Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 60.6 years in 1987: 62.6 for women and 58.8 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 38,013,741 people died; 28.4% of them were 65 or older and 35.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

60.6

Women

62.6

Men

58.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

75.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

109.7

Deaths

38,013,741

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.7

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

263

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

193

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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	76.48	83.65	62.6	58.8
1-4	9.65	9.13	66.5	62.8
5-9	2.74	2.72	65.1	61.1
10-14	1.45	1.65	60.9	56.9
15-19	1.77	2.18	56.3	52.3
20-24	2.17	2.97	51.8	47.9
25-29	2.53	3.32	47.4	43.5
30-34	2.73	3.59	42.9	39.2
35-39	3.31	4.40	38.5	34.9
40-44	4.36	5.99	34.1	30.6
45-49	5.71	8.37	29.8	26.4
50-54	8.26	12.31	25.6	22.5
55-59	11.93	17.80	21.5	18.7
60-64	19.40	28.11	17.7	15.2
65-69	30.34	42.65	14.2	12.1
70-74	48.11	65.70	11.2	9.4
75-79	76.45	101.12	8.5	7.2
80-84	120.65	155.55	6.3	5.3
85-89	183.85	230.05	4.7	3.9
90-94	274.23	324.11	3.4	3.0
95-99	375.69	416.49	2.6	2.4
100+	483.21	519.72	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 1987

Year

Country