Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 43.2 years in 1952: 44.5 for women and 42.0 for men, a gap of 2.5 years. 38,535,446 people died; 16.6% of them were 65 or older and 48.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1952

Life expectancy at birth

43.2

Women

44.5

Men

42.0

Life expectancy at 65

10.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

150.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

248.7

Deaths

38,535,446

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.0

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

460

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

387

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1952's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1952

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	158.50	177.06	44.5	42.0
1-4	31.71	30.81	50.9	48.8
5-9	6.98	6.65	53.4	50.9
10-14	4.35	4.24	50.2	47.6
15-19	5.06	5.20	46.3	43.5
20-24	6.25	7.06	42.4	39.6
25-29	7.03	7.74	38.7	35.9
30-34	7.89	8.51	35.0	32.2
35-39	9.07	10.07	31.3	28.5
40-44	10.62	12.99	27.6	24.9
45-49	12.59	16.74	24.0	21.4
50-54	16.79	23.16	20.4	18.0
55-59	22.46	31.48	16.9	14.9
60-64	35.51	47.81	13.7	12.0
65-69	53.61	68.24	10.8	9.6
70-74	80.94	97.46	8.4	7.5
75-79	121.31	138.71	6.3	5.8
80-84	183.39	202.17	4.7	4.4
85-89	261.08	286.28	3.5	3.3
90-94	357.82	396.21	2.7	2.4
95-99	474.30	531.13	2.1	1.9
100+	602.77	675.17	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 1952

Year

Country