Less developed regions, excluding China Mortality 2026: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China is projected at 70.8 years in 2026: 73.1 for women and 68.5 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 38,127,334 people are projected to die; 49.1% of them would be 65 or older and 11.8% 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, 2026

Life expectancy at birth

70.8

Women

73.1

Men

68.5

Life expectancy at 65

16.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

29.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

40.3

Deaths

38,127,334

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.8

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

190

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

127

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2026's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2026

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	27.58	33.24	73.1	68.5
1-4	2.64	2.83	74.2	69.8
5-9	1.20	1.28	70.9	66.6
10-14	0.74	0.85	66.3	62.0
15-19	1.02	1.43	61.6	57.3
20-24	1.25	2.03	56.9	52.7
25-29	1.42	2.16	52.2	48.2
30-34	1.62	2.46	47.6	43.7
35-39	2.01	3.06	42.9	39.2
40-44	2.66	4.06	38.3	34.7
45-49	3.64	5.69	33.8	30.4
50-54	5.44	8.41	29.4	26.2
55-59	8.15	12.70	25.1	22.2
60-64	12.33	18.89	21.1	18.5
65-69	19.62	28.55	17.2	15.1
70-74	31.54	43.68	13.8	12.0
75-79	51.50	67.42	10.7	9.3
80-84	84.10	104.70	8.1	7.1
85-89	131.34	157.24	6.0	5.3
90-94	195.55	226.18	4.5	4.0
95-99	281.25	307.17	3.4	3.1
100+	379.20	419.11	2.6	2.4

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2026

Year

Country