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Life Expectancy in Lesotho vs Papua New Guinea (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 58.6 years in Lesotho vs 66.5 in Papua New Guinea. Lesotho is ranked 193/197 by life expectancy, and Papua New Guinea is 166/197. In Lesotho, the life expectancy is 55.8 years for males and 61.3 years for females. In Papua New Guinea, it's 64 years for males and 69.5 years for females.

Lesotho vs Papua New Guinea life expectancy at birth by year

Lesotho
Male

Female
Papua New Guinea
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Lesotho Papua New Guinea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 58.6 55.8 61.3 66.5 64 69.5
2025 58.2 55.4 60.9 66.4 63.9 69.3
2024 57.8 55 60.4 66.3 63.8 69.2
2023 57.4 54.6 60 66.1 63.7 69.1
2022 56.8 54.1 59.4 65.3 62.9 68.3
2021 54.2 51.6 56.8 64.4 61.9 67.4
2020 55.1 52.5 57.7 65.1 62.6 68.4
2019 55.2 52.7 57.7 65.3 62.9 68.4
2018 54.6 52.1 57.1 65.1 62.7 68.2
2017 53.9 51.4 56.3 64.9 62.5 68
2016 52.9 50.4 55.3 64.7 62.3 67.8
2015 51.8 49.3 54.4 64.5 62.1 67.5
2014 50.8 48.3 53.3 64.2 61.9 67.1
2013 49.5 47.2 52 63.9 61.7 66.8
2012 48.2 45.8 50.7 63.6 61.5 66.3
2011 46.9 44.5 49.4 63.4 61.4 65.9
2010 46 43.9 48.3 63.1 61.2 65.5
2009 45.1 42.8 47.4 62.8 61 65.1
2008 44.3 42.1 46.6 62.5 60.8 64.7
2007 43.7 41.4 46.1 62.2 60.5 64.3
2006 43.2 41.5 44.8 62 60.3 64.2
2005 43.6 41.4 45.9 61.9 60.1 64
2004 44 41.9 46.3 61.8 60 64
2003 44.9 42.9 47 61.7 60 63.9
2002 46 43.8 48.1 61.6 59.9 63.8
2001 47.2 44.9 49.5 61.6 59.8 63.9
2000 48.8 46.5 51.1 61.6 59.8 63.8
1999 50.4 47.8 53 61.5 59.7 63.7
1998 52 49.1 55 60.4 58.7 62.5
1997 53.7 50.6 56.9 61.3 59.4 63.6
1996 55.1 51.8 58.6 61.1 59.1 63.5
1995 56.4 52.8 60.1 60.9 59 63.4
1994 57.3 53.5 61.3 60.7 58.7 63.2
1993 58.1 54.2 62.1 60.5 58.5 63
1992 58.6 54.7 62.8 60.3 58.2 62.8
1991 59.1 55.1 63.3 59.9 57.9 62.5
1990 59.3 55.3 63.6 59.8 57.7 62.5
1989 59.5 55.4 63.9 59.6 57.5 62.3
1988 59.6 55.4 64 59.4 57.3 62.1
1987 59.6 55.4 64 59.2 57.1 62
1986 59.3 55.2 63.9 59 56.9 61.7
1985 59.2 55.2 63.7 58.8 56.7 61.5
1984 59 55 63.3 58.6 56.5 61.3
1983 58.5 54.5 62.8 58.3 56.3 60.9
1982 58 54.1 62.2 58.1 56 60.7
1981 57.3 53.4 61.6 57.8 55.8 60.4
1980 56.5 52.5 60.9 57.4 55.4 60
1979 55.8 51.9 60.1 57 55 59.6
1978 55.2 51.3 59.4 56.5 54.6 59.1
1977 54.5 50.7 58.6 56 54.1 58.6
1976 53.9 50.2 57.9 55.5 53.7 58
1975 53.5 49.9 57.2 55 53.1 57.5
1974 52.9 49.4 56.6 54.4 52.6 57
1973 52.6 48.9 56.3 53.9 52 56.4
1972 52.3 48.6 55.8 53.3 51.4 55.8
1971 51.8 48.1 55.4 52.6 50.7 55.2
1970 51.5 47.7 54.9 52.1 50.3 54.7
1969 51.1 47.3 54.5 51.5 49.7 54
1968 50.8 46.9 54.1 50.9 49 53.4
1967 50.5 46.6 53.7 50.2 48.4 52.7
1966 50.4 46.5 53.5 49.6 47.8 52
1965 50.3 46.6 53.3 48.9 47.1 51.3
1964 50.3 46.6 53.2 48.3 46.5 50.7
1963 50.3 46.7 53.1 47.7 45.9 50
1962 50.3 46.7 53.1 46.7 45 49
1961 50.3 46.6 53.1 46.4 44.7 48.7
1960 50.2 46.5 52.9 45.8 44.1 48.1
1959 49.9 46.3 52.6 45.1 43.4 47.5
1958 49.6 46 52.3 44.6 42.8 46.9
1957 49.2 45.6 51.8 43.9 42.1 46.4
1956 48.6 45.1 51.3 43.3 41.4 45.8
1955 48 44.5 50.6 42.6 40.8 45.2
1954 47.3 43.8 50 42 40.1 44.5
1953 46.6 43.2 49.2 41.3 39.4 44
1952 45.9 42.5 48.6 40.7 38.7 43.4
1951 45.2 41.9 47.9 35.5 34.3 37.2
1950 44.6 41.2 47.4 39.4 37.4 42.2

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1950–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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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 lives. It's a snapshot reflecting mortality rates in a given year that does not account for any future changes in those 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 57.5 in Papua New Guinea. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 8.95 healthy years in Lesotho and 12 in Papua New Guinea.

Lesotho vs Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator shows the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on current age for both males and females in Lesotho and Papua New Guinea, along with mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
35.4 vs 41.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
65.4 vs 71.0 years

Median expected age of death:
66.7 vs 73.0 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Lesotho Papua New Guinea
Male Female Male Female
40 90.8% 93.2% 96.5% 97.6%
50 76.8% 83.2% 89.9% 93.2%
60 58.4% 69.0% 76.4% 84.6%
65 47.4% 59.6% 65.5% 77.5%
70 35.9% 48.8% 52.0% 67.2%
75 24.8% 37.6% 36.5% 53.0%
80 15.0% 26.6% 21.3% 35.5%
85 7.2% 15.9% 9.4% 18.5%
90 2.5% 6.8% 2.8% 6.7%
95 0.5% 1.8% 0.5% 1.5%
100 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2%

Life expectancy by current age

Lesotho
Male

Female
Papua New Guinea
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Lesotho Papua New Guinea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 102 101.8 102.1 101.8 101.7 101.9
99 101.1 100.9 101.2 100.9 100.8 101
98 100.2 100.1 100.3 100 99.9 100.1
97 99.3 99.2 99.4 99.1 99 99.2
96 98.5 98.3 98.5 98.2 98.1 98.3
95 97.6 97.4 97.6 97.3 97.2 97.4
94 96.7 96.5 96.8 96.5 96.3 96.5
93 95.9 95.7 96 95.6 95.5 95.7
92 95.1 94.8 95.2 94.8 94.6 94.9
91 94.3 94 94.4 93.9 93.8 94
90 93.5 93.2 93.6 93.1 92.9 93.2
89 92.7 92.4 92.9 92.3 92.1 92.4
88 92 91.6 92.1 91.5 91.3 91.7
87 91.2 90.8 91.4 90.7 90.5 90.9
86 90.5 90 90.7 89.9 89.7 90.1
85 89.8 89.2 90 89.2 88.9 89.4
84 89.1 88.5 89.4 88.4 88.1 88.7
83 88.4 87.8 88.8 87.7 87.4 88
82 87.8 87.1 88.2 87 86.7 87.3
81 87.2 86.4 87.6 86.3 85.9 86.7
80 86.6 85.7 87 85.7 85.3 86.1
79 86 85 86.5 85 84.6 85.5
78 85.4 84.4 85.9 84.4 83.9 84.9
77 84.8 83.7 85.4 83.8 83.2 84.3
76 84.2 83.1 84.8 83.2 82.6 83.8
75 83.6 82.4 84.2 82.6 82 83.3
74 83 81.8 83.7 82.1 81.4 82.8
73 82.4 81.2 83.1 81.5 80.8 82.3
72 81.9 80.5 82.6 81 80.3 81.8
71 81.3 79.9 82.1 80.5 79.7 81.4
70 80.7 79.3 81.5 80 79.2 81
69 80.2 78.8 81 79.6 78.7 80.6
68 79.6 78.2 80.5 79.1 78.2 80.2
67 79.1 77.6 80 78.7 77.7 79.9
66 78.5 77 79.5 78.3 77.2 79.6
65 78 76.5 79 77.9 76.8 79.2
64 77.5 75.9 78.5 77.5 76.3 78.9
63 77 75.4 78.1 77.1 75.9 78.6
62 76.5 74.9 77.6 76.8 75.5 78.4
61 76 74.3 77.2 76.5 75.1 78.1
60 75.6 73.8 76.8 76.1 74.8 77.8
59 75.1 73.4 76.4 75.8 74.4 77.6
58 74.7 72.9 76 75.5 74.1 77.4
57 74.2 72.4 75.6 75.3 73.8 77.1
56 73.8 72 75.2 75 73.4 76.9
55 73.4 71.5 74.8 74.7 73.2 76.7
54 73 71.1 74.5 74.5 72.9 76.5
53 72.6 70.7 74.1 74.3 72.6 76.3
52 72.2 70.2 73.8 74.1 72.3 76.1
51 71.8 69.8 73.4 73.8 72.1 76
50 71.4 69.4 73.1 73.6 71.9 75.8
49 71.1 69 72.8 73.4 71.6 75.6
48 70.7 68.6 72.5 73.3 71.4 75.5
47 70.3 68.2 72.1 73.1 71.2 75.3
46 70 67.8 71.8 72.9 71 75.2
45 69.6 67.4 71.5 72.7 70.9 75
44 69.3 67.1 71.2 72.6 70.7 74.9
43 69 66.7 71 72.4 70.5 74.8
42 68.7 66.4 70.7 72.3 70.4 74.6
41 68.3 66 70.4 72.2 70.2 74.5
40 68 65.7 70.1 72 70.1 74.4
39 67.7 65.3 69.8 71.9 69.9 74.3
38 67.4 65 69.6 71.8 69.8 74.2
37 67.1 64.7 69.3 71.7 69.7 74.1
36 66.9 64.4 69.1 71.6 69.5 74
35 66.6 64.1 68.8 71.5 69.4 73.9
34 66.3 63.9 68.6 71.4 69.3 73.8
33 66.1 63.6 68.4 71.3 69.2 73.7
32 65.9 63.4 68.2 71.2 69.1 73.6
31 65.6 63.1 67.9 71.1 69 73.6
30 65.4 62.9 67.7 71 68.9 73.5
29 65.2 62.7 67.5 70.9 68.8 73.4
28 65 62.5 67.4 70.8 68.6 73.3
27 64.8 62.3 67.2 70.7 68.5 73.2
26 64.6 62.1 67 70.6 68.4 73.2
25 64.5 61.9 66.8 70.5 68.3 73.1
24 64.3 61.7 66.7 70.4 68.2 73
23 64.1 61.5 66.6 70.3 68.1 72.9
22 64 61.4 66.4 70.2 68 72.9
21 63.9 61.3 66.3 70.1 67.8 72.8
20 63.7 61.1 66.2 70 67.7 72.7
19 63.6 61 66.1 69.9 67.6 72.6
18 63.5 60.9 66 69.8 67.5 72.6
17 63.4 60.8 65.9 69.7 67.4 72.5
16 63.3 60.7 65.8 69.6 67.3 72.4
15 63.3 60.6 65.7 69.6 67.3 72.4
14 63.2 60.6 65.7 69.5 67.2 72.3
13 63.2 60.5 65.6 69.5 67.2 72.3
12 63.1 60.5 65.6 69.5 67.1 72.3
11 63.1 60.4 65.5 69.4 67.1 72.2
10 63 60.4 65.5 69.4 67 72.2
9 63 60.3 65.4 69.3 67 72.2
8 62.9 60.3 65.4 69.3 67 72.1
7 62.8 60.2 65.3 69.2 66.9 72.1
6 62.8 60.1 65.2 69.2 66.8 72
5 62.7 60 65.1 69.1 66.8 71.9
4 62.6 59.9 65 69 66.7 71.9
3 62.4 59.8 64.9 68.9 66.6 71.7
2 62.2 59.5 64.6 68.8 66.4 71.6
1 61.8 59.2 64.2 68.6 66.3 71.4
0 58.6 55.8 61.3 66.5 64 69.5

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. However, an adult has already survived the causes of early-age mortality and can expect to live longer than the figure calculated at birth.

A 30-year-old in Lesotho can expect to live to 65.4 years compared to 71 in Papua New Guinea, rising to 78 and 77.9 at 65, and to 86.6 and 85.7 at 80 — higher than the 58.6 and 66.5 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in Lesotho and Papua New Guinea.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Lesotho
Male

Female
Papua New Guinea
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
Lesotho Papua New Guinea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.15% 0.05% 0.23% 0.09% 0.04% 0.16%
99 0.23% 0.09% 0.37% 0.14% 0.07% 0.26%
98 0.35% 0.13% 0.55% 0.23% 0.12% 0.41%
97 0.52% 0.2% 0.81% 0.36% 0.2% 0.63%
96 0.75% 0.31% 1.17% 0.55% 0.31% 0.94%
95 1.06% 0.45% 1.63% 0.82% 0.46% 1.37%
94 1.46% 0.64% 2.22% 1.18% 0.69% 1.95%
93 1.97% 0.89% 2.95% 1.67% 0.99% 2.7%
92 2.59% 1.21% 3.83% 2.29% 1.39% 3.65%
91 3.33% 1.62% 4.86% 3.09% 1.92% 4.82%
90 4.21% 2.12% 6.07% 4.07% 2.58% 6.24%
89 5.22% 2.72% 7.42% 5.25% 3.41% 7.93%
88 6.36% 3.43% 8.92% 6.67% 4.43% 9.89%
87 7.62% 4.26% 10.6% 8.31% 5.63% 12.1%
86 9% 5.2% 12.3% 10.2% 7.04% 14.6%
85 10.5% 6.26% 14.2% 12.3% 8.66% 17.3%
84 12% 7.42% 16.1% 14.6% 10.5% 20.3%
83 13.7% 8.69% 18% 17.1% 12.5% 23.4%
82 15.3% 10% 19.9% 19.7% 14.7% 26.6%
81 17% 11.5% 21.8% 22.5% 17% 29.9%
80 18.7% 13% 23.6% 25.4% 19.5% 33.3%
79 20.4% 14.6% 25.5% 28.4% 22.1% 36.7%
78 22.2% 16.2% 27.5% 31.4% 24.8% 40%
77 24% 17.9% 29.4% 34.5% 27.7% 43.3%
76 25.8% 19.7% 31.4% 37.6% 30.5% 46.6%
75 27.7% 21.5% 33.3% 40.6% 33.4% 49.7%
74 29.6% 23.3% 35.3% 43.6% 36.3% 52.7%
73 31.5% 25.2% 37.3% 46.5% 39.2% 55.5%
72 33.5% 27.2% 39.3% 49.3% 42.1% 58.2%
71 35.4% 29.1% 41.3% 52% 44.9% 60.7%
70 37.3% 31.1% 43.3% 54.6% 47.6% 63.1%
69 39.3% 33.1% 45.2% 57.1% 50.3% 65.3%
68 41.2% 35% 47.2% 59.5% 52.9% 67.3%
67 43.2% 37% 49.1% 61.8% 55.4% 69.2%
66 45.1% 39% 51% 63.9% 57.8% 71%
65 47% 41% 52.9% 66% 60.1% 72.6%
64 48.9% 43% 54.7% 67.9% 62.3% 74.2%
63 50.8% 45% 56.4% 69.7% 64.4% 75.6%
62 52.5% 46.9% 58.1% 71.4% 66.4% 76.9%
61 54.2% 48.7% 59.7% 73% 68.3% 78.2%
60 55.9% 50.6% 61.2% 74.5% 70% 79.3%
59 57.5% 52.3% 62.7% 75.9% 71.7% 80.4%
58 59.1% 54% 64.1% 77.2% 73.2% 81.4%
57 60.6% 55.7% 65.5% 78.4% 74.7% 82.3%
56 62% 57.3% 66.8% 79.5% 76% 83.2%
55 63.5% 58.9% 68% 80.6% 77.3% 84%
54 64.9% 60.5% 69.3% 81.5% 78.5% 84.8%
53 66.2% 62% 70.5% 82.5% 79.6% 85.5%
52 67.6% 63.5% 71.6% 83.3% 80.6% 86.1%
51 68.9% 65% 72.7% 84.1% 81.6% 86.8%
50 70.1% 66.5% 73.8% 84.8% 82.5% 87.4%
49 71.4% 67.9% 74.8% 85.5% 83.3% 87.9%
48 72.5% 69.2% 75.9% 86.2% 84.1% 88.4%
47 73.7% 70.5% 76.8% 86.8% 84.8% 88.9%
46 74.8% 71.8% 77.7% 87.3% 85.4% 89.4%
45 75.8% 73% 78.6% 87.8% 86% 89.8%
44 76.9% 74.2% 79.5% 88.3% 86.6% 90.2%
43 77.8% 75.3% 80.3% 88.8% 87.1% 90.5%
42 78.8% 76.4% 81.1% 89.2% 87.6% 90.9%
41 79.7% 77.5% 81.9% 89.6% 88.1% 91.2%
40 80.6% 78.5% 82.7% 90% 88.5% 91.5%
39 81.5% 79.5% 83.4% 90.3% 88.9% 91.8%
38 82.3% 80.5% 84.1% 90.6% 89.3% 92.1%
37 83.1% 81.4% 84.8% 90.9% 89.7% 92.3%
36 83.9% 82.3% 85.5% 91.2% 90% 92.6%
35 84.6% 83.1% 86.1% 91.5% 90.3% 92.8%
34 85.3% 83.9% 86.7% 91.8% 90.6% 93%
33 85.9% 84.6% 87.2% 92% 90.9% 93.2%
32 86.5% 85.3% 87.8% 92.2% 91.2% 93.4%
31 87.1% 85.9% 88.3% 92.5% 91.5% 93.6%
30 87.6% 86.5% 88.7% 92.7% 91.7% 93.8%
29 88.1% 87.1% 89.2% 92.9% 92% 93.9%
28 88.6% 87.6% 89.6% 93.1% 92.2% 94.1%
27 89.1% 88.1% 90% 93.3% 92.5% 94.3%
26 89.5% 88.6% 90.4% 93.5% 92.7% 94.4%
25 89.9% 89% 90.8% 93.7% 93% 94.6%
24 90.3% 89.5% 91.1% 93.9% 93.2% 94.7%
23 90.6% 89.8% 91.4% 94.1% 93.5% 94.9%
22 90.9% 90.2% 91.7% 94.3% 93.7% 95%
21 91.2% 90.5% 91.9% 94.5% 94% 95.1%
20 91.5% 90.8% 92.2% 94.7% 94.2% 95.3%
19 91.7% 91.1% 92.4% 94.9% 94.4% 95.4%
18 91.9% 91.3% 92.6% 95.1% 94.6% 95.5%
17 92.1% 91.5% 92.7% 95.2% 94.8% 95.6%
16 92.3% 91.7% 92.9% 95.3% 94.9% 95.7%
15 92.4% 91.8% 93% 95.4% 95.1% 95.8%
14 92.6% 92% 93.1% 95.5% 95.1% 95.9%
13 92.7% 92.1% 93.2% 95.6% 95.2% 96%
12 92.7% 92.2% 93.3% 95.7% 95.3% 96%
11 92.8% 92.3% 93.4% 95.7% 95.4% 96.1%
10 92.9% 92.4% 93.5% 95.8% 95.4% 96.2%
9 93% 92.5% 93.6% 95.8% 95.5% 96.2%
8 93.1% 92.6% 93.7% 95.9% 95.6% 96.3%
7 93.2% 92.7% 93.8% 96% 95.7% 96.3%
6 93.3% 92.8% 93.9% 96.1% 95.8% 96.4%
5 93.5% 92.9% 94% 96.2% 95.9% 96.5%
4 93.7% 93.1% 94.2% 96.3% 96% 96.7%
3 93.9% 93.4% 94.4% 96.5% 96.2% 96.8%
2 94.3% 93.8% 94.8% 96.7% 96.4% 97%
1 94.9% 94.3% 95.4% 96.9% 96.6% 97.2%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 55.9% of newborns in Lesotho and 74.5% in Papua New Guinea are expected to live past 60, 37.3% and 54.6% past 70, 18.7% and 25.4% past 80, and only 4.21% and 4.07% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

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Odds of dying at each age

Lesotho
Male

Female
Papua New Guinea
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
Lesotho Papua New Guinea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 37.9% 39.3% 37.6% 41.5% 42.6% 40.5%
99 36.3% 37.9% 35.9% 39.7% 40.9% 38.7%
98 34.2% 36% 33.7% 37.9% 39.2% 36.9%
97 32.6% 34.6% 32.1% 36.2% 37.5% 35.1%
96 31% 33.1% 30.3% 34.4% 35.8% 33.2%
95 29.2% 31.5% 28.5% 32.6% 34.1% 31.4%
94 27.4% 30% 26.5% 30.7% 32.3% 29.5%
93 25.7% 28.4% 24.7% 29% 30.6% 27.7%
92 24% 26.7% 23% 27.3% 29% 26%
91 22.2% 25.1% 21.2% 25.7% 27.4% 24.4%
90 20.9% 23.6% 19.9% 24.1% 25.8% 22.8%
89 19.3% 22.1% 18.2% 22.6% 24.3% 21.3%
88 17.9% 20.7% 16.8% 21.2% 22.9% 19.8%
87 16.6% 19.4% 15.5% 19.8% 21.4% 18.4%
86 15.4% 18.1% 14.3% 18.4% 20% 17%
85 14.1% 16.9% 13% 17% 18.6% 15.7%
84 13% 15.7% 11.8% 15.8% 17.3% 14.4%
83 11.8% 14.6% 10.7% 14.6% 16.1% 13.2%
82 10.8% 13.5% 9.67% 13.4% 14.9% 12.1%
81 9.8% 12.5% 8.62% 12.4% 13.8% 11.1%
80 9.06% 11.6% 7.92% 11.4% 12.8% 10.1%
79 8.43% 10.8% 7.37% 10.5% 11.9% 9.23%
78 8.01% 10.1% 7.02% 9.71% 11% 8.4%
77 7.54% 9.5% 6.6% 8.9% 10.2% 7.64%
76 7.14% 8.96% 6.28% 8.14% 9.41% 6.93%
75 6.75% 8.45% 5.95% 7.46% 8.68% 6.28%
74 6.41% 7.97% 5.64% 6.84% 8.01% 5.67%
73 6.1% 7.52% 5.34% 6.26% 7.37% 5.12%
72 5.8% 7.11% 5.07% 5.72% 6.79% 4.61%
71 5.48% 6.68% 4.78% 5.23% 6.25% 4.15%
70 5.23% 6.34% 4.56% 4.79% 5.76% 3.74%
69 4.95% 5.96% 4.32% 4.38% 5.3% 3.37%
68 4.71% 5.66% 4.11% 4.01% 4.89% 3.05%
67 4.49% 5.37% 3.92% 3.68% 4.51% 2.76%
66 4.29% 5.12% 3.74% 3.37% 4.16% 2.5%
65 4.12% 4.9% 3.59% 3.09% 3.84% 2.27%
64 3.84% 4.61% 3.32% 2.84% 3.54% 2.07%
63 3.59% 4.33% 3.08% 2.6% 3.25% 1.89%
62 3.37% 4.08% 2.86% 2.38% 2.99% 1.73%
61 3.15% 3.82% 2.67% 2.18% 2.74% 1.58%
60 2.98% 3.62% 2.49% 2% 2.51% 1.45%
59 2.79% 3.35% 2.34% 1.83% 2.3% 1.33%
58 2.63% 3.16% 2.2% 1.67% 2.11% 1.23%
57 2.49% 2.99% 2.08% 1.54% 1.94% 1.13%
56 2.37% 2.84% 1.96% 1.41% 1.78% 1.04%
55 2.27% 2.72% 1.86% 1.3% 1.64% 0.97%
54 2.16% 2.59% 1.77% 1.2% 1.51% 0.9%
53 2.07% 2.48% 1.69% 1.11% 1.39% 0.83%
52 1.98% 2.37% 1.61% 1.02% 1.28% 0.77%
51 1.89% 2.26% 1.54% 0.95% 1.18% 0.72%
50 1.81% 2.18% 1.47% 0.87% 1.08% 0.67%
49 1.71% 2.05% 1.39% 0.81% 0.99% 0.63%
48 1.62% 1.95% 1.32% 0.74% 0.91% 0.58%
47 1.54% 1.85% 1.25% 0.69% 0.84% 0.54%
46 1.46% 1.76% 1.19% 0.63% 0.77% 0.5%
45 1.4% 1.68% 1.14% 0.59% 0.71% 0.47%
44 1.33% 1.59% 1.08% 0.54% 0.66% 0.43%
43 1.27% 1.52% 1.04% 0.5% 0.61% 0.4%
42 1.21% 1.45% 0.99% 0.47% 0.56% 0.38%
41 1.16% 1.38% 0.96% 0.44% 0.52% 0.36%
40 1.11% 1.32% 0.92% 0.41% 0.49% 0.33%
39 1.06% 1.25% 0.88% 0.38% 0.45% 0.31%
38 1.01% 1.18% 0.84% 0.36% 0.42% 0.3%
37 0.96% 1.12% 0.8% 0.34% 0.4% 0.28%
36 0.9% 1.05% 0.76% 0.32% 0.38% 0.26%
35 0.85% 0.99% 0.73% 0.3% 0.35% 0.25%
34 0.8% 0.92% 0.68% 0.28% 0.34% 0.23%
33 0.75% 0.86% 0.64% 0.27% 0.32% 0.22%
32 0.7% 0.8% 0.61% 0.26% 0.3% 0.21%
31 0.66% 0.75% 0.57% 0.25% 0.29% 0.2%
30 0.62% 0.71% 0.54% 0.24% 0.28% 0.19%
29 0.58% 0.66% 0.51% 0.23% 0.28% 0.18%
28 0.55% 0.61% 0.48% 0.23% 0.27% 0.18%
27 0.51% 0.57% 0.45% 0.22% 0.27% 0.17%
26 0.48% 0.53% 0.42% 0.22% 0.27% 0.16%
25 0.44% 0.5% 0.39% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
24 0.41% 0.46% 0.36% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
23 0.38% 0.43% 0.33% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
22 0.35% 0.39% 0.3% 0.21% 0.27% 0.15%
21 0.32% 0.36% 0.28% 0.21% 0.26% 0.14%
20 0.29% 0.33% 0.26% 0.2% 0.25% 0.14%
19 0.26% 0.29% 0.23% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
18 0.24% 0.26% 0.21% 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
17 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.15% 0.18% 0.12%
16 0.17% 0.19% 0.16% 0.13% 0.15% 0.11%
15 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.11% 0.12% 0.09%
14 0.13% 0.13% 0.12% 0.09% 0.1% 0.08%
13 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
12 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.07% 0.07% 0.06%
11 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.06% 0.07% 0.06%
10 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.06% 0.07% 0.06%
9 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.07% 0.07% 0.06%
8 0.1% 0.11% 0.1% 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
7 0.11% 0.12% 0.11% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
6 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.1% 0.1% 0.09%
5 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.11% 0.12% 0.11%
4 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.14% 0.15% 0.13%
3 0.27% 0.28% 0.26% 0.17% 0.18% 0.16%
2 0.39% 0.4% 0.39% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
1 0.61% 0.6% 0.62% 0.25% 0.26% 0.24%
0 5.13% 5.66% 4.6% 3.08% 3.36% 2.77%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/lesotho/papua-new-guinea | CC BY

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in Lesotho compared to Papua New Guinea, as mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime.

The annual chance of dying is 5.13% in the birth year in Lesotho and 3.08% in Papua New Guinea, 0.62% vs 0.24% at age 30, 2.98% vs 2% at 60, and 9.06% vs 11.4% at 80.

Death rate by age in Lesotho vs Papua New Guinea

Lesotho
Male

Female
Papua New Guinea
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
Lesotho Papua New Guinea
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 13.1 0 29 0 0 0
99 83.5 32.4 131.4 57 30.4 99.7
98 119.6 48.1 186.1 87.9 48.1 150.7
97 169.3 70.7 260.5 131.3 73.6 220.8
96 232.6 101.2 353 190.1 109.5 313
95 310 140.7 465 266.9 158 431
94 401 191.2 589 364 221.6 576
93 505 252.5 729 483 303 748
92 621 325 881 626 403 948
91 741 406 1,030 792 524 1,174
90 881 501 1,207 981 667 1,422
89 1,008 601 1,354 1,189 831 1,688
88 1,139 711 1,503 1,412 1,012 1,961
87 1,264 826 1,637 1,643 1,208 2,233
86 1,383 942 1,758 1,872 1,410 2,491
85 1,476 1,055 1,834 2,093 1,614 2,726
84 1,561 1,165 1,898 2,298 1,813 2,929
83 1,618 1,266 1,919 2,482 2,003 3,095
82 1,660 1,359 1,923 2,645 2,181 3,224
81 1,665 1,434 1,876 2,784 2,345 3,314
80 1,691 1,507 1,873 2,899 2,493 3,367
79 1,720 1,570 1,882 2,989 2,623 3,382
78 1,776 1,644 1,926 3,051 2,731 3,363
77 1,808 1,701 1,939 3,071 2,815 3,310
76 1,844 1,761 1,970 3,058 2,873 3,227
75 1,869 1,815 1,985 3,029 2,904 3,117
74 1,898 1,860 1,993 2,978 2,910 2,987
73 1,921 1,898 1,993 2,907 2,893 2,840
72 1,940 1,931 1,994 2,821 2,858 2,683
71 1,939 1,944 1,974 2,722 2,806 2,521
70 1,955 1,972 1,973 2,615 2,742 2,359
69 1,945 1,970 1,953 2,503 2,668 2,201
68 1,944 1,982 1,939 2,387 2,587 2,050
67 1,940 1,990 1,923 2,272 2,499 1,907
66 1,937 1,999 1,908 2,157 2,405 1,775
65 1,937 2,011 1,896 2,042 2,307 1,651
64 1,880 1,982 1,814 1,928 2,204 1,537
63 1,824 1,948 1,737 1,815 2,096 1,430
62 1,770 1,913 1,663 1,703 1,985 1,330
61 1,710 1,860 1,592 1,593 1,873 1,237
60 1,665 1,828 1,526 1,488 1,761 1,151
59 1,601 1,755 1,465 1,387 1,651 1,071
58 1,554 1,708 1,409 1,292 1,546 997
57 1,511 1,666 1,358 1,204 1,446 930
56 1,472 1,630 1,312 1,123 1,353 868
55 1,440 1,606 1,268 1,048 1,265 812
54 1,402 1,568 1,227 979 1,183 760
53 1,369 1,537 1,189 914 1,104 712
52 1,337 1,509 1,155 853 1,030 668
51 1,298 1,472 1,117 796 959 626
50 1,267 1,446 1,082 742 892 587
49 1,219 1,393 1,042 690 828 550
48 1,177 1,352 1,002 642 768 514
47 1,135 1,308 963 597 712 480
46 1,095 1,266 927 554 660 448
45 1,059 1,227 895 515 612 419
44 1,019 1,182 862 480 568 391
43 986 1,143 834 447 528 366
42 954 1,106 807 418 492 344
41 925 1,068 786 392 460 324
40 897 1,038 759 368 430 306
39 862 992 734 347 404 289.1
38 829 952 707 327 379 273.1
37 795 911 680 309 358 257.6
36 757 863 652 291.4 338 242.8
35 722 820 625 275.7 320 228.9
34 681 773 589 261.5 304 216.2
33 642 725 560 249 289.8 204.9
32 609 684 534 238.2 277.8 195.1
31 573 643 504 229.1 267.8 186.7
30 547 611 483 221.5 259.8 179.4
29 515 571 459 215.2 253.7 172.7
28 484 538 430 209.9 249.4 166.2
27 456 505 407 205.6 246.8 159.7
26 425 471 379 202.1 245.8 153.5
25 397 443 352 199.6 246.2 147.7
24 369 412 326 198.2 247.5 143
23 343 384 301 197.5 249 139.8
22 316 355 277.6 196.9 249.5 137.9
21 289.2 324 253.4 195.2 247.2 136.8
20 266.6 295.8 236.8 190.3 239.4 135.2
19 240.8 266.9 214.2 180.6 224.3 131.8
18 216.7 240.1 192.8 165.4 201.6 125.1
17 187.1 204.5 169.4 145.5 173.1 114.8
16 159.6 170.9 148.2 123.8 143.4 102.1
15 138 145.7 130.2 103.3 116.4 88.8
14 117.3 123.5 111 86.3 94.9 76.8
13 103 108.2 97.6 73.8 79.6 67.5
12 94.1 99.9 88.1 65.8 70 61.1
11 89.7 95.4 83.8 61.7 65.4 57.8
10 88.4 92.4 84.3 61.3 64.9 57.3
9 90.8 94.8 86.7 64.1 68.3 59.6
8 97.1 102.4 91.7 70.2 75.1 64.8
7 107.1 113.2 100.9 79.6 85.6 73.1
6 119.4 125.3 113.4 92.7 99.9 85
5 140.1 145.4 134.7 110.1 118.2 101.4
4 185.5 193.5 177.3 132.5 141.3 123
3 254.7 262 247.1 160.8 169.8 151.2
2 371 376 366 196.3 204.7 187.3
1 578 563 594 240.4 247.3 233
0 5,128 5,657 4,597 3,076 3,364 2,770

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/lesotho/papua-new-guinea | CC BY

This chart shows the number of deaths by age up to 100 for 3 cohorts of 100,000 newborns each — male, female, and both combined — illustrating how expected mortality is distributed throughout life.

In Lesotho, the most common age of death is 0, compared to 0 in Papua New Guinea. The median age of death is 63.4 in Lesotho and 71.7 in Papua New Guinea, meaning only half of each cohort is expected to live past that age.

Note that this chart does not show rates per 100,000 population, as those would be skewed by age structure differences and reflect the demographics of Lesotho and Papua New Guinea more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

1x

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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