Life Expectancy in Lesotho vs South Africa (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Lesotho

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Lesotho			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102	101.8	102.1	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101.1	100.9	101.2	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.2	100.1	100.3	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.3	99.2	99.4	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.5	98.3	98.5	100	99.9	100
95	97.6	97.4	97.6	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	96.7	96.5	96.8	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	95.9	95.7	96	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	95.1	94.8	95.2	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	94.3	94	94.4	96.1	96	96.2
90	93.5	93.2	93.6	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	92.7	92.4	92.9	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	92	91.6	92.1	94	93.7	94.1
87	91.2	90.8	91.4	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	90.5	90	90.7	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	89.8	89.2	90	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	89.1	88.5	89.4	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	88.4	87.8	88.8	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	87.8	87.1	88.2	90	89.4	90.3
81	87.2	86.4	87.6	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	86.6	85.7	87	88.8	88	89.1
79	86	85	86.5	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	85.4	84.4	85.9	87.5	86.7	88
77	84.8	83.7	85.4	86.9	86	87.4
76	84.2	83.1	84.8	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	83.6	82.4	84.2	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	83	81.8	83.7	85.2	84	85.9
73	82.4	81.2	83.1	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	81.9	80.5	82.6	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	81.3	79.9	82.1	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	80.7	79.3	81.5	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	80.2	78.8	81	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	79.6	78.2	80.5	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	79.1	77.6	80	81.6	80	82.8
66	78.5	77	79.5	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	78	76.5	79	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	77.5	75.9	78.5	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	77	75.4	78.1	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	76.5	74.9	77.6	79.4	77.4	81
61	76	74.3	77.2	79	76.9	80.7
60	75.6	73.8	76.8	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	75.1	73.4	76.4	78.3	76	80.1
58	74.7	72.9	76	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	74.2	72.4	75.6	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	73.8	72	75.2	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	73.4	71.5	74.8	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	73	71.1	74.5	76.5	74	78.7
53	72.6	70.7	74.1	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	72.2	70.2	73.8	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	71.8	69.8	73.4	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	71.4	69.4	73.1	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	71.1	69	72.8	75	72.2	77.4
48	70.7	68.6	72.5	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	70.3	68.2	72.1	74.4	71.6	77
46	70	67.8	71.8	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	69.6	67.4	71.5	73.9	71	76.5
44	69.3	67.1	71.2	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	69	66.7	71	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	68.7	66.4	70.7	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	68.3	66	70.4	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	68	65.7	70.1	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	67.7	65.3	69.8	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	67.4	65	69.6	72.2	69.2	75
37	67.1	64.7	69.3	72	68.9	74.8
36	66.9	64.4	69.1	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	66.6	64.1	68.8	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	66.3	63.9	68.6	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	66.1	63.6	68.4	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	65.9	63.4	68.2	71	67.9	73.9
31	65.6	63.1	67.9	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	65.4	62.9	67.7	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	65.2	62.7	67.5	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	65	62.5	67.4	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	64.8	62.3	67.2	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	64.6	62.1	67	70	66.8	73.1
25	64.5	61.9	66.8	69.9	66.6	73
24	64.3	61.7	66.7	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	64.1	61.5	66.6	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	64	61.4	66.4	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	63.9	61.3	66.3	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	63.7	61.1	66.2	69.3	66	72.6
19	63.6	61	66.1	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	63.5	60.9	66	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	63.4	60.8	65.9	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	63.3	60.7	65.8	69	65.7	72.3
15	63.3	60.6	65.7	69	65.6	72.3
14	63.2	60.6	65.7	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	63.2	60.5	65.6	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	63.1	60.5	65.6	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	63.1	60.4	65.5	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	63	60.4	65.5	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	63	60.3	65.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	62.9	60.3	65.4	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	62.8	60.2	65.3	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	62.8	60.1	65.2	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	62.7	60	65.1	68.7	65.3	72
4	62.6	59.9	65	68.6	65.2	72
3	62.4	59.8	64.9	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	62.2	59.5	64.6	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	61.8	59.2	64.2	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	58.6	55.8	61.3	66.7	63.1	70.2

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 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 78 and 80.7 at 65, and to 86.6 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 58.6 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in Lesotho and South Africa.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Lesotho

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Lesotho			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.15%	0.05%	0.23%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	0.23%	0.09%	0.37%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	0.35%	0.13%	0.55%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	0.52%	0.2%	0.81%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	0.75%	0.31%	1.17%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	1.06%	0.45%	1.63%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	1.46%	0.64%	2.22%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	1.97%	0.89%	2.95%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	2.59%	1.21%	3.83%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	3.33%	1.62%	4.86%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	4.21%	2.12%	6.07%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	5.22%	2.72%	7.42%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	6.36%	3.43%	8.92%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	7.62%	4.26%	10.6%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	9%	5.2%	12.3%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	10.5%	6.26%	14.2%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	12%	7.42%	16.1%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	13.7%	8.69%	18%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	15.3%	10%	19.9%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	17%	11.5%	21.8%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	18.7%	13%	23.6%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	20.4%	14.6%	25.5%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	22.2%	16.2%	27.5%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	24%	17.9%	29.4%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	25.8%	19.7%	31.4%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	27.7%	21.5%	33.3%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	29.6%	23.3%	35.3%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	31.5%	25.2%	37.3%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	33.5%	27.2%	39.3%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	35.4%	29.1%	41.3%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	37.3%	31.1%	43.3%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	39.3%	33.1%	45.2%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	41.2%	35%	47.2%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	43.2%	37%	49.1%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	45.1%	39%	51%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	47%	41%	52.9%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	48.9%	43%	54.7%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	50.8%	45%	56.4%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	52.5%	46.9%	58.1%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	54.2%	48.7%	59.7%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	55.9%	50.6%	61.2%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	57.5%	52.3%	62.7%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	59.1%	54%	64.1%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	60.6%	55.7%	65.5%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	62%	57.3%	66.8%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	63.5%	58.9%	68%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	64.9%	60.5%	69.3%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	66.2%	62%	70.5%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	67.6%	63.5%	71.6%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	68.9%	65%	72.7%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	70.1%	66.5%	73.8%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	71.4%	67.9%	74.8%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	72.5%	69.2%	75.9%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	73.7%	70.5%	76.8%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	74.8%	71.8%	77.7%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	75.8%	73%	78.6%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	76.9%	74.2%	79.5%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	77.8%	75.3%	80.3%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	78.8%	76.4%	81.1%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	79.7%	77.5%	81.9%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	80.6%	78.5%	82.7%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	81.5%	79.5%	83.4%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	82.3%	80.5%	84.1%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	83.1%	81.4%	84.8%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	83.9%	82.3%	85.5%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	84.6%	83.1%	86.1%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	85.3%	83.9%	86.7%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	85.9%	84.6%	87.2%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	86.5%	85.3%	87.8%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	87.1%	85.9%	88.3%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	87.6%	86.5%	88.7%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	88.1%	87.1%	89.2%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	88.6%	87.6%	89.6%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	89.1%	88.1%	90%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	89.5%	88.6%	90.4%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	89.9%	89%	90.8%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	90.3%	89.5%	91.1%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	90.6%	89.8%	91.4%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	90.9%	90.2%	91.7%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	91.2%	90.5%	91.9%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	91.5%	90.8%	92.2%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	91.7%	91.1%	92.4%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	91.9%	91.3%	92.6%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	92.1%	91.5%	92.7%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	92.3%	91.7%	92.9%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	92.4%	91.8%	93%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	92.6%	92%	93.1%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	92.7%	92.1%	93.2%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	92.7%	92.2%	93.3%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	92.8%	92.3%	93.4%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	92.9%	92.4%	93.5%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	93%	92.5%	93.6%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	93.1%	92.6%	93.7%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	93.2%	92.7%	93.8%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	93.3%	92.8%	93.9%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	93.5%	92.9%	94%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	93.7%	93.1%	94.2%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	93.9%	93.4%	94.4%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	94.3%	93.8%	94.8%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	94.9%	94.3%	95.4%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 55.9% of newborns in Lesotho and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 37.3% and 51.6% past 70, 18.7% and 30.2% past 80, and only 4.21% and 11.3% past 90.

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

Odds of dying at each age

Chart Table

Lesotho

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Lesotho			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	37.9%	39.3%	37.6%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	36.3%	37.9%	35.9%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	34.2%	36%	33.7%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	32.6%	34.6%	32.1%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	31%	33.1%	30.3%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	29.2%	31.5%	28.5%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	27.4%	30%	26.5%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	25.7%	28.4%	24.7%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	24%	26.7%	23%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	22.2%	25.1%	21.2%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	20.9%	23.6%	19.9%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	19.3%	22.1%	18.2%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	17.9%	20.7%	16.8%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	16.6%	19.4%	15.5%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	15.4%	18.1%	14.3%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	14.1%	16.9%	13%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	13%	15.7%	11.8%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	11.8%	14.6%	10.7%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	10.8%	13.5%	9.67%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	9.8%	12.5%	8.62%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	9.06%	11.6%	7.92%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	8.43%	10.8%	7.37%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	8.01%	10.1%	7.02%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	7.54%	9.5%	6.6%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	7.14%	8.96%	6.28%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	6.75%	8.45%	5.95%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	6.41%	7.97%	5.64%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	6.1%	7.52%	5.34%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	5.8%	7.11%	5.07%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	5.48%	6.68%	4.78%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	5.23%	6.34%	4.56%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	4.95%	5.96%	4.32%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	4.71%	5.66%	4.11%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	4.49%	5.37%	3.92%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	4.29%	5.12%	3.74%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	4.12%	4.9%	3.59%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	3.84%	4.61%	3.32%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	3.59%	4.33%	3.08%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	3.37%	4.08%	2.86%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	3.15%	3.82%	2.67%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	2.98%	3.62%	2.49%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	2.79%	3.35%	2.34%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	2.63%	3.16%	2.2%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	2.49%	2.99%	2.08%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	2.37%	2.84%	1.96%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	2.27%	2.72%	1.86%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	2.16%	2.59%	1.77%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	2.07%	2.48%	1.69%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	1.98%	2.37%	1.61%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	1.89%	2.26%	1.54%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	1.81%	2.18%	1.47%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	1.71%	2.05%	1.39%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	1.62%	1.95%	1.32%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	1.54%	1.85%	1.25%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	1.46%	1.76%	1.19%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	1.4%	1.68%	1.14%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	1.33%	1.59%	1.08%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	1.27%	1.52%	1.04%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	1.21%	1.45%	0.99%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	1.16%	1.38%	0.96%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	1.11%	1.32%	0.92%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	1.06%	1.25%	0.88%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	1.01%	1.18%	0.84%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.96%	1.12%	0.8%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.9%	1.05%	0.76%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.85%	0.99%	0.73%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.8%	0.92%	0.68%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.75%	0.86%	0.64%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.7%	0.8%	0.61%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.66%	0.75%	0.57%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.62%	0.71%	0.54%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.58%	0.66%	0.51%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.55%	0.61%	0.48%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.51%	0.57%	0.45%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.48%	0.53%	0.42%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.44%	0.5%	0.39%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.41%	0.46%	0.36%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.38%	0.43%	0.33%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.35%	0.39%	0.3%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.32%	0.36%	0.28%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.29%	0.33%	0.26%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.26%	0.29%	0.23%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.24%	0.26%	0.21%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.2%	0.22%	0.18%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.17%	0.19%	0.16%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.15%	0.16%	0.14%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.13%	0.13%	0.12%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.11%	0.12%	0.1%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.1%	0.11%	0.09%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.1%	0.1%	0.09%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.1%	0.1%	0.09%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.1%	0.1%	0.09%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.1%	0.11%	0.1%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.11%	0.12%	0.11%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.13%	0.14%	0.12%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.15%	0.16%	0.14%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.2%	0.21%	0.19%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.27%	0.28%	0.26%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.39%	0.4%	0.39%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.61%	0.6%	0.62%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	5.13%	5.66%	4.6%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

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

The annual chance of dying is 5.13% in the birth year in Lesotho and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.62% vs 0.44% at age 30, 2.98% vs 2.08% at 60, and 9.06% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Lesotho vs South Africa

Chart Table

Lesotho

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	Lesotho			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	13.1	0	29	359	204.6	501
99	83.5	32.4	131.4	475	280.8	655
98	119.6	48.1	186.1	572	340	787
97	169.3	70.7	260.5	677	406	928
96	232.6	101.2	353	789	478	1,077
95	310	140.7	465	909	558	1,236
94	401	191.2	589	1,031	642	1,393
93	505	252.5	729	1,148	729	1,540
92	621	325	881	1,257	818	1,670
91	741	406	1,030	1,363	912	1,794
90	881	501	1,207	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	1,008	601	1,354	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	1,139	711	1,503	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	1,264	826	1,637	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	1,383	942	1,758	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	1,476	1,055	1,834	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	1,561	1,165	1,898	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	1,618	1,266	1,919	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	1,660	1,359	1,923	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	1,665	1,434	1,876	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	1,691	1,507	1,873	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	1,720	1,570	1,882	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	1,776	1,644	1,926	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	1,808	1,701	1,939	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	1,844	1,761	1,970	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	1,869	1,815	1,985	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	1,898	1,860	1,993	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	1,921	1,898	1,993	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	1,940	1,931	1,994	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	1,939	1,944	1,974	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	1,955	1,972	1,973	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	1,945	1,970	1,953	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	1,944	1,982	1,939	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	1,940	1,990	1,923	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	1,937	1,999	1,908	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	1,937	2,011	1,896	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	1,880	1,982	1,814	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	1,824	1,948	1,737	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	1,770	1,913	1,663	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	1,710	1,860	1,592	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	1,665	1,828	1,526	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	1,601	1,755	1,465	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	1,554	1,708	1,409	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	1,511	1,666	1,358	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	1,472	1,630	1,312	1,242	1,519	978
55	1,440	1,606	1,268	1,190	1,459	929
54	1,402	1,568	1,227	1,137	1,397	881
53	1,369	1,537	1,189	1,085	1,337	835
52	1,337	1,509	1,155	1,037	1,279	795
51	1,298	1,472	1,117	994	1,223	760
50	1,267	1,446	1,082	954	1,171	731
49	1,219	1,393	1,042	918	1,120	707
48	1,177	1,352	1,002	883	1,071	686
47	1,135	1,308	963	850	1,022	668
46	1,095	1,266	927	818	974	652
45	1,059	1,227	895	786	928	635
44	1,019	1,182	862	755	884	619
43	986	1,143	834	724	842	601
42	954	1,106	807	695	804	581
41	925	1,068	786	667	770	560
40	897	1,038	759	639	738	538
39	862	992	734	613	708	515
38	829	952	707	587	680	492
37	795	911	680	562	653	470
36	757	863	652	538	626	449
35	722	820	625	515	600	429
34	681	773	589	493	575	410
33	642	725	560	471	551	392
32	609	684	534	450	527	374
31	573	643	504	429	504	355
30	547	611	483	408	481	335
29	515	571	459	386	458	314
28	484	538	430	363	434	291.3
27	456	505	407	339	410	266.7
26	425	471	379	314	384	241.5
25	397	443	352	289.1	358	217.1
24	369	412	326	264.7	331	195.1
23	343	384	301	241.4	304	176
22	316	355	277.6	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	289.2	324	253.4	198.1	249	145.6
20	266.6	295.8	236.8	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	240.8	266.9	214.2	158	194.2	121.2
18	216.7	240.1	192.8	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	187.1	204.5	169.4	119.5	142.6	96
16	159.6	170.9	148.2	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	138	145.7	130.2	85	99.4	70.2
14	117.3	123.5	111	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	103	108.2	97.6	58.9	68.7	49
12	94.1	99.9	88.1	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	89.7	95.4	83.8	43	50.5	35.3
10	88.4	92.4	84.3	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	90.8	94.8	86.7	37	43.9	30
8	97.1	102.4	91.7	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	107.1	113.2	100.9	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	119.4	125.3	113.4	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	140.1	145.4	134.7	67.2	79	55.4
4	185.5	193.5	177.3	95.3	110.3	80
3	254.7	262	247.1	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	371	376	366	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	578	563	594	343	375	310
0	5,128	5,657	4,597	2,192	2,441	1,934

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 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 63.4 in Lesotho and 70.8 in South Africa, 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 South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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