Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 50.3 years in 1964: 53.2 for women and 46.6 for men, a gap of 6.6 years. 13,934 people died; 20.6% of them were 65 or older and 47.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

50.3

Women

53.2

Men

46.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

131.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

186.3

Deaths

13,934

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.8

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

443

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

285

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

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	134.12	154.26	53.2	46.6
1-4	16.21	16.94	59.6	53.1
5-9	4.25	4.55	59.5	52.7
10-14	2.78	3.06	55.7	48.9
15-19	3.29	4.29	51.5	44.6
20-24	4.08	6.39	47.3	40.5
25-29	4.68	7.55	43.2	36.7
30-34	5.29	8.95	39.2	33.1
35-39	6.16	10.96	35.1	29.5
40-44	7.30	13.32	31.2	26.0
45-49	8.72	16.47	27.2	22.6
50-54	11.66	21.32	23.3	19.3
55-59	15.93	27.54	19.6	16.2
60-64	24.48	38.94	16.0	13.2
65-69	38.06	56.26	12.7	10.5
70-74	61.15	85.09	9.8	8.1
75-79	95.24	127.89	7.5	6.2
80-84	144.54	188.24	5.6	4.6
85-89	214.93	268.08	4.2	3.5
90-94	302.50	362.56	3.1	2.7
95-99	410.75	475.12	2.4	2.1
100+	533.22	595.17	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 1964

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