Lesotho - Population 2023 | countryeconomy.com

POPULATION Lesotho 2023

Population records increases in Lesotho

Lesotho ended 2023 with a population of 2,311,472 people, which represents an increasea of 199,472 people compared to 2022.

Lesotho ranks No. 146 among196 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com.

The female population is greater, with 1,185,745 women, representing 51.3% of the total, compared to 1,125,727 or 48.7% men.

Lesotho shows a moderate population density, with 76 people per square km and it was in position 90th in our ranking of density population in 2023.

In this page we show you the progression of the population in Lesotho. You can see the population in other countries in population and see all the information about Lesotho in Basotho economy.

Lesotho - Population

Date	Density	Male	Female	Population
2023	76	1,125,727	1,185,745	2,311,472
2022	70	1,112,982	1,173,128	2,112,000
2021	69	1,100,677	1,160,865	2,087,000
2020	68	1,087,804	1,147,923	2,062,000
2019	67	1,074,706	1,134,699	2,048,000
2018	67	1,061,890	1,121,713	2,034,000
2017	67	1,048,725	1,108,385	2,021,000
2016	66	1,035,472	1,094,950	2,007,000
2015	66	1,022,731	1,081,880	1,994,000
2014	65	1,010,689	1,069,400	1,980,000
2013	65	999,120	1,057,384	1,967,000
2012	64	988,313	1,046,041	1,954,000
2011	64	978,484	1,035,525	1,941,000
2010	64	969,930	1,026,321	1,928,000
2009	63	962,544	1,018,339	1,915,000
2008	63	955,714	1,010,827	1,902,000
2007	62	949,487	1,003,781	1,889,000
2006	62	945,473	999,590	1,877,000
2005	62	949,339	1,003,737	1,875,000
2004	62	958,378	1,012,751	1,874,000
2003	62	965,292	1,019,767	1,872,000
2002	62	969,995	1,024,684	1,871,000
2001	62	973,037	1,027,816	1,869,000
2000	62	974,570	1,029,343	1,868,000
1999	61	974,298	1,028,936	1,867,000
1998	61	971,916	1,026,133	1,865,000
1997	61	967,264	1,020,866	1,864,000
1996	61	960,003	1,012,415	1,862,000
1995	62	950,381	1,001,056	1,877,000
1994	59	939,418	988,289	1,786,000
1993	58	927,379	974,414	1,749,000
1992	56	914,024	959,250	1,708,000
1991	54	899,466	942,913	1,643,000
1990	53	883,997	925,699	1,621,000
1989	52	867,728	907,708	1,576,000
1988	50	850,799	889,042	1,532,000
1987	49	833,451	869,939	1,492,000
1986	47	817,981	848,157	1,425,000
1985	46	799,750	824,629	1,390,000
1984	45	776,889	802,097	1,358,000
1983	46	754,389	780,024	1,384,000
1982	44	732,283	758,449	1,349,000
1981	43	710,652	737,417	1,315,000
1980	42	689,563	716,958	1,281,000
1979	45	669,072	697,097	1,366,169
1978	44	649,362	677,878	1,327,240
1977	42	630,616	659,351	1,289,967
1976	41	611,843	641,371	1,253,214
1975	40	589,973	623,670	1,213,643
1974	39	565,873	606,547	1,172,420
1973	37	542,400	590,297	1,132,697
1972	36	519,349	574,714	1,094,063
1971	35	496,575	559,671	1,056,246
1970	34	474,128	545,145	1,019,273
1969	32	452,098	531,104	983,202
1968	31	430,599	517,506	948,105
1967	30	409,671	504,311	913,982
1966	29	393,312	488,558	881,870
1965	28	381,434	472,656	854,090
1964	27	369,904	459,533	829,437
1963	27	358,649	446,724	805,373
1962	26	347,620	434,194	781,814
1961	25	336,839	421,985	758,824
1960	24	326,337	410,163	736,500

Lesotho - Population