Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 66.1 years in 2004: 68.2 for women and 64.1 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 40,904,364 people died; 39.5% of them were 65 or older and 21.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

66.1

Women

68.2

Men

64.1

Life expectancy at 65

14.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

51.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

72.0

Deaths

40,904,364

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.7

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

218

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

153

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	50.89	56.25	68.2	64.1
1-4	5.53	5.38	70.7	66.7
5-9	1.99	1.90	68.2	64.1
10-14	1.11	1.19	63.9	59.7
15-19	1.44	1.69	59.2	55.0
20-24	1.87	2.42	54.6	50.5
25-29	2.18	2.76	50.1	46.1
30-34	2.33	3.09	45.6	41.7
35-39	2.65	3.69	41.1	37.3
40-44	3.34	4.90	36.6	32.9
45-49	4.28	6.70	32.2	28.7
50-54	6.01	9.72	27.9	24.6
55-59	9.10	14.15	23.6	20.7
60-64	14.88	22.47	19.6	17.0
65-69	23.65	34.24	15.9	13.7
70-74	37.91	52.14	12.6	10.8
75-79	59.85	79.63	9.7	8.3
80-84	97.51	125.32	7.2	6.1
85-89	154.86	194.16	5.2	4.5
90-94	241.18	288.84	3.7	3.3
95-99	355.54	382.15	2.7	2.6
100+	487.05	474.18	2.1	2.1

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 2004

Year

Country