Botswana vs Lesotho: Population

Botswana

2.48 million people

in 2023

Lesotho

2.31 million people

in 2023

Botswana rank

146th

Lesotho rank

147th

Population over time

Botswana currently reports 2.48 million people against 2.31 million people in Lesotho, a difference of 168,760 people.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 146th and Lesotho ranks 147th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.