Demographics (v2.1)
Dependency ratio
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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| Total | 76.0 | 75.2 | 74.5 | 73.8 | 73.1 | 72.4 | 71.7 | 70.9 | 70.2 | 69.5 | 69.6 | 69.7 | 69.7 | 69.8 | 68.5 | 67.3 | 66.0 | 64.7 | 64.5 | 64.3 | 64.1 | 63.8 | 63.6 | |||||||||
| Berea | 87.2 | 84.5 | 81.8 | 79.1 | 76.4 | 73.7 | 71.0 | 68.3 | 65.6 | 62.9 | 63.1 | 63.2 | 63.4 | 63.5 | 64.1 | 64.7 | 65.3 | 65.9 | 64.5 | 63.1 | 61.8 | 60.4 | 59.0 | |||||||||
| Butha-Buthe | 62.1 | 63.1 | 64.2 | 65.2 | 66.2 | 67.3 | 68.3 | 69.3 | 70.4 | 71.4 | 73.3 | 75.3 | 77.2 | 79.1 | 75.4 | 71.7 | 67.9 | 64.2 | 63.0 | 61.8 | 60.6 | 59.4 | 58.2 | |||||||||
| Leribe | 81.4 | 80.1 | 78.8 | 77.5 | 76.2 | 74.9 | 73.7 | 72.4 | 71.1 | 69.8 | 69.2 | 68.5 | 67.9 | 67.2 | 66.7 | 66.2 | 65.6 | 65.1 | 63.8 | 62.5 | 61.2 | 59.8 | 58.5 | |||||||||
| Mafeteng | 71.8 | 71.3 | 70.9 | 70.4 | 70.0 | 69.5 | 69.1 | 68.6 | 68.2 | 67.7 | 67.6 | 67.4 | 67.3 | 67.1 | 67.0 | 66.9 | 66.7 | 66.6 | 69.1 | 71.6 | 74.2 | 76.7 | 79.2 | |||||||||
| Maseru | 64.8 | 64.1 | 63.5 | 62.8 | 62.2 | 61.5 | 60.9 | 60.2 | 59.6 | 58.9 | 58.9 | 58.9 | 58.9 | 58.9 | 57.5 | 56.1 | 54.7 | 53.3 | 54.0 | 54.7 | 55.4 | 56.1 | 56.8 | |||||||||
| Mohale s Hoek | 74.3 | 74.1 | 73.9 | 73.7 | 73.5 | 73.3 | 73.2 | 73.0 | 72.8 | 72.6 | 72.9 | 73.1 | 73.4 | 73.6 | 73.9 | 74.3 | 74.6 | 74.9 | 75.8 | 76.7 | 77.6 | 78.5 | 79.4 | |||||||||
| Mokhotlong | 84.8 | 85.0 | 85.2 | 85.4 | 85.6 | 85.8 | 86.1 | 86.3 | 86.5 | 86.7 | 86.8 | 86.9 | 86.9 | 87.0 | 84.5 | 82.1 | 79.6 | 77.1 | 75.7 | 74.3 | 72.9 | 71.4 | 70.0 | |||||||||
| Qasha s Nek | 88.5 | 87.3 | 86.2 | 85.0 | 83.8 | 82.7 | 81.5 | 80.3 | 79.2 | 78.0 | 79.0 | 80.0 | 80.9 | 81.9 | 79.8 | 77.6 | 75.5 | 73.3 | 73.7 | 74.1 | 74.5 | 74.8 | 75.2 | |||||||||
| Quthing | 80.3 | 80.4 | 80.6 | 80.8 | 81.0 | 81.2 | 81.4 | 81.5 | 81.7 | 81.9 | 80.6 | 79.3 | 78.0 | 76.7 | 75.6 | 74.5 | 73.3 | 72.2 | 73.5 | 74.7 | 76.0 | 77.3 | 78.5 | |||||||||
| Thaba-Tseka | 98.0 | 96.9 | 95.8 | 94.7 | 93.6 | 92.5 | 91.5 | 90.4 | 89.3 | 88.2 | 88.9 | 89.5 | 90.2 | 90.8 | 88.2 | 85.5 | 82.9 | 80.2 | 79.8 | 79.4 | 79.0 | 78.5 | 78.1 | |||||||||
Lighter numbers are estimates