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title: "Lesotho — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Lesotho: capital Maseru, area 30,355 km², population 2,363,325 (2025), currency Lesotho loti. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/lesotho/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Lesotho

**Lesotho: Capital Maseru**

30,355 km² · 2,363,325 people (2025) · Lesotho loti

The only country on Earth entirely above 1,000 m; its lowest point, 1,400 m, is higher than the lowest point of any other country. Thabana Ntlenyana reaches 3,482 m, and Lesotho is completely surrounded by South Africa.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Maseru
- **Area:** 30,355 km² — 11,720 sq mi
- **Population:** 2,363,325 (2025)
- **Density:** 77.9 people per km²
- **Currency:** Lesotho loti (LSL, L)
- **Official languages:** English, Sotho
- **Time zone:** UTC+02:00
- **Calling code:** +266
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** LS · LSO
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 139 of 200
- **By population:** 145 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Moldova | 33,851 | 2,360,527 |
| Belgium | 30,528 | 11,941,781 |
| Lesotho ← | 30,355 | 2,363,325 |
| Armenia | 29,743 | 3,086,700 |
| Solomon Islands | 28,896 | 838,645 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Lesotho?

Maseru

### What currency does Lesotho use?

The Lesotho loti (LSL).

### How big is Lesotho?

30,355 km², or 11,720 square miles — 139 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Lesotho drive on?

The left.

## Related pages

- [Moldova](https://atoneplace.net/country/moldova/)
- [Belgium](https://atoneplace.net/country/belgium/)
- [Armenia](https://atoneplace.net/country/armenia/)
- [Solomon Islands](https://atoneplace.net/country/solomon-islands/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]