Lesotho Mortality 2070: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho is projected at 69.9 years in 2070: 73.1 for women and 66.8 for men, a gap of 6.3 years. 36,071 people are projected to die; 59.7% of them would be 65 or older and 2.7% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2070

Life expectancy at birth

69.9

Women

73.1

Men

66.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

17.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

21.1

Deaths

36,071

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.0

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

250

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

156

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2070's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2070

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	12.28	22.10	73.1	66.8
1-4	0.78	1.31	73.0	67.3
5-9	0.27	0.50	69.2	63.6
10-14	0.24	0.43	64.3	58.8
15-19	0.44	0.84	59.4	53.9
20-24	0.72	1.39	54.5	49.1
25-29	1.08	1.89	49.7	44.4
30-34	1.57	2.71	45.0	39.8
35-39	2.35	4.06	40.3	35.3
40-44	3.44	5.99	35.7	31.0
45-49	5.15	8.86	31.3	26.9
50-54	7.69	12.98	27.1	23.0
55-59	11.38	18.71	23.0	19.3
60-64	17.54	27.92	19.2	16.0
65-69	26.79	40.40	15.7	13.0
70-74	39.23	58.23	12.6	10.4
75-79	58.22	85.10	9.8	8.0
80-84	93.29	129.28	7.3	6.0
85-89	155.00	197.58	5.2	4.4
90-94	241.74	289.07	3.7	3.2
95-99	356.37	400.20	2.7	2.4
100+	479.34	548.34	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2070

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