Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 59.5 years in 1991: 61.3 for women and 57.8 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 31,011,963 people died; 26.3% of them were 65 or older and 37.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

59.5

Women

61.3

Men

57.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

79.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

115.4

Deaths

31,011,963

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.1

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

280

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

211

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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	80.13	87.85	61.4	57.8
1-4	10.30	9.83	65.4	62.0
5-9	2.97	2.89	64.0	60.4
10-14	1.60	1.66	60.0	56.2
15-19	2.10	2.36	55.4	51.7
20-24	2.56	3.27	51.0	47.3
25-29	2.85	3.52	46.6	43.0
30-34	3.19	3.94	42.2	38.7
35-39	3.78	4.86	37.9	34.5
40-44	4.76	6.44	33.6	30.2
45-49	6.25	9.00	29.3	26.1
50-54	8.88	13.09	25.1	22.2
55-59	13.05	19.16	21.2	18.6
60-64	20.65	29.25	17.4	15.2
65-69	31.78	43.63	14.0	12.1
70-74	50.20	66.08	11.0	9.5
75-79	79.19	100.62	8.4	7.3
80-84	121.72	151.15	6.4	5.5
85-89	181.56	219.67	4.8	4.1
90-94	257.18	301.19	3.6	3.2
95-99	352.08	390.24	2.7	2.5
100+	476.24	494.76	2.1	2.0

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1991

Year

Country