Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho is projected at 70.8 years in 2075: 74.0 for women and 67.6 for men, a gap of 6.3 years. 37,719 people are projected to die; 63.0% of them would be 65 or older and 2.3% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2075

Life expectancy at birth

70.8

Women

74.0

Men

67.6

Life expectancy at 65

14.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

15.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

18.8

Deaths

37,719

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.4

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

235

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

143

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2075's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2075

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	10.88	19.97	74.0	67.7
1-4	0.67	1.14	73.8	68.0
5-9	0.24	0.45	70.0	64.3
10-14	0.21	0.39	65.0	59.4
15-19	0.39	0.77	60.1	54.6
20-24	0.63	1.26	55.2	49.8
25-29	0.95	1.70	50.4	45.1
30-34	1.38	2.43	45.6	40.4
35-39	2.08	3.66	40.9	35.9
40-44	3.09	5.47	36.3	31.5
45-49	4.70	8.22	31.8	27.3
50-54	7.10	12.20	27.5	23.3
55-59	10.61	17.81	23.4	19.6
60-64	16.46	26.77	19.6	16.2
65-69	25.37	39.03	16.0	13.2
70-74	37.55	56.70	12.8	10.5
75-79	56.37	83.47	10.0	8.1
80-84	91.13	127.59	7.4	6.1
85-89	151.86	195.95	5.3	4.4
90-94	237.78	287.78	3.8	3.2
95-99	351.81	399.71	2.7	2.4
100+	475.56	547.86	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 2075

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