Lesotho Mortality 2021: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 54.2 years in 2021: 56.8 for women and 51.6 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 28,497 people died; 26.8% of them were 65 or older and 14.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2021

Life expectancy at birth

54.2

Women

56.8

Men

51.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

58.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

74.1

Deaths

28,497

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.6

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

555

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

441

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2021's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2021

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	54.94	67.48	56.8	51.6
1-4	4.15	4.24	59.0	54.1
5-9	1.28	1.43	55.9	51.0
10-14	1.15	1.29	51.3	46.4
15-19	2.18	2.59	46.5	41.6
20-24	3.68	4.60	42.0	37.1
25-29	5.55	6.89	37.7	32.9
30-34	7.77	10.21	33.7	29.0
35-39	11.05	15.23	30.0	25.4
40-44	14.66	20.89	26.5	22.2
45-49	19.08	26.98	23.3	19.4
50-54	23.38	32.79	20.4	16.8
55-59	28.63	41.15	17.7	14.4
60-64	37.82	54.56	15.0	12.1
65-69	49.82	71.03	12.6	10.1
70-74	60.96	90.60	10.5	8.4
75-79	76.98	113.55	8.3	6.8
80-84	117.15	158.84	6.1	5.3
85-89	211.74	227.57	4.1	4.0
90-94	329.29	322.74	2.9	2.9
95-99	481.83	438.46	2.0	2.2
100+	661.33	572.41	1.5	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2021

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