Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 62.7 years in 1987: 64.7 for women and 60.7 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 30,129,392 people died; 31.8% of them were 65 or older and 31.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

62.7

Women

64.7

Men

60.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

67.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

93.7

Deaths

30,129,392

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.8

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

247

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

175

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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	68.40	73.75	64.7	60.7
1-4	7.45	6.83	68.2	64.3
5-9	2.18	2.19	66.2	62.0
10-14	1.16	1.40	62.0	57.7
15-19	1.47	1.87	57.3	53.0
20-24	1.83	2.52	52.7	48.5
25-29	2.10	2.83	48.2	44.1
30-34	2.29	3.14	43.6	39.7
35-39	2.80	3.90	39.1	35.3
40-44	3.76	5.42	34.6	30.9
45-49	5.13	7.82	30.2	26.7
50-54	7.70	11.79	26.0	22.7
55-59	11.26	17.28	21.9	18.9
60-64	18.49	27.58	18.0	15.3
65-69	29.12	42.09	14.5	12.2
70-74	46.38	65.03	11.3	9.5
75-79	74.00	99.92	8.6	7.2
80-84	117.54	153.78	6.4	5.4
85-89	180.38	227.12	4.7	4.0
90-94	270.96	319.45	3.4	3.0
95-99	372.89	410.30	2.6	2.4
100+	479.92	511.72	2.1	2.0

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

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 1987

Year

Country