Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 50.8 years in 2014: 53.3 for women and 48.3 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 30,440 people died; 23.2% 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, 2014

Life expectancy at birth

50.8

Women

53.3

Men

48.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

64.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

82.7

Deaths

30,440

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.6

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

625

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

515

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2014's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2014

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	61.22	74.91	53.3	48.3
1-4	4.70	4.98	55.6	51.0
5-9	1.46	1.70	52.6	48.0
10-14	1.41	1.59	47.9	43.4
15-19	2.94	3.27	43.3	38.7
20-24	5.49	6.21	38.9	34.3
25-29	8.97	10.18	34.9	30.3
30-34	12.45	15.23	31.4	26.7
35-39	16.11	21.33	28.2	23.6
40-44	18.81	26.58	25.4	21.0
45-49	22.15	31.85	22.6	18.7
50-54	26.10	37.43	20.0	16.5
55-59	31.26	43.83	17.4	14.3
60-64	39.93	55.91	14.9	12.3
65-69	51.74	69.10	12.7	10.4
70-74	62.52	84.47	10.7	8.7
75-79	76.87	107.55	8.8	7.1
80-84	106.65	149.62	6.8	5.5
85-89	171.34	217.78	4.9	4.1
90-94	258.16	306.42	3.5	3.1
95-99	371.39	412.10	2.6	2.4
100+	508.21	533.82	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2014

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