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Lesotho People 1996

Population:

1,992,960 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

41% (female 407,213; male 416,709)

15-64 years:

54% (female 558,106; male 520,961)

65 years and over:

5% (female 51,809; male 38,162) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.44% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

33.39 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

8.96 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

67.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

62.56 years

male:

60.74 years

female:

64.43 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

4.41 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Mosotho (singular), Basotho (plural)

adjective:

Basotho

Ethnic divisions:

Sotho 99.7%, Europeans 1,600, Asians 800

Religions:

Christian 80%, rest indigenous beliefs

Languages:

Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1966)

total population:

59%

male:

44%

female:

68%

Labor force:

689,000 economically active

by occupation:

86.2% of resident population engaged in subsistence agriculture; roughly 60% of the active male wage earners work in South Africa

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