Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 62.8 years in 2001: 64.7 for women and 61.0 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 32,224,734 people died; 31.6% of them were 65 or older and 28.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

62.8

Women

64.7

Men

61.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

62.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

87.9

Deaths

32,224,734

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.6

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

259

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

192

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	61.69	68.23	64.7	61.0
1-4	7.08	6.92	67.8	64.2
5-9	2.36	2.25	65.7	62.0
10-14	1.31	1.34	61.4	57.6
15-19	1.82	2.05	56.8	53.0
20-24	2.37	2.94	52.3	48.5
25-29	2.76	3.36	47.9	44.2
30-34	3.05	3.88	43.5	39.9
35-39	3.45	4.62	39.1	35.6
40-44	4.17	5.84	34.8	31.4
45-49	5.50	8.15	30.5	27.3
50-54	7.89	11.84	26.2	23.3
55-59	11.66	17.13	22.2	19.6
60-64	18.19	26.16	18.4	16.1
65-69	28.19	39.18	14.9	13.0
70-74	44.74	58.75	11.7	10.2
75-79	69.95	88.97	9.0	7.9
80-84	109.96	134.99	6.8	5.9
85-89	165.94	198.28	5.1	4.5
90-94	239.64	276.02	3.8	3.4
95-99	334.97	359.69	2.8	2.7
100+	471.94	466.81	2.1	2.1

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2001

Year

Country