Population, ages 5-9, female in Lesotho
Lesotho: Population, ages 5-9, female was 130,017 in 2015. ▲ Rising
Population, ages 5-9, female in Lesotho, 1990–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived).
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 130,017 for population, ages 5-9, female in 2015.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population, ages 5-9, female in Lesotho peaked at 134,167 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 120,359, in 1990.
That places Lesotho 127th 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 | 125,874 | 120,359 | 128,404 | 10 |
| 2000s | 132,336 | 128,898 | 134,167 | 10 |
| 2010s | 130,918 | 130,017 | 132,002 | 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 5-9, female in Lesotho?
- Population, ages 5-9, female in Lesotho was 130,017 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived).
- What is the highest population, ages 5-9, female recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 134,167 in 2006.
- What is the lowest population, ages 5-9, female recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 120,359 in 1990.
- How does Lesotho rank for population, ages 5-9, female?
- Lesotho ranks 127th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
- Is population, ages 5-9, female rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. 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 5-9, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Population, ages 5-9, female is the total number of females age 5-9.