Lesotho Mortality 2029: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho is projected at 59.8 years in 2029: 62.5 for women and 57.0 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 24,092 people are projected to die; 28.7% of them would be 65 or older and 13.6% 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, 2029

Life expectancy at birth

59.8

Women

62.5

Men

57.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

46.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

59.7

Deaths

24,092

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.8

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

429

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

322

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2029's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2029

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	42.96	54.23	62.5	57.0
1-4	3.33	3.47	64.2	59.1
5-9	1.02	1.16	61.1	55.9
10-14	0.90	1.04	56.4	51.2
15-19	1.67	2.06	51.6	46.5
20-24	2.76	3.61	47.0	41.9
25-29	4.09	5.27	42.6	37.7
30-34	5.54	7.42	38.4	33.6
35-39	7.35	10.34	34.5	29.8
40-44	9.24	13.56	30.6	26.2
45-49	11.78	17.57	27.0	22.9
50-54	15.29	22.72	23.5	19.7
55-59	20.01	29.18	20.1	16.8
60-64	27.97	40.08	17.0	14.0
65-69	38.75	53.71	14.1	11.6
70-74	50.76	71.82	11.6	9.4
75-79	67.54	98.05	9.3	7.5
80-84	100.02	141.49	7.0	5.7
85-89	163.67	208.23	5.1	4.3
90-94	250.48	296.55	3.6	3.2
95-99	364.87	402.03	2.7	2.4
100+	479.41	549.96	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2029

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