Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho is projected at 67.1 years in 2055: 70.2 for women and 64.1 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 29,449 people are projected to die; 45.8% of them would be 65 or older and 5.1% 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, 2055

Life expectancy at birth

67.1

Women

70.2

Men

64.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

23.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

30.1

Deaths

29,449

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.5

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

298

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

200

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2055's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2055

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	18.90	29.73	70.2	64.1
1-4	1.33	1.88	70.5	65.0
5-9	0.42	0.65	66.9	61.5
10-14	0.37	0.56	62.0	56.7
15-19	0.68	1.08	57.1	51.8
20-24	1.12	1.84	52.3	47.1
25-29	1.67	2.59	47.6	42.5
30-34	2.38	3.72	43.0	38.0
35-39	3.42	5.48	38.4	33.7
40-44	4.77	7.78	34.1	29.5
45-49	6.79	11.04	29.8	25.6
50-54	9.74	15.57	25.8	21.9
55-59	13.93	21.67	21.9	18.5
60-64	20.94	31.63	18.3	15.3
65-69	31.05	44.77	15.0	12.5
70-74	43.90	63.08	12.1	10.0
75-79	62.82	90.23	9.5	7.8
80-84	97.86	134.70	7.1	5.9
85-89	161.38	203.04	5.1	4.3
90-94	249.24	293.90	3.6	3.2
95-99	364.49	403.19	2.7	2.4
100+	484.87	551.76	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2055

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