Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 59.6 years in 1987: 64.0 for women and 55.4 for men, a gap of 8.6 years. 17,578 people died; 27.0% of them were 65 or older and 33.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

59.6

Women

64.0

Men

55.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

71.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

91.9

Deaths

17,578

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.3

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

391

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

206

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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	68.23	82.59	64.0	55.4
1-4	5.27	5.83	67.5	59.1
5-9	1.56	1.84	64.9	56.4
10-14	1.14	1.48	60.4	51.9
15-19	1.58	2.57	55.7	47.3
20-24	2.02	4.04	51.1	42.9
25-29	2.39	5.12	46.6	38.7
30-34	2.91	6.54	42.1	34.6
35-39	3.72	8.60	37.7	30.7
40-44	4.87	11.19	33.4	26.9
45-49	6.46	14.71	29.1	23.3
50-54	9.16	19.77	25.0	19.9
55-59	13.05	26.34	21.1	16.7
60-64	20.26	37.42	17.3	13.7
65-69	31.67	53.27	13.9	11.0
70-74	50.94	78.04	10.8	8.7
75-79	80.55	114.73	8.2	6.7
80-84	126.12	168.95	6.1	5.0
85-89	193.92	243.31	4.5	3.8
90-94	281.39	335.25	3.3	2.9
95-99	392.04	445.03	2.5	2.2
100+	521.13	566.19	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 1987

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