Population of Lesotho (2024)

195,307

Births this year: 0 Births today 0

Deaths this year 0 Deaths today 0

Lesotho Population by Religions

Region Name	Percents	Number
Christian	80%	156,246 people
indigenous beliefs	20%	39,061 people

Ethnic groups Name	Percents	Number
Sotho	99.7%	194,721 people
Europeans, Asians, and other ,	0.3%	586 people

Age	Both Sexes Population	Male Population	Female Population	Both Sexes (%)	Male (%)	Female (%)	Sex ratio (female/male)
Total	2,257,685	1,124,427	1,133,258	100	100	100	99.2
00-04	285,911	144,071	141,840	12.7	12.8	12.5	101.6
05-09	273,009	137,359	135,650	12.1	12.2	12	101.3
10-14	245,710	123,644	122,066	10.9	11	10.8	101.3
15-19	237,364	119,585	117,779	10.5	10.6	10.4	101.5
20-24	243,057	122,666	120,391	10.8	10.9	10.6	101.9
25-29	224,946	114,615	110,331	10	10.2	9.7	103.9
30-34	198,110	102,552	95,558	8.8	9.1	8.4	107.3
35-39	156,993	82,340	74,653	7	7.3	6.6	110.3
40-44	103,207	55,381	47,826	4.6	4.9	4.2	115.8
45-49	64,755	34,345	30,410	2.9	3.1	2.7	112.9
50-54	46,788	21,556	25,232	2.1	1.9	2.2	85.4
55-59	41,694	15,943	25,751	1.8	1.4	2.3	61.9
60-64	41,910	15,182	26,728	1.9	1.4	2.4	56.8
65-69	37,472	13,941	23,531	1.7	1.2	2.1	59.2
70-74	26,901	10,295	16,606	1.2	0.9	1.5	62
75-79	14,962	5,997	8,965	0.7	0.5	0.8	66.9
80-84	9,477	3,302	6,175	0.4	0.3	0.5	53.5
85-89	4,192	1,237	2,955	0.2	0.1	0.3	41.9
90-94	1,055	359	696	0	0	0.1	51.6
95-99	161	54	107	0	0	0	50.5
100+	11	3	8	0	0	0	37.5

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Sex ratio	Density (P/Km²)
2023	2,327,886	1.00	23,106	99.84	76.68
2022	2,304,780	1.03	23,389	99.64	75.92
2021	2,281,391	1.05	23,706	99.44	75.14
2020	2,257,685	1.07	23,945	99.22	74.36
2019	2,233,740	1.09	24,145	99.00	73.58
2018	2,209,595	1.12	24,436	98.77	72.78
2017	2,185,159	1.15	24,850	98.53	71.97
2016	2,160,309	1.18	25,287	98.27	71.16
2015	2,135,022	1.22	25,825	98.01	70.32
2014	2,109,197	1.25	26,136	97.73	69.47
2013	2,083,061	1.25	25,730	97.44	68.61
2012	2,057,331	1.20	24,381	97.14	67.76
2011	2,032,950	1.11	22,364	96.84	66.96
2010	2,010,586	1.01	20,173	96.55	66.22
2005	1,925,844	3.75	69,619	95.19	63.43
2000	1,856,225	5.84	102,401	94.02	61.14
1995	1,753,824	9.78	156,290	96.08	57.77
1990	1,597,534	8.83	129,678	94.51	52.62
1985	1,467,856	12.27	160,453	90.27	48.35
1980	1,307,403	13.78	158,313	88.73	43.06
1975	1,149,090	11.32	116,850	86.55	37.85
1970	1,032,240	10.61	98,989	86.68	34.00
1965	933,251	9.61	81,839	86.04	30.74
1960	851,412	8.08	63,652	87.49	28.04
1955	787,760	7.33	53,818	88.49	25.95
1950	733,942			88.33	24.17