Lesotho Mortality 2018: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 54.6 years in 2018: 57.1 for women and 52.1 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 26,633 people died; 24.9% of them were 65 or older and 17.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2018

Life expectancy at birth

54.6

Women

57.1

Men

52.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

61.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

77.5

Deaths

26,633

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.2

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

526

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

427

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2018's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2018

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	57.35	70.65	57.1	52.1
1-4	4.28	4.59	59.4	54.9
5-9	1.32	1.55	56.4	51.8
10-14	1.22	1.41	51.7	47.2
15-19	2.39	2.84	47.0	42.5
20-24	4.19	5.10	42.6	38.1
25-29	6.52	7.69	38.4	34.0
30-34	8.93	10.93	34.6	30.3
35-39	11.64	15.02	31.0	26.8
40-44	14.00	19.03	27.8	23.7
45-49	17.00	23.62	24.6	20.8
50-54	20.83	29.11	21.5	18.1
55-59	25.84	35.70	18.6	15.6
60-64	34.22	47.27	15.8	13.1
65-69	45.52	61.04	13.3	11.0
70-74	56.98	78.49	11.1	9.0
75-79	72.69	103.86	9.0	7.2
80-84	104.04	146.96	6.9	5.6
85-89	168.25	214.24	5.0	4.2
90-94	254.92	302.39	3.6	3.1
95-99	368.47	407.46	2.6	2.4
100+	506.38	529.21	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2018

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