Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho is projected at 66.7 years in 2053: 69.7 for women and 63.7 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 28,656 people are projected to die; 43.0% of them would be 65 or older and 5.6% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 65-69. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2053

Life expectancy at birth

66.7

Women

69.7

Men

63.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

24.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

31.5

Deaths

28,656

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.4

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

306

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

207

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2053's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2053

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	20.02	30.85	69.7	63.7
1-4	1.43	1.97	70.1	64.6
5-9	0.45	0.67	66.5	61.1
10-14	0.40	0.58	61.7	56.3
15-19	0.73	1.13	56.8	51.5
20-24	1.19	1.92	52.0	46.8
25-29	1.79	2.72	47.3	42.2
30-34	2.54	3.90	42.7	37.7
35-39	3.62	5.72	38.2	33.4
40-44	5.00	8.09	33.8	29.3
45-49	7.06	11.40	29.6	25.4
50-54	10.06	15.97	25.6	21.8
55-59	14.29	22.11	21.8	18.4
60-64	21.39	32.15	18.2	15.2
65-69	31.57	45.34	15.0	12.4
70-74	44.40	63.67	12.1	9.9
75-79	63.20	90.80	9.5	7.8
80-84	98.07	135.23	7.1	5.9
85-89	161.58	203.48	5.1	4.3
90-94	249.29	294.16	3.6	3.2
95-99	364.33	403.16	2.7	2.4
100+	484.19	551.69	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2053

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