Lesotho: flag, capital & map
Get to know Lesotho, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Maseru
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Southern Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 2,363,325
- Area
- 30,355 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English, Sotho
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- South African Rand (ZAR), Lesotho Loti (LSL)
- Land neighbours
- South Africa
Lesotho is entirely surrounded by South Africa. Its capital is Maseru.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Lesotho
The flag of Lesotho is composed of three horizontal bands of blue, white and green in the ratio of 3:4:3. A black mokorotlo — a Basotho hat — is centered in the white band.
Where it is
Lesotho is grouped in Southern Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 1 country in this atlas: South Africa. It is landlocked.
Lesotho has a recorded area of 30,355 square kilometres. Among the 6 countries assigned to Southern Africa in this dataset, it ranks 5 by area, from largest to smallest. Zimbabwe is immediately above it in that ordering, at 390,757 km². Eswatini is immediately below it, at 17,364 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 2,363,325 people for Lesotho in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 78 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English and Sotho. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currencies listed for this date are South African Rand (ZAR) and Lesotho Loti (LSL). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Lesotho?
Reveal answer
Maseru. Lesotho is entirely surrounded by South Africa. Its capital is Maseru.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Lesotho?
Reveal answer
The flag of Lesotho is composed of three horizontal bands of blue, white and green in the ratio of 3:4:3. A black mokorotlo — a Basotho hat — is centered in the white band.
Which land neighbours of Lesotho are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
South Africa. Lesotho is landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Lesotho?
Reveal answer
English and Sotho. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Lesotho.
Which currency codes are listed for Lesotho?
Reveal answer
South African Rand (ZAR) and Lesotho Loti (LSL). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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