Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total in Lesotho
Lesotho: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total was 1,111 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total in Lesotho, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Lesotho is 1,111, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Lesotho peaked at 1,111 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 486, in 1960.
Lesotho ranks 124th of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 507 | 486 | 528 | 2 |
| 1970s | 607 | 576 | 638 | 2 |
| 1980s | 762 | 714 | 810 | 2 |
| 1990s | 913.5 | 876 | 951 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1,080 | 1,057 | 1,102 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1,111 | 1,111 | 1,111 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More education data for Lesotho
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 80.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 10,388 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.66 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 78.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Lesotho?
- Barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Lesotho was 1,111 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 1,111 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 486 in 1960.
- How does Lesotho rank for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total?
- Lesotho ranks 124th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population in thousands, age 15+, total is the total population over age 15 in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.