Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 64.2 years in 1999: 66.3 for women and 62.3 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 39,962,704 people died; 35.6% of them were 65 or older and 25.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1999

Life expectancy at birth

64.2

Women

66.3

Men

62.3

Life expectancy at 65

14.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

60.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

85.6

Deaths

39,962,704

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.2

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

232

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

166

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1999's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1999

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	60.37	66.34	66.3	62.3
1-4	6.90	6.65	69.3	65.5
5-9	2.20	2.13	67.2	63.2
10-14	1.19	1.29	63.0	58.9
15-19	1.59	1.86	58.3	54.2
20-24	2.03	2.65	53.8	49.7
25-29	2.20	2.88	49.3	45.3
30-34	2.42	3.25	44.8	41.0
35-39	2.89	3.98	40.3	36.6
40-44	3.52	5.12	35.9	32.3
45-49	4.56	7.04	31.5	28.0
50-54	6.90	10.53	27.1	23.9
55-59	10.18	15.35	23.0	20.1
60-64	16.32	24.19	19.0	16.5
65-69	25.67	36.53	15.4	13.3
70-74	40.68	55.21	12.2	10.4
75-79	63.79	84.40	9.4	8.0
80-84	103.40	133.24	7.0	5.9
85-89	161.70	203.92	5.1	4.3
90-94	247.19	296.65	3.7	3.2
95-99	358.06	386.46	2.7	2.5
100+	476.33	473.19	2.1	2.1

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 1999

Year

Country