The latest officially reported population of Lesotho was 2,337,423 in 2024 vs 4,515,577 people in Panama in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Lesotho's population is 2,389,618 people compared to 4,626,304 in Panama.
Population statistics:
- Panama's population is 1.94 times bigger than Lesotho's.
- Lesotho is ranked the 143rd most populous country in the world, while Panama is the 128th.
- The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.03% for Lesotho vs 0.06% for Panama.
- For the last 10 years, Lesotho has had an average growth rate of +1.17% per year vs +1.52% in Panama.
- Since 2006, the population of Lesotho has increased from 1.95M people to 2.39M (22.9% growth), while Panama has grown from 3.38M to 4.63M (37.1% growth).
- Lesotho is projected to reach its peak in 2083 at 3.31M people compared to the peak of 6.03M people in 2080 for Panama.
Lesotho vs Panama: live population counter
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| Current population |
2389618
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4626304
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| Population rank | 143/197 | 128/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
20.3 minutes
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9.25 minutes
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| One birth every |
9.43 minutes
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7.35 minutes
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| One death every |
21.4 minutes
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24.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.72 hours
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1.31 hours
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| Annual migration change | -5,107 | +6,706 |
| Daily growth/decline | +71 | +156 |
| Annual growth/decline | +25,951 | +56,818 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.12% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 94/197 | 84/197 |
Lesotho and Panama: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 736,500 | 1,126,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 758,824 | 1,159,870 | 3.03% | 3.01% |
| 1962 | 781,814 | 1,195,301 | 3.03% | 3.05% |
| 1963 | 805,373 | 1,232,124 | 3.01% | 3.08% |
| 1964 | 829,437 | 1,270,065 | 2.99% | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 854,090 | 1,308,835 | 2.97% | 3.05% |
| 1966 | 881,870 | 1,348,388 | 3.25% | 3.02% |
| 1967 | 913,982 | 1,388,628 | 3.64% | 2.98% |
| 1968 | 948,105 | 1,429,447 | 3.73% | 2.94% |
| 1969 | 983,202 | 1,470,886 | 3.7% | 2.9% |
| 1970 | 1,019,273 | 1,513,070 | 3.67% | 2.87% |
| 1971 | 1,056,246 | 1,556,081 | 3.63% | 2.84% |
| 1972 | 1,094,063 | 1,599,723 | 3.58% | 2.8% |
| 1973 | 1,132,697 | 1,643,690 | 3.53% | 2.75% |
| 1974 | 1,172,420 | 1,687,926 | 3.51% | 2.69% |
| 1975 | 1,213,643 | 1,732,389 | 3.52% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 1,253,214 | 1,776,935 | 3.26% | 2.57% |
| 1977 | 1,289,967 | 1,821,543 | 2.93% | 2.51% |
| 1978 | 1,327,240 | 1,866,311 | 2.89% | 2.46% |
| 1979 | 1,366,169 | 1,911,552 | 2.93% | 2.42% |
| 1980 | 1,406,521 | 1,957,534 | 2.95% | 2.41% |
| 1981 | 1,448,069 | 2,004,418 | 2.95% | 2.4% |
| 1982 | 1,490,732 | 2,052,271 | 2.95% | 2.39% |
| 1983 | 1,534,413 | 2,101,106 | 2.93% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 1,578,986 | 2,150,782 | 2.9% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 1,624,379 | 2,200,915 | 2.87% | 2.33% |
| 1986 | 1,666,138 | 2,251,325 | 2.57% | 2.29% |
| 1987 | 1,703,390 | 2,301,970 | 2.24% | 2.25% |
| 1988 | 1,739,841 | 2,352,848 | 2.14% | 2.21% |
| 1989 | 1,775,436 | 2,403,820 | 2.05% | 2.17% |
| 1990 | 1,809,696 | 2,455,583 | 1.93% | 2.15% |
| 1991 | 1,842,379 | 2,508,265 | 1.81% | 2.15% |
| 1992 | 1,873,274 | 2,561,336 | 1.68% | 2.12% |
| 1993 | 1,901,793 | 2,615,099 | 1.52% | 2.1% |
| 1994 | 1,927,707 | 2,669,546 | 1.36% | 2.08% |
| 1995 | 1,951,437 | 2,724,557 | 1.23% | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 1,972,418 | 2,780,227 | 1.08% | 2.04% |
| 1997 | 1,988,130 | 2,836,695 | 0.8% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 1,998,049 | 2,893,914 | 0.5% | 2.02% |
| 1999 | 2,003,234 | 2,951,822 | 0.26% | 2% |
| 2000 | 2,003,913 | 3,010,369 | 0.03% | 1.98% |
| 2001 | 2,000,853 | 3,069,537 | -0.15% | 1.97% |
| 2002 | 1,994,679 | 3,129,344 | -0.31% | 1.95% |
| 2003 | 1,985,059 | 3,189,807 | -0.48% | 1.93% |
| 2004 | 1,971,129 | 3,251,155 | -0.7% | 1.92% |
| 2005 | 1,953,076 | 3,313,026 | -0.92% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 1,945,063 | 3,375,024 | -0.41% | 1.87% |
| 2007 | 1,953,268 | 3,437,490 | 0.42% | 1.85% |
| 2008 | 1,966,541 | 3,500,648 | 0.68% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 1,980,883 | 3,564,381 | 0.73% | 1.82% |
| 2010 | 1,996,251 | 3,628,535 | 0.78% | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 2,014,009 | 3,693,505 | 0.89% | 1.79% |
| 2012 | 2,034,354 | 3,759,256 | 1.01% | 1.78% |
| 2013 | 2,056,504 | 3,825,329 | 1.09% | 1.76% |
| 2014 | 2,080,089 | 3,892,101 | 1.15% | 1.75% |
| 2015 | 2,104,611 | 3,960,035 | 1.18% | 1.75% |
| 2016 | 2,130,422 | 4,029,086 | 1.23% | 1.74% |
| 2017 | 2,157,110 | 4,098,707 | 1.25% | 1.73% |
| 2018 | 2,183,603 | 4,167,860 | 1.23% | 1.69% |
| 2019 | 2,209,405 | 4,234,700 | 1.18% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 2,235,727 | 4,293,261 | 1.19% | 1.38% |
| 2021 | 2,261,542 | 4,345,405 | 1.15% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 2,286,110 | 4,400,773 | 1.09% | 1.27% |
| 2023 | 2,311,472 | 4,458,759 | 1.11% | 1.32% |
| 2024 | 2,337,423 | 4,515,577 | 1.12% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 2,363,324 | 4,571,195 | 1.11% | 1.23% |
| 2026 | 2,389,334 | 4,625,720 | 1.1% | 1.19% |
| 2027 | 2,415,365 | 4,679,241 | 1.09% | 1.16% |
| 2028 | 2,441,435 | 4,731,818 | 1.08% | 1.12% |
| 2029 | 2,467,677 | 4,783,378 | 1.07% | 1.09% |
| 2030 | 2,493,816 | 4,833,856 | 1.06% | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 2,520,014 | 4,883,390 | 1.05% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 2,546,489 | 4,932,075 | 1.05% | 1% |
| 2033 | 2,573,106 | 4,979,812 | 1.05% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 2,599,777 | 5,026,494 | 1.04% | 0.94% |
| 2035 | 2,626,560 | 5,072,267 | 1.03% | 0.91% |
| 2036 | 2,653,503 | 5,117,124 | 1.03% | 0.88% |
| 2037 | 2,680,081 | 5,161,085 | 1% | 0.86% |
| 2038 | 2,706,197 | 5,204,053 | 0.97% | 0.83% |
| 2039 | 2,732,138 | 5,245,902 | 0.96% | 0.8% |
| 2040 | 2,757,868 | 5,286,595 | 0.94% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 2,783,361 | 5,326,183 | 0.92% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 2,808,538 | 5,364,671 | 0.9% | 0.72% |
| 2043 | 2,833,257 | 5,402,037 | 0.88% | 0.7% |
| 2044 | 2,857,499 | 5,438,259 | 0.86% | 0.67% |
| 2045 | 2,881,333 | 5,473,283 | 0.83% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 2,904,780 | 5,507,148 | 0.81% | 0.62% |
| 2047 | 2,927,859 | 5,539,873 | 0.79% | 0.59% |
| 2048 | 2,950,411 | 5,571,404 | 0.77% | 0.57% |
| 2049 | 2,972,156 | 5,601,670 | 0.74% | 0.54% |
| 2050 | 2,993,080 | 5,630,681 | 0.7% | 0.52% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Panama gained 654,062 people (a 19.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Panama's population increased by 597,218 (a 14.8% growth).
Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Panama was ranked 128th in 2006 and still ranked 128th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Lesotho's population will grow by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people with a rank change from 143rd to 141st. The population of Panama will increase by 21.7% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Maseru | 344K |
| Teyateyaneng | 75.1K |
| Mafeteng | 57.1K |
| Butha-Buthe | 10K |
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Population differences between Lesotho and Panama
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| Life expectancy | 58.6 years | 80.1 years |
| Average age | 25.8 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 22.7 years | 30.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.7:51.3 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 2.69 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 199.4 ppl/mi² | 157.7 ppl/mi² |
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