Live population of Lesotho

According to official figures released by the United Nations and World Bank Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, the population of Lesotho as of 2023 Apr 2 was 2,172,413

According to the 2022 Census, Lesotho's share of the world population is 0.027%

Lesotho population (2022) and previous data

Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	Death-rate		Life-expectancy
Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	M	F	M	F
2020	2,142,252	1,056,950	1,085,302	1,648,125	70.56	3.16	77,954	68,544	52.52	58.90
2015	2,059,011	1,011,929	1,047,082	1,589,499	67.82	3.16	78,971	71,510	50.40	56.75
2010	1,995,575	969,901	1,025,674	1,534,536	65.73	3.26	93,564	83,410	45.22	51.31
2005	1,996,115	964,204	1,031,911	1,515,794	65.75	3.37	108,287	95,677	40.64	45.83
2000	2,032,805	976,684	1,056,121	1,503,411	66.96	3.66	98,738	89,859	42.14	46.63
1995	1,898,598	922,645	975,953	1,462,720	62.54	3.96	72,025	60,625	48.30	56.02
1990	1,703,757	777,547	926,210	1,379,922	56.12	4.46	51,308	43,839	53.63	62.73
1985	1,526,132	691,294	834,838	1,299,178	50.27	4.98	43,620	39,039	54.84	63.81
1980	1,340,258	605,004	735,254	1,160,112	44.15	5.42	43,055	38,968	53.21	62.02
1975	1,160,795	515,702	645,093	1,026,118	38.23	5.69	44,476	40,751	50.10	58.90
1970	1,028,930	457,374	571,556	944,127	33.89	5.80	45,247	41,743	46.92	55.78
1965	922,307	408,639	513,668	874,218	30.38	5.80	44,165	40,631	44.77	53.71
1960	837,264	371,284	465,980	821,685	27.58	5.81	41,621	38,188	43.62	52.70
1955	766,763	341,517	425,246	771,660	25.26	5.86	40,046	36,435	42.37	51.46
1950	704,686	314,974	389,712	721,101	23.21	5.84	39,667	36,136	40.30	49.30