Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 69.8 years in 2014: 72.2 for women and 67.5 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 43,196,904 people died; 46.4% of them were 65 or older and 14.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2014

Life expectancy at birth

69.8

Women

72.2

Men

67.5

Life expectancy at 65

15.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

35.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

48.9

Deaths

43,196,904

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.1

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

192

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

126

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2014's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2014

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	34.55	39.08	72.2	67.5
1-4	3.40	3.41	73.7	69.2
5-9	1.42	1.41	70.7	66.1
10-14	0.86	0.95	66.1	61.5
15-19	1.14	1.52	61.4	56.8
20-24	1.35	2.07	56.8	52.2
25-29	1.50	2.20	52.1	47.7
30-34	1.74	2.57	47.5	43.2
35-39	2.13	3.18	42.9	38.8
40-44	2.61	4.09	38.3	34.4
45-49	3.48	5.67	33.8	30.0
50-54	5.33	8.62	29.3	25.8
55-59	7.58	12.55	25.1	21.8
60-64	11.82	19.25	20.9	18.1
65-69	19.79	29.49	17.0	14.6
70-74	32.02	45.87	13.5	11.5
75-79	51.85	71.02	10.4	8.9
80-84	86.08	112.49	7.8	6.6
85-89	137.42	173.48	5.7	4.8
90-94	216.56	263.59	4.1	3.5
95-99	326.92	367.06	2.9	2.7
100+	450.78	451.26	2.2	2.2

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 2014

Year

Country