Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 66.7 years in 2011: 68.9 for women and 64.6 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 33,175,672 people died; 38.3% of them were 65 or older and 20.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

66.7

Women

68.9

Men

64.6

Life expectancy at 65

14.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

44.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

61.8

Deaths

33,175,672

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.4

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

227

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

158

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	43.53	49.17	68.9	64.6
1-4	4.48	4.50	70.9	66.8
5-9	1.74	1.73	68.2	64.0
10-14	1.02	1.09	63.7	59.5
15-19	1.39	1.76	59.1	54.8
20-24	1.72	2.46	54.4	50.3
25-29	1.99	2.74	49.9	45.9
30-34	2.30	3.22	45.4	41.5
35-39	2.76	3.97	40.9	37.1
40-44	3.40	5.07	36.4	32.8
45-49	4.52	7.04	32.0	28.6
50-54	6.56	10.23	27.6	24.5
55-59	9.63	15.06	23.5	20.7
60-64	15.20	22.70	19.5	17.1
65-69	24.26	34.08	15.8	13.8
70-74	38.43	52.17	12.6	10.9
75-79	61.28	79.90	9.7	8.4
80-84	98.54	122.63	7.3	6.4
85-89	152.99	181.17	5.4	4.8
90-94	224.53	254.47	4.0	3.6
95-99	316.19	338.69	3.0	2.8
100+	442.67	450.45	2.3	2.2

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2011

Year

Country