Less developed regions Mortality 1951: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 42.1 years in 1951: 43.6 for women and 40.7 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 38,958,253 people died; 16.6% of them were 65 or older and 47.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1951

Life expectancy at birth

42.1

Women

43.6

Men

40.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

154.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

257.4

Deaths

38,958,253

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.7

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

483

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

397

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1951's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1951

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	162.99	182.26	43.6	40.7
1-4	33.56	32.64	50.0	47.5
5-9	7.46	7.11	52.8	49.8
10-14	4.55	4.46	49.8	46.5
15-19	5.26	5.73	45.9	42.5
20-24	6.48	7.99	42.0	38.7
25-29	7.29	8.78	38.3	35.2
30-34	8.18	9.47	34.6	31.6
35-39	9.37	10.98	31.0	28.0
40-44	10.99	13.91	27.3	24.5
45-49	12.97	17.64	23.7	21.0
50-54	17.31	24.21	20.2	17.7
55-59	23.17	32.79	16.8	14.7
60-64	36.48	49.22	13.5	11.9
65-69	55.04	70.21	10.7	9.5
70-74	82.31	98.70	8.3	7.5
75-79	123.26	140.81	6.3	5.8
80-84	185.31	204.06	4.7	4.3
85-89	262.55	288.29	3.5	3.2
90-94	356.60	398.21	2.7	2.4
95-99	474.29	536.07	2.1	1.8
100+	614.33	690.66	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 1951

Year

Country