Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 53.3 years in 1976: 54.6 for women and 52.0 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 29,407,383 people died; 18.8% of them were 65 or older and 46.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

53.3

Women

54.6

Men

52.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

110.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

166.5

Deaths

29,407,383

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.8

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

337

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

280

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	113.28	125.13	54.6	52.0
1-4	16.92	16.11	60.0	57.7
5-9	4.15	4.14	60.0	57.5
10-14	2.38	2.40	56.2	53.6
15-19	3.21	3.34	51.9	49.2
20-24	4.04	4.55	47.7	45.0
25-29	4.54	4.93	43.6	41.0
30-34	5.04	5.42	39.5	36.9
35-39	5.79	6.60	35.5	32.9
40-44	6.77	8.39	31.5	28.9
45-49	8.35	11.20	27.5	25.0
50-54	11.48	15.56	23.5	21.3
55-59	16.39	21.98	19.7	17.9
60-64	24.91	32.50	16.2	14.6
65-69	37.46	46.93	13.0	11.8
70-74	58.00	69.60	10.2	9.2
75-79	90.23	105.15	7.8	7.0
80-84	136.77	156.99	5.9	5.3
85-89	200.81	228.90	4.4	3.9
90-94	284.81	325.08	3.3	2.9
95-99	389.70	436.18	2.5	2.2
100+	518.91	557.69	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1976

Year

Country