Lesotho - Population, male (% of total population)

Population, male (% of total population) in Lesotho was 49.34 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 49.34 in 2020, while its lowest value was 44.29 in 1963.

Definition: Male population is the percentage of the population that is male. 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 44.34
1961 44.32
1962 44.30
1963 44.29
1964 44.29
1965 44.31
1966 44.33
1967 44.37
1968 44.41
1969 44.44
1970 44.45
1971 44.43
1972 44.40
1973 44.37
1974 44.37
1975 44.43
1976 44.54
1977 44.70
1978 44.88
1979 45.03
1980 45.14
1981 45.22
1982 45.27
1983 45.30
1984 45.30
1985 45.30
1986 45.26
1987 45.19
1988 45.18
1989 45.31
1990 45.64
1991 46.18
1992 46.88
1993 47.62
1994 48.22
1995 48.60
1996 48.71
1997 48.61
1998 48.40
1999 48.18
2000 48.05
2001 48.01
2002 48.04
2003 48.13
2004 48.22
2005 48.30
2006 48.36
2007 48.41
2008 48.46
2009 48.52
2010 48.60
2011 48.71
2012 48.82
2013 48.95
2014 49.06
2015 49.15
2016 49.21
2017 49.25
2018 49.28
2019 49.31
2020 49.34

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population structure by age and sex in the World Bank's estimates is based on the population structure by age and sex in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population