Population of Lesotho

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Lesotho is 2,196,279 as of September 26, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Lesotho is projected at 2,159,079 or 2.159 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Lesotho is projected at 2,142,249 or 2.142 million people for the year 2020. Lesotho ranks number 147th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Lesotho is ranked 45th among 58 countries in Africa.

Lesotho's population peak will be 2075 with 2.83 mn people after Lesotho's population will be decreased year by year. The Lesotho population is projected to reach 2.32 million in 2030 and increase further to 2.66 million in 2050, and it will decrease by 2.69 million by 2100. Lesotho accounts for 0.027 percent of the world population. However, its global share will decline by 0.026% in 2081 and is projected to decline at 0.025% by 2100.

Lesotho was at 141st position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase at 140th in 2100.

Lesotho population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	2,142,249	16,981	0.80	0.027
2021	2,159,079	16,830	0.79	0.027
2022	2,175,699	16,620	0.77	0.027
2023	2,192,407	16,708	0.77	0.027
2024	2,209,607	17,200	0.78	0.027
2025	2,227,560	17,953	0.81	0.027
2026	2,246,375	18,815	0.84	0.027
2027	2,265,860	19,485	0.87	0.027
2028	2,285,735	19,875	0.88	0.027
2029	2,305,610	19,875	0.87	0.027
2030	2,325,164	19,554	0.85	0.027
2031	2,344,305	19,141	0.82	0.027
2032	2,363,089	18,784	0.80	0.027
2033	2,381,581	18,492	0.78	0.027
2034	2,399,915	18,334	0.77	0.027
2035	2,418,173	18,258	0.76	0.027
2036	2,436,353	18,180	0.75	0.027
2037	2,454,391	18,038	0.74	0.027
2038	2,472,267	17,876	0.73	0.027
2039	2,489,958	17,691	0.72	0.027
2040	2,507,454	17,496	0.70	0.027
2041	2,524,733	17,279	0.69	0.027
2042	2,541,774	17,041	0.67	0.027
2043	2,558,542	16,768	0.66	0.027
2044	2,574,993	16,451	0.64	0.027
2045	2,591,075	16,082	0.62	0.027
2046	2,606,774	15,699	0.61	0.027
2047	2,622,063	15,289	0.59	0.027
2048	2,636,928	14,865	0.57	0.027
2049	2,651,335	14,407	0.55	0.027
2050	2,665,270	13,935	0.53	0.027
2051	2,678,716	13,446	0.50	0.027
2052	2,691,651	12,935	0.48	0.027
2053	2,704,057	12,406	0.46	0.027
2054	2,715,930	11,873	0.44	0.027
2055	2,727,260	11,330	0.42	0.027
2056	2,738,034	10,774	0.40	0.027
2057	2,748,239	10,205	0.37	0.027
2058	2,757,869	9,630	0.35	0.027
2059	2,766,938	9,069	0.33	0.027
2060	2,775,449	8,511	0.31	0.027
2061	2,783,384	7,935	0.29	0.027
2062	2,790,750	7,366	0.26	0.027
2063	2,797,539	6,789	0.24	0.027
2064	2,803,733	6,194	0.22	0.027
2065	2,809,325	5,592	0.20	0.027
2066	2,814,333	5,008	0.18	0.027
2067	2,818,732	4,399	0.16	0.027
2068	2,822,573	3,841	0.14	0.027
2069	2,825,882	3,309	0.12	0.027
2070	2,828,685	2,803	0.10	0.027
2071	2,830,982	2,297	0.08	0.027
2072	2,832,776	1,794	0.06	0.027
2073	2,834,092	1,316	0.05	0.027
2074	2,834,951	859	0.03	0.027
2075	2,835,355	404	0.01	0.027
2076	2,835,324	-31	0.00	0.027
2077	2,834,856	-468	-0.02	0.027
2078	2,833,929	-927	-0.03	0.027
2079	2,832,499	-1,430	-0.05	0.027
2080	2,830,567	-1,932	-0.07	0.027
2081	2,828,117	-2,450	-0.09	0.026
2082	2,825,160	-2,957	-0.10	0.026
2083	2,821,704	-3,456	-0.12	0.026
2084	2,817,808	-3,896	-0.14	0.026
2085	2,813,460	-4,348	-0.15	0.026
2086	2,808,705	-4,755	-0.17	0.026
2087	2,803,506	-5,199	-0.19	0.026
2088	2,797,867	-5,639	-0.20	0.026
2089	2,791,778	-6,089	-0.22	0.026
2090	2,785,231	-6,547	-0.23	0.026
2091	2,778,216	-7,015	-0.25	0.026
2092	2,770,750	-7,466	-0.27	0.026
2093	2,762,836	-7,914	-0.29	0.025
2094	2,754,485	-8,351	-0.30	0.025
2095	2,745,710	-8,775	-0.32	0.025
2096	2,736,508	-9,202	-0.34	0.025
2097	2,726,888	-9,620	-0.35	0.025
2098	2,716,835	-10,053	-0.37	0.025
2099	2,706,366	-10,469	-0.39	0.025
2100	2,695,436	-10,930	-0.40	0.025

Lesotho population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	704,686	-	-	0.028
1951	716,804	12,118	1.72	0.028
1952	728,997	12,193	1.70	0.028
1953	741,338	12,341	1.69	0.028
1954	753,902	12,564	1.69	0.028
1955	766,763	12,861	1.71	0.028
1956	779,977	13,214	1.72	0.028
1957	793,601	13,624	1.75	0.028
1958	807,665	14,064	1.77	0.028
1959	822,212	14,547	1.80	0.028
1960	837,270	15,058	1.83	0.028
1961	852,890	15,620	1.87	0.028
1962	869,136	16,246	1.90	0.028
1963	886,057	16,921	1.95	0.028
1964	903,763	17,706	2.00	0.028
1965	922,306	18,543	2.05	0.028
1966	941,794	19,488	2.11	0.028
1967	962,273	20,479	2.17	0.028
1968	983,685	21,412	2.23	0.028
1969	1,005,909	22,224	2.26	0.028
1970	1,028,926	23,017	2.29	0.028
1971	1,052,614	23,688	2.30	0.028
1972	1,077,095	24,481	2.33	0.028
1973	1,102,878	25,783	2.39	0.028
1974	1,130,635	27,757	2.52	0.028
1975	1,160,792	30,157	2.67	0.028
1976	1,193,521	32,729	2.82	0.029
1977	1,228,536	35,015	2.93	0.029
1978	1,265,202	36,666	2.98	0.029
1979	1,302,667	37,465	2.96	0.030
1980	1,340,255	37,588	2.89	0.030
1981	1,377,799	37,544	2.80	0.030
1982	1,415,367	37,568	2.73	0.031
1983	1,452,728	37,361	2.64	0.031
1984	1,489,691	36,963	2.54	0.031
1985	1,526,131	36,440	2.45	0.031
1986	1,561,692	35,561	2.33	0.031
1987	1,596,394	34,702	2.22	0.032
1988	1,630,996	34,602	2.17	0.032
1989	1,666,563	35,567	2.18	0.032
1990	1,703,747	37,184	2.23	0.032
1991	1,742,539	38,792	2.28	0.032
1992	1,782,285	39,746	2.28	0.032
1993	1,822,236	39,951	2.24	0.033
1994	1,861,324	39,088	2.15	0.033
1995	1,898,598	37,274	2.00	0.033
1996	1,934,291	35,693	1.88	0.033
1997	1,968,044	33,753	1.74	0.033
1998	1,997,516	29,472	1.50	0.033
1999	2,019,731	22,215	1.11	0.033
2000	2,032,804	13,073	0.65	0.033
2001	2,035,740	2,936	0.14	0.033
2002	2,029,829	-5,911	-0.29	0.032
2003	2,018,348	-11,481	-0.57	0.032
2004	2,005,940	-12,408	-0.61	0.031
2005	1,996,114	-9,826	-0.49	0.031
2006	1,989,939	-6,175	-0.31	0.030
2007	1,986,922	-3,017	-0.15	0.030
2008	1,987,129	207	0.01	0.029
2009	1,990,131	3,002	0.15	0.029
2010	1,995,581	5,450	0.27	0.029
2011	2,003,788	8,207	0.41	0.028
2012	2,014,994	11,206	0.56	0.028
2013	2,028,530	13,536	0.67	0.028
2014	2,043,445	14,915	0.74	0.028
2015	2,059,021	15,576	0.76	0.028
2016	2,075,030	16,009	0.78	0.028
2017	2,091,534	16,504	0.80	0.028
2018	2,108,328	16,794	0.80	0.028
2019	2,125,268	16,940	0.80	0.028