Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 43.8 years in 1953: 45.0 for women and 42.7 for men, a gap of 2.3 years. 38,426,044 people died; 16.5% of them were 65 or older and 48.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

43.8

Women

45.0

Men

42.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

147.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

242.0

Deaths

38,426,044

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.4

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

449

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

381

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	155.40	173.48	45.1	42.7
1-4	30.23	29.32	51.4	49.5
5-9	7.25	6.77	53.7	51.4
10-14	4.22	4.08	50.6	48.1
15-19	4.93	4.99	46.6	44.0
20-24	6.10	6.75	42.7	40.0
25-29	6.86	7.39	38.9	36.3
30-34	7.71	8.16	35.2	32.6
35-39	8.88	9.70	31.5	28.9
40-44	10.39	12.54	27.8	25.2
45-49	12.36	16.22	24.2	21.6
50-54	16.46	22.54	20.5	18.2
55-59	21.97	30.53	17.1	15.1
60-64	34.78	46.71	13.8	12.2
65-69	52.52	66.50	10.9	9.7
70-74	79.90	96.16	8.4	7.6
75-79	119.61	136.37	6.4	5.9
80-84	181.96	200.00	4.7	4.4
85-89	259.94	283.56	3.5	3.3
90-94	359.24	393.16	2.7	2.5
95-99	476.75	526.87	2.1	1.9
100+	600.64	664.14	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 1953

Year

Country