Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 59.6 years in 1988: 64.0 for women and 55.4 for men, a gap of 8.6 years. 17,850 people died; 27.5% of them were 65 or older and 32.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

59.6

Women

64.0

Men

55.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

69.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

89.3

Deaths

17,850

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.3

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

396

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

212

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	66.27	80.62	64.0	55.4
1-4	5.02	5.63	67.4	59.0
5-9	1.50	1.78	64.7	56.3
10-14	1.11	1.44	60.2	51.8
15-19	1.58	2.54	55.5	47.1
20-24	2.04	4.04	50.9	42.7
25-29	2.44	5.21	46.4	38.5
30-34	2.99	6.73	41.9	34.5
35-39	3.84	8.90	37.5	30.6
40-44	5.04	11.55	33.2	26.8
45-49	6.70	15.10	29.0	23.3
50-54	9.48	20.13	24.9	19.9
55-59	13.47	26.61	21.0	16.7
60-64	20.81	37.56	17.2	13.8
65-69	32.28	53.15	13.8	11.1
70-74	51.30	77.60	10.8	8.7
75-79	80.36	114.03	8.3	6.7
80-84	125.29	168.14	6.2	5.0
85-89	192.96	242.22	4.5	3.8
90-94	280.38	333.99	3.3	2.9
95-99	391.03	443.54	2.5	2.2
100+	520.32	564.81	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 1988

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