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Life Expectancy in Lesotho vs Nigeria (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 58.2 years in Lesotho vs 54.8 in Nigeria. Lesotho is ranked 193/197 by life expectancy, and Nigeria is 197/197. In Lesotho, the life expectancy is 55.4 years for males and 60.9 years for females. In Nigeria, it's 54.5 years for males and 55.1 years for females.

Lesotho vs Nigeria life expectancy at birth by year chart

Lesotho
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Lesotho Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 44.6 41.2 47.4 35.5 33.6 37.5
1951 45.2 41.9 47.9 35.7 33.8 37.7
1952 45.9 42.5 48.6 35.9 34 37.9
1953 46.6 43.2 49.2 36 34.1 38.1
1954 47.3 43.8 50 36.2 34.3 38.3
1955 48 44.5 50.6 36.3 34.3 38.5
1956 48.6 45.1 51.3 36.5 34.5 38.6
1957 49.2 45.6 51.8 36.6 34.6 38.8
1958 49.6 46 52.3 36.8 34.8 39
1959 49.9 46.3 52.6 37 35 39.2
1960 50.2 46.5 52.9 37.2 35.2 39.3
1961 50.3 46.6 53.1 37.4 35.4 39.6
1962 50.3 46.7 53.1 37.6 35.6 39.7
1963 50.3 46.7 53.1 37.8 35.8 39.9
1964 50.3 46.6 53.2 38 35.9 40.1
1965 50.3 46.6 53.3 38.2 36.2 40.4
1966 50.4 46.5 53.5 38.4 36.4 40.5
1967 50.5 46.6 53.7 37.5 35.1 40.1
1968 50.8 46.9 54.1 38.6 36.4 41
1969 51.1 47.3 54.5 38.9 36.8 41.3
1970 51.5 47.7 54.9 40 38.4 41.7
1971 51.8 48.1 55.4 40.6 39 42.3
1972 52.3 48.6 55.8 41.3 39.5 43.1
1973 52.6 48.9 56.3 41.8 40 43.7
1974 52.9 49.4 56.6 42.5 40.6 44.5
1975 53.5 49.9 57.2 43.1 41 45.2
1976 53.9 50.2 57.9 44.2 42.7 45.7
1977 54.5 50.7 58.6 44.8 43.4 46.3
1978 55.2 51.3 59.4 45.3 43.8 46.9
1979 55.8 51.9 60.1 45.7 44.2 47.3
1980 56.5 52.5 60.9 46 44.3 47.6
1981 57.3 53.4 61.6 46.3 44.6 48
1982 58 54.1 62.2 46.4 44.7 48.2
1983 58.5 54.5 62.8 46.4 44.8 48.1
1984 59 55 63.3 46.3 44.7 48
1985 59.2 55.2 63.7 46.2 44.6 47.9
1986 59.3 55.2 63.9 46 44.5 47.5
1987 59.6 55.4 64 45.9 44.5 47.4
1988 59.6 55.4 64 45.8 44.4 47.3
1989 59.5 55.4 63.9 45.8 44.4 47.3
1990 59.3 55.3 63.6 45.7 44.4 47.1
1991 59.1 55.1 63.3 45.5 44.1 47
1992 58.6 54.7 62.8 45.6 44.2 47
1993 58.1 54.2 62.1 45.8 44.2 47.4
1994 57.3 53.5 61.3 45.7 44.2 47.3
1995 56.4 52.8 60.1 45.9 44.4 47.4
1996 55.1 51.8 58.6 45.8 44.4 47.3
1997 53.7 50.6 56.9 46 44.7 47.2
1998 52 49.1 55 46.1 45.1 47.2
1999 50.4 47.8 53 46.6 45.7 47.5
2000 48.8 46.5 51.1 47.1 46.3 48
2001 47.2 44.9 49.5 47.5 46.9 48.2
2002 46 43.8 48.1 48 47.5 48.5
2003 44.9 42.9 47 48.6 48.2 49.1
2004 44 41.9 46.3 49.1 48.8 49.5
2005 43.6 41.4 45.9 49.5 49 50.1
2006 43.2 41.5 44.8 49.9 49.3 50.4
2007 43.7 41.4 46.1 50.4 49.8 50.9
2008 44.3 42.1 46.6 50.7 50.3 51.2
2009 45.1 42.8 47.4 51.1 50.6 51.6
2010 46 43.9 48.3 51.3 50.9 51.8
2011 46.9 44.5 49.4 51.5 51.1 51.9
2012 48.2 45.8 50.7 51.7 51.3 52
2013 49.5 47.2 52 51.8 51.5 52.2
2014 50.8 48.3 53.3 51.9 51.6 52.3
2015 51.8 49.3 54.4 51.9 51.6 52.2
2016 52.9 50.4 55.3 52.2 51.9 52.4
2017 53.9 51.4 56.3 52.4 52.1 52.6
2018 54.6 52.1 57.1 52.7 52.4 52.9
2019 55.2 52.7 57.7 53 52.8 53.2
2020 55.1 52.5 57.7 53.1 52.7 53.4
2021 54.2 51.6 56.8 53.5 53.2 53.7
2022 56.8 54.1 59.4 54.1 53.8 54.4
2023 57.4 54.6 60 54.5 54.2 54.7
2024 57.8 55 60.4 54.6 54.3 54.9
2025 58.2 55.4 60.9 54.8 54.5 55.1

Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 44.6 years in Lesotho and 54.9 in Nigeria. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 8.95 healthy years in Lesotho and 14 in Nigeria.

Lesotho vs Nigeria life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in Lesotho and Nigeria, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
35.2 vs 37.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
65.2 vs 67.1 years

Median expected age of death:
66.4 vs 70.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Lesotho Nigeria
Male Female Male Female
40 90.5% 93.0% 92.9% 92.5%
50 76.3% 82.7% 83.8% 83.8%
60 57.8% 68.4% 70.3% 71.7%
65 46.7% 59.0% 60.9% 62.8%
70 35.3% 48.1% 49.1% 51.2%
75 24.3% 37.0% 35.0% 37.0%
80 14.7% 26.2% 20.7% 22.3%
85 7.1% 15.7% 9.1% 10.2%
90 2.4% 6.7% 2.5% 3.1%
95 0.5% 1.8% 0.3% 0.5%
100 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in Lesotho vs Nigeria: 65.2 years vs 67.1 at 30, 78 vs 77.2 at 65, 86.6 vs 85.2 at 80 — significantly higher than the 58.2 vs 54.8 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Lesotho and Nigeria.

Lesotho
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Lesotho Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 58.2 55.4 60.9 54.8 54.5 55.1
1 61.5 58.9 63.9 58.7 58.7 58.8
2 61.8 59.2 64.3 59.3 59.4 59.2
3 62.1 59.4 64.5 59.8 59.9 59.7
4 62.2 59.6 64.7 60.4 60.4 60.3
5 62.4 59.7 64.8 60.9 60.9 60.8
6 62.4 59.8 64.9 61.3 61.3 61.3
7 62.5 59.9 65 61.8 61.7 61.8
8 62.6 59.9 65.1 62.1 62 62.2
9 62.6 60 65.1 62.4 62.3 62.6
10 62.7 60.1 65.2 62.7 62.5 62.9
11 62.7 60.1 65.2 62.9 62.7 63.2
12 62.8 60.2 65.3 63.1 62.9 63.4
13 62.9 60.2 65.3 63.3 63 63.6
14 62.9 60.3 65.4 63.5 63.2 63.7
15 63 60.3 65.4 63.6 63.3 63.9
16 63 60.4 65.5 63.8 63.5 64.1
17 63.1 60.5 65.6 64 63.7 64.3
18 63.2 60.6 65.7 64.2 63.9 64.5
19 63.3 60.7 65.8 64.4 64.1 64.8
20 63.5 60.8 65.9 64.7 64.3 65
21 63.6 61 66 64.9 64.6 65.2
22 63.7 61.1 66.1 65.1 64.8 65.5
23 63.9 61.3 66.3 65.4 65.1 65.7
24 64 61.4 66.4 65.6 65.4 65.9
25 64.2 61.6 66.6 65.9 65.6 66.2
26 64.4 61.8 66.7 66.1 65.9 66.4
27 64.6 62 66.9 66.4 66.1 66.6
28 64.8 62.2 67.1 66.6 66.4 66.9
29 65 62.4 67.3 66.9 66.6 67.1
30 65.2 62.6 67.5 67.1 66.9 67.4
31 65.4 62.9 67.7 67.4 67.1 67.7
32 65.6 63.1 67.9 67.6 67.4 67.9
33 65.9 63.4 68.2 67.9 67.6 68.2
34 66.1 63.6 68.4 68.1 67.8 68.4
35 66.4 63.9 68.6 68.4 68.1 68.7
36 66.7 64.2 68.9 68.6 68.3 69
37 66.9 64.5 69.1 68.9 68.6 69.2
38 67.2 64.8 69.4 69.1 68.8 69.5
39 67.5 65.1 69.7 69.4 69 69.7
40 67.8 65.5 69.9 69.7 69.3 70
41 68.2 65.8 70.2 69.9 69.5 70.3
42 68.5 66.2 70.5 70.2 69.8 70.6
43 68.8 66.5 70.8 70.4 70 70.8
44 69.1 66.9 71.1 70.7 70.3 71.1
45 69.5 67.3 71.4 71 70.6 71.3
46 69.8 67.6 71.7 71.2 70.8 71.6
47 70.2 68 72 71.5 71.1 71.8
48 70.6 68.4 72.3 71.7 71.4 72.1
49 70.9 68.8 72.7 72 71.6 72.4
50 71.3 69.3 73 72.3 71.9 72.6
51 71.7 69.7 73.3 72.5 72.2 72.9
52 72.1 70.1 73.7 72.8 72.5 73.1
53 72.5 70.5 74 73.1 72.8 73.4
54 72.9 71 74.4 73.4 73.1 73.7
55 73.3 71.4 74.8 73.7 73.4 74
56 73.7 71.9 75.1 74 73.7 74.3
57 74.2 72.3 75.5 74.3 74.1 74.6
58 74.6 72.8 75.9 74.6 74.4 74.9
59 75 73.3 76.3 75 74.7 75.2
60 75.5 73.8 76.7 75.3 75.1 75.5
61 76 74.3 77.1 75.6 75.4 75.8
62 76.4 74.8 77.6 76 75.8 76.2
63 76.9 75.3 78 76.4 76.2 76.6
64 77.4 75.9 78.5 76.8 76.6 76.9
65 78 76.4 79 77.2 77 77.3
66 78.5 77 79.5 77.6 77.4 77.7
67 79 77.6 80 78 77.9 78.2
68 79.6 78.1 80.5 78.5 78.3 78.6
69 80.1 78.7 81 78.9 78.8 79.1
70 80.7 79.3 81.5 79.4 79.3 79.5
71 81.3 79.9 82.1 79.9 79.8 80
72 81.8 80.5 82.6 80.5 80.3 80.6
73 82.4 81.1 83.1 81 80.9 81.1
74 83 81.8 83.7 81.5 81.4 81.7
75 83.6 82.4 84.2 82.1 82 82.2
76 84.2 83 84.8 82.7 82.6 82.8
77 84.8 83.7 85.3 83.3 83.2 83.4
78 85.4 84.3 85.9 83.9 83.8 84
79 86 85 86.5 84.6 84.5 84.7
80 86.6 85.7 87 85.2 85.1 85.3
81 87.2 86.4 87.6 85.9 85.8 86
82 87.8 87 88.2 86.6 86.5 86.7
83 88.4 87.8 88.8 87.3 87.2 87.5
84 89.1 88.5 89.4 88.1 87.9 88.2
85 89.8 89.2 90 88.8 88.7 88.9
86 90.5 90 90.7 89.6 89.4 89.7
87 91.2 90.8 91.4 90.3 90.2 90.5
88 92 91.6 92.1 91.1 91 91.2
89 92.7 92.4 92.9 91.9 91.8 92
90 93.5 93.2 93.6 92.7 92.6 92.9
91 94.3 94 94.4 93.6 93.4 93.7
92 95.1 94.8 95.2 94.4 94.3 94.5
93 95.9 95.7 96 95.3 95.1 95.4
94 96.7 96.5 96.8 96.2 96 96.3
95 97.6 97.4 97.7 97.1 96.9 97.2
96 98.5 98.3 98.5 98 97.8 98.1
97 99.3 99.2 99.4 98.9 98.8 99
98 100.2 100.1 100.3 99.8 99.7 99.9
99 101.1 100.9 101.2 100.7 100.6 100.8
100 102 101.8 102.1 101.6 101.6 101.7

Odds of living to age in Lesotho vs Nigeria

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 55.1% in Lesotho and 55.7% in Nigeria are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 36.7% and 39.3% will live to 70 years or older, 18.3% and 16.9% to 80+ years, and 4.1% and 2.22% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

Lesotho
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Lesotho Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 94.7% 94.2% 95.2% 93.2% 92.7% 93.8%
2 94.1% 93.6% 94.6% 92.3% 91.7% 93%
3 93.7% 93.2% 94.3% 91.5% 90.8% 92.2%
4 93.5% 92.9% 94% 90.6% 89.9% 91.3%
5 93.3% 92.7% 93.8% 89.8% 89.2% 90.5%
6 93.1% 92.6% 93.7% 89.1% 88.5% 89.6%
7 93% 92.5% 93.6% 88.4% 87.9% 88.8%
8 92.9% 92.4% 93.5% 87.8% 87.4% 88.1%
9 92.8% 92.3% 93.4% 87.3% 87% 87.5%
10 92.7% 92.2% 93.3% 86.8% 86.6% 87%
11 92.6% 92.1% 93.2% 86.5% 86.3% 86.6%
12 92.5% 92% 93.1% 86.2% 86% 86.3%
13 92.4% 91.9% 93% 85.9% 85.8% 86%
14 92.3% 91.7% 92.9% 85.6% 85.5% 85.6%
15 92.2% 91.6% 92.8% 85.3% 85.2% 85.3%
16 92.1% 91.5% 92.7% 85% 84.9% 85%
17 91.9% 91.3% 92.5% 84.6% 84.6% 84.6%
18 91.7% 91.1% 92.3% 84.2% 84.2% 84.2%
19 91.5% 90.8% 92.1% 83.8% 83.9% 83.8%
20 91.2% 90.6% 91.9% 83.4% 83.4% 83.4%
21 91% 90.3% 91.7% 83% 83% 83%
22 90.7% 89.9% 91.4% 82.5% 82.5% 82.5%
23 90.3% 89.6% 91.1% 82% 81.9% 82.1%
24 90% 89.2% 90.8% 81.5% 81.4% 81.6%
25 89.6% 88.7% 90.5% 81% 80.9% 81.2%
26 89.2% 88.3% 90.1% 80.5% 80.4% 80.7%
27 88.8% 87.8% 89.7% 80% 79.9% 80.2%
28 88.3% 87.3% 89.3% 79.5% 79.3% 79.7%
29 87.8% 86.7% 88.9% 79% 78.8% 79.2%
30 87.3% 86.1% 88.4% 78.5% 78.3% 78.6%
31 86.7% 85.5% 87.9% 77.9% 77.8% 78.1%
32 86.1% 84.9% 87.4% 77.4% 77.3% 77.5%
33 85.5% 84.2% 86.8% 76.9% 76.7% 77%
34 84.8% 83.4% 86.2% 76.3% 76.2% 76.4%
35 84.1% 82.6% 85.6% 75.7% 75.7% 75.8%
36 83.4% 81.8% 85% 75.2% 75.1% 75.2%
37 82.6% 80.9% 84.3% 74.6% 74.6% 74.6%
38 81.8% 80% 83.6% 74% 74% 74%
39 81% 79% 82.9% 73.4% 73.4% 73.4%
40 80.1% 78% 82.2% 72.8% 72.8% 72.7%
41 79.2% 76.9% 81.4% 72.1% 72.2% 72.1%
42 78.2% 75.8% 80.6% 71.5% 71.5% 71.4%
43 77.2% 74.7% 79.8% 70.8% 70.9% 70.7%
44 76.2% 73.6% 78.9% 70.1% 70.2% 70.1%
45 75.2% 72.4% 78% 69.4% 69.5% 69.4%
46 74.1% 71.1% 77.1% 68.7% 68.8% 68.7%
47 73% 69.8% 76.2% 68% 68% 68%
48 71.9% 68.5% 75.2% 67.3% 67.3% 67.3%
49 70.7% 67.1% 74.2% 66.5% 66.5% 66.6%
50 69.4% 65.7% 73.1% 65.8% 65.6% 65.9%
51 68.1% 64.3% 72% 64.9% 64.8% 65.1%
52 66.8% 62.8% 70.9% 64.1% 63.8% 64.3%
53 65.5% 61.3% 69.7% 63.2% 62.9% 63.5%
54 64.1% 59.7% 68.5% 62.2% 61.9% 62.6%
55 62.7% 58.1% 67.3% 61.3% 60.8% 61.7%
56 61.3% 56.5% 66% 60.2% 59.8% 60.7%
57 59.8% 54.9% 64.7% 59.2% 58.7% 59.7%
58 58.3% 53.2% 63.3% 58.1% 57.5% 58.7%
59 56.7% 51.5% 61.9% 57% 56.3% 57.6%
60 55.1% 49.8% 60.4% 55.7% 55.1% 56.4%
61 53.5% 47.9% 58.9% 54.5% 53.8% 55.2%
62 51.7% 46.1% 57.3% 53.1% 52.4% 53.9%
63 50% 44.2% 55.7% 51.7% 50.9% 52.5%
64 48.2% 42.2% 53.9% 50.1% 49.3% 51%
65 46.3% 40.3% 52.1% 48.5% 47.7% 49.4%
66 44.4% 38.3% 50.2% 46.9% 46% 47.8%
67 42.4% 36.3% 48.3% 45.1% 44.2% 46%
68 40.5% 34.3% 46.4% 43.3% 42.4% 44.2%
69 38.6% 32.4% 44.5% 41.3% 40.4% 42.3%
70 36.7% 30.4% 42.6% 39.3% 38.4% 40.2%
71 34.7% 28.5% 40.6% 37.2% 36.3% 38.1%
72 32.8% 26.6% 38.6% 35.1% 34.2% 35.9%
73 30.9% 24.7% 36.7% 32.8% 32% 33.7%
74 29% 22.8% 34.7% 30.6% 29.7% 31.4%
75 27.1% 21% 32.7% 28.3% 27.4% 29.1%
76 25.3% 19.2% 30.8% 26% 25.2% 26.7%
77 23.5% 17.5% 28.8% 23.7% 22.9% 24.4%
78 21.7% 15.8% 26.9% 21.4% 20.6% 22.1%
79 20% 14.2% 25% 19.1% 18.4% 19.8%
80 18.3% 12.6% 23.2% 16.9% 16.2% 17.6%
81 16.6% 11.2% 21.4% 14.8% 14.2% 15.4%
82 15% 9.77% 19.5% 12.8% 12.2% 13.3%
83 13.3% 8.44% 17.6% 10.9% 10.3% 11.4%
84 11.8% 7.21% 15.7% 9.13% 8.64% 9.6%
85 10.2% 6.07% 13.9% 7.55% 7.11% 7.98%
86 8.79% 5.05% 12.1% 6.15% 5.75% 6.55%
87 7.44% 4.13% 10.4% 4.93% 4.56% 5.28%
88 6.2% 3.33% 8.75% 3.87% 3.54% 4.18%
89 5.08% 2.64% 7.28% 2.96% 2.67% 3.24%
90 4.1% 2.05% 5.95% 2.22% 1.97% 2.46%
91 3.24% 1.57% 4.77% 1.61% 1.4% 1.82%
92 2.52% 1.18% 3.76% 1.14% 0.97% 1.31%
93 1.92% 0.86% 2.89% 0.79% 0.65% 0.92%
94 1.42% 0.62% 2.18% 0.53% 0.42% 0.63%
95 1.03% 0.43% 1.6% 0.35% 0.27% 0.42%
96 0.73% 0.3% 1.14% 0.22% 0.16% 0.27%
97 0.51% 0.2% 0.8% 0.14% 0.1% 0.17%
98 0.34% 0.13% 0.54% 0.08% 0.06% 0.11%
99 0.22% 0.08% 0.36% 0.05% 0.03% 0.06%
100 0.14% 0.05% 0.23% 0.03% 0.02% 0.04%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 5.29% in the birth year in Lesotho and 6.77% in Nigeria, 0.64% vs 0.68% at age 30, 3.01% vs 2.3% at 60, and 9.1% vs 12.6% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Lesotho compared to Nigeria at any given age.

Lesotho
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Lesotho Nigeria
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 5.29% 5.82% 4.76% 6.77% 7.31% 6.22%
1 0.63% 0.61% 0.64% 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
2 0.4% 0.41% 0.4% 0.94% 1% 0.88%
3 0.28% 0.29% 0.27% 0.92% 0.91% 0.92%
4 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.89% 0.83% 0.94%
5 0.15% 0.16% 0.15% 0.84% 0.74% 0.93%
6 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.77% 0.66% 0.88%
7 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.68% 0.57% 0.79%
8 0.11% 0.11% 0.1% 0.58% 0.49% 0.68%
9 0.1% 0.11% 0.1% 0.49% 0.42% 0.56%
10 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.42% 0.37% 0.47%
11 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.37% 0.34% 0.41%
12 0.1% 0.11% 0.1% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
13 0.11% 0.12% 0.11% 0.33% 0.31% 0.36%
14 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.34% 0.32% 0.37%
15 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.37% 0.34% 0.39%
16 0.18% 0.19% 0.16% 0.4% 0.38% 0.43%
17 0.21% 0.23% 0.19% 0.44% 0.42% 0.46%
18 0.24% 0.27% 0.22% 0.48% 0.47% 0.49%
19 0.27% 0.3% 0.24% 0.52% 0.52% 0.51%
20 0.3% 0.34% 0.27% 0.54% 0.56% 0.53%
21 0.33% 0.37% 0.29% 0.57% 0.6% 0.53%
22 0.36% 0.41% 0.31% 0.58% 0.62% 0.54%
23 0.39% 0.44% 0.34% 0.59% 0.64% 0.55%
24 0.42% 0.47% 0.37% 0.6% 0.64% 0.56%
25 0.46% 0.51% 0.4% 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
26 0.49% 0.55% 0.43% 0.62% 0.64% 0.61%
27 0.53% 0.59% 0.47% 0.64% 0.64% 0.63%
28 0.56% 0.63% 0.5% 0.65% 0.64% 0.65%
29 0.6% 0.68% 0.53% 0.66% 0.65% 0.67%
30 0.64% 0.73% 0.56% 0.68% 0.66% 0.69%
31 0.68% 0.77% 0.59% 0.69% 0.67% 0.71%
32 0.73% 0.83% 0.63% 0.71% 0.69% 0.72%
33 0.77% 0.88% 0.66% 0.72% 0.7% 0.74%
34 0.82% 0.95% 0.7% 0.74% 0.71% 0.76%
35 0.88% 1.02% 0.75% 0.75% 0.73% 0.78%
36 0.93% 1.08% 0.79% 0.77% 0.74% 0.8%
37 0.98% 1.15% 0.83% 0.8% 0.77% 0.83%
38 1.04% 1.22% 0.87% 0.82% 0.79% 0.85%
39 1.09% 1.28% 0.91% 0.85% 0.82% 0.88%
40 1.14% 1.36% 0.95% 0.88% 0.86% 0.9%
41 1.19% 1.41% 0.99% 0.91% 0.9% 0.92%
42 1.24% 1.48% 1.02% 0.94% 0.93% 0.94%
43 1.3% 1.56% 1.07% 0.96% 0.97% 0.95%
44 1.36% 1.63% 1.11% 0.98% 1% 0.97%
45 1.43% 1.72% 1.17% 1.01% 1.03% 0.98%
46 1.5% 1.81% 1.22% 1.03% 1.07% 1%
47 1.58% 1.9% 1.28% 1.07% 1.12% 1.02%
48 1.66% 2% 1.35% 1.12% 1.18% 1.06%
49 1.75% 2.1% 1.42% 1.18% 1.25% 1.11%
50 1.85% 2.22% 1.5% 1.25% 1.33% 1.17%
51 1.93% 2.31% 1.57% 1.33% 1.42% 1.24%
52 2.02% 2.42% 1.65% 1.41% 1.5% 1.31%
53 2.1% 2.52% 1.72% 1.48% 1.59% 1.38%
54 2.2% 2.64% 1.8% 1.56% 1.67% 1.46%
55 2.31% 2.77% 1.9% 1.65% 1.75% 1.55%
56 2.41% 2.89% 2% 1.74% 1.84% 1.64%
57 2.53% 3.04% 2.11% 1.85% 1.95% 1.75%
58 2.67% 3.21% 2.23% 1.98% 2.08% 1.88%
59 2.82% 3.4% 2.37% 2.13% 2.23% 2.02%
60 3.01% 3.67% 2.53% 2.3% 2.41% 2.19%
61 3.19% 3.87% 2.7% 2.5% 2.61% 2.39%
62 3.41% 4.13% 2.9% 2.71% 2.83% 2.6%
63 3.64% 4.39% 3.12% 2.94% 3.07% 2.83%
64 3.89% 4.66% 3.36% 3.19% 3.31% 3.08%
65 4.16% 4.96% 3.63% 3.46% 3.57% 3.35%
66 4.34% 5.18% 3.78% 3.75% 3.86% 3.65%
67 4.54% 5.43% 3.96% 4.08% 4.18% 3.98%
68 4.76% 5.71% 4.15% 4.45% 4.54% 4.36%
69 4.99% 6.01% 4.36% 4.86% 4.95% 4.78%
70 5.27% 6.4% 4.59% 5.32% 5.41% 5.24%
71 5.51% 6.73% 4.81% 5.82% 5.92% 5.73%
72 5.83% 7.16% 5.1% 6.36% 6.47% 6.25%
73 6.11% 7.57% 5.37% 6.92% 7.05% 6.81%
74 6.43% 8.02% 5.67% 7.53% 7.68% 7.39%
75 6.8% 8.5% 5.98% 8.17% 8.35% 8.02%
76 7.2% 9.01% 6.3% 8.89% 9.08% 8.71%
77 7.57% 9.55% 6.62% 9.68% 9.88% 9.49%
78 8.04% 10.2% 7.03% 10.6% 10.8% 10.4%
79 8.47% 10.8% 7.38% 11.5% 11.7% 11.3%
80 9.1% 11.6% 7.93% 12.6% 12.8% 12.4%
81 9.84% 12.5% 8.62% 13.7% 13.9% 13.5%
82 10.9% 13.6% 9.67% 14.8% 15.1% 14.6%
83 11.9% 14.6% 10.7% 16% 16.4% 15.7%
84 13% 15.7% 11.8% 17.2% 17.7% 16.8%
85 14.1% 16.9% 13% 18.5% 19.1% 18%
86 15.4% 18.2% 14.3% 20% 20.7% 19.3%
87 16.6% 19.4% 15.5% 21.5% 22.5% 20.8%
88 18% 20.7% 16.8% 23.3% 24.4% 22.4%
89 19.4% 22.1% 18.2% 25.2% 26.5% 24.2%
90 20.9% 23.6% 19.9% 27.2% 28.6% 26.1%
91 22.3% 25.1% 21.2% 29.2% 30.8% 28%
92 24% 26.8% 23% 31.1% 33% 29.8%
93 25.7% 28.4% 24.7% 32.9% 35% 31.6%
94 27.4% 30% 26.5% 34.7% 36.9% 33.3%
95 29.2% 31.5% 28.5% 36.3% 38.8% 34.9%
96 30.9% 33.1% 30.3% 38% 40.6% 36.5%
97 32.6% 34.6% 32% 39.6% 42.4% 38.2%
98 34.2% 36% 33.7% 41.3% 44.2% 40%
99 36.3% 37.9% 35.9% 43% 46.1% 41.7%
100 37.9% 39.3% 37.5% 44.7% 47.9% 43.4%

Death rate by age in Lesotho compared to Nigeria

In Lesotho, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Nigeria. The median age of death is 63 in Lesotho and 64.1 in Nigeria — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Lesotho
Male

Female
Nigeria
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Lesotho Nigeria
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 5,292 5,825 4,758 6,773 7,315 6,219
1 594 576 612 899 1,005 788
2 381 384 377 868 913 822
3 261.2 267.8 254.4 839 828 851
4 190.4 197.9 182.5 803 746 862
5 143.9 148.8 138.8 753 664 845
6 122.8 128.5 116.9 684 582 790
7 110.2 116.2 104.1 600 503 701
8 100 105.2 94.6 512 431 596
9 93.4 97.3 89.5 430 369 493
10 91 94.9 87 365 322 410
11 92.3 98 86.5 321 289.3 353
12 96.8 102.5 90.9 295 271.2 320
13 105.9 111.1 100.7 287.3 266.9 309
14 120.7 126.8 114.5 294.5 274.8 315
15 142.1 149.7 134.3 314 293.8 335
16 164.3 175.5 152.9 342 322 363
17 192.6 210.1 174.8 374 356 392
18 223.1 246.8 199 405 395 416
19 247.8 274.3 221 432 434 431
20 274.3 304 244.3 454 469 438
21 297.6 333 261.3 469 496 441
22 326 364 286.3 480 514 444
23 353 394 311 487 523 450
24 380 423 336 493 524 460
25 409 455 363 498 521 474
26 438 484 391 503 516 490
27 469 518 419 509 512 506
28 498 552 443 516 511 521
29 529 586 472 524 514 534
30 562 627 497 531 519 544
31 589 660 518 539 525 553
32 625 701 549 546 531 561
33 659 743 576 553 537 570
34 698 791 605 561 543 580
35 740 840 641 570 550 591
36 775 883 669 581 559 603
37 813 931 697 594 571 617
38 847 972 724 608 587 631
39 881 1,012 751 625 605 644
40 916 1,059 777 641 626 656
41 944 1,088 803 656 647 666
42 972 1,125 823 669 667 672
43 1,004 1,162 851 679 684 675
44 1,037 1,201 878 688 700 676
45 1,076 1,245 911 698 717 679
46 1,112 1,284 942 711 737 685
47 1,152 1,324 978 730 762 696
48 1,194 1,368 1,016 755 794 715
49 1,235 1,407 1,056 786 832 740
50 1,282 1,460 1,095 823 875 770
51 1,312 1,484 1,129 862 918 805
52 1,349 1,520 1,167 901 960 841
53 1,378 1,546 1,200 938 998 878
54 1,410 1,575 1,237 973 1,031 915
55 1,446 1,611 1,277 1,009 1,064 954
56 1,476 1,634 1,320 1,048 1,100 996
57 1,512 1,668 1,365 1,094 1,142 1,045
58 1,554 1,709 1,414 1,148 1,195 1,101
59 1,600 1,753 1,469 1,211 1,257 1,166
60 1,661 1,825 1,528 1,283 1,329 1,238
61 1,706 1,854 1,593 1,360 1,405 1,316
62 1,765 1,905 1,663 1,440 1,483 1,398
63 1,819 1,938 1,734 1,520 1,560 1,482
64 1,872 1,969 1,810 1,599 1,632 1,568
65 1,927 1,996 1,890 1,678 1,703 1,654
66 1,925 1,982 1,899 1,757 1,773 1,742
67 1,926 1,971 1,912 1,839 1,846 1,834
68 1,927 1,960 1,925 1,924 1,923 1,927
69 1,925 1,946 1,938 2,010 2,002 2,019
70 1,931 1,947 1,955 2,093 2,080 2,107
71 1,914 1,916 1,954 2,168 2,152 2,185
72 1,912 1,901 1,971 2,229 2,212 2,248
73 1,890 1,868 1,969 2,274 2,256 2,293
74 1,866 1,827 1,967 2,301 2,283 2,321
75 1,847 1,782 1,957 2,311 2,292 2,332
76 1,821 1,727 1,940 2,307 2,284 2,331
77 1,777 1,666 1,908 2,289 2,261 2,317
78 1,745 1,609 1,894 2,256 2,220 2,290
79 1,691 1,535 1,849 2,203 2,161 2,243
80 1,662 1,472 1,838 2,126 2,078 2,172
81 1,635 1,400 1,840 2,022 1,972 2,071
82 1,628 1,326 1,887 1,892 1,842 1,940
83 1,585 1,234 1,883 1,739 1,693 1,785
84 1,527 1,135 1,861 1,573 1,530 1,614
85 1,444 1,027 1,799 1,400 1,361 1,439
86 1,353 916 1,724 1,228 1,191 1,265
87 1,237 803 1,605 1,061 1,024 1,098
88 1,114 690 1,474 900 863 938
89 984 583 1,328 747 708 785
90 859 486 1,184 603 563 642
91 721 394 1,010 471 433 509
92 605 314 864 356 320 391
93 492 244.5 715 259.5 227.7 290.2
94 390 185.1 578 183.1 156.2 209
95 302 136.1 456 125.3 103.5 146.2
96 226.5 97.8 347 83.4 66.3 99.7
97 164.8 68.4 255.7 54 41.2 66.2
98 116.5 46.5 182.8 34 24.7 42.8
99 81.4 31.3 129 20.8 14.4 26.8
100 12.8 0 28.7 0 0 0

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about Lesotho and Nigeria demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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