Less developed regions, excluding China Mortality 2024: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China is projected at 70.4 years in 2024: 72.7 for women and 68.2 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 36,886,703 people are projected to die; 47.5% of them would be 65 or older and 12.6% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2024

Life expectancy at birth

70.4

Women

72.7

Men

68.2

Life expectancy at 65

16.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

30.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

41.7

Deaths

36,886,703

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.8

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

193

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

130

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2024's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2024

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	28.97	34.37	72.7	68.2
1-4	2.72	2.87	73.8	69.6
5-9	1.24	1.30	70.6	66.3
10-14	0.76	0.86	66.1	61.8
15-19	1.05	1.46	61.3	57.0
20-24	1.27	2.06	56.6	52.4
25-29	1.45	2.21	52.0	47.9
30-34	1.66	2.51	47.3	43.4
35-39	2.06	3.14	42.7	38.9
40-44	2.73	4.17	38.1	34.5
45-49	3.74	5.83	33.6	30.2
50-54	5.58	8.59	29.2	26.0
55-59	8.36	12.98	24.9	22.0
60-64	12.65	19.30	20.9	18.3
65-69	20.16	29.17	17.1	14.9
70-74	32.32	44.55	13.6	11.9
75-79	52.81	68.86	10.5	9.2
80-84	85.54	106.44	8.0	7.0
85-89	133.37	159.59	6.0	5.3
90-94	198.04	228.63	4.4	4.0
95-99	284.22	308.64	3.3	3.1
100+	381.23	420.79	2.6	2.4

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2024

Year

Country