Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho is projected at 61.3 years in 2033: 64.0 for women and 58.4 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 24,142 people are projected to die; 29.6% of them would be 65 or older and 12.2% 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, 2033

Life expectancy at birth

61.3

Women

64.0

Men

58.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

41.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

53.3

Deaths

24,142

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.4

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

403

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

298

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2033's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2033

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	37.63	48.65	64.0	58.4
1-4	2.94	3.17	65.4	60.3
5-9	0.90	1.05	62.2	57.0
10-14	0.80	0.94	57.4	52.3
15-19	1.47	1.85	52.7	47.5
20-24	2.42	3.23	48.0	43.0
25-29	3.59	4.70	43.6	38.6
30-34	4.89	6.64	39.3	34.5
35-39	6.53	9.30	35.2	30.5
40-44	8.30	12.32	31.3	26.9
45-49	10.72	16.16	27.5	23.4
50-54	14.11	21.16	23.9	20.2
55-59	18.72	27.52	20.5	17.1
60-64	26.51	38.22	17.2	14.3
65-69	37.17	51.77	14.3	11.8
70-74	49.38	69.95	11.7	9.5
75-79	66.59	96.43	9.3	7.5
80-84	99.54	140.12	7.1	5.7
85-89	163.22	207.23	5.1	4.3
90-94	250.23	296.09	3.6	3.2
95-99	364.81	402.32	2.7	2.4
100+	480.52	550.66	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2033

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