Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho is projected at 59.0 years in 2027: 61.7 for women and 56.2 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 24,186 people are projected to die; 28.1% of them would be 65 or older and 14.4% 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, 2027

Life expectancy at birth

59.0

Women

61.7

Men

56.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

49.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

63.2

Deaths

24,186

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.0

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

442

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

335

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2027's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2027

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	46.01	57.43	61.7	56.2
1-4	3.55	3.64	63.6	58.5
5-9	1.09	1.22	60.5	55.3
10-14	0.97	1.10	55.8	50.7
15-19	1.78	2.18	51.0	45.9
20-24	2.95	3.82	46.5	41.4
25-29	4.36	5.58	42.1	37.1
30-34	5.91	7.86	38.0	33.1
35-39	7.81	10.91	34.1	29.3
40-44	9.75	14.24	30.3	25.9
45-49	12.35	18.35	26.7	22.6
50-54	15.92	23.57	23.2	19.5
55-59	20.69	30.07	19.9	16.6
60-64	28.72	41.06	16.8	13.9
65-69	39.54	54.73	14.1	11.5
70-74	51.43	72.79	11.6	9.4
75-79	67.95	98.89	9.3	7.4
80-84	100.14	142.19	7.0	5.7
85-89	163.71	208.74	5.1	4.2
90-94	250.32	296.78	3.6	3.2
95-99	364.47	401.86	2.7	2.4
100+	478.29	549.54	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2027

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