Population of Lesotho (2025)

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	2,373,478	1,187,947	1,185,531	100	100	100	100.2
00-04	280,819	141,541	139,278	11.8	11.9	11.7	101.6
05-09	281,374	141,582	139,792	11.9	11.9	11.8	101.3
10-14	269,660	135,574	134,086	11.4	11.4	11.3	101.1
15-19	241,077	121,160	119,917	10.2	10.2	10.1	101
20-24	230,829	116,094	114,735	9.7	9.8	9.7	101.2
25-29	231,532	117,201	114,331	9.8	9.9	9.6	102.5
30-34	207,605	106,834	100,771	8.7	9	8.5	106
35-39	175,761	92,161	83,600	7.4	7.8	7.1	110.2
40-44	135,576	71,812	63,764	5.7	6	5.4	112.6
45-49	88,904	47,829	41,075	3.7	4	3.5	116.4
50-54	55,758	29,459	26,299	2.3	2.5	2.2	112
55-59	40,861	18,584	22,277	1.7	1.6	1.9	83.4
60-64	36,239	13,529	22,710	1.5	1.1	1.9	59.6
65-69	35,387	12,396	22,991	1.5	1	1.9	53.9
70-74	29,575	10,540	19,035	1.2	0.9	1.6	55.4
75-79	18,738	6,804	11,934	0.8	0.6	1	57
80-84	8,527	3,219	5,308	0.4	0.3	0.4	60.6
85-89	3,958	1,279	2,679	0.2	0.1	0.2	47.7
90-94	1,125	298	827	0	0	0.1	36
95-99	159	47	112	0	0	0	42
100+	14	4	10	0	0	0	40

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Sex ratio	Density (P/Km²)
2024	2,350,768	0.98	22,882	100.03	77.43
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