Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho is projected at 62.9 years in 2038: 65.7 for women and 60.0 for men, a gap of 5.7 years. 24,640 people are projected to die; 30.5% of them would be 65 or older and 10.4% 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, 2038

Life expectancy at birth

62.9

Women

65.7

Men

60.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

36.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

46.6

Deaths

24,640

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.1

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

374

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

271

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2038's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2038

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	32.13	43.01	65.7	60.0
1-4	2.49	2.82	66.8	61.6
5-9	0.76	0.93	63.4	58.2
10-14	0.67	0.82	58.7	53.5
15-19	1.24	1.62	53.9	48.7
20-24	2.04	2.81	49.2	44.1
25-29	3.03	4.08	44.7	39.7
30-34	4.16	5.78	40.3	35.4
35-39	5.63	8.18	36.1	31.4
40-44	7.28	10.99	32.1	27.6
45-49	9.58	14.66	28.1	24.0
50-54	12.86	19.52	24.4	20.6
55-59	17.36	25.81	20.9	17.5
60-64	24.95	36.32	17.5	14.6
65-69	35.51	49.79	14.5	12.0
70-74	47.96	68.08	11.8	9.7
75-79	65.68	94.83	9.4	7.6
80-84	99.21	138.82	7.1	5.8
85-89	162.96	206.36	5.1	4.3
90-94	250.23	295.83	3.6	3.2
95-99	365.06	402.92	2.6	2.4
100+	482.04	551.57	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2038

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