Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 66.5 years in 2005: 68.7 for women and 64.5 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 40,921,002 people died; 40.4% of them were 65 or older and 20.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

66.5

Women

68.7

Men

64.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

49.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

69.0

Deaths

40,921,002

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.6

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

215

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

148

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	48.90	54.16	68.7	64.5
1-4	5.21	5.10	71.1	67.0
5-9	1.90	1.84	68.5	64.3
10-14	1.07	1.16	64.2	59.9
15-19	1.39	1.65	59.5	55.2
20-24	1.80	2.36	54.9	50.7
25-29	2.11	2.70	50.4	46.2
30-34	2.27	3.04	45.9	41.8
35-39	2.56	3.63	41.4	37.4
40-44	3.18	4.78	36.9	33.1
45-49	4.20	6.67	32.4	28.8
50-54	5.84	9.58	28.0	24.7
55-59	8.76	13.91	23.8	20.8
60-64	14.51	22.10	19.7	17.1
65-69	23.19	33.79	16.0	13.8
70-74	37.19	51.51	12.7	10.9
75-79	59.10	78.89	9.8	8.3
80-84	96.35	123.98	7.3	6.2
85-89	153.07	192.12	5.3	4.5
90-94	238.75	286.91	3.8	3.3
95-99	352.93	381.63	2.7	2.6
100+	484.90	473.80	2.1	2.1

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 2005

Year

Country