Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 65.8 years in 2003: 67.9 for women and 63.8 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 40,499,882 people died; 38.9% of them were 65 or older and 22.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2003

Life expectancy at birth

65.8

Women

67.9

Men

63.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

53.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

74.4

Deaths

40,499,882

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.8

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

220

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

155

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2003's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2003

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	52.79	58.28	67.9	63.8
1-4	5.72	5.56	70.5	66.5
5-9	2.00	1.92	68.1	64.0
10-14	1.10	1.18	63.7	59.6
15-19	1.46	1.71	59.1	54.9
20-24	1.89	2.43	54.5	50.4
25-29	2.19	2.76	50.0	46.0
30-34	2.33	3.09	45.5	41.6
35-39	2.65	3.69	41.0	37.2
40-44	3.38	4.96	36.5	32.8
45-49	4.27	6.70	32.1	28.6
50-54	6.13	9.85	27.7	24.5
55-59	9.27	14.30	23.5	20.6
60-64	15.10	22.76	19.5	16.9
65-69	23.92	34.57	15.8	13.6
70-74	38.38	52.65	12.5	10.7
75-79	60.45	80.31	9.6	8.2
80-84	98.34	126.60	7.2	6.1
85-89	155.65	195.86	5.2	4.4
90-94	241.88	289.76	3.7	3.3
95-99	354.74	381.22	2.7	2.6
100+	484.59	474.59	2.1	2.1

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 2003

Year

Country