Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China is projected at 75.1 years in 2055: 77.5 for women and 72.8 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 62,434,918 people are projected to die; 68.3% of them would be 65 or older and 4.6% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2055

Life expectancy at birth

75.1

Women

77.5

Men

72.8

Life expectancy at 65

18.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

25.7

Deaths

62,434,918

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.5

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

149

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2055's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2055

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	15.48	21.87	77.5	72.8
1-4	1.65	2.06	77.7	73.4
5-9	0.79	0.96	74.2	70.0
10-14	0.50	0.64	69.5	65.3
15-19	0.70	1.08	64.7	60.5
20-24	0.92	1.59	59.9	55.8
25-29	1.10	1.72	55.1	51.2
30-34	1.30	1.96	50.4	46.7
35-39	1.60	2.38	45.7	42.1
40-44	2.11	3.15	41.1	37.6
45-49	2.83	4.38	36.5	33.1
50-54	4.11	6.43	32.0	28.8
55-59	5.99	9.53	27.6	24.6
60-64	9.07	14.15	23.3	20.7
65-69	14.50	21.45	19.3	17.1
70-74	23.54	33.12	15.6	13.7
75-79	39.16	51.97	12.2	10.7
80-84	65.40	82.37	9.3	8.1
85-89	105.84	128.81	6.9	6.1
90-94	165.13	195.39	5.0	4.4
95-99	251.77	287.33	3.7	3.3
100+	357.94	409.42	2.8	2.4

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2055

Year

Country