Population growth in Lesotho in 2025 — 1.1%. Ranked 96 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 1.88 pp.
1961–2025 · % per year
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lesotho
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.1 | −0.01 pp |
| 2024 | 1.12 | +0.01 pp |
| 2023 | 1.1 | +0.02 pp |
| 2022 | 1.08 | −0.07 pp |
| 2021 | 1.15 | −0.04 pp |
| 2020 | 1.18 | +0.01 pp |
| 2019 | 1.17 | −0.05 pp |
| 2018 | 1.22 | −0.02 pp |
| 2017 | 1.24 | +0.03 pp |
| 2016 | 1.22 | +0.05 pp |
| 2015 | 1.17 | +0.03 pp |
| 2014 | 1.14 | +0.06 pp |
| 2013 | 1.08 | +0.08 pp |
| 2012 | 1.01 | +0.12 pp |
| 2011 | 0.89 | +0.11 pp |
| 2010 | 0.77 | +0.05 pp |
| 2009 | 0.73 | +0.05 pp |
| 2008 | 0.68 | +0.26 pp |
| 2007 | 0.42 | +0.83 pp |
| 2006 | -0.41 | +0.51 pp |
| 2005 | -0.92 | −0.22 pp |
| 2004 | -0.7 | −0.22 pp |
| 2003 | -0.48 | −0.17 pp |
| 2002 | -0.31 | −0.16 pp |
| 2001 | -0.15 | −0.19 pp |
| 2000 | 0.03 | −0.23 pp |
| 1999 | 0.26 | −0.24 pp |
| 1998 | 0.5 | −0.3 pp |
| 1997 | 0.79 | −0.28 pp |
| 1996 | 1.07 | −0.15 pp |
| 1995 | 1.22 | −0.13 pp |
| 1994 | 1.35 | −0.16 pp |
| 1993 | 1.51 | −0.15 pp |
| 1992 | 1.66 | −0.13 pp |
| 1991 | 1.79 | −0.12 pp |
| 1990 | 1.91 | −0.11 pp |
| 1989 | 2.03 | −0.09 pp |
| 1988 | 2.12 | −0.09 pp |
| 1987 | 2.21 | −0.33 pp |
| 1986 | 2.54 | −0.3 pp |
| 1985 | 2.83 | −0.03 pp |
| 1984 | 2.86 | −0.02 pp |
| 1983 | 2.89 | −0.02 pp |
| 1982 | 2.9 | −0.01 pp |
| 1981 | 2.91 | +0 pp |
| 1980 | 2.91 | +0.02 pp |
| 1979 | 2.89 | +0.04 pp |
| 1978 | 2.85 | −0.04 pp |
| 1977 | 2.89 | −0.32 pp |
| 1976 | 3.21 | −0.25 pp |
| 1975 | 3.46 | +0.01 pp |
| 1974 | 3.45 | −0.02 pp |
| 1973 | 3.47 | −0.05 pp |
| 1972 | 3.52 | −0.05 pp |
| 1971 | 3.56 | −0.04 pp |
| 1970 | 3.6 | −0.03 pp |
| 1969 | 3.63 | −0.03 pp |
| 1968 | 3.67 | +0.09 pp |
| 1967 | 3.58 | +0.38 pp |
| 1966 | 3.2 | +0.27 pp |
| 1965 | 2.93 | −0.02 pp |
| 1964 | 2.94 | −0.02 pp |
| 1963 | 2.97 | −0.02 pp |
| 1962 | 2.98 | −0 pp |
| 1961 | 2.99 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
Resident population of every country as of mid-year — series from 1960 onward.
Demography Total fertility rateHow many children one woman would bear on average if current age-specific fertility held.
Demography Net migrationThe difference between the number of arrivals and departures over a five-year period.
Demography Crude birth rateLive births per 1,000 people of population per year.
