24/10/2025
Men Are Scarce' - This African Country Is Begging Fore!gners To Come Marry Their Women
Pulse 17 hours ago.
Somewhere in Africa, women are op3nly saying they need husbands, and they're d3@d serious.
This African country needs more men
Have you seen the viral video online, where an African woman said, "We have over 1.5 million women and only 600,000 men. We need husbands from outside!"?
The woman speaking was from Lesotho, a tiny, high-altitude country hidden within South Africa, and her appeal has since blown up across Tik Tok, Instagram, and Facebook.
But how true is this shortage of men? And why are Basotho women (as they are called) openly calling for foreign men to marry them?
Before we get into the reasons, here's a bit about the country.
Lesotho is an !ndep3ndent n@tion completely surrounded by South Afr!ca, and unl!ke many southern Afr!can countr!es with tropical or subtropical cl!mates, it sits ent!rely on a high plateau. Its lowest point is 1,400 meters (4,593 feet) above sea level, giving it the highest lowest point of any cou+ntry in the world.
The cou+ntry is n!cknamed "The K!ngdom in the Sky" for that reason. The extreme alt!tude is why it exper!3nces real winter temperatures and snowfall. Parts of Lesotho look more like Sw!tzerland than Southern Afr!ca; there is even a ski resort called Afriski, which draws international visitors during the winter months.
Why Are Lesotho Women 'Begging' For Husbands?
The claim that "men are finished" in Lesotho didn't come out of thin air. Lesotho has slightly more women than men, but the gap feels bigger because the people
Before understanding the "why," we need to look at the facts. Lesotho's total population is approximately 2.3 million. Verified demographic data shows a s*x ratio of roughly 96 men per 100 women, a noticeable but not extreme gap.
However, when you remove...
The men living in South Africa for work,
The ones who travel seasonally,
HIV/AIDS mortality, which historically hit men harder,
The ones working in mines or border towns,
The men in prisons,
..the "active male population" inside Lesotho can feel much smaller.
Which is why the woman in the video sounds desperate. In many villages, there simply aren't enough men at home for the
actually present in the country are mostly women.
Many Basotho men leave home for long stretches to work in South Africa, especially in mining and construction. Others migrate for economic survival because Lesotho's job market is small.
So, the official s*x ratio may not be as dramatic as the viral 1.5 million vs 600,000 claim, but the day-to-day reality is that many communities are mostly women, especially in rural highland areas.
number of marriage-aged women.
Can Foreign Men Actually Marry Lesotho Women?
Yep. Marriage to foreign nationals is legal and fairly common, especially as migration increases. Some Basotho women even relocate after marriage.
The country is conserv@tive but welcoming of intercultural unions, especially where family and community respect are shown.
So, even though the exact numbers being shared online are not accurate, there genuinely are more marriage-age women than men who remain inside the country