Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries is projected at 74.0 years in 2028: 76.5 for women and 71.6 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 43,235,683 people are projected to die; 61.4% of them would be 65 or older and 5.7% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2028

Life expectancy at birth

74.0

Women

76.5

Men

71.6

Life expectancy at 65

17.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

22.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

29.7

Deaths

43,235,683

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.4

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

154

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2028's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2028

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	20.95	24.96	76.5	71.6
1-4	1.80	1.87	77.1	72.4
5-9	0.93	0.88	73.6	69.0
10-14	0.55	0.60	68.9	64.2
15-19	0.76	1.04	64.1	59.4
20-24	0.96	1.53	59.4	54.7
25-29	1.09	1.67	54.6	50.1
30-34	1.23	1.89	49.9	45.5
35-39	1.48	2.32	45.2	40.9
40-44	1.98	3.21	40.5	36.4
45-49	2.80	4.63	35.9	31.9
50-54	4.20	6.95	31.4	27.6
55-59	6.00	10.12	27.0	23.5
60-64	9.29	15.75	22.7	19.6
65-69	15.40	24.60	18.7	16.0
70-74	24.59	37.36	15.0	12.7
75-79	40.77	58.30	11.6	9.8
80-84	71.60	95.55	8.6	7.3
85-89	118.57	151.64	6.3	5.3
90-94	192.48	236.68	4.5	3.8
95-99	297.78	344.38	3.2	2.8
100+	401.64	430.44	2.5	2.3

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

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2028

Year

Country