Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 56.2 years in 1974: 57.8 for women and 54.7 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 30,779,201 people died; 22.9% of them were 65 or older and 40.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

56.2

Women

57.8

Men

54.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

94.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

137.2

Deaths

30,779,201

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.8

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

311

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

249

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	96.57	106.13	57.8	54.7
1-4	12.50	11.77	62.5	59.7
5-9	3.34	3.35	61.7	58.5
10-14	1.96	2.16	57.7	54.4
15-19	2.42	2.74	53.2	50.0
20-24	3.04	3.63	48.8	45.7
25-29	3.52	4.00	44.5	41.5
30-34	4.00	4.48	40.3	37.2
35-39	4.79	5.54	36.0	33.0
40-44	5.95	7.49	31.8	28.9
45-49	7.57	10.17	27.7	24.9
50-54	10.78	14.95	23.7	21.1
55-59	15.17	21.43	19.9	17.5
60-64	24.30	33.91	16.2	14.2
65-69	37.32	50.20	13.0	11.3
70-74	57.68	74.83	10.1	8.8
75-79	89.45	110.96	7.7	6.8
80-84	141.06	166.79	5.7	5.1
85-89	212.85	241.38	4.2	3.8
90-94	309.97	342.87	3.1	2.8
95-99	413.90	451.37	2.4	2.2
100+	529.19	574.02	1.9	1.7

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

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 1974

Year

Country