Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 56.4 years in 1995: 60.1 for women and 52.8 for men, a gap of 7.2 years. 22,274 people died; 28.3% of them were 65 or older and 25.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1995

Life expectancy at birth

56.4

Women

60.1

Men

52.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

73.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

94.6

Deaths

22,274

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.4

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

463

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

305

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1995's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1995

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	70.08	84.94	60.1	52.8
1-4	5.47	6.10	63.4	56.4
5-9	1.66	1.94	60.7	53.8
10-14	1.32	1.61	56.2	49.3
15-19	2.09	2.90	51.6	44.6
20-24	3.01	4.81	47.1	40.3
25-29	3.95	6.57	42.8	36.2
30-34	5.03	8.77	38.6	32.3
35-39	6.48	11.70	34.5	28.6
40-44	8.22	14.92	30.5	25.2
45-49	10.56	18.96	26.7	22.0
50-54	14.17	24.36	23.0	18.9
55-59	19.12	31.09	19.5	16.0
60-64	27.88	42.68	16.2	13.3
65-69	40.25	58.00	13.3	10.9
70-74	56.96	80.13	10.7	8.7
75-79	80.77	112.65	8.4	6.8
80-84	119.98	162.95	6.3	5.2
85-89	186.88	235.38	4.6	3.9
90-94	274.20	326.32	3.4	2.9
95-99	385.63	434.84	2.5	2.3
100+	517.01	556.27	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 1995

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