Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 67.2 years in 2012: 69.4 for women and 65.0 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 33,143,014 people died; 39.0% of them were 65 or older and 19.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

67.2

Women

69.4

Men

65.0

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

42.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

58.6

Deaths

33,143,014

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.3

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

224

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

155

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	41.46	47.05	69.4	65.0
1-4	4.15	4.19	71.3	67.1
5-9	1.66	1.65	68.4	64.2
10-14	0.98	1.05	64.0	59.7
15-19	1.35	1.73	59.3	55.0
20-24	1.66	2.43	54.7	50.5
25-29	1.91	2.68	50.1	46.1
30-34	2.22	3.14	45.6	41.7
35-39	2.68	3.88	41.1	37.3
40-44	3.32	4.98	36.6	33.0
45-49	4.43	6.90	32.1	28.7
50-54	6.47	10.05	27.8	24.7
55-59	9.51	14.89	23.6	20.8
60-64	14.91	22.32	19.7	17.2
65-69	23.87	33.51	16.0	13.9
70-74	37.77	51.34	12.7	11.0
75-79	60.25	78.61	9.8	8.5
80-84	96.94	120.68	7.3	6.4
85-89	150.82	178.44	5.4	4.8
90-94	222.00	250.90	4.0	3.7
95-99	314.25	333.88	3.0	2.9
100+	439.91	444.82	2.3	2.3

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2012

Year

Country