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World Bank · Demographics

Lesotho: Population, total

2.36Mpeople · 2025+12.3% since 2015

Total population. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
20252,363,325
20242,337,423
20232,311,472
20222,286,110
20212,261,542
20202,235,727
20192,209,405
20182,183,603
20172,157,110
20162,130,422
20152,104,611
20142,080,089
20132,056,504
20122,034,354
20112,014,009
20101,996,251
20091,980,883
20081,966,541
20071,953,268
20061,945,063
20051,953,076
20041,971,129
20031,985,059
20021,994,679
20012,000,853
20002,003,913
19992,003,234
19981,998,049
19971,988,130
19961,972,418
19951,951,437
19941,927,707
19931,901,793
19921,873,274
19911,842,379
19901,809,696
19891,775,436
19881,739,841
19871,703,390
19861,666,138
19851,624,379
19841,578,986
19831,534,413
19821,490,732
19811,448,069
19801,406,521
19791,366,169
19781,327,240
19771,289,967
19761,253,214
19751,213,643
19741,172,420
19731,132,697
19721,094,063
19711,056,246
19701,019,273
1969983,202
1968948,105
1967913,982
1966881,870
1965854,090
1964829,437
1963805,373
1962781,814
1961758,824
1960736,500

Source

Published by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Population, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-total (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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