Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 43.7 years in 2007: 46.1 for women and 41.4 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 39,828 people died; 21.5% of them were 65 or older and 15.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2007

Life expectancy at birth

43.7

Women

46.1

Men

41.4

Life expectancy at 65

10.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

83.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

109.0

Deaths

39,828

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.4

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

764

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

656

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2007

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	80.29	96.62	46.1	41.4
1-4	6.72	7.51	48.9	44.5
5-9	2.11	2.53	46.1	41.8
10-14	2.08	2.35	41.6	37.3
15-19	4.37	4.79	37.0	32.7
20-24	8.39	9.47	32.8	28.4
25-29	14.03	16.33	29.1	24.7
30-34	19.50	24.86	26.0	21.6
35-39	24.93	34.44	23.4	19.1
40-44	28.40	41.23	21.2	17.2
45-49	32.58	46.87	19.0	15.6
50-54	37.33	52.07	17.0	14.0
55-59	43.55	57.80	14.9	12.5
60-64	54.14	70.93	13.0	10.9
65-69	67.96	83.83	11.2	9.5
70-74	77.15	96.15	9.8	8.2
75-79	86.90	115.13	8.3	6.8
80-84	111.38	154.40	6.6	5.4
85-89	176.91	224.11	4.8	4.0
90-94	263.95	313.59	3.5	3.0
95-99	376.57	420.33	2.6	2.3
100+	511.40	541.95	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2007

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