Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 52.9 years in 1968: 54.4 for women and 51.6 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 31,995,628 people died; 19.8% of them were 65 or older and 44.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

52.9

Women

54.4

Men

51.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

106.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

159.6

Deaths

31,995,628

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.2

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

353

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

289

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	109.72	120.75	54.4	51.6
1-4	15.83	14.95	59.5	57.0
5-9	3.98	3.95	59.3	56.4
10-14	2.41	2.62	55.5	52.5
15-19	2.91	3.26	51.1	48.1
20-24	3.78	4.38	46.8	43.9
25-29	4.38	4.89	42.7	39.8
30-34	5.01	5.46	38.5	35.7
35-39	5.93	6.65	34.5	31.6
40-44	7.17	8.78	30.4	27.6
45-49	8.99	11.83	26.4	23.7
50-54	12.61	17.30	22.5	20.0
55-59	17.31	24.34	18.8	16.6
60-64	27.36	38.09	15.3	13.4
65-69	41.71	55.71	12.2	10.7
70-74	65.19	82.68	9.4	8.3
75-79	101.41	121.98	7.1	6.3
80-84	159.80	181.08	5.2	4.7
85-89	237.80	262.28	3.8	3.5
90-94	336.09	362.05	2.8	2.7
95-99	448.31	489.63	2.2	2.0
100+	574.91	653.60	1.7	1.5

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

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 1968

Year

Country