Lesotho - Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)

Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) in Lesotho was 61.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 61.94 in 2020, while its lowest value was 53.16 in 1987.

Definition: Female population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 54.18
1961 54.03
1962 54.00
1963 54.05
1964 54.11
1965 54.17
1966 54.13
1967 54.10
1968 54.08
1969 54.09
1970 54.11
1971 54.03
1972 53.97
1973 53.94
1974 53.92
1975 53.90
1976 53.75
1977 53.64
1978 53.57
1979 53.52
1980 53.49
1981 53.36
1982 53.28
1983 53.23
1984 53.24
1985 53.31
1986 53.19
1987 53.16
1988 53.19
1989 53.28
1990 53.43
1991 53.34
1992 53.29
1993 53.28
1994 53.34
1995 53.45
1996 53.99
1997 54.57
1998 55.19
1999 55.83
2000 56.52
2001 56.93
2002 57.33
2003 57.74
2004 58.17
2005 58.60
2006 58.86
2007 59.18
2008 59.53
2009 59.84
2010 60.10
2011 60.25
2012 60.40
2013 60.57
2014 60.79
2015 61.07
2016 61.20
2017 61.38
2018 61.59
2019 61.77
2020 61.94

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population