Net migration in Lesotho in 2025 — -5,192 people. Ranked 137 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 361%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lesotho
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -5,192 | −85 | −1.66% |
| 2024 | -5,107 | +61 | +1.18% |
| 2023 | -5,168 | +855 | +14.2% |
| 2022 | -6,023 | −2,574 | −74.63% |
| 2021 | -3,449 | +0 | +0% |
| 2020 | -3,449 | +3,447 | +49.99% |
| 2019 | -6,896 | −4 | −0.06% |
| 2018 | -6,892 | −42 | −0.61% |
| 2017 | -6,850 | −84 | −1.24% |
| 2016 | -6,766 | +321 | +4.53% |
| 2015 | -7,087 | −210 | −3.05% |
| 2014 | -6,877 | −218 | −3.27% |
| 2013 | -6,659 | −234 | −3.64% |
| 2012 | -6,425 | −307 | −5.02% |
| 2011 | -6,118 | −232 | −3.94% |
| 2010 | -5,886 | −287 | −5.13% |
| 2009 | -5,599 | −207 | −3.84% |
| 2008 | -5,392 | −213 | −4.11% |
| 2007 | -5,179 | +6,237 | +54.63% |
| 2006 | -11,416 | +24,263 | +68% |
| 2005 | -35,679 | −2,149 | −6.41% |
| 2004 | -33,530 | −1,807 | −5.7% |
| 2003 | -31,723 | −1,799 | −6.01% |
| 2002 | -29,924 | −2,050 | −7.35% |
| 2001 | -27,874 | −1,654 | −6.31% |
| 2000 | -26,220 | −1,610 | −6.54% |
| 1999 | -24,610 | −1,311 | −5.63% |
| 1998 | -23,299 | −903 | −4.03% |
| 1997 | -22,396 | −5,354 | −31.42% |
| 1996 | -17,042 | −2,454 | −16.82% |
| 1995 | -14,588 | −635 | −4.55% |
| 1994 | -13,953 | −606 | −4.54% |
| 1993 | -13,347 | −640 | −5.04% |
| 1992 | -12,707 | −593 | −4.9% |
| 1991 | -12,114 | −516 | −4.45% |
| 1990 | -11,598 | −391 | −3.49% |
| 1989 | -11,207 | −179 | −1.62% |
| 1988 | -11,028 | −82 | −0.75% |
| 1987 | -10,946 | −3,445 | −45.93% |
| 1986 | -7,501 | −8,723 | −713.83% |
| 1985 | 1,222 | +23 | +1.92% |
| 1984 | 1,199 | −54 | −4.31% |
| 1983 | 1,253 | −28 | −2.19% |
| 1982 | 1,281 | −26 | −1.99% |
| 1981 | 1,307 | −54 | −3.97% |
| 1980 | 1,361 | +76 | +5.91% |
| 1979 | 1,285 | +238 | +22.73% |
| 1978 | 1,047 | +301 | +40.35% |
| 1977 | 746 | −2,240 | −75.02% |
| 1976 | 2,986 | −6,737 | −69.29% |
| 1975 | 9,723 | −249 | −2.5% |
| 1974 | 9,972 | −211 | −2.07% |
| 1973 | 10,183 | −203 | −1.95% |
| 1972 | 10,386 | −177 | −1.68% |
| 1971 | 10,563 | −42 | −0.4% |
| 1970 | 10,605 | +140 | +1.34% |
| 1969 | 10,465 | +357 | +3.53% |
| 1968 | 10,108 | +374 | +3.84% |
| 1967 | 9,734 | +2,486 | +34.3% |
| 1966 | 7,248 | +5,009 | +223.72% |
| 1965 | 2,239 | +41 | +1.87% |
| 1964 | 2,198 | −22 | −0.99% |
| 1963 | 2,220 | +48 | +2.21% |
| 1962 | 2,172 | +72 | +3.43% |
| 1961 | 2,100 | +111 | +5.58% |
| 1960 | 1,989 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Net migration is the number of people arriving in a country minus the number leaving it, counting both citizens and foreigners. A positive value means net inflow, a negative one net outflow. The UN Population Division publishes the indicator at five-year intervals and derives it residually, as the difference between the actual change in population and natural increase, so errors of registration end up inside it as well.
Important: The value refers to a five-year period rather than to a single year; in the years between reference points the figure repeats.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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