Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 43.6 years in 2005: 45.9 for women and 41.4 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 39,950 people died; 21.7% of them were 65 or older and 16.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

43.6

Women

45.9

Men

41.4

Life expectancy at 65

10.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

86.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

114.1

Deaths

39,950

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.5

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

754

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

652

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	83.89	100.62	45.9	41.4
1-4	7.25	8.02	48.8	44.7
5-9	2.23	2.67	46.2	42.1
10-14	2.14	2.43	41.7	37.6
15-19	4.41	4.85	37.1	33.1
20-24	8.40	9.47	32.9	28.8
25-29	13.97	16.05	29.2	25.1
30-34	19.32	24.15	26.1	22.0
35-39	24.64	33.22	23.5	19.5
40-44	28.03	39.72	21.3	17.5
45-49	32.10	45.19	19.1	15.8
50-54	36.88	50.44	17.0	14.2
55-59	43.16	56.25	14.9	12.6
60-64	53.94	69.39	13.0	11.0
65-69	67.89	82.60	11.2	9.5
70-74	77.44	95.71	9.8	8.2
75-79	87.68	115.69	8.3	6.8
80-84	112.77	155.79	6.6	5.3
85-89	178.53	225.95	4.8	4.0
90-94	265.63	315.68	3.5	3.0
95-99	378.06	422.71	2.6	2.3
100+	512.35	544.31	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2005

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