Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 49.2 years in 1963: 50.5 for women and 48.0 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 38,162,098 people died; 17.2% 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, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

49.2

Women

50.5

Men

48.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

122.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

192.1

Deaths

38,162,098

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.0

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

390

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

328

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	126.37	140.04	50.5	48.0
1-4	21.50	20.59	56.1	53.9
5-9	5.04	4.96	57.0	54.4
10-14	3.08	3.19	53.4	50.7
15-19	3.79	3.90	49.2	46.5
20-24	4.75	5.28	45.1	42.3
25-29	5.44	5.84	41.1	38.4
30-34	6.18	6.47	37.2	34.5
35-39	7.17	7.73	33.2	30.5
40-44	8.50	10.17	29.4	26.6
45-49	10.36	13.48	25.5	22.9
50-54	14.13	19.27	21.7	19.3
55-59	19.01	26.64	18.2	16.0
60-64	29.64	40.84	14.7	12.9
65-69	45.29	59.66	11.6	10.3
70-74	70.84	88.28	9.0	8.0
75-79	109.62	129.65	6.7	6.1
80-84	170.48	192.80	5.0	4.5
85-89	248.33	273.22	3.7	3.4
90-94	350.97	379.65	2.7	2.6
95-99	466.95	491.81	2.1	2.0
100+	594.11	611.25	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 1963

Year

Country