Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 63.9 years in 2004: 65.8 for women and 62.0 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 32,602,997 people died; 33.7% of them were 65 or older and 25.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

63.9

Women

65.8

Men

62.0

Life expectancy at 65

14.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

56.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

79.2

Deaths

32,602,997

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.2

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

251

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

184

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	55.72	61.99	65.9	62.0
1-4	6.19	6.08	68.6	64.9
5-9	2.20	2.10	66.2	62.4
10-14	1.24	1.28	61.9	58.1
15-19	1.73	1.97	57.3	53.4
20-24	2.23	2.84	52.8	48.9
25-29	2.64	3.25	48.4	44.6
30-34	2.98	3.79	44.0	40.3
35-39	3.38	4.55	39.6	36.0
40-44	4.02	5.69	35.2	31.8
45-49	5.26	7.90	30.9	27.6
50-54	7.45	11.39	26.6	23.6
55-59	11.00	16.45	22.5	19.9
60-64	17.30	25.07	18.7	16.3
65-69	26.98	37.79	15.1	13.2
70-74	42.89	56.77	11.9	10.4
75-79	67.35	86.42	9.2	8.0
80-84	107.18	131.65	6.9	6.0
85-89	164.45	193.74	5.1	4.5
90-94	238.50	271.66	3.8	3.4
95-99	335.23	356.89	2.8	2.7
100+	471.68	472.61	2.1	2.1

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2004

Year

Country