Population of Lesotho

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	27 Apr 2025

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The current population of Lesotho is 2,360,413 as of May 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Lesotho is projected at 2,363,325, or 2.36 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Lesotho is projected at 2,337,423, or 2.34 million people for the year 2024.

Lesotho ranks 147th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Lesotho is ranked 45th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Lesotho population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	574,455	579,551	10,192	1.759	0.0232
1951	584,647	590,269	11,244	1.905	0.0233
1952	595,891	601,947	12,112	2.012	0.0233
1953	608,003	614,474	12,942	2.106	0.0233
1954	620,945	627,894	13,898	2.214	0.0234
1955	634,843	642,188	14,689	2.287	0.0234
1956	649,532	657,311	15,558	2.367	0.0235
1957	665,090	674,669	19,158	2.840	0.0237
1958	684,248	694,315	20,134	2.900	0.0238
1959	704,382	714,947	21,130	2.956	0.0241
1960	725,512	736,500	21,976	2.984	0.0244
1961	747,488	758,824	22,672	2.988	0.0248
1962	770,160	781,814	23,309	2.982	0.0250
1963	793,469	805,373	23,808	2.956	0.0252
1964	817,277	829,437	24,320	2.932	0.0254
1965	841,597	854,090	24,985	2.926	0.0256
1966	866,582	881,870	30,575	3.467	0.0259
1967	897,157	913,982	33,651	3.682	0.0263
1968	930,808	948,105	34,593	3.649	0.0267
1969	965,401	983,202	35,603	3.622	0.0272
1970	1,001,004	1,019,273	36,537	3.585	0.0276
1971	1,037,541	1,056,246	37,410	3.542	0.0280
1972	1,074,951	1,094,063	38,224	3.494	0.0285
1973	1,113,175	1,132,697	39,043	3.447	0.0289
1974	1,152,218	1,172,420	40,404	3.447	0.0293
1975	1,192,622	1,213,643	42,043	3.465	0.0298
1976	1,234,665	1,253,214	37,097	2.960	0.0302
1977	1,271,762	1,289,967	36,410	2.823	0.0306
1978	1,308,172	1,327,240	38,136	2.874	0.0309
1979	1,346,308	1,366,169	39,722	2.908	0.0313
1980	1,386,030	1,406,521	40,981	2.914	0.0316
1981	1,427,011	1,448,069	42,116	2.909	0.0320
1982	1,469,127	1,490,732	43,209	2.899	0.0323
1983	1,512,336	1,534,413	44,154	2.878	0.0327
1984	1,556,490	1,578,986	44,993	2.850	0.0330
1985	1,601,483	1,624,379	45,791	2.819	0.0334
1986	1,647,274	1,666,138	37,728	2.264	0.0336
1987	1,685,002	1,703,390	36,776	2.159	0.0337
1988	1,721,778	1,739,841	36,125	2.076	0.0338
1989	1,757,903	1,775,436	35,065	1.975	0.0339
1990	1,792,968	1,809,696	33,456	1.849	0.0340
1991	1,826,424	1,842,379	31,909	1.732	0.0340
1992	1,858,333	1,873,274	29,883	1.595	0.0340
1993	1,888,216	1,901,793	27,154	1.428	0.0340
1994	1,915,370	1,927,707	24,674	1.280	0.0340
1995	1,940,044	1,951,437	22,785	1.168	0.0339
1996	1,962,829	1,972,418	19,179	0.972	0.0338
1997	1,982,008	1,988,130	12,245	0.616	0.0336
1998	1,994,253	1,998,049	7,592	0.380	0.0333
1999	2,001,845	2,003,234	2,777	0.139	0.0329
2000	2,004,622	2,003,913	-1,418	-0.071	0.0325
2001	2,003,204	2,000,853	-4,702	-0.235	0.0320
2002	1,998,502	1,994,679	-7,646	-0.383	0.0315
2003	1,990,856	1,985,059	-11,595	-0.584	0.0309
2004	1,979,261	1,971,129	-16,264	-0.825	0.0303
2005	1,962,997	1,953,076	-19,842	-1.016	0.0297
2006	1,943,155	1,945,063	3,815	0.196	0.0292
2007	1,946,970	1,953,268	12,597	0.645	0.0289
2008	1,959,567	1,966,541	13,947	0.709	0.0287
2009	1,973,514	1,980,883	14,738	0.744	0.0286
2010	1,988,252	1,996,251	15,998	0.801	0.0284
2011	2,004,250	2,014,009	19,518	0.969	0.0283
2012	2,023,768	2,034,354	21,173	1.041	0.0283
2013	2,044,941	2,056,504	23,126	1.125	0.0282
2014	2,068,067	2,080,089	24,044	1.156	0.0282
2015	2,092,111	2,104,611	25,001	1.188	0.0282
2016	2,117,112	2,130,422	26,620	1.250	0.0282
2017	2,143,732	2,157,110	26,757	1.240	0.0282
2018	2,170,489	2,183,603	26,228	1.201	0.0282
2019	2,196,717	2,209,405	25,377	1.149	0.0283
2020	2,222,094	2,235,727	27,265	1.220	0.0283
2021	2,249,359	2,261,542	24,366	1.077	0.0284
2022	2,273,725	2,286,110	24,771	1.084	0.0285
2023	2,298,496	2,311,472	25,952	1.123	0.0286

Lesotho population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	2,324,448	2,337,423	25,949	1.110	0.0286
2025	2,350,397	2,363,325	25,855	1.094	0.0287
2026	2,376,252	2,389,336	26,168	1.095	0.0288
2027	2,402,420	2,415,369	25,897	1.072	0.0289
2028	2,428,317	2,441,442	26,250	1.075	0.0289
2029	2,454,567	2,467,683	26,232	1.063	0.0290
2030	2,480,799	2,493,818	26,039	1.044	0.0291
2031	2,506,838	2,520,021	26,366	1.046	0.0292
2032	2,533,204	2,546,490	26,573	1.044	0.0293
2033	2,559,777	2,573,110	26,666	1.036	0.0294
2034	2,586,443	2,599,779	26,672	1.026	0.0295
2035	2,613,115	2,626,567	26,904	1.024	0.0296
2036	2,640,019	2,653,498	26,958	1.016	0.0297
2037	2,666,977	2,680,080	26,206	0.978	0.0298
2038	2,693,183	2,706,202	26,039	0.962	0.0299
2039	2,719,222	2,732,146	25,847	0.946	0.0300
2040	2,745,069	2,757,876	25,613	0.929	0.0301
2041	2,770,682	2,783,369	25,374	0.912	0.0301
2042	2,796,056	2,808,544	24,975	0.889	0.0302
2043	2,821,031	2,833,260	24,458	0.863	0.0303
2044	2,845,489	2,857,505	24,031	0.841	0.0304
2045	2,869,520	2,881,339	23,638	0.820	0.0305
2046	2,893,158	2,904,784	23,251	0.800	0.0306
2047	2,916,409	2,927,865	22,911	0.783	0.0307
2048	2,939,320	2,950,413	22,186	0.752	0.0308
2049	2,961,506	2,972,157	21,302	0.717	0.0309
2050	2,982,808	2,993,077	20,537	0.686	0.0310
2051	3,003,345	3,013,558	20,426	0.678	0.0311
2052	3,023,771	3,033,468	19,395	0.639	0.0311
2053	3,043,166	3,052,322	18,312	0.600	0.0312
2054	3,061,478	3,070,099	17,241	0.562	0.0313
2055	3,078,719	3,087,284	17,130	0.555	0.0314
2056	3,095,849	3,103,870	16,042	0.517	0.0314
2057	3,111,891	3,119,743	15,704	0.503	0.0315
2058	3,127,595	3,135,128	15,067	0.481	0.0316
2059	3,142,662	3,150,018	14,712	0.467	0.0316
2060	3,157,374	3,164,303	13,858	0.438	0.0317
2061	3,171,232	3,177,872	13,280	0.418	0.0317
2062	3,184,512	3,190,885	12,745	0.399	0.0318
2063	3,197,257	3,202,918	11,322	0.353	0.0318
2064	3,208,579	3,213,881	10,605	0.330	0.0319
2065	3,219,184	3,224,032	9,696	0.301	0.0319
2066	3,228,880	3,233,715	9,669	0.299	0.0319
2067	3,238,549	3,243,285	9,473	0.292	0.0320
2068	3,248,022	3,252,543	9,042	0.278	0.0320
2069	3,257,064	3,261,245	8,363	0.256	0.0321
2070	3,265,427	3,269,324	7,794	0.238	0.0321
2071	3,273,221	3,276,547	6,652	0.203	0.0321
2072	3,279,873	3,282,697	5,648	0.172	0.0321
2073	3,285,521	3,288,163	5,284	0.161	0.0321
2074	3,290,805	3,293,323	5,035	0.153	0.0322
2075	3,295,840	3,297,637	3,593	0.109	0.0322
2076	3,299,433	3,301,209	3,552	0.108	0.0322
2077	3,302,985	3,304,588	3,206	0.097	0.0322
2078	3,306,191	3,307,444	2,506	0.076	0.0322
2079	3,308,697	3,309,742	2,090	0.063	0.0322
2080	3,310,787	3,311,356	1,138	0.034	0.0322
2081	3,311,925	3,312,334	818	0.025	0.0322
2082	3,312,743	3,312,871	256	0.008	0.0322
2083	3,312,999	3,312,995	-7	0.000	0.0322
2084	3,312,992	3,312,880	-224	-0.007	0.0322
2085	3,312,768	3,312,369	-799	-0.024	0.0322
2086	3,311,969	3,311,724	-489	-0.015	0.0322
2087	3,311,480	3,310,742	-1,476	-0.045	0.0322
2088	3,310,004	3,309,192	-1,624	-0.049	0.0322
2089	3,308,380	3,307,347	-2,066	-0.062	0.0322
2090	3,306,314	3,305,222	-2,184	-0.066	0.0322
2091	3,304,130	3,302,682	-2,896	-0.088	0.0322
2092	3,301,234	3,299,293	-3,882	-0.118	0.0322
2093	3,297,352	3,295,485	-3,734	-0.113	0.0321
2094	3,293,618	3,291,602	-4,033	-0.123	0.0321
2095	3,289,585	3,287,139	-4,893	-0.149	0.0321
2096	3,284,692	3,282,244	-4,897	-0.149	0.0321
2097	3,279,795	3,277,008	-5,573	-0.170	0.0321
2098	3,274,222	3,271,338	-5,769	-0.176	0.0321
2099	3,268,453	3,265,513	-5,880	-0.180	0.0320
2100	3,262,573	3,259,299	-6,548	-0.201	0.0320