Some aspects of modern society are planned according to the values of expected future mortality rates. Due to the relevance of this issue, several approaches for treating this problem have been proposed. Among them, one of the most infuential is the Lee-Carter model. The aim of this thesis is to forecast mortality rates of related populations. In order to do this, some models based on Lee-Carter approach are considered; the models are applied to central death rates and to mortality improvement rates. Firstly, the models are discussed in a qualitative way. Secondly, the models are evaluated on a real dataset and their ability in fitting the data and forecasting are compared. The results highlight strengths and weaknesses of the different a...