Population, ages 11-17, total in Lesotho
Lesotho: Population, ages 11-17, total was 365,213 in 2015. ▲ Rising
Population, ages 11-17, total in Lesotho, 1990–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived).
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 365,213 for population, ages 11-17, total in 2015.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population, ages 11-17, total in Lesotho peaked at 366,050 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 282,287, in 1990.
That places Lesotho 128th out of 191 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 313,542 | 282,287 | 342,394 | 10 |
| 2000s | 355,116 | 346,595 | 363,077 | 10 |
| 2010s | 365,464 | 364,447 | 366,050 | 6 |
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More education data for Lesotho
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 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 population, ages 11-17, total in Lesotho?
- Population, ages 11-17, total in Lesotho was 365,213 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived).
- What is the highest population, ages 11-17, total recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 366,050 in 2013.
- What is the lowest population, ages 11-17, total recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 282,287 in 1990.
- How does Lesotho rank for population, ages 11-17, total?
- Lesotho ranks 128th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
- Is population, ages 11-17, total rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived), published as part of Population, ages 11-17, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population, ages 11-17, total is the total population age 11-17.