The latest officially reported population of Israel was 9,974,400 in 2024 vs 2,337,423 people in Lesotho in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Israel's population is 10,224,104 people compared to 2,384,217 in Lesotho.
Population statistics:
- Israel's population is 4.29 times bigger than Lesotho's.
- Israel is ranked the 96th most populous country in the world, while Lesotho is the 144th.
- The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.12% for Israel vs 0.03% for Lesotho.
- For the last 10 years, Israel has had an average growth rate of +1.96% per year vs +1.17% in Lesotho.
- Since 2005, the population of Israel has increased from 6.93M people to 10.2M (47.5% growth), while Lesotho has grown from 1.95M to 2.38M (22.1% growth).
- Israel is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 21M people compared to the peak of 3.31M people in 2083 for Lesotho.
Israel vs Lesotho: live population counter
Israel
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Lesotho
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
10224104
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2384217
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| Population rank | 96/197 | 144/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.12% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
4.19 minutes
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20.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.87 minutes
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9.43 minutes
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| One death every |
10.3 minutes
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21.4 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
49.5 minutes
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1.72 hours
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| Annual migration change | +10,612 | -5,107 |
| Daily growth/decline | +344 | +71 |
| Annual growth/decline | +125,400 | +25,951 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.27% | +1.12% |
| Population growth rate rank | 86/197 | 96/197 |
Israel and Lesotho: population history and growth rate by year chart
Israel
Population
Growth rate
Lesotho
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Israel
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Lesotho
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Israel
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Lesotho
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| 1960 | 2,114,020 | 736,500 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,185,000 | 758,824 | 3.36% | 3.03% |
| 1962 | 2,293,000 | 781,814 | 4.94% | 3.03% |
| 1963 | 2,379,000 | 805,373 | 3.75% | 3.01% |
| 1964 | 2,475,000 | 829,437 | 4.04% | 2.99% |
| 1965 | 2,563,000 | 854,090 | 3.56% | 2.97% |
| 1966 | 2,629,000 | 881,870 | 2.58% | 3.25% |
| 1967 | 2,745,000 | 913,982 | 4.41% | 3.64% |
| 1968 | 2,803,000 | 948,105 | 2.11% | 3.73% |
| 1969 | 2,877,000 | 983,202 | 2.64% | 3.7% |
| 1970 | 2,974,000 | 1,019,273 | 3.37% | 3.67% |
| 1971 | 3,069,000 | 1,056,246 | 3.19% | 3.63% |
| 1972 | 3,148,000 | 1,094,063 | 2.57% | 3.58% |
| 1973 | 3,278,000 | 1,132,697 | 4.13% | 3.53% |
| 1974 | 3,377,000 | 1,172,420 | 3.02% | 3.51% |
| 1975 | 3,455,000 | 1,213,643 | 2.31% | 3.52% |
| 1976 | 3,533,000 | 1,253,214 | 2.26% | 3.26% |
| 1977 | 3,613,000 | 1,289,967 | 2.26% | 2.93% |
| 1978 | 3,690,000 | 1,327,240 | 2.13% | 2.89% |
| 1979 | 3,786,000 | 1,366,169 | 2.6% | 2.93% |
| 1980 | 3,878,000 | 1,406,521 | 2.43% | 2.95% |
| 1981 | 3,956,000 | 1,448,069 | 2.01% | 2.95% |
| 1982 | 4,031,000 | 1,490,732 | 1.9% | 2.95% |
| 1983 | 4,105,000 | 1,534,413 | 1.84% | 2.93% |
| 1984 | 4,159,000 | 1,578,986 | 1.32% | 2.9% |
| 1985 | 4,233,000 | 1,624,379 | 1.78% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 4,299,000 | 1,666,138 | 1.56% | 2.57% |
| 1987 | 4,369,000 | 1,703,390 | 1.63% | 2.24% |
| 1988 | 4,442,000 | 1,739,841 | 1.67% | 2.14% |
| 1989 | 4,518,000 | 1,775,436 | 1.71% | 2.05% |
| 1990 | 4,660,000 | 1,809,696 | 3.14% | 1.93% |
| 1991 | 4,949,000 | 1,842,379 | 6.2% | 1.81% |
| 1992 | 5,123,000 | 1,873,274 | 3.52% | 1.68% |
| 1993 | 5,261,000 | 1,901,793 | 2.69% | 1.52% |
| 1994 | 5,399,000 | 1,927,707 | 2.62% | 1.36% |
| 1995 | 5,545,000 | 1,951,437 | 2.7% | 1.23% |
| 1996 | 5,692,000 | 1,972,418 | 2.65% | 1.08% |
| 1997 | 5,836,000 | 1,988,130 | 2.53% | 0.8% |
| 1998 | 5,971,000 | 1,998,049 | 2.31% | 0.5% |
| 1999 | 6,125,000 | 2,003,234 | 2.58% | 0.26% |
| 2000 | 6,289,000 | 2,003,913 | 2.68% | 0.03% |
| 2001 | 6,439,000 | 2,000,853 | 2.39% | -0.15% |
| 2002 | 6,570,000 | 1,994,679 | 2.03% | -0.31% |
| 2003 | 6,689,700 | 1,985,059 | 1.82% | -0.48% |
| 2004 | 6,809,000 | 1,971,129 | 1.78% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 6,930,100 | 1,953,076 | 1.78% | -0.92% |
| 2006 | 7,053,700 | 1,945,063 | 1.78% | -0.41% |
| 2007 | 7,180,100 | 1,953,268 | 1.79% | 0.42% |
| 2008 | 7,308,800 | 1,966,541 | 1.79% | 0.68% |
| 2009 | 7,485,600 | 1,980,883 | 2.42% | 0.73% |
| 2010 | 7,623,600 | 1,996,251 | 1.84% | 0.78% |
| 2011 | 7,765,800 | 2,014,009 | 1.87% | 0.89% |
| 2012 | 7,910,500 | 2,034,354 | 1.86% | 1.01% |
| 2013 | 8,059,500 | 2,056,504 | 1.88% | 1.09% |
| 2014 | 8,215,700 | 2,080,089 | 1.94% | 1.15% |
| 2015 | 8,380,100 | 2,104,611 | 2% | 1.18% |
| 2016 | 8,546,000 | 2,130,422 | 1.98% | 1.23% |
| 2017 | 8,713,300 | 2,157,110 | 1.96% | 1.25% |
| 2018 | 8,882,800 | 2,183,603 | 1.95% | 1.23% |
| 2019 | 9,054,000 | 2,209,405 | 1.93% | 1.18% |
| 2020 | 9,215,100 | 2,235,727 | 1.78% | 1.19% |
| 2021 | 9,371,400 | 2,261,542 | 1.7% | 1.15% |
| 2022 | 9,557,500 | 2,286,110 | 1.99% | 1.09% |
| 2023 | 9,849,000 | 2,311,472 | 3.05% | 1.11% |
| 2024 | 9,974,400 | 2,337,423 | 1.27% | 1.12% |
| 2025 | 10,112,712 | 2,363,324 | 1.39% | 1.11% |
| 2026 | 10,251,384 | 2,389,334 | 1.37% | 1.1% |
| 2027 | 10,390,790 | 2,415,365 | 1.36% | 1.09% |
| 2028 | 10,530,831 | 2,441,435 | 1.35% | 1.08% |
| 2029 | 10,670,808 | 2,467,677 | 1.33% | 1.07% |
| 2030 | 10,812,707 | 2,493,816 | 1.33% | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 10,958,256 | 2,520,014 | 1.35% | 1.05% |
| 2032 | 11,102,895 | 2,546,489 | 1.32% | 1.05% |
| 2033 | 11,245,826 | 2,573,106 | 1.29% | 1.05% |
| 2034 | 11,390,158 | 2,599,777 | 1.28% | 1.04% |
| 2035 | 11,537,556 | 2,626,560 | 1.29% | 1.03% |
| 2036 | 11,685,531 | 2,653,503 | 1.28% | 1.03% |
| 2037 | 11,835,669 | 2,680,081 | 1.28% | 1% |
| 2038 | 11,990,527 | 2,706,197 | 1.31% | 0.97% |
| 2039 | 12,147,999 | 2,732,138 | 1.31% | 0.96% |
| 2040 | 12,306,173 | 2,757,868 | 1.3% | 0.94% |
| 2041 | 12,464,653 | 2,783,361 | 1.29% | 0.92% |
| 2042 | 12,626,052 | 2,808,538 | 1.29% | 0.9% |
| 2043 | 12,788,911 | 2,833,257 | 1.29% | 0.88% |
| 2044 | 12,952,526 | 2,857,499 | 1.28% | 0.86% |
| 2045 | 13,114,360 | 2,881,333 | 1.25% | 0.83% |
| 2046 | 13,274,365 | 2,904,780 | 1.22% | 0.81% |
| 2047 | 13,433,565 | 2,927,859 | 1.2% | 0.79% |
| 2048 | 13,590,900 | 2,950,411 | 1.17% | 0.77% |
| 2049 | 13,750,245 | 2,972,156 | 1.17% | 0.74% |
| 2050 | 13,911,988 | 2,993,080 | 1.18% | 0.7% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Israel increased by 1,450,000 people (a 20.9% growth), while Lesotho gained 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Israel gained 1,844,004 (a 22% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 279,606 (a 13.3% growth).
Israel was ranked 98th most populous country in 2005 and is 96th in 2025. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2005 and still ranked 144th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Israel's population will grow by 36.1% to 13,911,988 people with a rank change from 96th to 88th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 144th to 141st.
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Population differences between Israel and Lesotho
|
Israel
|
Lesotho
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 82.8 years | 58.2 years |
| Average age | 33.6 years | 25.8 years |
| Median age | 30.2 years | 22.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 48.7:51.3 |
| Fertility rate | 2.85 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,194 ppl/mi² | 199.4 ppl/mi² |
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