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Demographics of Lesotho

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2308: 2388: 42: 2813:), a Bantu-speaking people: an estimate of 99.7 percent of the people identify as Basotho. The Kwena (Bakoena) are the largest subgroup of the Sotho; other Basotho subgroups include the Natal (North) Nguni, Batloung (the Tlou), Baphuthi (the Phuti), Bafokeng, Bataung (the Tau), Bats'oeneng (the tso'ene) and the Cape (South) Nguni (Thembu). Other ethnic groups in Lesotho include South Asians (Indian, Pakistani), numbering more than 4,000 and a few hundread Europeans. 264: 3462: 2293: 2280: 2267: 2254: 2241: 2228: 2215: 2202: 2189: 2176: 2163: 2150: 3330: 3167: 2893:
According to recent estimates, 85 percent of the population 15 and over was literate. Among women the literacy rate was around 95 percent, and among men around 75 percent. As such, Lesotho boasts one of the higher literacy rates in Africa. Although education is not compulsory, the Government of
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According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects the total population was 2,281,454 in 2021, compared to only 734 000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 37.4%, 58.3% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 4.3% was 65 years or older .
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describe the condition and overview of Lesotho's people, residents of which are called Basotho in the plural and Mosotho in the singular. Demographic topics include basic education, health, and population statistics as well as identified racial and religious affiliations.
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than in the western lowlands. Although the majority of the population—56.1 percent—is between 15 and 64 years of age, Lesotho has a substantial youth population numbering around 37.8 percent. The annual population growth rate is estimated at 0.13%
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CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)
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located in the heart of Maseru, Moshoeshoe 2 are the only universities in the country. In addition, the country has almost 20 other public and 15 private institutes giving tertiary education.
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According to the 2016 census, Lesotho has a total population of 2,007,201. Of the population, 34.17 percent lived in urban and 65.83 percent in rural areas. The country's capital,
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Protestant 47.8% (Pentecostal 23.1%, Lesotho Evangelical 17.3%, Anglican 7.4%), Roman Catholic 39.3%, other Christian 9.1%, non-Christian 1.4%, none 2.3% (2014 est.)
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Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision
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Lesotho is incrementally implementing a programme for free primary education. It was expected that the program would be fully in place by 2006. The
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Registration of vital events is in Lesotho not complete. The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.
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colonial rule, the ethnic makeup of the country is very homogenous. Lesotho's ethno-linguistic structure consists almost entirely of the
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The average population density in the country is around 66,1 people per square kilometer. The density is lower in the
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Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2021) (Data are projections based on the 2016 Population Census.):
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Due to Lesotho's long history as a unified nation, that continued even through
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food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
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11.05 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 22nd
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23.15 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 50th
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Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):
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24.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 52nd
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2.59 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 72nd
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2.92 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 51st
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2.88 children born/woman (2023 est.) Country comparison to the world: 55th
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Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2022.
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total population: 59.57 years. Country comparison to the world: 220th
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rate of urbanization: 2.83% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
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rate of urbanization: 2.77% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
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The population of Lesotho is estimated to be around 90 percent
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The Boston College Center for International Higher Education
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
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total: 24.4 years. Country comparison to the world: 164th
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total: 24.7 years. Country comparison to the world: 164th
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7.4% of GDP (2020) Country comparison to the world: 16th
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0.24% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 178th
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0.76% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 121st
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School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
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and other Christian groups an additional 19 percent.
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Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49
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Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 10.IV.2016):
4087: 4062: 3781: 3668: 3641: 3595: 3505: 3469: 3402: 215: 210: 202: 194: 189: 181: 173: 165: 157: 152: 144: 136: 131: 123: 115: 107: 99: 91: 83: 75: 67: 59: 51: 31: 2633:urban population: 30.2% of total population (2018) 2625:urban population: 29.9% of total population (2022) 2552:note: median age at first birth among women 25-49 1963:Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant 3025:("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). 3118:http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR309/FR309.pdf 2455:5.53% (male 55,804 /female 52,671) (2018 est.) 3759: 3376: 1818: 1803: 1788: 127:-4.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) 8: 3271:Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 2904:Limkokwing University of Creative Technology 2423:5.6% (2020 est.) (male 57,030/female 53,275) 1813: 1798: 1783: 3259: 3257: 3255: 3253: 2865:comprise 26 percent of the population, and 3766: 3752: 3744: 3647: 3601: 3511: 3475: 3383: 3369: 3361: 3084:"UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics" 3070:"UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics" 3046: 3044: 2967: 2965: 2963: 2961: 2959: 1950: 3297:"INHEA: Lesotho higher education profile" 3236:. Commonwealth Secretariat. p. 181. 2609:elderly dependency ratio: 7.4 (2015 est.) 1952:Fertility data as of 2014 (DHS Program): 79:11.05 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) 71:23.15 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) 3290: 3288: 3221:. CIA The World Factbook. 19 April 2022. 2923: 2921: 2919: 2606:youth dependency ratio: 59.5 (2015 est.) 2603:total dependency ratio: 66.9 (2015 est.) 2494:15.1 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) 2386: 2350:6,600 people living in Lesotho are from 2306: 2123: 1808: 1793: 1778: 1760: 1363: 992: 539: 293: 2915: 2543: 2343:The following demographic are from the 2339:Net gain of one person every 31 minutes 2657:total population: 53 years (2018 est.) 2437:19.34% (male 181,332 /female 1955,236) 1743: 28: 2443:38.27% (male 366,652 /female 384,333) 2431:31.84% (male 314,155 /female 310,772) 2391:Population pyramid of Lesotho in 2020 46:Population pyramid of Lesotho in 2020 7: 2974:"CIA - The World Factbook - Lesotho" 2411:38.86% (male 373,323/female 391,901) 2405:19.26% (male 181,874/female 197,452) 111:2.92 children born/woman (2022 est.) 2686:total population: 79.4% (2015 est.) 2588:degree of risk: intermediate (2020) 2399:31.3% (male 309,991/female 306,321) 2117:Life expectancy from 1950 to 2015 ( 2449:5.02% (male 52,490 /female 46,016) 267:Historical population of Lesotho ( 25: 3232:Commonwealth Secretariat (2004). 2994:"World Population Prospects 2022" 2417:4.98% (male 52,441/female 45,726) 4074:Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 3844:Democratic Republic of the Congo 3460: 3333: This article incorporates 3328: 3170: This article incorporates 3165: 2544:Mother's mean age at first birth 2336:One net migrant every 63 minutes 2292: 2291: 2279: 2278: 2266: 2265: 2253: 2252: 2240: 2239: 2227: 2226: 2214: 2213: 2201: 2200: 2188: 2187: 2175: 2174: 2162: 2161: 2149: 2148: 40: 2652:female: 61.64 years (2022 est.) 161:0.98 male(s)/female (2022 est.) 3107:Demographic and Health Surveys 2896:National University of Lesotho 2724:Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 2663:female: 53.1 years (2018 est.) 2539:female: 24.3 years (2018 est.) 2528:female: 24.7 years (2020 est.) 119:48.44 deaths/1,000 live births 1: 2823:languages are both official. 2557:Contraceptive prevalence rate 2119:UN World Population Prospects 2936:Lesotho Bureau of Statistics 2347:unless otherwise indicated. 2303:Other demographic statistics 2740:Ethnic groups and languages 1347: 1344: 1341: 1338: 1335: 1330: 1327: 1324: 1321: 1318: 1313: 1310: 1307: 1304: 1301: 1279: 1276: 1273: 1270: 1267: 1262: 1259: 1256: 1253: 1250: 1245: 1242: 1239: 1236: 1233: 1228: 1225: 1222: 1219: 1216: 1211: 1208: 1205: 1202: 1199: 1194: 1191: 1188: 1185: 1182: 1177: 1174: 1171: 1168: 1165: 1160: 1157: 1154: 1151: 1148: 1143: 1140: 1137: 1134: 1131: 1126: 1123: 1120: 1117: 1114: 1109: 1106: 1103: 1100: 1097: 1092: 1089: 1086: 1083: 1080: 1075: 1072: 1069: 1066: 1063: 1058: 1055: 1052: 1049: 1046: 1041: 1038: 1035: 1032: 1029: 1024: 1021: 1018: 1015: 1012: 979: 976: 973: 970: 967: 962: 959: 956: 953: 950: 945: 942: 939: 936: 933: 911: 908: 905: 902: 899: 894: 891: 888: 885: 882: 877: 874: 871: 868: 865: 860: 857: 854: 851: 848: 843: 840: 837: 834: 831: 826: 823: 820: 817: 814: 809: 806: 803: 800: 797: 792: 789: 786: 783: 780: 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edition.) 3219:"Africa :: LESOTHO" 3193:(Archived 2022 edition.) 2749:Ethnic groups in Lesotho 2729:total: 34.4% (2013 est.) 2641:Life expectancy at birth 2113:Life expectancy at birth 1376:Natural change per year 1296: 1293: 1290: 1284: 928: 925: 922: 916: 308:Population aged 65+ (%) 4178:Demographics of Lesotho 3775:Demographics of Africa 3422:Free State–Basotho Wars 3154:World Population Review 2719:female: 11 years (2015) 2708:female: 13 years (2017) 2689:male: 70.1% (2015 est.) 2613:potential support ratio 3335:public domain material 3172:public domain material 2889:Education and literacy 2735:female: NA (2013 est.) 2713:total: 11 years (2015) 2668:Education expenditures 2549:20.9 years (2014 est.) 2460:Population growth rate 2392: 2323: 272: 3989:São Tomé and Príncipe 3849:Republic of the Congo 3452:2014 political crisis 3295:Matora Ntimo-Makara. 3029:, Population Division 3000:, Population Division 2819:(Southern Sotho) and 2716:male: 10 years (2015) 2390: 2367:2,193,970 (2022 est.) 2320:net reproduction rate 2310: 1960:Total fertility rate 1370:Live births per year 266: 116:Infant mortality rate 55:2,193,970 (2022 est.) 3056:May 6, 2011, at the 2732:male: NA (2013 est.) 2500:Total fertility rate 1754:Fertility and Births 84:Life expectancy 4064:States with limited 2849:Religion in Lesotho 1953: 185:0.48 male(s)/female 177:1.01 male(s)/female 169:1.03 male(s)/female 100: • female 4183:Society of Lesotho 3619:Telecommunications 3345:The World Factbook 3182:The World Factbook 2615:: 13.5 (2015 est.) 2570:Net migration rate 2453:65 years and over: 2421:65 years and over: 2393: 2345:CIA World Factbook 2324: 2130:Life expectancy in 1951: 273: 238:population density 124:Net migration rate 4165: 4164: 4091:other territories 3864:Equatorial Guinea 3741: 3740: 3706: 3705: 3637: 3636: 3591: 3590: 3583:Political parties 3576:National Assembly 3529:Foreign relations 3501: 3500: 3447:SADC intervention 3348:(2024 ed.). 3185:(2024 ed.). 2839:are also spoken. 2797: 2796: 2649:male: 57.57 years 2597:Dependency ratios 2300: 2299: 2110: 2109: 1949: 1948: 1751: 1750: 1747: 1352: 1351: 984: 983: 533: 532: 299:Total population 284:Lesotho Highlands 269:Our World in Data 223: 222: 92: • male 63:0.76% (2022 est.) 16:(Redirected from 4190: 4152: 4151:(United Kingdom) 4147:Tristan da Cunha 4143:Ascension Island 4135: 4122: 4113: 4089:Dependencies and 3782:Sovereign states 3768: 3761: 3754: 3745: 3726: 3719: 3648: 3602: 3512: 3476: 3464: 3442:1991 coup d'état 3437:1986 coup d'état 3432:1970 coup d'état 3385: 3378: 3371: 3362: 3353: 3332: 3331: 3316: 3315: 3313: 3312: 3303:. 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1658: 1654: 1653: 1650: 1647: 1644: 1641: 1638: 1635: 1632: 1629: 1625: 1624: 1621: 1618: 1615: 1612: 1609: 1606: 1603: 1600: 1596: 1595: 1592: 1589: 1586: 1583: 1580: 1577: 1574: 1571: 1567: 1566: 1563: 1560: 1557: 1554: 1551: 1548: 1545: 1542: 1538: 1537: 1534: 1531: 1528: 1525: 1522: 1519: 1516: 1513: 1509: 1508: 1505: 1502: 1499: 1496: 1493: 1490: 1487: 1484: 1480: 1479: 1476: 1473: 1470: 1467: 1464: 1461: 1458: 1455: 1451: 1450: 1447: 1444: 1441: 1438: 1435: 1432: 1429: 1426: 1422: 1421: 1418: 1415: 1412: 1409: 1406: 1403: 1400: 1397: 1393: 1392: 1389: 1386: 1383: 1380: 1377: 1374: 1371: 1368: 1358: 1355: 1350: 1349: 1346: 1343: 1340: 1337: 1333: 1332: 1329: 1326: 1323: 1320: 1316: 1315: 1312: 1309: 1306: 1303: 1299: 1298: 1295: 1292: 1289: 1286: 1282: 1281: 1278: 1275: 1272: 1269: 1265: 1264: 1261: 1258: 1255: 1252: 1248: 1247: 1244: 1241: 1238: 1235: 1231: 1230: 1227: 1224: 1221: 1218: 1214: 1213: 1210: 1207: 1204: 1201: 1197: 1196: 1193: 1190: 1187: 1184: 1180: 1179: 1176: 1173: 1170: 1167: 1163: 1162: 1159: 1156: 1153: 1150: 1146: 1145: 1142: 1139: 1136: 1133: 1129: 1128: 1125: 1122: 1119: 1116: 1112: 1111: 1108: 1105: 1102: 1099: 1095: 1094: 1091: 1088: 1085: 1082: 1078: 1077: 1074: 1071: 1068: 1065: 1061: 1060: 1057: 1054: 1051: 1048: 1044: 1043: 1040: 1037: 1034: 1031: 1027: 1026: 1023: 1020: 1017: 1014: 1010: 1009: 1006: 1003: 1000: 997: 991: 988: 987: 982: 981: 978: 975: 972: 969: 965: 964: 961: 958: 955: 952: 948: 947: 944: 941: 938: 935: 931: 930: 927: 924: 921: 918: 914: 913: 910: 907: 904: 901: 897: 896: 893: 890: 887: 884: 880: 879: 876: 873: 870: 867: 863: 862: 859: 856: 853: 850: 846: 845: 842: 839: 836: 833: 829: 828: 825: 822: 819: 816: 812: 811: 808: 805: 802: 799: 795: 794: 791: 788: 785: 782: 778: 777: 774: 771: 768: 765: 761: 760: 757: 754: 751: 748: 744: 743: 740: 737: 734: 731: 727: 726: 723: 720: 717: 714: 710: 709: 706: 703: 700: 697: 693: 692: 689: 686: 683: 680: 676: 675: 672: 669: 666: 663: 659: 658: 655: 652: 649: 646: 642: 641: 638: 635: 632: 629: 625: 624: 621: 618: 615: 612: 608: 607: 604: 601: 598: 595: 591: 590: 587: 584: 581: 578: 574: 573: 570: 567: 564: 561: 557: 556: 553: 550: 547: 544: 538: 535: 534: 531: 530: 527: 524: 521: 518: 514: 513: 510: 507: 504: 501: 497: 496: 493: 490: 487: 484: 480: 479: 476: 473: 470: 467: 463: 462: 459: 456: 453: 450: 446: 445: 442: 439: 436: 433: 429: 428: 425: 422: 419: 416: 412: 411: 408: 405: 402: 399: 395: 394: 391: 388: 385: 382: 378: 377: 374: 371: 368: 365: 361: 360: 357: 354: 351: 348: 344: 343: 340: 337: 334: 331: 327: 326: 323: 320: 317: 314: 310: 309: 306: 303: 300: 297: 260: 257: 221: 220: 217: 213: 212: 208: 207: 204: 200: 199: 196: 192: 191: 187: 186: 183: 179: 178: 175: 171: 170: 167: 163: 162: 159: 155: 154: 150: 149: 146: 142: 141: 138: 134: 133: 129: 128: 125: 121: 120: 117: 113: 112: 109: 108:Fertility rate 105: 104: 101: 97: 96: 93: 89: 88: 85: 81: 80: 77: 73: 72: 69: 65: 64: 61: 57: 56: 53: 49: 48: 45: 37: 36: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 4195: 4184: 4181: 4179: 4176: 4175: 4173: 4157: 4154: 4148: 4144: 4140: 4137: 4131: 4127: 4124: 4118: 4115: 4109: 4105: 4101: 4098: 4097: 4094: 4086: 4080: 4077: 4075: 4072: 4071: 4069: 4061: 4055: 4052: 4050: 4047: 4045: 4042: 4040: 4037: 4035: 4032: 4030: 4027: 4025: 4022: 4020: 4017: 4015: 4012: 4010: 4007: 4005: 4002: 4000: 3997: 3995: 3992: 3990: 3987: 3985: 3982: 3980: 3977: 3975: 3972: 3970: 3967: 3965: 3962: 3960: 3957: 3955: 3952: 3950: 3947: 3945: 3942: 3940: 3937: 3935: 3932: 3930: 3927: 3925: 3922: 3920: 3917: 3915: 3912: 3910: 3907: 3905: 3904:Guinea-Bissau 3902: 3900: 3897: 3895: 3892: 3890: 3887: 3885: 3882: 3880: 3877: 3875: 3872: 3870: 3867: 3865: 3862: 3860: 3857: 3855: 3852: 3850: 3847: 3845: 3842: 3840: 3837: 3835: 3832: 3830: 3827: 3825: 3822: 3820: 3817: 3815: 3812: 3810: 3807: 3805: 3802: 3800: 3797: 3795: 3792: 3790: 3787: 3786: 3784: 3780: 3776: 3769: 3764: 3762: 3757: 3755: 3750: 3749: 3746: 3734: 3731: 3730: 3725: 3721: 3718: 3714: 3713: 3709: 3699: 3696: 3694: 3691: 3689: 3686: 3684: 3681: 3679: 3676: 3675: 3673: 3671: 3667: 3661: 3658: 3656: 3653: 3652: 3649: 3646: 3644: 3640: 3630: 3627: 3625: 3622: 3620: 3617: 3615: 3612: 3610: 3607: 3606: 3603: 3600: 3598: 3594: 3584: 3581: 3577: 3574: 3572: 3569: 3568: 3567: 3564: 3562: 3559: 3555: 3552: 3551: 3550: 3547: 3545: 3542: 3539: 3535: 3532: 3530: 3527: 3525: 3522: 3520: 3517: 3516: 3513: 3510: 3508: 3504: 3494: 3491: 3489: 3486: 3484: 3481: 3480: 3477: 3474: 3472: 3468: 3463: 3453: 3450: 3448: 3445: 3443: 3440: 3438: 3435: 3433: 3430: 3428: 3425: 3423: 3420: 3418: 3415: 3413: 3410: 3409: 3407: 3405: 3401: 3397: 3393: 3386: 3381: 3379: 3374: 3372: 3367: 3366: 3363: 3357: 3351: 3347: 3346: 3341: 3336: 3327: 3326: 3325: 3324: 3307:on 2008-05-14 3306: 3302: 3298: 3291: 3289: 3285: 3273: 3272: 3266: 3260: 3258: 3256: 3254: 3250: 3245: 3243:0-11-703227-1 3239: 3235: 3228: 3225: 3220: 3214: 3211: 3206: 3200: 3197: 3194: 3188: 3184: 3183: 3178: 3173: 3162: 3159: 3155: 3151: 3145: 3142: 3131: 3125: 3122: 3119: 3114: 3111: 3108: 3103: 3100: 3089: 3085: 3079: 3076: 3071: 3065: 3062: 3059: 3055: 3052: 3047: 3045: 3041: 3028: 3021: 3015: 3012: 2999: 2995: 2989: 2986: 2975: 2968: 2966: 2964: 2962: 2960: 2956: 2945:on 2018-03-17 2941: 2937: 2930: 2929:"2016 census" 2924: 2922: 2920: 2916: 2909: 2907: 2905: 2901: 2897: 2888: 2886: 2884: 2880: 2876: 2872: 2868: 2864: 2860: 2856: 2850: 2842: 2840: 2838: 2834: 2830: 2826: 2822: 2818: 2814: 2812: 2808: 2804: 2787: 2784: 2780: 2776: 2767: 2765: 2761: 2756: 2754:Ethnic groups 2752: 2747: 2739: 2734: 2731: 2728: 2727: 2723: 2718: 2715: 2712: 2711: 2707: 2704: 2701: 2700: 2696: 2691: 2688: 2685: 2684: 2683: 2677: 2672: 2671: 2667: 2662: 2659: 2656: 2655: 2651: 2648: 2645: 2644: 2640: 2635: 2632: 2631: 2627: 2624: 2623: 2619: 2614: 2611: 2608: 2605: 2602: 2601: 2598: 2595: 2590: 2587: 2586: 2582: 2577: 2574: 2573: 2569: 2564: 2561: 2560: 2556: 2551: 2548: 2547: 2538: 2535: 2532: 2531: 2527: 2524: 2521: 2520: 2516: 2511: 2508: 2505: 2504: 2501: 2498: 2493: 2490: 2489: 2485: 2480: 2477: 2476: 2472: 2467: 2464: 2463: 2459: 2454: 2451: 2448: 2445: 2442: 2439: 2436: 2433: 2430: 2427: 2426: 2422: 2419: 2416: 2413: 2410: 2407: 2404: 2401: 2398: 2395: 2394: 2389: 2383:Age structure 2382: 2380: 2374: 2369: 2366: 2365: 2361: 2359: 2357: 2353: 2348: 2346: 2338: 2335: 2332: 2329: 2328: 2327: 2321: 2317: 2313: 2309: 2302: 2290: 2287: 2286: 2277: 2274: 2273: 2264: 2261: 2260: 2251: 2248: 2247: 2238: 2235: 2234: 2225: 2222: 2221: 2212: 2209: 2208: 2199: 2196: 2195: 2186: 2183: 2182: 2173: 2170: 2169: 2160: 2157: 2156: 2147: 2144: 2143: 2139: 2136: 2135: 2129: 2126: 2125: 2122: 2120: 2112: 2105: 2102: 2099: 2096: 2095: 2091: 2088: 2085: 2082: 2081: 2077: 2074: 2071: 2068: 2067: 2063: 2060: 2057: 2054: 2053: 2049: 2046: 2043: 2041:Mohale's Hoek 2040: 2039: 2035: 2032: 2029: 2026: 2025: 2021: 2018: 2015: 2012: 2011: 2007: 2004: 2001: 1998: 1997: 1993: 1990: 1987: 1984: 1983: 1979: 1976: 1973: 1970: 1969: 1965: 1962: 1959: 1956: 1955: 1945: 1942: 1939: 1937: 1934: 1931: 1929: 1926: 1923: 1919: 1915: 1912: 1909: 1906: 1903: 1900: 1897: 1894: 1891: 1887: 1883: 1880: 1877: 1874: 1871: 1868: 1865: 1862: 1859: 1855: 1851: 1848: 1845: 1842: 1839: 1836: 1833: 1830: 1827: 1823: 1817: 1812: 1807: 1802: 1797: 1792: 1787: 1782: 1777: 1776: 1762: 1759: 1753: 1742: 1738: 1735: 1732: 1729: 1726: 1723: 1720: 1717: 1714: 1713: 1709: 1706: 1703: 1700: 1697: 1694: 1691: 1688: 1685: 1684: 1680: 1677: 1674: 1671: 1668: 1665: 1662: 1659: 1656: 1655: 1651: 1648: 1645: 1642: 1639: 1636: 1633: 1630: 1627: 1626: 1622: 1619: 1616: 1613: 1610: 1607: 1604: 1601: 1598: 1597: 1593: 1590: 1587: 1584: 1581: 1578: 1575: 1572: 1569: 1568: 1564: 1561: 1558: 1555: 1552: 1549: 1546: 1543: 1540: 1539: 1535: 1532: 1529: 1526: 1523: 1520: 1517: 1514: 1511: 1510: 1506: 1503: 1500: 1497: 1494: 1491: 1488: 1485: 1482: 1481: 1477: 1474: 1471: 1468: 1465: 1462: 1459: 1456: 1453: 1452: 1448: 1445: 1442: 1439: 1436: 1433: 1430: 1427: 1424: 1423: 1419: 1416: 1413: 1410: 1407: 1404: 1401: 1398: 1395: 1394: 1365: 1362: 1356: 1334: 1317: 1300: 1283: 1266: 1249: 1232: 1215: 1198: 1181: 1164: 1147: 1130: 1113: 1096: 1079: 1062: 1045: 1028: 1011: 994: 966: 949: 932: 915: 898: 881: 864: 847: 830: 813: 796: 779: 762: 745: 728: 711: 694: 677: 660: 643: 626: 609: 592: 575: 558: 541: 528: 525: 522: 519: 516: 515: 511: 508: 505: 502: 499: 498: 494: 491: 488: 485: 482: 481: 477: 474: 471: 468: 465: 464: 460: 457: 454: 451: 448: 447: 443: 440: 437: 434: 431: 430: 426: 423: 420: 417: 414: 413: 409: 406: 403: 400: 397: 396: 392: 389: 386: 383: 380: 379: 375: 372: 369: 366: 363: 362: 358: 355: 352: 349: 346: 345: 341: 338: 335: 332: 329: 328: 324: 321: 318: 315: 312: 311: 296: 295: 292: 288: 285: 280: 278: 270: 265: 258: 256: 253: 252: 245: 243: 239: 235: 231: 227: 218: 214: 209: 206:Sotho (99.7%) 205: 201: 197: 193: 188: 184: 180: 176: 172: 168: 164: 160: 156: 151: 147: 143: 139: 135: 132:Age structure 130: 126: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 78: 74: 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 43: 38: 35: 30: 27: 19: 4139:Saint Helena 4110:   4014:South Africa 4004:Sierra Leone 3918: 3809:Burkina Faso 3660:Demographics 3659: 3534:Human rights 3343: 3322: 3321: 3309:. 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Retrieved 2940:the original 2935: 2892: 2863:Evangelicals 2852: 2815: 2810: 2800: 2783:South Asians 2681: 2620:Urbanization 2565:60.2% (2014) 2562:64.9% (2018) 2452: 2447:55-64 years: 2446: 2441:25-54 years: 2440: 2435:15-24 years: 2434: 2428: 2420: 2415:55-64 years: 2414: 2409:25-54 years: 2408: 2403:15-24 years: 2402: 2396: 2378: 2349: 2342: 2325: 2118: 2116: 1757: 1360: 289: 281: 274: 248: 246: 224: 203:Major ethnic 26: 4066:recognition 4019:South Sudan 3909:Ivory Coast 3538:LGBT rights 3323:Attribution 2898:located in 2429:0-14 years: 2397:0-14 years: 2097:Thaba-Tseka 2069:Qacha's Nek 1971:Butha-Buthe 226:Demographic 195:Nationality 190:Nationality 182:65 and over 145:65 and over 103:61.64 years 95:57.57 years 87:59.57 years 60:Growth rate 4172:Categories 4121:(Portugal) 4079:Somaliland 3999:Seychelles 3964:Mozambique 3949:Mauritania 3934:Madagascar 3889:The Gambia 3824:Cape Verde 3566:Parliament 3311:2008-04-15 3278:2008-04-15 3135:2017-07-15 3093:2023-05-10 2979:2008-04-15 2949:2018-08-28 2910:References 2809:(singular 2517:Median age 2486:Death rate 2473:Birth rate 2362:Population 2312:Population 2288:2010–2015 2275:2005–2010 2262:2000–2005 2249:1995–2000 2236:1990–1995 2223:1985–1990 2210:1980–1985 2197:1975–1980 2184:1970–1975 2171:1965–1970 2158:1960–1965 2145:1955–1960 2137:1950–1955 2083:Mokhotlong 1328:1 308 648 1285:Age group 1022:2 077 311 1019:1 057 858 1016:1 019 453 996:Age Group 960:1 247 181 917:Age group 569:2 007 201 566:1 025 068 543:Age Group 259:Population 230:population 137:0–14 years 76:Death rate 68:Birth rate 52:Population 3954:Mauritius 3688:Languages 3683:Education 3629:Transport 3609:Companies 3554:Commander 3524:Elections 3488:Districts 3471:Geography 3340:"Lesotho" 3177:"Lesotho" 2879:Buddhists 2855:Christian 2825:Afrikaans 2785:and Other 2779:Europeans 2375:Religions 1957:District 1715:2005–2010 1686:2000–2005 1657:1995–2000 1628:1990–1995 1599:1985–1990 1570:1980–1985 1541:1975–1980 1512:1970–1975 1483:1965–1970 1454:1960–1965 1425:1955–1960 1396:1950–1955 520:2 171 000 503:2 066 000 486:1 964 000 469:1 795 000 452:1 639 000 435:1 487 000 418:1 310 000 401:1 150 000 384:1 033 000 242:ethnicity 153:Sex ratio 4145: / 4141: / 4134:(France) 4128: / 4106: / 4102: / 4054:Zimbabwe 4029:Tanzania 3879:Ethiopia 3874:Eswatini 3854:Djibouti 3819:Cameroon 3804:Botswana 3733:Category 3698:Religion 3655:Abortion 3549:Military 3507:Politics 3493:Wildlife 3417:Lifaqane 3412:Monarchs 3396:articles 3054:Archived 3033:July 17, 3004:July 17, 2902:and the 2867:Anglican 2843:Religion 2678:Literacy 2027:Mafeteng 1921:2023-24 1345:130 884 1325:653 838 1322:654 810 1311:637 779 1308:319 812 1305:317 967 1297:Percent 1175:103 063 1158:150 310 1141:194 333 1135:101 352 1124:201 006 1118:102 411 1107:192 658 1090:196 832 1084:100 311 1073:212 942 1070:106 664 1067:106 278 1056:226 390 1053:114 805 1050:111 585 1039:198 446 1033:100 104 977:122 576 957:627 732 954:619 449 943:637 444 940:318 819 937:318 625 929:Percent 705:130 381 688:168 145 671:188 943 654:199 267 651:100 440 637:209 866 634:103 652 631:106 214 620:215 813 617:107 934 614:107 879 603:221 476 600:111 523 597:109 953 586:200 155 580:100 793 563:982 133 236:include 216:Official 211:Language 174:Under 15 166:At birth 18:Lesothan 4130:Réunion 4126:Mayotte 4117:Madeira 4112:(Spain) 4108:Melilla 4039:Tunisia 4009:Somalia 3994:Senegal 3979:Nigeria 3969:Namibia 3959:Morocco 3924:Liberia 3919:Lesotho 3869:Eritrea 3839:Comoros 3814:Burundi 3789:Algeria 3717:Outline 3678:Cuisine 3670:Culture 3643:Society 3624:Tourism 3597:Economy 3519:Cabinet 3404:History 3392:Lesotho 2871:Muslims 2821:English 2817:Sesotho 2811:Mosotho 2807:Basotho 2803:British 2789:  2769:  2127:Period 2055:Quthing 1367:Period 1342:84 208 1339:46 676 1291:Female 1277:90 696 1274:60 356 1271:30 340 1260:40 187 1257:23 852 1254:16 336 1243:55 454 1240:32 509 1237:22 945 1226:64 986 1223:37 915 1220:27 071 1209:74 155 1206:40 804 1203:33 352 1192:75 852 1189:38 314 1186:37 537 1172:49 648 1169:53 415 1155:69 851 1152:80 459 1138:92 981 1121:98 595 1104:96 699 1101:95 959 1087:96 522 1036:98 343 1002:Female 974:78 517 971:44 059 923:Female 858:18 621 855:13 197 841:24 174 838:15 707 824:30 808 821:18 791 818:12 017 807:37 358 804:22 047 801:15 311 790:49 221 787:28 451 784:20 770 773:59 817 770:34 058 767:25 759 756:70 359 753:38 574 750:31 785 739:74 887 736:38 462 733:36 425 722:96 295 719:47 630 716:48 665 702:62 135 699:68 246 685:81 189 682:86 956 668:93 141 665:95 802 648:98 827 583:99 362 549:Female 367:934 000 350:852 000 333:788 000 316:734 000 251:Lesotho 234:Lesotho 198:Basotho 34:Lesotho 4149:  4132:  4119:  4049:Zambia 4044:Uganda 3984:Rwanda 3939:Malawi 3899:Guinea 3794:Angola 3614:Mining 3571:Senate 3561:Police 3483:Cities 3394:  3354:  3240:  3191:  3023:(XSLX) 2883:Baháʼí 2875:Hindus 2837:French 2356:Europe 2296:52.51 2283:49.04 2270:45.62 2257:52.74 2244:59.70 2231:57.33 2218:55.28 2205:52.24 2192:49.80 2179:48.52 2166:47.80 2153:45.08 2140:42.15 2132:Years 2013:Maseru 1985:Leribe 1773:Rural 1770:Urban 1767:Total 1724:25 000 1721:35 000 1718:60 000 1695:26 000 1692:36 000 1689:62 000 1666:38 000 1663:25 000 1660:63 000 1637:42 000 1634:17 000 1631:60 000 1608:41 000 1605:18 000 1602:59 000 1579:38 000 1576:18 000 1573:56 000 1550:33 000 1547:19 000 1544:52 000 1521:28 000 1518:18 000 1515:47 000 1492:24 000 1489:17 000 1486:42 000 1463:21 000 1460:16 000 1457:38 000 1434:18 000 1431:17 000 1428:35 000 1405:15 000 1402:17 000 1399:32 000 1331:63.00 1319:15–64 1314:30.70 1294:Total 1251:65-69 1234:60–64 1217:55–59 1200:50–54 1183:45–49 1166:40–44 1149:35–39 1132:30–34 1115:25–29 1098:20–24 1081:15–19 1076:10.25 1064:10–14 1059:10.90 1013:Total 1005:Total 963:62.14 951:15–64 946:31.76 926:Total 909:1 752 906:1 447 892:2 789 889:2 127 883:90-94 875:7 074 872:5 201 869:1 873 866:85-89 852:5 424 849:80-84 835:8 467 832:75-79 815:70-74 798:65-69 781:60–64 764:55–59 747:50–54 730:45–49 713:40–44 696:35–39 679:30–34 662:25–29 645:20–24 640:10.46 628:15–19 623:10.75 611:10–14 606:11.03 560:Total 552:Total 277:Maseru 4104:Ceuta 4024:Sudan 3974:Niger 3929:Libya 3914:Kenya 3894:Ghana 3884:Gabon 3859:Egypt 3799:Benin 3724:Index 3693:Music 3337:from 3174:from 2972:CIA. 2943:(PDF) 2932:(PDF) 2833:Xhosa 2773:99.7% 2764:Sotho 1999:Berea 1889:2014 1857:2009 1825:2004 1764:Year 1391:IMR* 1388:TFR* 1382:CDR* 1379:CBR* 1348:6.30 1302:0–14 1288:Male 1280:4.37 1263:1.93 1246:2.67 1229:3.13 1212:3.57 1195:3.65 1178:4.96 1161:7.24 1144:9.36 1127:9.68 1110:9.27 1093:9.48 1042:9.55 999:Male 980:6.11 934:0–14 920:Male 912:0.09 895:0.14 878:0.35 861:0.93 844:1.20 827:1.53 810:1.86 793:2.45 776:2.98 759:3.51 742:3.73 725:4.80 708:6.50 691:8.38 674:9.41 657:9.93 589:9.97 546:Male 517:2010 500:2005 483:2000 466:1995 449:1990 432:1985 415:1980 398:1975 381:1970 364:1965 347:1960 330:1955 313:1950 158:Total 140:31.3% 4034:Togo 3944:Mali 3834:Chad 3238:ISBN 3035:2022 3006:2022 2900:Roma 2835:and 2829:Zulu 2793:0.3% 2352:Asia 2318:and 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492:54.3 489:41.2 478:4.4 475:52.5 472:43.1 461:4.2 458:51.7 455:44.1 444:4.1 441:51.6 438:44.3 427:4.1 424:51.6 421:44.3 410:4.2 407:51.3 404:44.5 393:4.2 390:51.8 387:44.1 376:4.2 373:52.2 370:43.6 359:4.3 356:52.7 353:43.1 342:4.4 339:53.7 336:41.9 325:4.5 322:54.9 319:40.7 247:The 148:5.6% 3350:CIA 3187:CIA 2354:or 2121:): 2103:4.3 2100:4.0 2089:5.2 2086:4.4 2075:5.0 2072:2.9 2061:3.3 2058:3.9 2047:3.8 2044:3.8 2033:6.1 2030:2.8 2019:4.4 2016:2.6 2005:3.5 2002:3.1 1991:3.6 1988:3.5 1977:4.7 1974:3.7 1943:2.8 1935:2.1 1927:2.5 1913:3.9 1904:2.3 1895:3.3 1881:4.0 1872:2.1 1863:3.3 1849:4.1 1840:1.9 1831:3.5 1819:WFR 1814:TFR 1809:CBR 1804:WFR 1799:TFR 1794:CBR 1789:WFR 1784:TFR 1779:CBR 1739:77 1710:86 1681:81 1652:70 1623:84 1594:94 232:of 4174:: 3342:. 3299:. 3287:^ 3267:. 3252:^ 3179:. 3152:, 3086:. 3043:^ 2996:. 2958:^ 2934:. 2918:^ 2881:, 2877:, 2873:, 2857:. 2831:, 2827:, 2781:, 2314:, 1744:* 1008:% 555:% 271:). 240:, 3767:e 3760:t 3753:v 3540:) 3536:( 3384:e 3377:t 3370:v 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Lesothan
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Demographic
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ethnicity
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Population
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