Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 67.8 years in 2004: 70.0 for women and 65.8 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 32,861,106 people died; 44.1% of them were 65 or older and 17.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

67.8

Women

70.0

Men

65.8

Life expectancy at 65

15.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

44.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

60.1

Deaths

32,861,106

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.2

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

205

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

137

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	44.58	48.10	70.0	65.8
1-4	4.19	3.91	72.2	67.9
5-9	1.55	1.47	69.3	65.0
10-14	0.89	0.98	64.9	60.5
15-19	1.20	1.45	60.1	55.7
20-24	1.59	2.09	55.5	51.1
25-29	1.85	2.44	50.9	46.6
30-34	1.99	2.78	46.4	42.2
35-39	2.27	3.37	41.8	37.7
40-44	2.90	4.55	37.2	33.3
45-49	3.84	6.32	32.8	29.0
50-54	5.47	9.25	28.3	24.9
55-59	8.37	13.49	24.1	20.9
60-64	13.91	21.67	20.0	17.2
65-69	22.41	33.31	16.2	13.9
70-74	36.21	50.84	12.8	10.9
75-79	57.38	77.57	9.9	8.4
80-84	94.51	122.59	7.3	6.2
85-89	151.73	190.73	5.3	4.5
90-94	238.64	285.27	3.8	3.3
95-99	354.21	379.00	2.7	2.6
100+	486.52	470.50	2.1	2.1

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

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2004

Year

Country