Demographics of Lesotho

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	19 May 2024

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There are 1.16 million males and 1.19 million females in Lesotho. The percentage of the male population is 49.3%, compared to 50.7% of the female population. Lesotho has 33k more females than males. The sex ratio in Lesotho in 2024 will be 97.250 males per 100 females. Lesotho is in the 75th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Lesotho population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	579,470	1.73
1955	641,361	2.28
1960	737,838	3.07
1965	860,220	3.10
1970	1,023,481	3.51
1975	1,216,180	3.38
1980	1,407,672	2.79
1985	1,616,697	2.69
1990	1,798,997	1.73
1995	1,934,079	1.16
2000	1,998,630	0.12
2005	1,977,424	-0.33
2010	2,022,747	0.68
2015	2,118,521	1.15
2020	2,254,100	1.29
2021	2,281,454	1.13
2022	2,305,825	1.00
2023	2,330,318	1.11
2024	2,356,083	1.08

Population
Growth

Lesotho death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	14,075	25,098	24.308	43.346
1955	12,754	28,778	19.860	44.813
1960	12,802	32,889	17.377	44.643
1965	14,471	37,048	16.859	43.161
1970	15,899	41,522	15.610	40.768
1975	17,225	49,366	14.211	40.728
1980	17,278	55,579	12.277	39.491
1985	16,746	59,807	10.358	36.994
1990	18,076	62,090	10.013	34.392
1995	21,721	60,401	11.183	31.098
2000	32,332	58,273	16.083	28.987
2005	40,976	57,230	20.605	28.778
2010	37,770	57,690	18.644	28.477
2015	31,437	60,023	14.825	28.305
2020	28,992	59,478	12.858	26.378
2021	32,376	59,581	14.186	26.107
2022	32,469	59,490	14.069	25.778
2023	29,397	59,355	12.604	25.449
2024	29,567	59,145	12.539	25.082

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Lesotho
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	12,844	721,101	1.750
1955	16,146	771,660	2.049
1960	29,906	821,685	3.512
1965	59,437	874,218	6.366
1970	88,923	944,127	8.608
1975	124,517	1,026,118	10.822
1980	150,006	1,160,112	11.450
1985	173,014	1,299,178	11.752
1990	224,016	1,379,922	13.967
1995	298,639	1,462,720	16.955
2000	365,288	1,503,411	19.548
2005	433,749	1,515,794	22.249
2010	506,015	1,534,536	24.798
2015	585,146	1,589,499	26.908
2020	674,092	1,648,125	29.028
2021	693,232	1,658,271	29.480
2022	712,787	1,667,714	29.943
2023	732,775	1,676,472	30.415
2024	753,231	1,684,609	30.897

Population
Urbanization

Lesotho population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	138,321	136,400	274,721	11.66	101.408
05-09	133,773	133,144	266,917	11.33	100.472
10-14	125,472	126,412	251,883	10.69	99.256
15-19	115,391	117,276	232,667	9.88	98.393
20-24	108,980	110,528	219,507	9.32	98.599
25-29	103,633	104,286	207,919	8.82	99.374
30-34	98,504	97,160	195,665	8.30	101.383
35-39	89,035	85,323	174,358	7.40	104.351
40-44	70,084	65,925	136,010	5.77	106.309
45-49	51,823	49,329	101,152	4.29	105.056
50-54	37,167	38,169	75,336	3.20	97.375
55-59	29,067	35,216	64,282	2.73	82.539
60-64	23,003	32,026	55,029	2.34	71.826
65-69	16,509	25,077	41,586	1.77	65.833
70-74	9,882	16,875	26,756	1.14	58.560
75-79	6,117	10,727	16,844	0.71	57.024
80-84	3,075	5,996	9,070	0.38	51.284
85-89	1,333	3,182	4,514	0.19	41.892
90-94	379	1,130	1,509	0.06	33.540
95-99	65	251	316	0.01	25.896
100+	7	33	40	0.00	21.212
Total	1,161,620	1,194,465	2,356,081		97.250

Population pyramid
Gender ratio