Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 52.9 years in 1974: 56.6 for women and 49.4 for men, a gap of 7.2 years. 16,738 people died; 19.7% of them were 65 or older and 43.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

52.9

Women

56.6

Men

49.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

115.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

159.0

Deaths

16,738

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.3

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

422

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

253

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	116.37	133.82	56.6	49.4
1-4	12.55	13.08	62.4	55.2
5-9	3.37	3.64	61.5	54.1
10-14	2.24	2.54	57.5	50.0
15-19	2.71	3.73	53.1	45.6
20-24	3.34	5.61	48.8	41.4
25-29	3.82	6.71	44.6	37.5
30-34	4.37	8.07	40.4	33.7
35-39	5.18	10.05	36.2	30.0
40-44	6.27	12.43	32.1	26.4
45-49	7.66	15.63	28.0	23.0
50-54	10.43	20.48	24.0	19.6
55-59	14.44	26.72	20.2	16.5
60-64	22.37	37.93	16.5	13.5
65-69	35.14	54.64	13.1	10.8
70-74	57.26	81.81	10.2	8.4
75-79	90.47	122.04	7.7	6.4
80-84	139.27	179.81	5.7	4.8
85-89	209.05	257.56	4.2	3.6
90-94	297.15	351.03	3.2	2.7
95-99	406.58	462.71	2.4	2.1
100+	531.66	583.50	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 1974

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