Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 51.8 years in 1971: 55.4 for women and 48.1 for men, a gap of 7.3 years. 15,892 people died; 19.5% of them were 65 or older and 45.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

51.8

Women

55.4

Men

48.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

123.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

172.5

Deaths

15,892

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.0

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

430

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

256

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	125.37	143.88	55.4	48.1
1-4	14.35	14.90	61.6	54.3
5-9	3.79	4.07	61.1	53.5
10-14	2.47	2.79	57.2	49.5
15-19	2.91	3.99	52.9	45.2
20-24	3.55	5.97	48.6	41.1
25-29	4.02	7.09	44.4	37.2
30-34	4.54	8.45	40.3	33.5
35-39	5.31	10.43	36.2	29.8
40-44	6.37	12.78	32.1	26.3
45-49	7.69	15.94	28.0	22.8
50-54	10.42	20.77	24.0	19.5
55-59	14.40	26.99	20.2	16.4
60-64	22.35	38.26	16.5	13.4
65-69	35.17	55.14	13.1	10.7
70-74	57.35	82.65	10.2	8.3
75-79	90.48	123.42	7.7	6.3
80-84	138.91	181.81	5.8	4.7
85-89	208.00	260.39	4.3	3.6
90-94	294.95	354.50	3.2	2.7
95-99	402.86	466.94	2.4	2.1
100+	526.21	588.06	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 1971

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