Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 58.7 years in 1988: 60.5 for women and 56.9 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 30,474,526 people died; 24.9% of them were 65 or older and 39.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

58.7

Women

60.5

Men

56.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

84.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

123.6

Deaths

30,474,526

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.6

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

287

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

216

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	85.94	94.05	60.5	56.9
1-4	11.24	10.65	64.8	61.4
5-9	3.08	3.02	63.7	60.0
10-14	1.63	1.70	59.6	55.9
15-19	2.14	2.46	55.1	51.3
20-24	2.61	3.43	50.7	46.9
25-29	2.91	3.67	46.3	42.7
30-34	3.27	4.08	42.0	38.5
35-39	3.90	5.05	37.6	34.2
40-44	4.92	6.66	33.3	30.0
45-49	6.38	9.30	29.1	25.9
50-54	9.08	13.41	24.9	22.0
55-59	13.35	19.60	21.0	18.4
60-64	21.20	29.82	17.2	15.0
65-69	32.68	44.46	13.9	12.0
70-74	51.34	67.19	10.9	9.4
75-79	81.01	102.33	8.3	7.2
80-84	124.46	153.48	6.3	5.4
85-89	185.38	223.19	4.7	4.0
90-94	261.86	307.84	3.5	3.1
95-99	356.88	401.46	2.7	2.4
100+	474.36	510.15	2.1	2.0

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1988

Year

Country