Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 63.6 years in 1997: 65.6 for women and 61.7 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 39,523,591 people died; 34.2% of them were 65 or older and 27.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

63.6

Women

65.6

Men

61.7

Life expectancy at 65

14.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

63.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

90.5

Deaths

39,523,591

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.3

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

236

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

170

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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	63.71	69.90	65.7	61.7
1-4	7.42	7.12	68.9	65.1
5-9	2.26	2.22	66.9	62.9
10-14	1.24	1.35	62.7	58.6
15-19	1.64	1.92	58.0	54.0
20-24	2.04	2.62	53.5	49.5
25-29	2.21	2.88	49.0	45.1
30-34	2.43	3.23	44.5	40.7
35-39	2.98	4.06	40.0	36.3
40-44	3.56	5.17	35.6	32.0
45-49	4.76	7.24	31.2	27.8
50-54	7.16	10.80	26.9	23.7
55-59	10.49	15.78	22.8	19.9
60-64	16.75	24.78	18.8	16.3
65-69	26.39	37.50	15.3	13.1
70-74	41.57	56.71	12.1	10.3
75-79	65.58	87.18	9.3	7.8
80-84	105.69	136.97	6.9	5.8
85-89	164.50	208.55	5.0	4.2
90-94	249.13	301.43	3.7	3.2
95-99	356.95	389.00	2.7	2.5
100+	471.72	484.00	2.1	2.1

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 1997

Year

Country