Population of Lesotho

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	16 Jun 2024

The current population of Lesotho is 2,358,739 as of April 26, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Lesotho is projected at 2,356,083, or 2.36 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Lesotho is projected at 2,330,318, or 2.33 million people for the year 2023.

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.

Lesotho population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	2,294,313	2,305,825	23,025	0.999	0.03
2023	2,317,338	2,330,318	25,959	1.114	0.03
2024	2,343,297	2,356,083	25,572	1.085	0.03
2025	2,368,869	2,381,381	25,025	1.051	0.03
2026	2,393,894	2,406,247	24,706	1.027	0.03
2027	2,418,600	2,430,720	24,240	0.997	0.03
2028	2,442,840	2,454,823	23,967	0.976	0.03
2029	2,466,807	2,478,552	23,491	0.948	0.03
2030	2,490,298	2,501,946	23,296	0.931	0.03
2031	2,513,594	2,525,055	22,923	0.908	0.03
2032	2,536,517	2,547,869	22,705	0.891	0.03
2033	2,559,222	2,570,416	22,388	0.871	0.03
2034	2,581,610	2,592,633	22,047	0.850	0.03
2035	2,603,657	2,614,644	21,974	0.840	0.03
2036	2,625,631	2,636,414	21,566	0.818	0.03
2037	2,647,197	2,657,782	21,170	0.797	0.03
2038	2,668,367	2,678,823	20,913	0.781	0.03
2039	2,689,280	2,699,646	20,733	0.768	0.03
2040	2,710,013	2,720,180	20,335	0.748	0.03
2041	2,730,348	2,740,271	19,846	0.724	0.03
2042	2,750,194	2,759,909	19,429	0.704	0.03
2043	2,769,623	2,779,040	18,834	0.678	0.03
2044	2,788,457	2,797,647	18,380	0.657	0.03
2045	2,806,837	2,815,731	17,789	0.632	0.03
2046	2,824,626	2,833,338	17,424	0.615	0.03
2047	2,842,050	2,850,533	16,966	0.595	0.03
2048	2,859,016	2,867,124	16,217	0.566	0.03
2049	2,875,233	2,883,056	15,646	0.543	0.03
2050	2,890,879	2,898,369	14,979	0.517	0.03
2051	2,905,858	2,913,104	14,491	0.497	0.03
2052	2,920,349	2,927,289	13,879	0.474	0.03
2053	2,934,228	2,940,932	13,408	0.456	0.03
2054	2,947,636	2,954,085	12,898	0.437	0.03
2055	2,960,534	2,966,695	12,322	0.415	0.03
2056	2,972,856	2,978,717	11,722	0.394	0.03
2057	2,984,578	2,990,208	11,260	0.377	0.03
2058	2,995,838	3,001,050	10,423	0.347	0.03
2059	3,006,261	3,011,248	9,974	0.331	0.03
2060	3,016,235	3,020,907	9,345	0.309	0.03
2061	3,025,580	3,029,937	8,714	0.288	0.03
2062	3,034,294	3,038,385	8,181	0.269	0.03
2063	3,042,475	3,046,273	7,595	0.249	0.03
2064	3,050,070	3,053,559	6,977	0.228	0.03
2065	3,057,047	3,060,246	6,398	0.209	0.03
2066	3,063,445	3,066,336	5,781	0.189	0.03
2067	3,069,226	3,071,843	5,234	0.170	0.03
2068	3,074,460	3,076,767	4,615	0.150	0.03
2069	3,079,075	3,081,093	4,035	0.131	0.03
2070	3,083,110	3,084,773	3,325	0.108	0.03
2071	3,086,435	3,087,847	2,824	0.091	0.03
2072	3,089,259	3,090,320	2,121	0.069	0.03
2073	3,091,380	3,092,214	1,668	0.054	0.03
2074	3,093,048	3,093,622	1,147	0.037	0.03
2075	3,094,195	3,094,609	828	0.027	0.03
2076	3,095,023	3,095,039	33	0.001	0.03
2077	3,095,056	3,094,814	-485	-0.016	0.03
2078	3,094,571	3,094,097	-948	-0.031	0.03
2079	3,093,623	3,092,907	-1,432	-0.046	0.03
2080	3,092,191	3,091,265	-1,851	-0.060	0.03
2081	3,090,340	3,089,158	-2,364	-0.077	0.03
2082	3,087,976	3,086,573	-2,807	-0.091	0.03
2083	3,085,169	3,083,570	-3,199	-0.104	0.03
2084	3,081,970	3,080,124	-3,693	-0.120	0.03
2085	3,078,277	3,076,177	-4,199	-0.137	0.03
2086	3,074,078	3,071,802	-4,553	-0.148	0.03
2087	3,069,525	3,067,066	-4,919	-0.160	0.03
2088	3,064,606	3,061,961	-5,290	-0.173	0.03
2089	3,059,316	3,056,428	-5,776	-0.189	0.03
2090	3,053,540	3,050,402	-6,276	-0.206	0.03
2091	3,047,264	3,043,928	-6,671	-0.219	0.03
2092	3,040,593	3,037,034	-7,118	-0.234	0.03
2093	3,033,475	3,029,691	-7,568	-0.250	0.03
2094	3,025,907	3,021,881	-8,051	-0.266	0.03
2095	3,017,856	3,013,558	-8,596	-0.285	0.03
2096	3,009,260	3,004,892	-8,736	-0.291	0.03
2097	3,000,524	2,995,941	-9,167	-0.306	0.03
2098	2,991,357	2,986,668	-9,379	-0.314	0.03
2099	2,981,978	2,977,133	-9,690	-0.325	0.03
2100	2,972,288	2,967,268	-10,040	-0.338	0.03

Lesotho population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	574,455	579,470	10,030	1.731	0.02
1951	584,485	590,004	11,038	1.871	0.02
1952	595,523	601,476	11,905	1.979	0.02
1953	607,428	613,822	12,788	2.083	0.02
1954	620,216	627,130	13,828	2.205	0.02
1955	634,044	641,361	14,633	2.282	0.02
1956	648,677	656,426	15,498	2.361	0.02
1957	664,175	674,063	19,775	2.934	0.02
1958	683,950	694,355	20,809	2.997	0.02
1959	704,759	715,629	21,740	3.038	0.02
1960	726,499	737,838	22,678	3.074	0.02
1961	749,177	760,895	23,436	3.080	0.02
1962	772,613	784,681	24,136	3.076	0.03
1963	796,749	809,138	24,777	3.062	0.03
1964	821,526	834,215	25,377	3.042	0.03
1965	846,903	860,220	26,633	3.096	0.03
1966	873,536	887,841	28,610	3.223	0.03
1967	902,146	918,923	33,554	3.652	0.03
1968	935,700	952,992	34,585	3.629	0.03
1969	970,285	987,909	35,248	3.568	0.03
1970	1,005,533	1,023,481	35,897	3.508	0.03
1971	1,041,430	1,059,879	36,898	3.482	0.03
1972	1,078,328	1,097,242	37,828	3.448	0.03
1973	1,116,156	1,135,631	38,951	3.430	0.03
1974	1,155,107	1,175,369	40,524	3.448	0.03
1975	1,195,631	1,216,180	41,098	3.380	0.03
1976	1,236,729	1,256,478	39,499	3.144	0.03
1977	1,276,228	1,294,435	36,414	2.813	0.03
1978	1,312,642	1,331,213	37,141	2.790	0.03
1979	1,349,783	1,368,917	38,267	2.796	0.03
1980	1,388,050	1,407,672	39,245	2.788	0.03
1981	1,427,295	1,447,501	40,411	2.792	0.03
1982	1,467,706	1,488,399	41,386	2.781	0.03
1983	1,509,092	1,530,331	42,478	2.776	0.03
1984	1,551,570	1,573,267	43,394	2.758	0.03
1985	1,594,964	1,616,697	43,466	2.689	0.03
1986	1,638,430	1,659,793	42,726	2.574	0.03
1987	1,681,156	1,698,939	35,566	2.094	0.03
1988	1,716,722	1,733,733	34,022	1.962	0.03
1989	1,750,744	1,767,091	32,695	1.850	0.03
1990	1,783,439	1,798,997	31,116	1.730	0.03
1991	1,814,555	1,829,509	29,909	1.635	0.03
1992	1,844,464	1,858,507	28,086	1.511	0.03
1993	1,872,550	1,885,478	25,856	1.371	0.03
1994	1,898,406	1,910,642	24,472	1.281	0.03
1995	1,922,878	1,934,079	22,401	1.158	0.03
1996	1,945,279	1,955,098	19,637	1.004	0.03
1997	1,964,916	1,972,579	15,325	0.777	0.03
1998	1,980,241	1,985,639	10,796	0.544	0.03
1999	1,991,037	1,994,243	6,412	0.322	0.03
2000	1,997,449	1,998,630	2,362	0.118	0.03
2001	1,999,811	1,999,473	-676	-0.034	0.03
2002	1,999,135	1,997,534	-3,203	-0.160	0.03
2003	1,995,932	1,993,030	-5,804	-0.291	0.03
2004	1,990,128	1,985,384	-9,488	-0.478	0.03
2005	1,980,640	1,977,424	-6,432	-0.325	0.03
2006	1,974,208	1,976,780	5,144	0.260	0.03
2007	1,979,352	1,983,465	8,226	0.415	0.03
2008	1,987,578	1,995,014	14,871	0.745	0.03
2009	2,002,449	2,009,169	13,440	0.669	0.03
2010	2,015,889	2,022,747	13,716	0.678	0.03
2011	2,029,605	2,037,677	16,143	0.792	0.03
2012	2,045,748	2,054,718	17,940	0.873	0.03
2013	2,063,688	2,073,939	20,501	0.989	0.03
2014	2,084,189	2,095,242	22,107	1.055	0.03
2015	2,106,296	2,118,521	24,449	1.154	0.03
2016	2,130,745	2,143,872	26,254	1.225	0.03
2017	2,156,999	2,170,617	27,236	1.255	0.03
2018	2,184,235	2,198,017	27,564	1.254	0.03
2019	2,211,799	2,225,702	27,805	1.249	0.03
2020	2,239,604	2,254,100	28,992	1.286	0.03
2021	2,268,596	2,281,454	25,717	1.127	0.03