Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 57.3 years in 1981: 61.6 for women and 53.4 for men, a gap of 8.2 years. 17,002 people died; 22.7% of them were 65 or older and 39.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

57.3

Women

61.6

Men

53.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

89.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

117.6

Deaths

17,002

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.7

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

393

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

212

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	87.31	102.48	61.6	53.4
1-4	7.74	8.26	66.1	58.0
5-9	2.17	2.46	64.1	55.9
10-14	1.50	1.86	59.8	51.5
15-19	1.93	3.00	55.2	47.0
20-24	2.39	4.59	50.7	42.7
25-29	2.75	5.60	46.3	38.6
30-34	3.24	6.90	41.9	34.6
35-39	3.99	8.82	37.6	30.7
40-44	5.05	11.22	33.3	27.0
45-49	6.47	14.52	29.1	23.4
50-54	9.06	19.40	24.9	20.0
55-59	12.83	25.75	21.0	16.8
60-64	20.05	36.74	17.2	13.7
65-69	31.74	52.96	13.7	11.0
70-74	52.12	79.07	10.6	8.5
75-79	83.37	117.79	8.1	6.5
80-84	130.44	173.97	6.0	4.9
85-89	198.57	249.90	4.4	3.7
90-94	285.66	342.59	3.3	2.8
95-99	395.04	453.27	2.5	2.2
100+	521.76	574.38	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 1981

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