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.
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |