Migration trends in Lesotho
Africa
246.9K people from Lesotho have built lives abroad. That's 10.6% of the country population, spread across 14 different countries
2.3M
Population
9K
Immigrants
246.9K
Emigrants
−238K
Outflow
Every 10th person born in Lesotho now lives abroad
The #126 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Lesotho
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
4.5K immigrants · 130.3K emigrants
2015
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 43%
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 116.7K more citizens living abroad