Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 60.1 years in 1986: 62.1 for women and 58.3 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 37,977,308 people died; 27.8% of them were 65 or older and 36.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1986

Life expectancy at birth

60.1

Women

62.1

Men

58.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

78.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

113.8

Deaths

37,977,308

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.9

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

267

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

196

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1986's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1986

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	79.26	86.62	62.1	58.3
1-4	10.15	9.58	66.1	62.5
5-9	2.83	2.82	64.8	60.8
10-14	1.49	1.69	60.7	56.7
15-19	1.81	2.22	56.1	52.1
20-24	2.23	3.03	51.6	47.7
25-29	2.56	3.36	47.1	43.4
30-34	2.78	3.64	42.7	39.1
35-39	3.42	4.49	38.3	34.7
40-44	4.46	6.11	33.9	30.5
45-49	5.83	8.51	29.6	26.3
50-54	8.43	12.50	25.4	22.4
55-59	12.16	18.04	21.4	18.6
60-64	19.77	28.50	17.6	15.1
65-69	30.94	43.22	14.1	12.1
70-74	49.04	66.46	11.1	9.4
75-79	77.65	102.08	8.4	7.1
80-84	122.24	156.44	6.3	5.3
85-89	186.34	231.07	4.6	3.9
90-94	277.74	326.56	3.4	2.9
95-99	378.14	420.08	2.6	2.3
100+	489.50	536.19	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 1986

Year

Country