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Vital Statistics
Areal extent: 30,350 sq.km.~
Population 1950/1997 (millions): 0.734/2.184 **
Population density: 72 per sq. km.
Capital: Maseru
Largest city/population (1990): Maseru/109,000~
Urban population, % of total (1980/1997): 13/26*
Population growth (1985-1990/1995-2000): 2.6/2.5**
Life expectancy (1975-80/1995-2000): 51.8/58.6**
Fertility rate (1975-80/1995-2000): 5.7/4.9**
Adult literacy rate (1997): 82.3¬
Gross National Product (1997): $1.4 billions*
GNP per capita (1997): $670*
GNP per capita annual growth rate (1975-1995): 1.3%¬
Human Development Index rank/value (1999): 127/0.582¬
* = World Bank 1999
** World Resources Institute 1998
~ = Instituto del Tercer Mundo 1997
¬ = Human Development Report 1999
n.a. = Information not available at present
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