• Population*.......................................................................1,930,493 (July 2012 est.)
• Population growth rate ..........................................................0.332% (2012 est.)
• Birth rate....................................................26.65 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
• Death rate.................................................15.18 deaths/1,000 population (2012 est.)
• Net migration rate................................-8.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
• Ethnic groups..................................Sotho 99.7%, Europeans, Asians, and other 0.3%

*Note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected. (2012 estimates.)