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Lesotho

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
2,363,325 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 2,007,201in 2016[4]
Land area
30,360 km²[5]
Total area
30,355 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currencies
Land border
South Africa[12]
Coast
No ocean coast (landlocked)[13][12]
Continent
Official names

Parts of Lesotho

Loading 10 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
196020252.4M

736,500 in 1960, 2,363,325 in 2025

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

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
LS[19]
ISO alpha-3
LSO[20]
ISO numeric
426[21]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), capital: Maseru (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), population (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), area (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), official language: English (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), official language: Sesotho (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), currency: loti (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), currency: rand (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  11. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), continent: Africa (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  12. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  13. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), instance of (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), official name (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), official name (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), official name (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), official name (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  18. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), official name (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  19. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  20. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  21. Wikidata: Lesotho (Q1013), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2563800236) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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