Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 48.2 years in 2012: 50.7 for women and 45.8 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 33,494 people died; 22.0% of them were 65 or older and 15.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

48.2

Women

50.7

Men

45.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

68.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

87.5

Deaths

33,494

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.5

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

685

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

571

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	64.74	78.67	50.7	45.8
1-4	5.10	5.44	53.0	48.5
5-9	1.60	1.86	50.1	45.5
10-14	1.58	1.75	45.5	40.9
15-19	3.38	3.67	40.8	36.3
20-24	6.48	7.22	36.5	31.9
25-29	10.83	12.32	32.6	28.0
30-34	15.13	18.81	29.2	24.6
35-39	19.49	26.40	26.3	21.7
40-44	22.41	32.31	23.8	19.5
45-49	25.98	37.69	21.3	17.4
50-54	30.03	42.93	18.9	15.5
55-59	35.32	48.79	16.6	13.7
60-64	44.28	60.87	14.3	11.8
65-69	56.51	73.51	12.2	10.1
70-74	66.69	87.62	10.5	8.6
75-79	79.72	109.45	8.7	7.0
80-84	107.99	150.99	6.7	5.5
85-89	172.93	219.59	4.9	4.1
90-94	259.83	308.48	3.5	3.1
95-99	372.91	414.49	2.6	2.4
100+	509.16	536.22	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2012

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