Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho is projected at 65.1 years in 2046: 68.0 for women and 62.1 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 26,276 people are projected to die; 34.6% of them would be 65 or older and 7.6% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 60-64. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2046

Life expectancy at birth

65.1

Women

68.0

Men

62.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

29.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

37.5

Deaths

26,276

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.0

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

335

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

234

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2046's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2046

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	24.69	35.52	68.0	62.1
1-4	1.85	2.32	68.7	63.3
5-9	0.57	0.77	65.2	59.9
10-14	0.50	0.68	60.4	55.1
15-19	0.93	1.31	55.5	50.3
20-24	1.53	2.26	50.8	45.6
25-29	2.27	3.25	46.1	41.1
30-34	3.18	4.65	41.6	36.7
35-39	4.43	6.72	37.3	32.5
40-44	5.94	9.29	33.0	28.6
45-49	8.12	12.76	29.0	24.8
50-54	11.26	17.48	25.1	21.3
55-59	15.64	23.70	21.4	18.0
60-64	22.98	33.96	17.9	14.9
65-69	33.35	47.29	14.8	12.2
70-74	46.03	65.60	12.0	9.8
75-79	64.36	92.56	9.4	7.7
80-84	98.61	136.76	7.1	5.8
85-89	162.18	204.63	5.1	4.3
90-94	249.66	294.68	3.6	3.2
95-99	364.53	402.73	2.7	2.4
100+	483.02	551.30	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2046

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