Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 47.2 years in 2001: 49.5 for women and 44.9 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 34,268 people died; 23.3% of them were 65 or older and 18.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

47.2

Women

49.5

Men

44.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

84.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

111.4

Deaths

34,268

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.1

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

664

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

561

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	82.26	98.21	49.5	44.9
1-4	7.03	7.71	52.6	48.4
5-9	2.07	2.48	50.1	45.9
10-14	1.88	2.16	45.6	41.4
15-19	3.63	4.11	41.0	36.8
20-24	6.66	7.70	36.7	32.5
25-29	10.73	12.38	32.8	28.7
30-34	14.64	18.06	29.5	25.4
35-39	18.61	24.62	26.6	22.5
40-44	21.39	29.80	23.9	20.1
45-49	24.75	34.70	21.3	18.0
50-54	29.09	39.97	18.8	15.9
55-59	34.80	45.98	16.4	13.9
60-64	44.75	58.29	14.0	11.9
65-69	57.91	72.04	11.9	10.1
70-74	69.86	88.72	10.1	8.4
75-79	85.03	113.96	8.3	6.8
80-84	115.60	158.62	6.5	5.3
85-89	181.82	229.68	4.7	3.9
90-94	269.03	319.89	3.4	3.0
95-99	381.08	427.52	2.5	2.3
100+	514.22	549.06	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2001

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