Sub-Saharan Africa · capital Maseru
Lesotho
#144 by population · Lower middle income · ISO LSO
Population right now
2,398,721
83.1 net per day · 1 birth every 561.9 s
·anchor 2,363,325 on 1 Jul 2025
·0.029% of the world
👶 Births today
135
0% of the way to the next birth · 0 while you've been here
⚰️ Deaths today
60
0% of the way to the next death · 0 while you've been here
🧳 Net migration / yr
−1,038
5-yr avg from 2025
📈 Net growth / day
+73
1.28% per year, from births − deaths + migration
Profile
Birth rate
23.76 /1,000
2024
Death rate
10.48 /1,000
2024
Fertility
2.66 births/woman
Life expectancy
57.8 yrs
Aged 0–14
34.1%
Aged 65+
3.9%
Urban
44.7%
Land area
30,360 km²
Density
77.8 /km²
GDP / capita
$1,089
2025
Trend
Population 2015–2025
Same region
Largest neighbours
How these numbers are made. Nobody counts people in real time.
Each figure is recomputed every frame from a World Bank anchor and rate:
pop(now) = 2,363,325 + 0.0010/s × elapsed since 1 Jul 2025
births/day = 154 (crude birth rate 23.76/1,000, 2024)
deaths/day = 68 (crude death rate 10.48/1,000, 2024)
Births and deaths are estimates for a hypothetical average day; they do not reflect
seasonality, and the migration figure is a 5-year average. World Bank's separately
published growth rate is 1.10%/yr; the rate shown above is derived
from the components so it always agrees with the counter. Full method →