Lesotho · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Lesotho (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Lesotho? Answer: Current population of Lesotho is: 2 387 617*^[1], area 30355 km², population density 78.66 p/km². Capital of Lesotho is Maseru. Continent: Africa.

Lesotho · Population 1950-2100

Lesotho · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Lesotho as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Lesotho population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current Lesotho population

2 387 617

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 1250.54 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 549.196 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 979.25 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Lesotho population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 69 / day = 2.88 / hour = 0.048 / minute = 0.0008 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 157 / day = 6.58 / hour = 0.111 / minute = 0.002 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 88 / day = 3.68 / hour = 0.061 / minute = 0.001 / seconds.

Current Lesotho population by age and sex for 2025-07-04*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	168 568	⇐+1.8%	165 656
5-9	140 613	⇐+1%	139 205
10-14	113 912	⇐+0.6%	113 238
15-19	115 988	⇐+0.4%	115 485
20-24	125 199	⇐+1.7%	123 133
25-29	119 328	⇐+4.8%	113 814
30-34	117 630	⇐+6%	110 957
35-39	101 381	⇐+8.4%	93 525
40-44	68 307	⇐+27.1%	53 736
45-49	39 617	⇐+52.7%	25 946
50-54	20 419	⇐+4.9%	19 462
55-59	12 341	+85.5%⇒	22 896
60-64	14 255	+102.8%⇒	28 906
65-69	15 239	+86.5%⇒	28 419
70-74	10 785	+58.1%⇒	17 051
75-79	5 845	⇐+1.5%	5 760
80-84	4 036	+75.9%⇒	7 099
85-89	1 668	+216.7%⇒	5 283
90-94	1 009	+43.2%⇒	1 445
95-99	221	+5%⇒	232
100+	2	+250%⇒	7

Sources: [1]

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).