24.6
50-54	12.28	16.31	23.0	21.0
55-59	17.28	22.81	19.2	17.5
60-64	26.36	33.65	15.7	14.3
65-69	39.60	48.60	12.6	11.5
70-74	62.03	72.62	9.8	9.0
75-79	95.63	109.13	7.5	6.9
80-84	144.76	162.72	5.6	5.1
85-89	212.32	237.90	4.2	3.8
90-94	301.69	338.02	3.1	2.8
95-99	410.80	453.67	2.4	2.2
100+	547.17	597.34	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1972

Year

Country