Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 47.3 years in 1957: 48.6 for women and 46.2 for men, a gap of 2.4 years. 32,539,905 people died; 17.6% of them were 65 or older and 46.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

47.3

Women

48.6

Men

46.2

Life expectancy at 65

10.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

131.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

206.8

Deaths

32,539,905

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.7

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

416

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

350

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	137.16	151.50	48.6	46.2
1-4	23.65	22.45	54.5	52.5
5-9	5.51	5.33	55.7	53.2
10-14	3.51	3.46	52.2	49.6
15-19	4.18	4.25	48.1	45.4
20-24	5.24	5.72	44.0	41.3
25-29	5.95	6.33	40.1	37.4
30-34	6.66	6.97	36.3	33.6
35-39	7.80	8.42	32.4	29.7
40-44	9.29	11.17	28.6	25.8
45-49	11.29	14.72	24.8	22.2
50-54	15.29	21.11	21.1	18.6
55-59	20.21	28.56	17.6	15.4
60-64	32.11	44.67	14.2	12.4
65-69	49.06	64.23	11.3	9.9
70-74	75.67	93.76	8.7	7.7
75-79	114.23	134.57	6.6	5.9
80-84	176.07	196.23	4.8	4.5
85-89	256.43	280.27	3.6	3.3
90-94	362.89	389.80	2.7	2.5
95-99	483.77	516.97	2.0	1.9
100+	614.52	652.19	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 1957

Year

Country