People of Lesotho
| Population: | 2125262 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.) |
| Age structure: | 0-14 years: 35.7% (male 382,308/female 377,303) 15-64 years: 59.3% (male 613,979/female 645,818) 65 years and over: 5% (male 42,621/female 63,233) (2007 est.) |
| Median age: | total: 21.1 years male: 20.4 years female: 21.7 years (2007 est.) |
| Population growth rate: | 0.144% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 24.72 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: | 22.49 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: | -0.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Sex ratio: | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.013 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.951 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.674 male(s)/female total population: 0.956 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: | total: 79.85 deaths/1,000 live births male: 84.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 75.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | total population: 39.97 years male: 40.73 years female: 39.18 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: | 3.21 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | 28.9% (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 320,000 (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: | 29,000 (2003 est.) |
| Nationality: | noun: Mosotho (singular), Basotho (plural) adjective: Basotho |
| Ethnic groups: | Sotho 99.7%, Europeans, Asians, and other 0.3%, |
| Religions: | Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20% |
| Languages: | Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa |
| Literacy: | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 84.8% male: 74.5% female: 94.5% (2003 est.) |