Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 54.7 years in 1974: 56.2 for women and 53.2 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 37,681,046 people died; 20.9% of them were 65 or older and 42.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

54.7

Women

56.2

Men

53.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

102.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

152.1

Deaths

37,681,046

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.8

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

323

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

262

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	104.20	115.36	56.2	53.2
1-4	14.79	14.16	61.2	58.5
5-9	3.81	3.80	60.8	57.8
10-14	2.20	2.36	57.0	53.9
15-19	2.68	2.99	52.6	49.5
20-24	3.35	4.02	48.2	45.2
25-29	3.93	4.46	44.0	41.1
30-34	4.47	4.94	39.8	36.9
35-39	5.23	5.98	35.7	32.8
40-44	6.35	7.91	31.6	28.7
45-49	7.93	10.58	27.5	24.8
50-54	11.12	15.28	23.5	21.0
55-59	15.59	21.70	19.7	17.5
60-64	24.82	34.00	16.1	14.2
65-69	37.98	50.17	12.9	11.3
70-74	58.75	74.90	10.0	8.8
75-79	91.15	111.49	7.6	6.7
80-84	143.27	167.86	5.6	5.0
85-89	215.09	243.51	4.1	3.7
90-94	312.29	345.95	3.0	2.8
95-99	416.06	454.33	2.4	2.2
100+	532.09	578.64	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 1974

Year

Country