Africa · Southern Africa
Lesotho
Kingdom of Lesotho
CapitalMaseru
Population2,363,325World Bank 2025
Area30,355 km²
CurrencyLSL — Lesotho loti, ZAR — South African rand
LanguagesEnglish, Sotho
Calling code+266
Time zones
GDPUSD 2.57B
GDP per capitaUSD 1.1K
Life expectancy57.8 years
Internet users51.8%
What this means
Lesotho is in Africa (Southern Africa). About 2.36M people live there, or roughly 77.9 people per km². GDP per capita is around USD 1.1K, which helps compare living standards with other countries on YIMHO.
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Country facts: world-countries (MIT). Indicators: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).