Lesotho Mortality 2024: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho is projected at 57.8 years in 2024: 60.4 for women and 55.0 for men, a gap of 5.4 years. 24,491 people are projected to die; 27.0% of them would be 65 or older and 15.8% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2024

Life expectancy at birth

57.8

Women

60.4

Men

55.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

54.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

69.2

Deaths

24,491

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.5

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

464

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

355

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2024's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2024

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.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	51.13	62.88	60.4	55.0
1-4	3.90	3.91	62.6	57.5
5-9	1.20	1.33	59.5	54.4
10-14	1.07	1.19	54.9	49.8
15-19	1.97	2.39	50.1	45.0
20-24	3.26	4.18	45.6	40.6
25-29	4.83	6.12	41.3	36.4
30-34	6.51	8.59	37.3	32.4
35-39	8.55	11.86	33.4	28.7
40-44	10.60	15.36	29.8	25.3
45-49	13.28	19.60	26.2	22.1
50-54	16.93	24.92	22.9	19.1
55-59	21.77	31.48	19.7	16.4
60-64	29.93	42.60	16.6	13.7
65-69	40.83	56.31	13.9	11.4
70-74	52.52	74.27	11.5	9.3
75-79	68.68	100.13	9.2	7.4
80-84	100.50	143.16	7.0	5.7
85-89	164.05	209.36	5.0	4.2
90-94	250.52	296.89	3.6	3.2
95-99	364.54	401.29	2.7	2.4
100+	477.42	548.52	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2024

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