Lesotho Population Pyramid 1960

Lesotho
1960
Population: 736,500

Year

-5 -1   1960  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Embed this population pyramid ×

Copy the code below and paste it into your website or LMS.

Lesotho in 1960

As of 1960, Lesotho counted 736,500 inhabitants. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 27.1%, up from 579,551 in 1950. The median age was 17.5 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 89.6 children under 15 and 8.9 people aged 65 or over. The pyramid is expansive: its wide base of young cohorts reflects high fertility and a rapidly growing population.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


Check our other visualizations