Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 55.7 years in 1973: 57.2 for women and 54.3 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 31,052,631 people died; 22.2% of them were 65 or older and 41.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

55.7

Women

57.2

Men

54.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

96.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

140.7

Deaths

31,052,631

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.2

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

316

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

256

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	98.49	108.33	57.2	54.3
1-4	13.01	12.26	62.0	59.4
5-9	3.47	3.47	61.2	58.2
10-14	2.03	2.20	57.3	54.2
15-19	2.48	2.79	52.8	49.8
20-24	3.15	3.71	48.5	45.5
25-29	3.66	4.08	44.2	41.3
30-34	4.16	4.59	40.0	37.1
35-39	4.97	5.66	35.7	32.9
40-44	6.15	7.64	31.6	28.7
45-49	7.79	10.35	27.5	24.7
50-54	11.10	15.22	23.5	20.9
55-59	15.55	21.77	19.7	17.4
60-64	24.91	34.40	16.0	14.1
65-69	38.14	50.86	12.8	11.2
70-74	59.05	75.66	10.0	8.8
75-79	91.62	112.39	7.6	6.7
80-84	144.24	168.09	5.6	5.0
85-89	217.03	243.47	4.1	3.7
90-94	314.56	345.57	3.0	2.8
95-99	417.24	453.24	2.3	2.2
100+	536.25	575.61	1.9	1.7

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

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 1973

Year

Country