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Lesotho: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
2.36 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+1.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+1.2%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20312.52Forecast
20302.49Forecast
20292.47Forecast
20282.44Forecast
20272.42Forecast
20262.39Forecast
20252.36
20242.34
20232.31
20222.29
20212.26
20202.24
20192.21
20182.18
20172.16
20162.13

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Penn World Table1960–2019
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Lesotho documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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