The latest officially reported population of Israel was 9,974,400 in 2024 vs 2,337,423 people in Lesotho in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Israel's population is 10,252,907 people compared to 2,389,618 in Lesotho.
Population statistics:
- Israel's population is 4.29 times bigger than Lesotho's.
- Israel is ranked the 95th most populous country in the world, while Lesotho is the 143rd.
- 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 2006, the population of Israel has increased from 7.05M people to 10.3M (45.4% growth), while Lesotho has grown from 1.95M to 2.39M (22.9% 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 |
10252907
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2389618
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| Population rank | 95/197 | 143/197 |
| 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 | 85/197 | 94/197 |
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 2006 to 2016, the population of Israel increased by 1,492,300 people (a 21.2% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Israel gained 1,706,907 (a 20% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).
Israel was ranked 99th most populous country in 2006 and is 95th in 2026. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2006 and ranked 143rd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Israel's population will grow by 35.7% to 13,911,988 people with a rank change from 95th to 88th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.
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Population differences between Israel and Lesotho
|
Israel
|
Lesotho
|
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|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 82.9 years | 58.6 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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