Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 50.8 years in 1968: 54.1 for women and 46.9 for men, a gap of 7.2 years. 15,214 people died; 19.6% of them were 65 or older and 46.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

50.8

Women

54.1

Men

46.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

128.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

182.0

Deaths

15,214

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.0

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

445

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

270

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

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	131.51	150.93	54.1	46.9
1-4	15.65	16.27	60.5	53.3
5-9	4.10	4.41	60.3	52.7
10-14	2.67	2.99	56.5	48.9
15-19	3.13	4.23	52.2	44.6
20-24	3.83	6.35	48.0	40.5
25-29	4.35	7.55	43.9	36.7
30-34	4.90	8.99	39.8	33.0
35-39	5.70	11.06	35.7	29.4
40-44	6.78	13.46	31.7	25.9
45-49	8.13	16.65	27.7	22.6
50-54	10.95	21.53	23.7	19.3
55-59	15.05	27.78	19.9	16.2
60-64	23.28	39.21	16.2	13.2
65-69	36.46	56.30	12.9	10.6
70-74	59.07	84.15	10.0	8.2
75-79	92.64	125.39	7.6	6.2
80-84	141.48	184.27	5.7	4.7
85-89	211.18	263.39	4.2	3.5
90-94	298.49	357.71	3.2	2.7
95-99	406.63	470.30	2.4	2.1
100+	529.69	591.09	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 1968

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