Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 51.7 years in 1968: 53.1 for women and 50.4 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 38,272,577 people died; 18.5% of them were 65 or older and 45.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

51.7

Women

53.1

Men

50.4

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

112.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

171.9

Deaths

38,272,577

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.0

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

361

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

299

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

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	115.78	128.29	53.1	50.4
1-4	17.83	17.09	58.5	56.0
5-9	4.44	4.37	58.7	55.9
10-14	2.62	2.77	54.9	52.1
15-19	3.17	3.47	50.6	47.8
20-24	4.09	4.76	46.4	43.5
25-29	4.72	5.26	42.3	39.5
30-34	5.37	5.81	38.2	35.5
35-39	6.28	7.00	34.2	31.5
40-44	7.49	9.12	30.2	27.5
45-49	9.26	12.13	26.3	23.7
50-54	12.84	17.46	22.4	20.0
55-59	17.62	24.41	18.7	16.6
60-64	27.76	37.93	15.2	13.4
65-69	42.22	55.39	12.1	10.7
70-74	65.96	82.34	9.3	8.3
75-79	102.64	122.14	7.0	6.3
80-84	161.04	181.72	5.2	4.7
85-89	238.91	263.89	3.8	3.5
90-94	337.14	365.10	2.8	2.6
95-99	448.80	492.64	2.2	2.0
100+	575.84	656.86	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 1968

Year

Country