Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 46.0 years in 2002: 48.1 for women and 43.8 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 36,300 people died; 22.7% of them were 65 or older and 18.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2002

Life expectancy at birth

46.0

Women

48.1

Men

43.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

86.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

113.0

Deaths

36,300

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.2

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

689

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

595

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2002's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2002

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	83.32	99.53	48.1	43.8
1-4	7.17	7.86	51.2	47.3
5-9	2.14	2.56	48.6	44.8
10-14	1.98	2.26	44.1	40.3
15-19	3.92	4.37	39.6	35.7
20-24	7.30	8.25	35.3	31.5
25-29	11.92	13.36	31.5	27.7
30-34	16.33	19.57	28.3	24.4
35-39	20.76	26.68	25.5	21.7
40-44	23.70	32.19	23.0	19.4
45-49	27.25	37.31	20.5	17.4
50-54	31.69	42.73	18.2	15.4
55-59	37.54	48.87	15.9	13.5
60-64	47.71	61.61	13.7	11.6
65-69	61.10	75.41	11.7	9.9
70-74	72.31	91.16	10.0	8.3
75-79	85.98	114.79	8.3	6.8
80-84	114.90	157.93	6.5	5.3
85-89	181.02	228.77	4.7	4.0
90-94	268.22	318.90	3.4	3.0
95-99	380.40	426.43	2.5	2.3
100+	513.85	548.13	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2002

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