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People
1,919,552
country comparison to the world: 
146
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 34.8% (male 373,159/female 368,271)
15-64 years: 60.2% (male 629,346/female 654,054)
65 years and over: 5% (male 42,074/female 63,915) (2010 est.)
total: 22.6 years
male: 22.6 years
female: 22.7 years (2010 est.)
0.277% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 172
27.17 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 50
15.71 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 8
-8.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 211
urban population: 25% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 3.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 56.42 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 40
male: 60.78 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 51.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 50.67 years
country comparison to the world: 212
male: 50.58 years
female: 50.76 years (2010 est.)
3 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 68
23.2% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 3
270,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 26
18,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 24
noun: Mosotho (singular), Basotho (plural)
adjective: Basotho
Sotho 99.7%, Europeans, Asians, and other 0.3%,
Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%
Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.8%
male: 74.5%
female: 94.5% (2003 est.)
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2006)
12.4% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 3
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