Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 44.0 years in 2004: 46.3 for women and 41.9 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 39,371 people died; 21.8% of them were 65 or older and 16.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

44.0

Women

46.3

Men

41.9

Life expectancy at 65

10.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

87.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

114.6

Deaths

39,371

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.0

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

741

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

640

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	84.29	100.93	46.3	41.9
1-4	7.31	8.06	49.3	45.2
5-9	2.23	2.65	46.7	42.6
10-14	2.12	2.40	42.2	38.2
15-19	4.32	4.73	37.6	33.6
20-24	8.18	9.21	33.4	29.3
25-29	13.55	15.54	29.7	25.6
30-34	18.70	23.32	26.6	22.4
35-39	23.80	32.03	23.9	19.9
40-44	27.06	38.27	21.7	17.9
45-49	30.97	43.56	19.4	16.2
50-54	35.65	48.68	17.3	14.5
55-59	41.80	54.38	15.2	12.9
60-64	52.43	67.23	13.1	11.1
65-69	66.24	80.42	11.3	9.6
70-74	76.23	94.21	9.8	8.2
75-79	87.37	115.32	8.3	6.8
80-84	113.47	156.49	6.5	5.3
85-89	179.34	226.87	4.7	4.0
90-94	266.47	316.72	3.5	3.0
95-99	378.81	423.90	2.6	2.3
100+	512.79	545.49	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2004

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