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Life Expectancy in Lesotho vs North Korea (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 58.2 years in Lesotho vs 73.9 in North Korea. Lesotho is ranked 193/197 by life expectancy, and North Korea is 102/197. In Lesotho, the life expectancy is 55.4 years for males and 60.9 years for females. In North Korea, it's 71.7 years for males and 76 years for females.

Lesotho vs North Korea life expectancy at birth by year chart

Lesotho
Male

Female
North Korea
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Lesotho North Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 44.6 41.2 47.4 14.2 11.4 21.1
1951 45.2 41.9 47.9 17.7 13.7 25.3
1952 45.9 42.5 48.6 32.8 26.3 39.6
1953 46.6 43.2 49.2 40.3 34.5 45.4
1954 47.3 43.8 50 50.6 48.5 52.5
1955 48 44.5 50.6 51.8 49.6 53.6
1956 48.6 45.1 51.3 52.8 50.6 54.6
1957 49.2 45.6 51.8 53.7 51.5 55.5
1958 49.6 46 52.3 54.5 52.3 56.2
1959 49.9 46.3 52.6 55.2 53 56.9
1960 50.2 46.5 52.9 55.8 53.6 57.6
1961 50.3 46.6 53.1 56.4 54.2 58.2
1962 50.3 46.7 53.1 57 54.8 58.8
1963 50.3 46.7 53.1 57.6 55.3 59.4
1964 50.3 46.6 53.2 58.2 55.9 60
1965 50.3 46.6 53.3 58.8 56.5 60.6
1966 50.4 46.5 53.5 59.4 57.1 61.3
1967 50.5 46.6 53.7 60.1 57.7 61.9
1968 50.8 46.9 54.1 60.8 58.4 62.6
1969 51.1 47.3 54.5 61.4 59 63.3
1970 51.5 47.7 54.9 62 59.6 63.9
1971 51.8 48.1 55.4 62.7 60.2 64.6
1972 52.3 48.6 55.8 63.3 60.8 65.2
1973 52.6 48.9 56.3 63.8 61.3 65.8
1974 52.9 49.4 56.6 64.3 61.8 66.3
1975 53.5 49.9 57.2 64.8 62.2 66.9
1976 53.9 50.2 57.9 65.3 62.7 67.4
1977 54.5 50.7 58.6 65.8 63.1 67.9
1978 55.2 51.3 59.4 66.3 63.6 68.4
1979 55.8 51.9 60.1 66.7 64 68.9
1980 56.5 52.5 60.9 67.2 64.4 69.4
1981 57.3 53.4 61.6 67.7 64.8 69.9
1982 58 54.1 62.2 68.1 65.2 70.3
1983 58.5 54.5 62.8 68.5 65.6 70.8
1984 59 55 63.3 68.9 66 71.2
1985 59.2 55.2 63.7 69.2 66.3 71.6
1986 59.3 55.2 63.9 69.5 66.6 71.9
1987 59.6 55.4 64 69.8 66.7 72.2
1988 59.6 55.4 64 70.1 67 72.5
1989 59.5 55.4 63.9 70.3 67.2 72.8
1990 59.3 55.3 63.6 70.5 67.4 73
1991 59.1 55.1 63.3 70.7 67.6 73.3
1992 58.6 54.7 62.8 71 67.5 73.8
1993 58.1 54.2 62.1 70.8 67 73.8
1994 57.3 53.5 61.3 70.5 66.5 73.7
1995 56.4 52.8 60.1 60.8 57.4 63.6
1996 55.1 51.8 58.6 60.8 57.5 63.7
1997 53.7 50.6 56.9 60.9 57.5 63.8
1998 52 49.1 55 60.9 57.6 63.8
1999 50.4 47.8 53 60.9 57.6 63.9
2000 48.8 46.5 51.1 60.9 57.6 63.9
2001 47.2 44.9 49.5 60.9 57.6 63.9
2002 46 43.8 48.1 60.9 57.6 63.9
2003 44.9 42.9 47 69.4 65.5 72.9
2004 44 41.9 46.3 69.3 65.4 72.9
2005 43.6 41.4 45.9 69.2 65.3 72.8
2006 43.2 41.5 44.8 69.1 65.2 72.7
2007 43.7 41.4 46.1 69 65.2 72.6
2008 44.3 42.1 46.6 69.3 65.6 72.8
2009 45.1 42.8 47.4 69.7 66.2 73
2010 46 43.9 48.3 70.2 67 73.3
2011 46.9 44.5 49.4 70.8 67.7 73.6
2012 48.2 45.8 50.7 71.3 68.5 73.9
2013 49.5 47.2 52 71.9 69.2 74.3
2014 50.8 48.3 53.3 72.5 70 74.7
2015 51.8 49.3 54.4 72.8 70.4 75
2016 52.9 50.4 55.3 73 70.5 75.2
2017 53.9 51.4 56.3 73 70.4 75.5
2018 54.6 52.1 57.1 73 70.3 75.6
2019 55.2 52.7 57.7 72.9 69.9 75.9
2020 55.1 52.5 57.7 72.8 69.9 75.7
2021 54.2 51.6 56.8 73.4 71.3 75.5
2022 56.8 54.1 59.4 73.6 71.5 75.7
2023 57.4 54.6 60 73.6 71.5 75.7
2024 57.8 55 60.4 73.7 71.6 75.9
2025 58.2 55.4 60.9 73.9 71.7 76

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 64.7 in North Korea. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 8.95 healthy years in Lesotho and 14.9 in North Korea.

Lesotho vs North Korea 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 North Korea, 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 46.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
65.2 vs 76.5 years

Median expected age of death:
66.4 vs 79.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Lesotho North Korea
Male Female Male Female
40 90.5% 93.0% 97.7% 98.6%
50 76.3% 82.7% 94.1% 96.2%
60 57.8% 68.4% 86.8% 91.4%
65 46.7% 59.0% 80.6% 87.0%
70 35.3% 48.1% 71.0% 80.3%
75 24.3% 37.0% 57.4% 69.4%
80 14.7% 26.2% 39.6% 52.8%
85 7.1% 15.7% 21.0% 31.9%
90 2.4% 6.7% 7.6% 13.6%
95 0.5% 1.8% 1.6% 3.5%
100 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 0.5%

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 North Korea: 65.2 years vs 76.5 at 30, 78 vs 81 at 65, 86.6 vs 86.7 at 80 — significantly higher than the 58.2 vs 73.9 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 North Korea.

Lesotho
Male

Female
North Korea
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Lesotho North Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 58.2 55.4 60.9 73.9 71.7 76
1 61.5 58.9 63.9 74.8 72.7 77
2 61.8 59.2 64.3 74.9 72.7 77
3 62.1 59.4 64.5 75 72.8 77.1
4 62.2 59.6 64.7 75 72.8 77.2
5 62.4 59.7 64.8 75.1 72.9 77.2
6 62.4 59.8 64.9 75.1 73 77.3
7 62.5 59.9 65 75.2 73 77.3
8 62.6 59.9 65.1 75.2 73.1 77.3
9 62.6 60 65.1 75.3 73.1 77.4
10 62.7 60.1 65.2 75.3 73.2 77.4
11 62.7 60.1 65.2 75.3 73.2 77.4
12 62.8 60.2 65.3 75.4 73.2 77.4
13 62.9 60.2 65.3 75.4 73.3 77.5
14 62.9 60.3 65.4 75.4 73.3 77.5
15 63 60.3 65.4 75.5 73.4 77.5
16 63 60.4 65.5 75.5 73.4 77.6
17 63.1 60.5 65.6 75.6 73.5 77.6
18 63.2 60.6 65.7 75.6 73.5 77.7
19 63.3 60.7 65.8 75.7 73.6 77.7
20 63.5 60.8 65.9 75.8 73.7 77.7
21 63.6 61 66 75.8 73.8 77.8
22 63.7 61.1 66.1 75.9 73.9 77.9
23 63.9 61.3 66.3 76 74 77.9
24 64 61.4 66.4 76.1 74.1 78
25 64.2 61.6 66.6 76.1 74.2 78
26 64.4 61.8 66.7 76.2 74.3 78.1
27 64.6 62 66.9 76.3 74.4 78.1
28 64.8 62.2 67.1 76.4 74.5 78.2
29 65 62.4 67.3 76.5 74.6 78.3
30 65.2 62.6 67.5 76.5 74.7 78.3
31 65.4 62.9 67.7 76.6 74.8 78.4
32 65.6 63.1 67.9 76.7 74.9 78.4
33 65.9 63.4 68.2 76.8 74.9 78.5
34 66.1 63.6 68.4 76.9 75 78.6
35 66.4 63.9 68.6 76.9 75.1 78.6
36 66.7 64.2 68.9 77 75.2 78.7
37 66.9 64.5 69.1 77.1 75.3 78.7
38 67.2 64.8 69.4 77.2 75.4 78.8
39 67.5 65.1 69.7 77.2 75.5 78.9
40 67.8 65.5 69.9 77.3 75.6 78.9
41 68.2 65.8 70.2 77.4 75.7 79
42 68.5 66.2 70.5 77.5 75.8 79.1
43 68.8 66.5 70.8 77.6 75.9 79.2
44 69.1 66.9 71.1 77.7 76 79.2
45 69.5 67.3 71.4 77.8 76.2 79.3
46 69.8 67.6 71.7 77.9 76.3 79.4
47 70.2 68 72 78 76.4 79.5
48 70.6 68.4 72.3 78.1 76.5 79.6
49 70.9 68.8 72.7 78.2 76.6 79.7
50 71.3 69.3 73 78.3 76.8 79.8
51 71.7 69.7 73.3 78.5 76.9 79.9
52 72.1 70.1 73.7 78.6 77.1 80
53 72.5 70.5 74 78.7 77.2 80.1
54 72.9 71 74.4 78.9 77.4 80.2
55 73.3 71.4 74.8 79.1 77.6 80.3
56 73.7 71.9 75.1 79.2 77.8 80.5
57 74.2 72.3 75.5 79.4 78 80.6
58 74.6 72.8 75.9 79.5 78.2 80.7
59 75 73.3 76.3 79.7 78.3 80.9
60 75.5 73.8 76.7 79.9 78.5 81
61 76 74.3 77.1 80.1 78.8 81.2
62 76.4 74.8 77.6 80.3 79 81.4
63 76.9 75.3 78 80.5 79.2 81.6
64 77.4 75.9 78.5 80.7 79.5 81.7
65 78 76.4 79 81 79.8 82
66 78.5 77 79.5 81.2 80.1 82.2
67 79 77.6 80 81.5 80.4 82.4
68 79.6 78.1 80.5 81.8 80.7 82.6
69 80.1 78.7 81 82.1 81.1 82.9
70 80.7 79.3 81.5 82.4 81.4 83.2
71 81.3 79.9 82.1 82.7 81.8 83.4
72 81.8 80.5 82.6 83.1 82.2 83.7
73 82.4 81.1 83.1 83.5 82.6 84.1
74 83 81.8 83.7 83.9 83 84.4
75 83.6 82.4 84.2 84.3 83.5 84.8
76 84.2 83 84.8 84.7 84 85.2
77 84.8 83.7 85.3 85.2 84.5 85.6
78 85.4 84.3 85.9 85.7 85 86.1
79 86 85 86.5 86.2 85.6 86.5
80 86.6 85.7 87 86.7 86.1 87
81 87.2 86.4 87.6 87.3 86.7 87.6
82 87.8 87 88.2 87.9 87.4 88.1
83 88.4 87.8 88.8 88.5 88 88.7
84 89.1 88.5 89.4 89.2 88.7 89.4
85 89.8 89.2 90 89.8 89.4 90
86 90.5 90 90.7 90.5 90.1 90.7
87 91.2 90.8 91.4 91.2 90.9 91.4
88 92 91.6 92.1 92 91.6 92.1
89 92.7 92.4 92.9 92.7 92.4 92.8
90 93.5 93.2 93.6 93.5 93.2 93.5
91 94.3 94 94.4 94.3 94 94.3
92 95.1 94.8 95.2 95 94.8 95.1
93 95.9 95.7 96 95.9 95.6 95.9
94 96.7 96.5 96.8 96.7 96.5 96.7
95 97.6 97.4 97.7 97.5 97.3 97.6
96 98.5 98.3 98.5 98.4 98.2 98.4
97 99.3 99.2 99.4 99.2 99.1 99.3
98 100.2 100.1 100.3 100.1 100 100.1
99 101.1 100.9 101.2 101 100.9 101
100 102 101.8 102.1 101.9 101.8 101.9

Odds of living to age in Lesotho vs North Korea

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 55.1% in Lesotho and 85.4% in North Korea are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 36.7% and 72.5% will live to 70 years or older, 18.3% and 44.5% to 80+ years, and 4.1% and 10.5% 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
North Korea
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Lesotho North Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 94.7% 94.2% 95.2% 98.7% 98.6% 98.8%
2 94.1% 93.6% 94.6% 98.6% 98.5% 98.7%
3 93.7% 93.2% 94.3% 98.5% 98.5% 98.6%
4 93.5% 92.9% 94% 98.4% 98.4% 98.5%
5 93.3% 92.7% 93.8% 98.4% 98.3% 98.4%
6 93.1% 92.6% 93.7% 98.3% 98.2% 98.4%
7 93% 92.5% 93.6% 98.2% 98.1% 98.3%
8 92.9% 92.4% 93.5% 98.1% 98% 98.3%
9 92.8% 92.3% 93.4% 98.1% 98% 98.2%
10 92.7% 92.2% 93.3% 98% 97.9% 98.2%
11 92.6% 92.1% 93.2% 98% 97.8% 98.1%
12 92.5% 92% 93.1% 97.9% 97.8% 98.1%
13 92.4% 91.9% 93% 97.9% 97.7% 98.1%
14 92.3% 91.7% 92.9% 97.8% 97.7% 98%
15 92.2% 91.6% 92.8% 97.8% 97.6% 98%
16 92.1% 91.5% 92.7% 97.7% 97.5% 97.9%
17 91.9% 91.3% 92.5% 97.6% 97.4% 97.9%
18 91.7% 91.1% 92.3% 97.5% 97.3% 97.8%
19 91.5% 90.8% 92.1% 97.4% 97.1% 97.7%
20 91.2% 90.6% 91.9% 97.3% 97% 97.6%
21 91% 90.3% 91.7% 97.2% 96.8% 97.5%
22 90.7% 89.9% 91.4% 97% 96.6% 97.4%
23 90.3% 89.6% 91.1% 96.9% 96.4% 97.3%
24 90% 89.2% 90.8% 96.7% 96.3% 97.2%
25 89.6% 88.7% 90.5% 96.6% 96.1% 97.1%
26 89.2% 88.3% 90.1% 96.4% 95.9% 97%
27 88.8% 87.8% 89.7% 96.3% 95.7% 96.9%
28 88.3% 87.3% 89.3% 96.1% 95.5% 96.8%
29 87.8% 86.7% 88.9% 96% 95.3% 96.7%
30 87.3% 86.1% 88.4% 95.8% 95.1% 96.6%
31 86.7% 85.5% 87.9% 95.6% 94.9% 96.4%
32 86.1% 84.9% 87.4% 95.5% 94.7% 96.3%
33 85.5% 84.2% 86.8% 95.3% 94.5% 96.2%
34 84.8% 83.4% 86.2% 95.1% 94.3% 96.1%
35 84.1% 82.6% 85.6% 95% 94.1% 95.9%
36 83.4% 81.8% 85% 94.8% 93.8% 95.8%
37 82.6% 80.9% 84.3% 94.6% 93.6% 95.7%
38 81.8% 80% 83.6% 94.4% 93.4% 95.5%
39 81% 79% 82.9% 94.2% 93.1% 95.4%
40 80.1% 78% 82.2% 94% 92.9% 95.2%
41 79.2% 76.9% 81.4% 93.8% 92.6% 95%
42 78.2% 75.8% 80.6% 93.6% 92.3% 94.9%
43 77.2% 74.7% 79.8% 93.3% 92% 94.7%
44 76.2% 73.6% 78.9% 93% 91.7% 94.4%
45 75.2% 72.4% 78% 92.8% 91.4% 94.2%
46 74.1% 71.1% 77.1% 92.5% 91% 94%
47 73% 69.8% 76.2% 92.2% 90.7% 93.7%
48 71.9% 68.5% 75.2% 91.9% 90.3% 93.5%
49 70.7% 67.1% 74.2% 91.5% 89.9% 93.2%
50 69.4% 65.7% 73.1% 91.1% 89.4% 92.9%
51 68.1% 64.3% 72% 90.7% 88.9% 92.6%
52 66.8% 62.8% 70.9% 90.3% 88.4% 92.2%
53 65.5% 61.3% 69.7% 89.8% 87.8% 91.8%
54 64.1% 59.7% 68.5% 89.2% 87.1% 91.4%
55 62.7% 58.1% 67.3% 88.6% 86.4% 91%
56 61.3% 56.5% 66% 88.1% 85.7% 90.5%
57 59.8% 54.9% 64.7% 87.4% 85% 90%
58 58.3% 53.2% 63.3% 86.8% 84.2% 89.5%
59 56.7% 51.5% 61.9% 86.1% 83.4% 88.9%
60 55.1% 49.8% 60.4% 85.4% 82.6% 88.3%
61 53.5% 47.9% 58.9% 84.5% 81.6% 87.6%
62 51.7% 46.1% 57.3% 83.6% 80.5% 86.8%
63 50% 44.2% 55.7% 82.6% 79.4% 86%
64 48.2% 42.2% 53.9% 81.5% 78% 85.1%
65 46.3% 40.3% 52.1% 80.3% 76.6% 84%
66 44.4% 38.3% 50.2% 78.9% 75.1% 82.9%
67 42.4% 36.3% 48.3% 77.5% 73.4% 81.8%
68 40.5% 34.3% 46.4% 75.9% 71.5% 80.5%
69 38.6% 32.4% 44.5% 74.3% 69.6% 79.1%
70 36.7% 30.4% 42.6% 72.5% 67.5% 77.5%
71 34.7% 28.5% 40.6% 70.5% 65.3% 75.8%
72 32.8% 26.6% 38.6% 68.4% 62.9% 73.9%
73 30.9% 24.7% 36.7% 66% 60.3% 71.9%
74 29% 22.8% 34.7% 63.5% 57.5% 69.6%
75 27.1% 21% 32.7% 60.8% 54.6% 67%
76 25.3% 19.2% 30.8% 57.9% 51.5% 64.3%
77 23.5% 17.5% 28.8% 54.8% 48.2% 61.3%
78 21.7% 15.8% 26.9% 51.5% 44.8% 58.1%
79 20% 14.2% 25% 48.1% 41.3% 54.7%
80 18.3% 12.6% 23.2% 44.5% 37.7% 51%
81 16.6% 11.2% 21.4% 40.7% 34% 47.1%
82 15% 9.77% 19.5% 36.9% 30.3% 43.1%
83 13.3% 8.44% 17.6% 33.1% 26.7% 39%
84 11.8% 7.21% 15.7% 29.3% 23.2% 34.9%
85 10.2% 6.07% 13.9% 25.7% 20% 30.8%
86 8.79% 5.05% 12.1% 22.2% 16.9% 26.9%
87 7.44% 4.13% 10.4% 18.8% 14% 23%
88 6.2% 3.33% 8.75% 15.8% 11.5% 19.5%
89 5.08% 2.64% 7.28% 13% 9.2% 16.1%
90 4.1% 2.05% 5.95% 10.5% 7.23% 13.1%
91 3.24% 1.57% 4.77% 8.28% 5.57% 10.5%
92 2.52% 1.18% 3.76% 6.42% 4.19% 8.21%
93 1.92% 0.86% 2.89% 4.87% 3.08% 6.28%
94 1.42% 0.62% 2.18% 3.61% 2.21% 4.68%
95 1.03% 0.43% 1.6% 2.61% 1.54% 3.41%
96 0.73% 0.3% 1.14% 1.83% 1.04% 2.41%
97 0.51% 0.2% 0.8% 1.25% 0.68% 1.66%
98 0.34% 0.13% 0.54% 0.83% 0.43% 1.11%
99 0.22% 0.08% 0.36% 0.54% 0.27% 0.72%
100 0.14% 0.05% 0.23% 0.34% 0.16% 0.45%

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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 1.3% in North Korea, 0.64% vs 0.17% at age 30, 3.01% vs 0.97% at 60, and 9.1% vs 8.42% at 80.

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

Lesotho
Male

Female
North Korea
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Lesotho North Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 5.29% 5.82% 4.76% 1.3% 1.39% 1.22%
1 0.63% 0.61% 0.64% 0.09% 0.08% 0.1%
2 0.4% 0.41% 0.4% 0.09% 0.08% 0.09%
3 0.28% 0.29% 0.27% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
4 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
5 0.15% 0.16% 0.15% 0.08% 0.09% 0.06%
6 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
7 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.07% 0.08% 0.05%
8 0.11% 0.11% 0.1% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
9 0.1% 0.11% 0.1% 0.06% 0.07% 0.04%
10 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
11 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
12 0.1% 0.11% 0.1% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
13 0.11% 0.12% 0.11% 0.05% 0.06% 0.05%
14 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
15 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
16 0.18% 0.19% 0.16% 0.08% 0.1% 0.06%
17 0.21% 0.23% 0.19% 0.1% 0.12% 0.07%
18 0.24% 0.27% 0.22% 0.11% 0.15% 0.08%
19 0.27% 0.3% 0.24% 0.13% 0.16% 0.09%
20 0.3% 0.34% 0.27% 0.14% 0.18% 0.09%
21 0.33% 0.37% 0.29% 0.14% 0.19% 0.1%
22 0.36% 0.41% 0.31% 0.15% 0.19% 0.1%
23 0.39% 0.44% 0.34% 0.15% 0.19% 0.1%
24 0.42% 0.47% 0.37% 0.15% 0.2% 0.11%
25 0.46% 0.51% 0.4% 0.15% 0.2% 0.11%
26 0.49% 0.55% 0.43% 0.16% 0.2% 0.11%
27 0.53% 0.59% 0.47% 0.16% 0.2% 0.12%
28 0.56% 0.63% 0.5% 0.16% 0.2% 0.12%
29 0.6% 0.68% 0.53% 0.17% 0.21% 0.12%
30 0.64% 0.73% 0.56% 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
31 0.68% 0.77% 0.59% 0.17% 0.22% 0.13%
32 0.73% 0.83% 0.63% 0.18% 0.22% 0.13%
33 0.77% 0.88% 0.66% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
34 0.82% 0.95% 0.7% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
35 0.88% 1.02% 0.75% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
36 0.93% 1.08% 0.79% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
37 0.98% 1.15% 0.83% 0.2% 0.25% 0.15%
38 1.04% 1.22% 0.87% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
39 1.09% 1.28% 0.91% 0.22% 0.28% 0.17%
40 1.14% 1.36% 0.95% 0.24% 0.29% 0.19%
41 1.19% 1.41% 0.99% 0.26% 0.31% 0.2%
42 1.24% 1.48% 1.02% 0.27% 0.33% 0.21%
43 1.3% 1.56% 1.07% 0.28% 0.34% 0.23%
44 1.36% 1.63% 1.11% 0.3% 0.35% 0.24%
45 1.43% 1.72% 1.17% 0.31% 0.37% 0.25%
46 1.5% 1.81% 1.22% 0.32% 0.39% 0.26%
47 1.58% 1.9% 1.28% 0.34% 0.41% 0.27%
48 1.66% 2% 1.35% 0.37% 0.45% 0.29%
49 1.75% 2.1% 1.42% 0.41% 0.5% 0.32%
50 1.85% 2.22% 1.5% 0.46% 0.56% 0.35%
51 1.93% 2.31% 1.57% 0.51% 0.63% 0.39%
52 2.02% 2.42% 1.65% 0.56% 0.69% 0.42%
53 2.1% 2.52% 1.72% 0.6% 0.74% 0.46%
54 2.2% 2.64% 1.8% 0.63% 0.78% 0.49%
55 2.31% 2.77% 1.9% 0.66% 0.82% 0.51%
56 2.41% 2.89% 2% 0.7% 0.85% 0.55%
57 2.53% 3.04% 2.11% 0.74% 0.9% 0.59%
58 2.67% 3.21% 2.23% 0.8% 0.96% 0.64%
59 2.82% 3.4% 2.37% 0.87% 1.05% 0.7%
60 3.01% 3.67% 2.53% 0.97% 1.16% 0.78%
61 3.19% 3.87% 2.7% 1.08% 1.3% 0.87%
62 3.41% 4.13% 2.9% 1.21% 1.46% 0.97%
63 3.64% 4.39% 3.12% 1.35% 1.64% 1.08%
64 3.89% 4.66% 3.36% 1.5% 1.84% 1.19%
65 4.16% 4.96% 3.63% 1.66% 2.04% 1.31%
66 4.34% 5.18% 3.78% 1.82% 2.25% 1.43%
67 4.54% 5.43% 3.96% 2.01% 2.48% 1.58%
68 4.76% 5.71% 4.15% 2.2% 2.71% 1.74%
69 4.99% 6.01% 4.36% 2.42% 2.97% 1.94%
70 5.27% 6.4% 4.59% 2.71% 3.31% 2.2%
71 5.51% 6.73% 4.81% 3.04% 3.69% 2.49%
72 5.83% 7.16% 5.1% 3.41% 4.11% 2.82%
73 6.11% 7.57% 5.37% 3.82% 4.59% 3.19%
74 6.43% 8.02% 5.67% 4.27% 5.11% 3.62%
75 6.8% 8.5% 5.98% 4.77% 5.69% 4.09%
76 7.2% 9.01% 6.3% 5.34% 6.35% 4.63%
77 7.57% 9.55% 6.62% 5.99% 7.07% 5.24%
78 8.04% 10.2% 7.03% 6.7% 7.87% 5.92%
79 8.47% 10.8% 7.38% 7.51% 8.76% 6.7%
80 9.1% 11.6% 7.93% 8.42% 9.77% 7.58%
81 9.84% 12.5% 8.62% 9.37% 10.8% 8.53%
82 10.9% 13.6% 9.67% 10.3% 11.9% 9.51%
83 11.9% 14.6% 10.7% 11.4% 13% 10.5%
84 13% 15.7% 11.8% 12.5% 14.2% 11.7%
85 14.1% 16.9% 13% 13.7% 15.4% 12.9%
86 15.4% 18.2% 14.3% 15% 16.8% 14.2%
87 16.6% 19.4% 15.5% 16.3% 18.3% 15.6%
88 18% 20.7% 16.8% 17.8% 19.8% 17%
89 19.4% 22.1% 18.2% 19.3% 21.4% 18.5%
90 20.9% 23.6% 19.9% 20.8% 23% 20.1%
91 22.3% 25.1% 21.2% 22.4% 24.7% 21.8%
92 24% 26.8% 23% 24.1% 26.5% 23.6%
93 25.7% 28.4% 24.7% 25.9% 28.3% 25.4%
94 27.4% 30% 26.5% 27.8% 30.4% 27.3%
95 29.2% 31.5% 28.5% 29.7% 32.5% 29.2%
96 30.9% 33.1% 30.3% 31.6% 34.6% 31.2%
97 32.6% 34.6% 32% 33.6% 36.5% 33.2%
98 34.2% 36% 33.7% 35.5% 38.3% 35.2%
99 36.3% 37.9% 35.9% 37.4% 40.1% 37.1%
100 37.9% 39.3% 37.5% 39.4% 42.1% 39.1%

Death rate by age in Lesotho compared to North Korea

In Lesotho, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 82 in North Korea. The median age of death is 63 in Lesotho and 78.4 in North Korea — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Lesotho
Male

Female
North Korea
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Lesotho North Korea
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 5,292 5,825 4,758 1,305 1,385 1,219
1 594 576 612 88.8 79.7 98.4
2 381 384 377 84.4 81.9 86.9
3 261.2 267.8 254.4 81.6 85.3 77.8
4 190.4 197.9 182.5 79.2 88 69.9
5 143.9 148.8 138.8 75.6 87.7 62.7
6 122.8 128.5 116.9 70.8 84.5 56.4
7 110.2 116.2 104.1 65.5 79.3 51
8 100 105.2 94.6 60.1 73 46.5
9 93.4 97.3 89.5 55 66.2 43.2
10 91 94.9 87 50.9 60.3 41.1
11 92.3 98 86.5 48.8 56.7 40.4
12 96.8 102.5 90.9 49.4 56.8 41.5
13 105.9 111.1 100.7 52.8 60.9 44.3
14 120.7 126.8 114.5 59.5 69.5 48.9
15 142.1 149.7 134.3 69.5 83 55.2
16 164.3 175.5 152.9 82.2 100.7 62.6
17 192.6 210.1 174.8 96.6 121.4 70.6
18 223.1 246.8 199 110.9 142 78.1
19 247.8 274.3 221 123.3 160 84.7
20 274.3 304 244.3 132.6 173.2 90
21 297.6 333 261.3 138.7 181.1 94.1
22 326 364 286.3 142.5 185.3 97.6
23 353 394 311 145 187.1 100.8
24 380 423 336 147 187.8 104.2
25 409 455 363 149.1 188.6 107.6
26 438 484 391 151.4 189.7 111.1
27 469 518 419 154.1 191.8 114.4
28 498 552 443 157.1 194.9 117.3
29 529 586 472 160.4 198.8 119.9
30 562 627 497 163.5 203.1 121.8
31 589 660 518 166.1 206.9 123.2
32 625 701 549 168.3 210.3 124.2
33 659 743 576 170.3 213.2 125.2
34 698 791 605 172.4 216 126.7
35 740 840 641 175.6 219.6 129.4
36 775 883 669 180.6 225 134
37 813 931 697 188 232.9 140.9
38 847 972 724 198.3 243.9 150.5
39 881 1,012 751 211.2 257.6 162.7
40 916 1,059 777 225.8 272.8 176.5
41 944 1,088 803 240.5 288 190.7
42 972 1,125 823 253.8 302 203.7
43 1,004 1,162 851 265.2 313 214.8
44 1,037 1,201 878 275 324 223.9
45 1,076 1,245 911 285.4 336 232.5
46 1,112 1,284 942 298.6 352 242.6
47 1,152 1,324 978 318 376 256.3
48 1,194 1,368 1,016 344 410 275.1
49 1,235 1,407 1,056 378 453 299.6
50 1,282 1,460 1,095 418 505 329
51 1,312 1,484 1,129 462 559 360
52 1,349 1,520 1,167 502 609 391
53 1,378 1,546 1,200 537 651 420
54 1,410 1,575 1,237 566 682 445
55 1,446 1,611 1,277 589 707 468
56 1,476 1,634 1,320 615 731 494
57 1,512 1,668 1,365 647 764 527
58 1,554 1,709 1,414 691 810 569
59 1,600 1,753 1,469 750 875 622
60 1,661 1,825 1,528 825 960 688
61 1,706 1,854 1,593 914 1,062 764
62 1,765 1,905 1,663 1,012 1,178 845
63 1,819 1,938 1,734 1,117 1,304 928
64 1,872 1,969 1,810 1,224 1,433 1,013
65 1,927 1,996 1,890 1,330 1,561 1,097
66 1,925 1,982 1,899 1,440 1,691 1,188
67 1,926 1,971 1,912 1,555 1,820 1,290
68 1,927 1,960 1,925 1,669 1,937 1,401
69 1,925 1,946 1,938 1,801 2,069 1,535
70 1,931 1,947 1,955 1,966 2,234 1,703
71 1,914 1,916 1,954 2,145 2,410 1,888
72 1,912 1,901 1,971 2,330 2,588 2,085
73 1,890 1,868 1,969 2,521 2,767 2,295
74 1,866 1,827 1,967 2,713 2,941 2,515
75 1,847 1,782 1,957 2,902 3,108 2,742
76 1,821 1,727 1,940 3,094 3,269 2,979
77 1,777 1,666 1,908 3,284 3,411 3,215
78 1,745 1,609 1,894 3,454 3,526 3,441
79 1,691 1,535 1,849 3,608 3,618 3,662
80 1,662 1,472 1,838 3,741 3,680 3,869
81 1,635 1,400 1,840 3,816 3,677 4,022
82 1,628 1,326 1,887 3,819 3,599 4,102
83 1,585 1,234 1,883 3,758 3,460 4,111
84 1,527 1,135 1,861 3,658 3,290 4,072
85 1,444 1,027 1,799 3,514 3,083 3,975
86 1,353 916 1,724 3,319 2,839 3,813
87 1,237 803 1,605 3,078 2,565 3,589
88 1,114 690 1,474 2,800 2,271 3,312
89 984 583 1,328 2,495 1,967 2,993
90 859 486 1,184 2,177 1,665 2,647
91 721 394 1,010 1,857 1,376 2,289
92 605 314 864 1,550 1,109 1,935
93 492 244.5 715 1,263 873 1,595
94 390 185.1 578 1,004 671 1,279
95 302 136.1 456 775 500 995
96 226.5 97.8 347 580 359 752
97 164.8 68.4 255.7 421 248.3 550
98 116.5 46.5 182.8 295.5 165.5 390
99 81.4 31.3 129 200.8 106.6 267
100 12.8 0 28.7 24.8 0 45.2

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 North Korea 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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