Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 55.3 years in 1976: 56.8 for women and 53.9 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 37,696,694 people died; 21.9% of them were 65 or older and 40.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

55.3

Women

56.8

Men

53.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

98.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

146.6

Deaths

37,696,694

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.2

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

316

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

257

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	100.88	111.30	56.8	53.9
1-4	14.08	13.39	61.7	59.0
5-9	3.74	3.76	61.2	58.2
10-14	2.22	2.42	57.3	54.2
15-19	2.76	3.01	52.9	49.9
20-24	3.35	3.92	48.6	45.6
25-29	3.82	4.31	44.4	41.4
30-34	4.37	4.81	40.2	37.3
35-39	5.11	5.84	36.0	33.1
40-44	6.18	7.68	31.9	29.0
45-49	7.74	10.33	27.8	25.0
50-54	10.80	14.83	23.8	21.2
55-59	15.15	21.07	20.0	17.7
60-64	24.02	33.01	16.3	14.4
65-69	36.90	48.82	13.1	11.5
70-74	56.93	73.06	10.2	9.0
75-79	88.03	108.89	7.8	6.8
80-84	138.80	164.67	5.7	5.1
85-89	209.13	239.37	4.2	3.8
90-94	303.19	338.24	3.1	2.8
95-99	407.07	445.54	2.4	2.2
100+	522.11	558.16	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 1976

Year

Country