Lesotho Mortality 2035: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho is projected at 61.9 years in 2035: 64.7 for women and 59.1 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 24,282 people are projected to die; 30.0% of them would be 65 or older and 11.5% 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, 2035

Life expectancy at birth

61.9

Women

64.7

Men

59.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

39.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

50.5

Deaths

24,282

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.2

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

391

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

287

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2035's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2035

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	35.27	46.22	64.7	59.1
1-4	2.75	3.03	66.0	60.8
5-9	0.84	1.00	62.7	57.5
10-14	0.75	0.89	58.0	52.8
15-19	1.38	1.76	53.2	48.0
20-24	2.27	3.06	48.5	43.4
25-29	3.36	4.45	44.0	39.1
30-34	4.59	6.29	39.7	34.9
35-39	6.16	8.83	35.6	30.9
40-44	7.87	11.75	31.6	27.2
45-49	10.24	15.51	27.8	23.7
50-54	13.57	20.44	24.1	20.4
55-59	18.13	26.75	20.6	17.3
60-64	25.83	37.36	17.4	14.4
65-69	36.45	50.85	14.4	11.9
70-74	48.76	69.06	11.8	9.6
75-79	66.20	95.64	9.3	7.6
80-84	99.42	139.45	7.1	5.8
85-89	163.20	206.73	5.1	4.3
90-94	250.43	295.86	3.6	3.2
95-99	365.27	402.46	2.6	2.4
100+	481.67	551.03	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2035

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