Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 44.9 years in 2003: 47.0 for women and 42.9 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 38,018 people died; 22.3% of them were 65 or older and 17.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2003

Life expectancy at birth

44.9

Women

47.0

Men

42.9

Life expectancy at 65

10.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

86.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

114.1

Deaths

38,018

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.2

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

714

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

622

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2003's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2003

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	84.00	100.46	47.0	42.9
1-4	7.27	7.99	50.1	46.3
5-9	2.19	2.63	47.5	43.7
10-14	2.06	2.35	43.0	39.3
15-19	4.14	4.58	38.4	34.7
20-24	7.82	8.74	34.2	30.5
25-29	12.90	14.35	30.4	26.7
30-34	17.76	21.19	27.3	23.5
35-39	22.58	28.96	24.6	20.8
40-44	25.69	34.82	22.2	18.7
45-49	29.42	40.11	19.9	16.8
50-54	33.97	45.55	17.7	15.0
55-59	39.96	51.67	15.5	13.2
60-64	50.36	64.67	13.3	11.3
65-69	63.96	78.36	11.5	9.7
70-74	74.48	93.14	9.9	8.3
75-79	86.77	115.33	8.3	6.8
80-84	114.17	157.20	6.5	5.3
85-89	180.17	227.81	4.7	4.0
90-94	267.33	317.78	3.5	3.0
95-99	379.57	425.12	2.5	2.3
100+	513.29	546.69	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2003

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