Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 59.6 years in 1985: 61.6 for women and 57.8 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 37,940,599 people died; 27.2% of them were 65 or older and 36.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

59.6

Women

61.6

Men

57.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

80.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

117.6

Deaths

37,940,599

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.1

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

272

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

201

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	81.82	89.44	61.6	57.8
1-4	10.60	10.00	65.7	62.1
5-9	2.94	2.93	64.5	60.6
10-14	1.53	1.76	60.4	56.4
15-19	1.86	2.29	55.8	51.9
20-24	2.33	3.15	51.3	47.5
25-29	2.61	3.43	46.9	43.2
30-34	2.86	3.74	42.5	38.9
35-39	3.56	4.63	38.1	34.6
40-44	4.59	6.27	33.7	30.3
45-49	5.98	8.68	29.4	26.2
50-54	8.63	12.74	25.2	22.2
55-59	12.41	18.33	21.2	18.5
60-64	20.16	28.93	17.4	15.1
65-69	31.54	43.81	14.0	12.0
70-74	49.92	67.20	11.0	9.3
75-79	78.75	102.92	8.4	7.1
80-84	123.75	157.18	6.2	5.3
85-89	188.81	232.06	4.6	3.9
90-94	281.18	328.47	3.3	2.9
95-99	382.01	426.00	2.5	2.3
100+	496.94	554.26	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 1985

Year

Country