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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 58.6 years in Lesotho vs 58 in South Sudan. Lesotho is ranked 193/197 by life expectancy, and South Sudan is 195/197. In Lesotho, the life expectancy is 55.8 years for males and 61.3 years for females. In South Sudan, it's 55 years for males and 61 years for females.

Lesotho vs South Sudan life expectancy at birth by year

Lesotho
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Lesotho South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 58.6 55.8 61.3 58 55 61
2025 58.2 55.4 60.9 57.9 54.9 60.9
2024 57.8 55 60.4 57.7 54.8 60.7
2023 57.4 54.6 60 57.6 54.6 60.6
2022 56.8 54.1 59.4 57.2 54.3 60.1
2021 54.2 51.6 56.8 57 54.4 59.7
2020 55.1 52.5 57.7 57.6 54.8 60.5
2019 55.2 52.7 57.7 58.1 55.7 60.5
2018 54.6 52.1 57.1 51.9 49.2 54.7
2017 53.9 51.4 56.3 35.4 32.4 38.7
2016 52.9 50.4 55.3 36.7 33.8 40
2015 51.8 49.3 54.4 39.8 36.9 42.9
2014 50.8 48.3 53.3 45.6 42.7 48.8
2013 49.5 47.2 52 58.3 56.8 59.7
2012 48.2 45.8 50.7 58.2 56.9 59.5
2011 46.9 44.5 49.4 57.7 56.3 59
2010 46 43.9 48.3 57.5 56.4 58.5
2009 45.1 42.8 47.4 56.8 55.8 57.8
2008 44.3 42.1 46.6 56.3 55.3 57.2
2007 43.7 41.4 46.1 55.4 54.6 56.2
2006 43.2 41.5 44.8 54.7 53.9 55.3
2005 43.6 41.4 45.9 54 53.4 54.5
2004 44 41.9 46.3 53.1 52.5 53.5
2003 44.9 42.9 47 52.3 51.8 52.8
2002 46 43.8 48.1 49.4 48.4 50.3
2001 47.2 44.9 49.5 48.6 47.5 49.5
2000 48.8 46.5 51.1 47.6 46.5 48.5
1999 50.4 47.8 53 44.5 43.2 45.8
1998 52 49.1 55 19 17.6 20.7
1997 53.7 50.6 56.9 33.1 30.9 35.3
1996 55.1 51.8 58.6 32.1 29.9 34.5
1995 56.4 52.8 60.1 31.5 29.2 34
1994 57.3 53.5 61.3 44.9 43.1 46.5
1993 58.1 54.2 62.1 22.3 20.1 24.8
1992 58.6 54.7 62.8 21.9 19.9 24.3
1991 59.1 55.1 63.3 29.2 26.9 31.7
1990 59.3 55.3 63.6 28.6 26.4 31
1989 59.5 55.4 63.9 28.2 26.1 30.5
1988 59.6 55.4 64 11 10.6 11.3
1987 59.6 55.4 64 20.7 18.9 22.9
1986 59.3 55.2 63.9 32.8 31.2 34.5
1985 59.2 55.2 63.7 32.4 30.8 33.9
1984 59 55 63.3 31.8 30.3 33.2
1983 58.5 54.5 62.8 34.7 33.7 35.8
1982 58 54.1 62.2 38.7 38.2 39.1
1981 57.3 53.4 61.6 38.3 37.8 38.8
1980 56.5 52.5 60.9 38 37.5 38.5
1979 55.8 51.9 60.1 37.8 37.1 38.4
1978 55.2 51.3 59.4 37.6 36.8 38.3
1977 54.5 50.7 58.6 37.4 36.5 38.3
1976 53.9 50.2 57.9 37.1 36.2 37.9
1975 53.5 49.9 57.2 36.9 35.9 37.8
1974 52.9 49.4 56.6 36.6 35.5 37.6
1973 52.6 48.9 56.3 36.3 35.1 37.4
1972 52.3 48.6 55.8 31.3 28.6 34.1
1971 51.8 48.1 55.4 31 28.3 33.9
1970 51.5 47.7 54.9 25.6 22.3 29.7
1969 51.1 47.3 54.5 25.4 22.1 29.5
1968 50.8 46.9 54.1 26.1 22.9 30.1
1967 50.5 46.6 53.7 25.9 22.7 29.9
1966 50.4 46.5 53.5 25.6 22.5 29.7
1965 50.3 46.6 53.3 28.8 25.9 32.2
1964 50.3 46.6 53.2 32.5 30.3 34.8
1963 50.3 46.7 53.1 28.2 25.4 31.8
1962 50.3 46.7 53.1 28.5 26.5 30.7
1961 50.3 46.6 53.1 28.3 26.2 30.6
1960 50.2 46.5 52.9 28.1 26 30.4
1959 49.9 46.3 52.6 27.8 25.8 30.2
1958 49.6 46 52.3 27.6 25.5 30
1957 49.2 45.6 51.8 30.9 28.8 33.3
1956 48.6 45.1 51.3 31.6 29.5 34.1
1955 48 44.5 50.6 32 30 34.3
1954 47.3 43.8 50 31.7 29.6 34.1
1953 46.6 43.2 49.2 31.4 29.3 33.8
1952 45.9 42.5 48.6 31 28.9 33.4
1951 45.2 41.9 47.9 30.6 28.5 33.2
1950 44.6 41.2 47.4 30.2 28.1 32.7

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 50.5 in South Sudan. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 8.95 healthy years in Lesotho and 11 in South Sudan.

Lesotho vs South Sudan 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 South Sudan, 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 39.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
65.4 vs 69.1 years

Median expected age of death:
66.7 vs 72.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Lesotho South Sudan
Male Female Male Female
40 90.8% 93.2% 92.9% 95.3%
50 76.8% 83.2% 83.9% 89.1%
60 58.4% 69.0% 70.5% 79.4%
65 47.4% 59.6% 61.1% 71.8%
70 35.9% 48.8% 49.3% 61.2%
75 24.8% 37.6% 35.3% 47.2%
80 15.0% 26.6% 21.0% 31.1%
85 7.2% 15.9% 9.3% 15.8%
90 2.5% 6.8% 2.6% 5.6%
95 0.5% 1.8% 0.3% 1.2%
100 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1%

Life expectancy by current age

Lesotho
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Lesotho South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 102 101.8 102.1 101.7 101.6 101.8
99 101.1 100.9 101.2 100.7 100.6 100.8
98 100.2 100.1 100.3 99.8 99.6 99.9
97 99.3 99.2 99.4 98.9 98.7 99
96 98.5 98.3 98.5 98.1 97.8 98.1
95 97.6 97.4 97.6 97.2 96.9 97.3
94 96.7 96.5 96.8 96.3 96 96.4
93 95.9 95.7 96 95.5 95.1 95.6
92 95.1 94.8 95.2 94.7 94.2 94.8
91 94.3 94 94.4 93.8 93.4 94
90 93.5 93.2 93.6 93 92.6 93.2
89 92.7 92.4 92.9 92.2 91.8 92.4
88 92 91.6 92.1 91.4 91 91.6
87 91.2 90.8 91.4 90.6 90.2 90.8
86 90.5 90 90.7 89.9 89.4 90.1
85 89.8 89.2 90 89.1 88.7 89.4
84 89.1 88.5 89.4 88.4 87.9 88.6
83 88.4 87.8 88.8 87.7 87.2 87.9
82 87.8 87.1 88.2 87 86.5 87.2
81 87.2 86.4 87.6 86.3 85.8 86.6
80 86.6 85.7 87 85.6 85.1 85.9
79 86 85 86.5 85 84.5 85.3
78 85.4 84.4 85.9 84.4 83.8 84.7
77 84.8 83.7 85.4 83.8 83.2 84.2
76 84.2 83.1 84.8 83.2 82.6 83.6
75 83.6 82.4 84.2 82.6 82 83.1
74 83 81.8 83.7 82.1 81.5 82.6
73 82.4 81.2 83.1 81.6 80.9 82.1
72 81.9 80.5 82.6 81.1 80.4 81.6
71 81.3 79.9 82.1 80.6 79.8 81.1
70 80.7 79.3 81.5 80.1 79.3 80.7
69 80.2 78.8 81 79.7 78.9 80.2
68 79.6 78.2 80.5 79.2 78.4 79.8
67 79.1 77.6 80 78.8 77.9 79.5
66 78.5 77 79.5 78.4 77.5 79.1
65 78 76.5 79 78 77.1 78.7
64 77.5 75.9 78.5 77.6 76.7 78.4
63 77 75.4 78.1 77.3 76.3 78.1
62 76.5 74.9 77.6 76.9 75.9 77.8
61 76 74.3 77.2 76.6 75.5 77.5
60 75.6 73.8 76.8 76.3 75.1 77.2
59 75.1 73.4 76.4 76 74.8 76.9
58 74.7 72.9 76 75.7 74.5 76.7
57 74.2 72.4 75.6 75.4 74.1 76.4
56 73.8 72 75.2 75.1 73.8 76.2
55 73.4 71.5 74.8 74.8 73.5 76
54 73 71.1 74.5 74.5 73.2 75.7
53 72.6 70.7 74.1 74.3 72.9 75.5
52 72.2 70.2 73.8 74 72.6 75.3
51 71.8 69.8 73.4 73.8 72.3 75.1
50 71.4 69.4 73.1 73.5 72 74.8
49 71.1 69 72.8 73.3 71.7 74.6
48 70.7 68.6 72.5 73 71.4 74.4
47 70.3 68.2 72.1 72.8 71.2 74.3
46 70 67.8 71.8 72.6 70.9 74.1
45 69.6 67.4 71.5 72.4 70.6 73.9
44 69.3 67.1 71.2 72.1 70.4 73.7
43 69 66.7 71 71.9 70.1 73.5
42 68.7 66.4 70.7 71.7 69.9 73.3
41 68.3 66 70.4 71.5 69.6 73.1
40 68 65.7 70.1 71.2 69.4 72.9
39 67.7 65.3 69.8 71 69.1 72.7
38 67.4 65 69.6 70.8 68.9 72.5
37 67.1 64.7 69.3 70.6 68.6 72.4
36 66.9 64.4 69.1 70.4 68.4 72.2
35 66.6 64.1 68.8 70.2 68.2 72
34 66.3 63.9 68.6 70 67.9 71.8
33 66.1 63.6 68.4 69.8 67.7 71.7
32 65.9 63.4 68.2 69.5 67.4 71.5
31 65.6 63.1 67.9 69.3 67.2 71.3
30 65.4 62.9 67.7 69.1 67 71.1
29 65.2 62.7 67.5 68.9 66.7 71
28 65 62.5 67.4 68.7 66.5 70.8
27 64.8 62.3 67.2 68.5 66.2 70.6
26 64.6 62.1 67 68.3 65.9 70.4
25 64.5 61.9 66.8 68 65.7 70.3
24 64.3 61.7 66.7 67.8 65.4 70.1
23 64.1 61.5 66.6 67.6 65.1 70
22 64 61.4 66.4 67.4 64.9 69.8
21 63.9 61.3 66.3 67.2 64.6 69.6
20 63.7 61.1 66.2 67 64.4 69.5
19 63.6 61 66.1 66.8 64.1 69.3
18 63.5 60.9 66 66.6 63.9 69.2
17 63.4 60.8 65.9 66.4 63.7 69
16 63.3 60.7 65.8 66.3 63.5 68.9
15 63.3 60.6 65.7 66.1 63.4 68.8
14 63.2 60.6 65.7 66 63.2 68.7
13 63.2 60.5 65.6 65.8 63.1 68.5
12 63.1 60.5 65.6 65.7 62.9 68.4
11 63.1 60.4 65.5 65.5 62.8 68.3
10 63 60.4 65.5 65.4 62.6 68.2
9 63 60.3 65.4 65.2 62.4 68
8 62.9 60.3 65.4 65 62.1 67.8
7 62.8 60.2 65.3 64.7 61.8 67.6
6 62.8 60.1 65.2 64.4 61.5 67.3
5 62.7 60 65.1 64 61.1 67
4 62.6 59.9 65 63.6 60.6 66.6
3 62.4 59.8 64.9 63.1 60.1 66.1
2 62.2 59.5 64.6 62.5 59.5 65.5
1 61.8 59.2 64.2 61.8 58.9 64.7
0 58.6 55.8 61.3 58 55 61

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 69.1 in South Sudan, rising to 78 and 78 at 65, and to 86.6 and 85.6 at 80 — higher than the 58.6 and 58 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Lesotho
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
Lesotho South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.15% 0.05% 0.23% 0.06% 0.02% 0.1%
99 0.23% 0.09% 0.37% 0.1% 0.03% 0.17%
98 0.35% 0.13% 0.55% 0.17% 0.05% 0.28%
97 0.52% 0.2% 0.81% 0.27% 0.1% 0.44%
96 0.75% 0.31% 1.17% 0.43% 0.16% 0.67%
95 1.06% 0.45% 1.63% 0.64% 0.27% 1%
94 1.46% 0.64% 2.22% 0.94% 0.44% 1.44%
93 1.97% 0.89% 2.95% 1.35% 0.67% 2.01%
92 2.59% 1.21% 3.83% 1.87% 1% 2.73%
91 3.33% 1.62% 4.86% 2.54% 1.45% 3.62%
90 4.21% 2.12% 6.07% 3.37% 2.03% 4.7%
89 5.22% 2.72% 7.42% 4.38% 2.76% 5.98%
88 6.36% 3.43% 8.92% 5.58% 3.65% 7.47%
87 7.62% 4.26% 10.6% 6.96% 4.7% 9.18%
86 9% 5.2% 12.3% 8.54% 5.92% 11.1%
85 10.5% 6.26% 14.2% 10.3% 7.31% 13.2%
84 12% 7.42% 16.1% 12.3% 8.88% 15.6%
83 13.7% 8.69% 18% 14.4% 10.6% 18%
82 15.3% 10% 19.9% 16.6% 12.5% 20.6%
81 17% 11.5% 21.8% 18.9% 14.5% 23.3%
80 18.7% 13% 23.6% 21.3% 16.6% 26.1%
79 20.4% 14.6% 25.5% 23.8% 18.8% 28.8%
78 22.2% 16.2% 27.5% 26.3% 21% 31.6%
77 24% 17.9% 29.4% 28.8% 23.3% 34.3%
76 25.8% 19.7% 31.4% 31.3% 25.6% 36.9%
75 27.7% 21.5% 33.3% 33.7% 27.9% 39.6%
74 29.6% 23.3% 35.3% 36.2% 30.2% 42.1%
73 31.5% 25.2% 37.3% 38.5% 32.5% 44.6%
72 33.5% 27.2% 39.3% 40.8% 34.7% 46.9%
71 35.4% 29.1% 41.3% 43% 36.9% 49.2%
70 37.3% 31.1% 43.3% 45.1% 39% 51.3%
69 39.3% 33.1% 45.2% 47.1% 41% 53.3%
68 41.2% 35% 47.2% 49.1% 42.9% 55.2%
67 43.2% 37% 49.1% 50.9% 44.8% 57%
66 45.1% 39% 51% 52.6% 46.6% 58.7%
65 47% 41% 52.9% 54.2% 48.3% 60.2%
64 48.9% 43% 54.7% 55.8% 49.9% 61.7%
63 50.8% 45% 56.4% 57.3% 51.5% 63.1%
62 52.5% 46.9% 58.1% 58.6% 53% 64.3%
61 54.2% 48.7% 59.7% 59.9% 54.4% 65.5%
60 55.9% 50.6% 61.2% 61.1% 55.7% 66.6%
59 57.5% 52.3% 62.7% 62.3% 57% 67.6%
58 59.1% 54% 64.1% 63.3% 58.2% 68.6%
57 60.6% 55.7% 65.5% 64.4% 59.3% 69.5%
56 62% 57.3% 66.8% 65.3% 60.4% 70.3%
55 63.5% 58.9% 68% 66.3% 61.5% 71.1%
54 64.9% 60.5% 69.3% 67.2% 62.5% 71.9%
53 66.2% 62% 70.5% 68% 63.5% 72.7%
52 67.6% 63.5% 71.6% 68.9% 64.5% 73.4%
51 68.9% 65% 72.7% 69.7% 65.4% 74%
50 70.1% 66.5% 73.8% 70.4% 66.3% 74.7%
49 71.4% 67.9% 74.8% 71.1% 67.1% 75.3%
48 72.5% 69.2% 75.9% 71.8% 67.9% 75.8%
47 73.7% 70.5% 76.8% 72.5% 68.6% 76.4%
46 74.8% 71.8% 77.7% 73.1% 69.4% 76.9%
45 75.8% 73% 78.6% 73.7% 70.1% 77.4%
44 76.9% 74.2% 79.5% 74.3% 70.8% 77.9%
43 77.8% 75.3% 80.3% 74.9% 71.5% 78.4%
42 78.8% 76.4% 81.1% 75.5% 72.1% 78.9%
41 79.7% 77.5% 81.9% 76.1% 72.8% 79.4%
40 80.6% 78.5% 82.7% 76.6% 73.4% 79.9%
39 81.5% 79.5% 83.4% 77.1% 74% 80.3%
38 82.3% 80.5% 84.1% 77.6% 74.6% 80.8%
37 83.1% 81.4% 84.8% 78.1% 75.2% 81.2%
36 83.9% 82.3% 85.5% 78.6% 75.8% 81.6%
35 84.6% 83.1% 86.1% 79.1% 76.3% 82%
34 85.3% 83.9% 86.7% 79.6% 76.9% 82.4%
33 85.9% 84.6% 87.2% 80% 77.4% 82.7%
32 86.5% 85.3% 87.8% 80.5% 77.9% 83.1%
31 87.1% 85.9% 88.3% 80.9% 78.5% 83.5%
30 87.6% 86.5% 88.7% 81.4% 79% 83.8%
29 88.1% 87.1% 89.2% 81.8% 79.5% 84.2%
28 88.6% 87.6% 89.6% 82.2% 80.1% 84.5%
27 89.1% 88.1% 90% 82.7% 80.6% 84.9%
26 89.5% 88.6% 90.4% 83.1% 81.1% 85.2%
25 89.9% 89% 90.8% 83.5% 81.6% 85.5%
24 90.3% 89.5% 91.1% 84% 82.2% 85.8%
23 90.6% 89.8% 91.4% 84.4% 82.7% 86.1%
22 90.9% 90.2% 91.7% 84.8% 83.2% 86.4%
21 91.2% 90.5% 91.9% 85.2% 83.7% 86.7%
20 91.5% 90.8% 92.2% 85.6% 84.2% 87%
19 91.7% 91.1% 92.4% 85.9% 84.7% 87.2%
18 91.9% 91.3% 92.6% 86.2% 85.1% 87.5%
17 92.1% 91.5% 92.7% 86.5% 85.4% 87.7%
16 92.3% 91.7% 92.9% 86.8% 85.7% 87.9%
15 92.4% 91.8% 93% 87.1% 86% 88.2%
14 92.6% 92% 93.1% 87.3% 86.3% 88.4%
13 92.7% 92.1% 93.2% 87.5% 86.6% 88.5%
12 92.7% 92.2% 93.3% 87.8% 86.8% 88.7%
11 92.8% 92.3% 93.4% 88% 87.1% 88.9%
10 92.9% 92.4% 93.5% 88.3% 87.4% 89.1%
9 93% 92.5% 93.6% 88.6% 87.8% 89.4%
8 93.1% 92.6% 93.7% 88.9% 88.2% 89.7%
7 93.2% 92.7% 93.8% 89.3% 88.6% 90%
6 93.3% 92.8% 93.9% 89.8% 89.2% 90.4%
5 93.5% 92.9% 94% 90.3% 89.8% 90.9%
4 93.7% 93.1% 94.2% 91% 90.6% 91.5%
3 93.9% 93.4% 94.4% 91.8% 91.4% 92.2%
2 94.3% 93.8% 94.8% 92.7% 92.3% 93.1%
1 94.9% 94.3% 95.4% 93.8% 93.3% 94.2%

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 61.1% in South Sudan are expected to live past 60, 37.3% and 45.1% past 70, 18.7% and 21.3% past 80, and only 4.21% and 3.37% 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
South Sudan
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
Lesotho South Sudan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 37.9% 39.3% 37.6% 45.7% 49.1% 43.1%
99 36.3% 37.9% 35.9% 43.7% 47.1% 41%
98 34.2% 36% 33.7% 40.5% 45.5% 39.1%
97 32.6% 34.6% 32.1% 37.7% 43.8% 37.1%
96 31% 33.1% 30.3% 35.6% 41.9% 35%
95 29.2% 31.5% 28.5% 33.8% 39.8% 32.8%
94 27.4% 30% 26.5% 31.9% 37.5% 30.6%
93 25.7% 28.4% 24.7% 30% 35.2% 28.4%
92 24% 26.7% 23% 28.1% 33% 26.4%
91 22.2% 25.1% 21.2% 26.3% 30.8% 24.6%
90 20.9% 23.6% 19.9% 24.6% 28.6% 22.9%
89 19.3% 22.1% 18.2% 23% 26.4% 21.4%
88 17.9% 20.7% 16.8% 21.4% 24.3% 20%
87 16.6% 19.4% 15.5% 19.9% 22.4% 18.6%
86 15.4% 18.1% 14.3% 18.5% 20.6% 17.4%
85 14.1% 16.9% 13% 17.1% 19% 16.1%
84 13% 15.7% 11.8% 15.9% 17.6% 14.9%
83 11.8% 14.6% 10.7% 14.6% 16.3% 13.7%
82 10.8% 13.5% 9.67% 13.5% 15% 12.6%
81 9.8% 12.5% 8.62% 12.4% 13.8% 11.5%
80 9.06% 11.6% 7.92% 11.3% 12.7% 10.5%
79 8.43% 10.8% 7.37% 10.4% 11.7% 9.54%
78 8.01% 10.1% 7.02% 9.47% 10.7% 8.69%
77 7.54% 9.5% 6.6% 8.67% 9.8% 7.92%
76 7.14% 8.96% 6.28% 7.94% 9% 7.23%
75 6.75% 8.45% 5.95% 7.29% 8.28% 6.61%
74 6.41% 7.97% 5.64% 6.69% 7.61% 6.05%
73 6.1% 7.52% 5.34% 6.14% 6.99% 5.52%
72 5.8% 7.11% 5.07% 5.62% 6.41% 5.03%
71 5.48% 6.68% 4.78% 5.13% 5.87% 4.58%
70 5.23% 6.34% 4.56% 4.68% 5.37% 4.16%
69 4.95% 5.96% 4.32% 4.26% 4.91% 3.77%
68 4.71% 5.66% 4.11% 3.9% 4.5% 3.43%
67 4.49% 5.37% 3.92% 3.57% 4.14% 3.12%
66 4.29% 5.12% 3.74% 3.28% 3.83% 2.84%
65 4.12% 4.9% 3.59% 3.02% 3.54% 2.6%
64 3.84% 4.61% 3.32% 2.78% 3.28% 2.37%
63 3.59% 4.33% 3.08% 2.56% 3.04% 2.17%
62 3.37% 4.08% 2.86% 2.35% 2.81% 1.97%
61 3.15% 3.82% 2.67% 2.16% 2.59% 1.8%
60 2.98% 3.62% 2.49% 1.98% 2.39% 1.64%
59 2.79% 3.35% 2.34% 1.82% 2.21% 1.5%
58 2.63% 3.16% 2.2% 1.69% 2.06% 1.39%
57 2.49% 2.99% 2.08% 1.58% 1.93% 1.29%
56 2.37% 2.84% 1.96% 1.49% 1.82% 1.21%
55 2.27% 2.72% 1.86% 1.42% 1.73% 1.15%
54 2.16% 2.59% 1.77% 1.35% 1.65% 1.09%
53 2.07% 2.48% 1.69% 1.28% 1.57% 1.03%
52 1.98% 2.37% 1.61% 1.21% 1.49% 0.97%
51 1.89% 2.26% 1.54% 1.14% 1.41% 0.91%
50 1.81% 2.18% 1.47% 1.07% 1.32% 0.85%
49 1.71% 2.05% 1.39% 1% 1.24% 0.79%
48 1.62% 1.95% 1.32% 0.95% 1.17% 0.75%
47 1.54% 1.85% 1.25% 0.9% 1.11% 0.71%
46 1.46% 1.76% 1.19% 0.86% 1.06% 0.69%
45 1.4% 1.68% 1.14% 0.84% 1.02% 0.67%
44 1.33% 1.59% 1.08% 0.81% 0.99% 0.66%
43 1.27% 1.52% 1.04% 0.79% 0.96% 0.64%
42 1.21% 1.45% 0.99% 0.77% 0.92% 0.63%
41 1.16% 1.38% 0.96% 0.74% 0.89% 0.61%
40 1.11% 1.32% 0.92% 0.71% 0.85% 0.58%
39 1.06% 1.25% 0.88% 0.68% 0.82% 0.56%
38 1.01% 1.18% 0.84% 0.65% 0.79% 0.53%
37 0.96% 1.12% 0.8% 0.63% 0.76% 0.51%
36 0.9% 1.05% 0.76% 0.61% 0.74% 0.49%
35 0.85% 0.99% 0.73% 0.6% 0.73% 0.48%
34 0.8% 0.92% 0.68% 0.59% 0.71% 0.47%
33 0.75% 0.86% 0.64% 0.58% 0.7% 0.46%
32 0.7% 0.8% 0.61% 0.57% 0.69% 0.45%
31 0.66% 0.75% 0.57% 0.56% 0.68% 0.44%
30 0.62% 0.71% 0.54% 0.55% 0.67% 0.43%
29 0.58% 0.66% 0.51% 0.54% 0.66% 0.42%
28 0.55% 0.61% 0.48% 0.53% 0.65% 0.41%
27 0.51% 0.57% 0.45% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
26 0.48% 0.53% 0.42% 0.52% 0.65% 0.38%
25 0.44% 0.5% 0.39% 0.51% 0.65% 0.37%
24 0.41% 0.46% 0.36% 0.51% 0.65% 0.36%
23 0.38% 0.43% 0.33% 0.5% 0.65% 0.35%
22 0.35% 0.39% 0.3% 0.49% 0.63% 0.34%
21 0.32% 0.36% 0.28% 0.47% 0.61% 0.33%
20 0.29% 0.33% 0.26% 0.44% 0.57% 0.32%
19 0.26% 0.29% 0.23% 0.41% 0.52% 0.3%
18 0.24% 0.26% 0.21% 0.38% 0.47% 0.29%
17 0.2% 0.22% 0.18% 0.35% 0.42% 0.27%
16 0.17% 0.19% 0.16% 0.32% 0.37% 0.26%
15 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.29% 0.34% 0.24%
14 0.13% 0.13% 0.12% 0.27% 0.31% 0.22%
13 0.11% 0.12% 0.1% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
12 0.1% 0.11% 0.09% 0.26% 0.3% 0.22%
11 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.27% 0.32% 0.22%
10 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.3% 0.35% 0.24%
9 0.1% 0.1% 0.09% 0.34% 0.4% 0.27%
8 0.1% 0.11% 0.1% 0.39% 0.47% 0.31%
7 0.11% 0.12% 0.11% 0.45% 0.54% 0.36%
6 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.53% 0.63% 0.43%
5 0.15% 0.16% 0.14% 0.62% 0.71% 0.53%
4 0.2% 0.21% 0.19% 0.73% 0.8% 0.65%
3 0.27% 0.28% 0.26% 0.85% 0.9% 0.8%
2 0.39% 0.4% 0.39% 0.99% 0.99% 0.98%
1 0.61% 0.6% 0.62% 1.16% 1.1% 1.22%
0 5.13% 5.66% 4.6% 6.22% 6.67% 5.75%

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

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/lesotho/south-sudan | CC BY

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

The annual chance of dying is 5.13% in the birth year in Lesotho and 6.22% in South Sudan, 0.62% vs 0.55% at age 30, 2.98% vs 1.98% at 60, and 9.06% vs 11.3% at 80.

Death rate by age in Lesotho vs South Sudan

Lesotho
Male

Female
South Sudan
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
Lesotho South Sudan
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 13.1 0 29 0 0 0
99 83.5 32.4 131.4 44.4 13.7 68.6
98 119.6 48.1 186.1 69.1 24.4 107.5
97 169.3 70.7 260.5 103.4 41.7 162.1
96 232.6 101.2 353 151.7 68.7 235
95 310 140.7 465 217.2 108.2 328
94 401 191.2 589 301 163.5 440
93 505 252.5 729 404 237 571
92 621 325 881 527 331 722
91 741 406 1,030 670 447 890
90 881 501 1,207 831 582 1,077
89 1,008 601 1,354 1,007 729 1,279
88 1,139 711 1,503 1,193 887 1,492
87 1,264 826 1,637 1,386 1,052 1,712
86 1,383 942 1,758 1,579 1,221 1,929
85 1,476 1,055 1,834 1,767 1,392 2,135
84 1,561 1,165 1,898 1,944 1,562 2,321
83 1,618 1,266 1,919 2,103 1,725 2,478
82 1,660 1,359 1,923 2,237 1,874 2,600
81 1,665 1,434 1,876 2,342 2,003 2,685
80 1,691 1,507 1,873 2,417 2,108 2,734
79 1,720 1,570 1,882 2,465 2,188 2,750
78 1,776 1,644 1,926 2,490 2,246 2,742
77 1,808 1,701 1,939 2,497 2,284 2,714
76 1,844 1,761 1,970 2,485 2,305 2,672
75 1,869 1,815 1,985 2,459 2,311 2,615
74 1,898 1,860 1,993 2,419 2,300 2,546
73 1,921 1,898 1,993 2,364 2,272 2,461
72 1,940 1,931 1,994 2,292 2,226 2,363
71 1,939 1,944 1,974 2,207 2,164 2,252
70 1,955 1,972 1,973 2,111 2,091 2,133
69 1,945 1,970 1,953 2,011 2,013 2,011
68 1,944 1,982 1,939 1,911 1,933 1,891
67 1,940 1,990 1,923 1,815 1,855 1,777
66 1,937 1,999 1,908 1,724 1,782 1,668
65 1,937 2,011 1,896 1,636 1,710 1,565
64 1,880 1,982 1,814 1,551 1,639 1,464
63 1,824 1,948 1,737 1,465 1,565 1,366
62 1,770 1,913 1,663 1,378 1,488 1,270
61 1,710 1,860 1,592 1,292 1,409 1,178
60 1,665 1,828 1,526 1,210 1,332 1,092
59 1,601 1,755 1,465 1,136 1,260 1,015
58 1,554 1,708 1,409 1,072 1,197 950
57 1,511 1,666 1,358 1,018 1,145 896
56 1,472 1,630 1,312 976 1,102 853
55 1,440 1,606 1,268 939 1,066 816
54 1,402 1,568 1,227 906 1,033 782
53 1,369 1,537 1,189 872 999 748
52 1,337 1,509 1,155 835 961 711
51 1,298 1,472 1,117 795 919 672
50 1,267 1,446 1,082 753 875 633
49 1,219 1,393 1,042 713 832 596
48 1,177 1,352 1,002 679 794 566
47 1,135 1,308 963 651 762 543
46 1,095 1,266 927 631 737 528
45 1,059 1,227 895 616 717 519
44 1,019 1,182 862 604 700 512
43 986 1,143 834 593 685 506
42 954 1,106 807 580 667 496
41 925 1,068 786 564 648 483
40 897 1,038 759 545 628 467
39 862 992 734 526 608 449
38 829 952 707 508 590 431
37 795 911 680 493 575 415
36 757 863 652 481 563 402
35 722 820 625 473 555 392
34 681 773 589 466 549 384
33 642 725 560 461 544 377
32 609 684 534 456 538 372
31 573 643 504 451 533 366
30 547 611 483 446 527 359
29 515 571 459 440 523 352
28 484 538 430 436 522 344
27 456 505 407 432 523 335
26 425 471 379 429 527 325
25 397 443 352 427 532 316
24 369 412 326 424 536 307
23 343 384 301 420 535 298.4
22 316 355 277.6 412 527 290.7
21 289.2 324 253.4 398 508 283.3
20 266.6 295.8 236.8 379 478 275.1
19 240.8 266.9 214.2 354 439 265.4
18 216.7 240.1 192.8 327 397 253.5
17 187.1 204.5 169.4 299.3 357 239.3
16 159.6 170.9 148.2 273.6 321 224.4
15 138 145.7 130.2 251.3 290.8 210.1
14 117.3 123.5 111 235.1 270 198.7
13 103 108.2 97.6 226.8 260.1 192
12 94.1 99.9 88.1 227.9 262.8 191.3
11 89.7 95.4 83.8 239.4 279 198.2
10 88.4 92.4 84.3 262 309 213.5
9 90.8 94.8 86.7 296.8 353 238.8
8 97.1 102.4 91.7 344 411 275.7
7 107.1 113.2 100.9 404 480 326
6 119.4 125.3 113.4 477 558 393
5 140.1 145.4 134.7 561 641 479
4 185.5 193.5 177.3 660 727 591
3 254.7 262 247.1 776 818 733
2 371 376 366 915 916 915
1 578 563 594 1,086 1,027 1,147
0 5,128 5,657 4,597 6,215 6,667 5,754

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

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/lesotho/south-sudan | 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 South Sudan. The median age of death is 63.4 in Lesotho and 67.5 in South Sudan, 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 Sudan more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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

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