| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 19 May 2024 |
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.
| 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 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 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 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 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 | |