Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries Mortality 2019: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 72.5 years in 2019: 74.9 for women and 70.2 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 37,660,656 people died; 55.0% of them were 65 or older and 8.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2019

Life expectancy at birth

72.5

Women

74.9

Men

70.2

Life expectancy at 65

16.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

26.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

34.5

Deaths

37,660,656

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.9

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

168

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

107

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2019's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2019

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	25.51	28.67	74.9	70.2
1-4	2.06	2.03	75.8	71.2
5-9	1.00	0.93	72.4	67.8
10-14	0.63	0.67	67.8	63.1
15-19	0.84	1.15	63.0	58.3
20-24	1.01	1.63	58.2	53.6
25-29	1.15	1.77	53.5	49.0
30-34	1.30	2.01	48.8	44.4
35-39	1.66	2.60	44.1	39.8
40-44	2.24	3.58	39.5	35.3
45-49	2.94	4.90	34.9	30.9
50-54	4.47	7.47	30.4	26.6
55-59	7.08	11.58	26.0	22.5
60-64	10.75	17.85	21.8	18.7
65-69	16.84	27.03	17.9	15.2
70-74	28.22	41.93	14.2	12.1
75-79	46.75	65.18	11.0	9.3
80-84	78.68	104.70	8.2	6.9
85-89	127.29	163.41	6.0	5.1
90-94	203.72	249.05	4.3	3.7
95-99	308.96	351.19	3.1	2.8
100+	428.52	430.24	2.3	2.3

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

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2019

Year

Country