Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Mortality in Lesotho, 2081

Lesotho
2081
Life expectancy: 71.8
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2081  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho is projected at 71.8 years in 2081: 74.9 for women and 68.6 for men, a gap of 6.3 years. 39,081 people are projected to die; 67.4% of them would be 65 or older and 1.8% 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).

Life expectancy at birth
71.8
Women
74.9
Men
68.6
Life expectancy at 65
15.0
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
13.5
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
16.6
Deaths
39,081
Deaths per 1,000 people
11.8
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
217
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
129
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2081's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
09.4917.8574.968.6
1-40.560.9874.768.9
5-90.210.4070.865.1
10-140.180.3565.960.3
15-190.330.7060.955.4
20-240.541.1356.050.5
25-290.801.4951.245.8
30-341.182.1246.441.1
35-391.793.2241.636.6
40-442.714.8837.032.1
45-494.207.4732.527.8
50-546.4311.2528.123.8
55-599.7316.6923.920.0
60-6415.2225.3120.016.5
65-6923.7437.2716.413.4
70-7435.6254.6813.110.7
75-7954.2281.2110.28.2
80-8488.65125.117.56.1
85-89148.28193.365.44.5
90-94233.36285.403.83.3
95-99346.89397.992.82.4
100+471.79545.852.11.8