Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho is projected at 60.5 years in 2031: 63.3 for women and 57.7 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 24,081 people are projected to die; 29.2% of them would be 65 or older and 12.9% 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, 2031

Life expectancy at birth

60.5

Women

63.3

Men

57.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

44.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

56.4

Deaths

24,081

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.6

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

416

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

310

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2031's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2031

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	40.21	51.34	63.3	57.7
1-4	3.13	3.32	64.8	59.7
5-9	0.96	1.10	61.6	56.5
10-14	0.85	0.99	56.9	51.8
15-19	1.57	1.95	52.1	47.0
20-24	2.59	3.41	47.5	42.5
25-29	3.83	4.97	43.1	38.1
30-34	5.21	7.02	38.9	34.0
35-39	6.93	9.80	34.9	30.2
40-44	8.76	12.92	31.0	26.5
45-49	11.24	16.85	27.3	23.1
50-54	14.69	21.93	23.7	20.0
55-59	19.35	28.34	20.3	17.0
60-64	27.22	39.14	17.1	14.2
65-69	37.94	52.73	14.2	11.7
70-74	50.05	70.88	11.7	9.5
75-79	67.03	97.24	9.3	7.5
80-84	99.73	140.80	7.0	5.7
85-89	163.36	207.73	5.1	4.3
90-94	250.22	296.33	3.6	3.2
95-99	364.63	402.18	2.7	2.4
100+	479.71	550.30	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2031

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