Demographics

= = = Lesotho Demographics =

**Population: 2,125,262 **
 Area: 18,861.72 square miles (making Lesotho slightly smaller than Maryland) Population Density: 112 people per square mile Birth rate: 24.41/1,000 population Death rate: 22.33/1,000 population  Life Expectancy:
 * __Population Facts:__**
 * Males: 41
 * Females: 39.3

Lesotho, while not a heavily populated country, does have some population issues to deal with. There are more babies being born than their population can truly support and the population isn't living past 40 years of age on average.

In 2000 Lesotho had a very fast growing population. There were nearly 300,000 children between the ages of birth and four as opposed to only about 180,000 people over the age of 60. Over 26% of Lesotho's population was under the age of 10.



It is projected by the year 2025 that Lesotho's population growth will have slowed and actually started to shrink. The population under the age of 20 begins to get small each year.

By 2050 Lesotho's population is still continuing to shrink. Each year fewer and fewer babies are born and the population seems to be living longer as well.

= = = = =Lesotho Religion Pie Chart= Lesotho is predominately a Christian country with over 75% of its population practicing some form of Christianity. One-fifth of population still practices indigenous or tribal religions.

Lesotho is a very homogeneous nation with almost 100% of its population from the Sotho ethnic group.

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