Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 53.9 years in 1976: 57.9 for women and 50.2 for men, a gap of 7.6 years. 17,267 people died; 19.9% of them were 65 or older and 42.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

53.9

Women

57.9

Men

50.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

108.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

147.9

Deaths

17,267

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.8

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

420

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

242

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	108.81	125.55	57.9	50.2
1-4	11.17	11.67	63.4	55.7
5-9	3.03	3.31	62.2	54.3
10-14	2.03	2.37	58.1	50.2
15-19	2.50	3.57	53.6	45.8
20-24	3.09	5.42	49.3	41.5
25-29	3.53	6.54	45.0	37.6
30-34	4.06	7.93	40.8	33.8
35-39	4.85	9.95	36.6	30.0
40-44	5.94	12.37	32.4	26.4
45-49	7.35	15.64	28.3	23.0
50-54	10.07	20.53	24.3	19.6
55-59	14.01	26.83	20.4	16.5
60-64	21.75	38.05	16.7	13.5
65-69	34.24	54.72	13.3	10.8
70-74	55.91	81.73	10.3	8.4
75-79	88.61	121.69	7.8	6.4
80-84	136.98	179.18	5.8	4.8
85-89	206.37	256.52	4.3	3.6
90-94	294.27	349.79	3.2	2.7
95-99	403.75	461.15	2.4	2.1
100+	529.30	581.94	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 1976

Year

Country