Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 53.7 years in 1997: 56.9 for women and 50.6 for men, a gap of 6.3 years. 25,452 people died; 26.7% of them were 65 or older and 23.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

53.7

Women

56.9

Men

50.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

78.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

101.3

Deaths

25,452

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.8

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

514

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

376

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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	75.04	90.18	56.9	50.7
1-4	6.06	6.68	60.3	54.3
5-9	1.81	2.14	57.7	51.7
10-14	1.50	1.79	53.2	47.3
15-19	2.52	3.28	48.6	42.7
20-24	3.93	5.59	44.2	38.3
25-29	5.52	7.90	40.0	34.3
30-34	7.18	10.70	36.1	30.6
35-39	9.18	14.26	32.3	27.2
40-44	11.24	17.88	28.7	24.0
45-49	13.89	22.17	25.2	21.0
50-54	17.80	27.68	21.8	18.2
55-59	23.06	34.41	18.6	15.5
60-64	32.25	46.31	15.6	12.9
65-69	44.88	61.43	12.9	10.7
70-74	60.31	82.30	10.5	8.6
75-79	81.71	112.90	8.4	6.8
80-84	118.50	161.51	6.4	5.2
85-89	185.18	233.50	4.6	3.9
90-94	272.48	324.22	3.4	2.9
95-99	384.12	432.47	2.5	2.3
100+	516.10	553.99	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 1997

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