Population in Angola compared to Lesotho: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Angola and Lesotho: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Angola	Lesotho	Angola	Lesotho
1960	5,231,654	736,500	-	-
1961	5,301,583	758,824	1.34%	3.03%
1962	5,354,310	781,814	0.99%	3.03%
1963	5,408,320	805,373	1.01%	3.01%
1964	5,464,187	829,437	1.03%	2.99%
1965	5,521,981	854,090	1.06%	2.97%
1966	5,581,386	881,870	1.08%	3.25%
1967	5,641,807	913,982	1.08%	3.64%
1968	5,702,699	948,105	1.08%	3.73%
1969	5,763,685	983,202	1.07%	3.7%
1970	5,852,788	1,019,273	1.55%	3.67%
1971	5,991,102	1,056,246	2.36%	3.63%
1972	6,174,262	1,094,063	3.06%	3.58%
1973	6,388,528	1,132,697	3.47%	3.53%
1974	6,613,367	1,172,420	3.52%	3.51%
1975	6,842,947	1,213,643	3.47%	3.52%
1976	7,074,664	1,253,214	3.39%	3.26%
1977	7,317,829	1,289,967	3.44%	2.93%
1978	7,576,734	1,327,240	3.54%	2.89%
1979	7,847,207	1,366,169	3.57%	2.93%
1980	8,133,872	1,406,521	3.65%	2.95%
1981	8,435,607	1,448,069	3.71%	2.95%
1982	8,751,648	1,490,732	3.75%	2.95%
1983	9,082,983	1,534,413	3.79%	2.93%
1984	9,425,917	1,578,986	3.78%	2.9%
1985	9,779,120	1,624,379	3.75%	2.87%
1986	10,139,450	1,666,138	3.68%	2.57%
1987	10,497,858	1,703,390	3.53%	2.24%
1988	10,861,291	1,739,841	3.46%	2.14%
1989	11,238,562	1,775,436	3.47%	2.05%
1990	11,626,360	1,809,696	3.45%	1.93%
1991	12,023,529	1,842,379	3.42%	1.81%
1992	12,423,712	1,873,274	3.33%	1.68%
1993	12,827,135	1,901,793	3.25%	1.52%
1994	13,249,764	1,927,707	3.29%	1.36%
1995	13,699,778	1,951,437	3.4%	1.23%
1996	14,170,973	1,972,418	3.44%	1.08%
1997	14,660,413	1,988,130	3.45%	0.8%
1998	15,159,370	1,998,049	3.4%	0.5%
1999	15,667,235	2,003,234	3.35%	0.26%
2000	16,194,869	2,003,913	3.37%	0.03%
2001	16,747,208	2,000,853	3.41%	-0.15%
2002	17,327,699	1,994,679	3.47%	-0.31%
2003	17,943,712	1,985,059	3.56%	-0.48%
2004	18,600,423	1,971,129	3.66%	-0.7%
2005	19,291,161	1,953,076	3.71%	-0.92%
2006	20,015,279	1,945,063	3.75%	-0.41%
2007	20,778,561	1,953,268	3.81%	0.42%
2008	21,578,655	1,966,541	3.85%	0.68%
2009	22,414,773	1,980,883	3.87%	0.73%
2010	23,294,825	1,996,251	3.93%	0.78%
2011	24,218,352	2,014,009	3.96%	0.89%
2012	25,177,394	2,034,354	3.96%	1.01%
2013	26,165,620	2,056,504	3.93%	1.09%
2014	27,160,769	2,080,089	3.8%	1.15%
2015	28,157,798	2,104,611	3.67%	1.18%
2016	29,183,070	2,130,422	3.64%	1.23%
2017	30,234,839	2,157,110	3.6%	1.25%
2018	31,297,155	2,183,603	3.51%	1.23%
2019	32,375,632	2,209,405	3.45%	1.18%
2020	33,451,132	2,235,727	3.32%	1.19%
2021	34,532,429	2,261,542	3.23%	1.15%
2022	35,635,029	2,286,110	3.19%	1.09%
2023	36,749,906	2,311,472	3.13%	1.11%
2024	37,885,849	2,337,423	3.09%	1.12%
2025	39,040,029	2,363,324	3.05%	1.11%
2026	40,215,174	2,389,334	3.01%	1.1%
2027	41,415,119	2,415,365	2.98%	1.09%
2028	42,641,677	2,441,435	2.96%	1.08%
2029	43,891,847	2,467,677	2.93%	1.07%
2030	45,160,453	2,493,816	2.89%	1.06%
2031	46,449,962	2,520,014	2.86%	1.05%
2032	47,759,505	2,546,489	2.82%	1.05%
2033	49,091,470	2,573,106	2.79%	1.05%
2034	50,447,449	2,599,777	2.76%	1.04%
2035	51,821,711	2,626,560	2.72%	1.03%
2036	53,215,935	2,653,503	2.69%	1.03%
2037	54,625,858	2,680,081	2.65%	1%
2038	56,053,776	2,706,197	2.61%	0.97%
2039	57,501,906	2,732,138	2.58%	0.96%
2040	58,965,319	2,757,868	2.54%	0.94%
2041	60,441,178	2,783,361	2.5%	0.92%
2042	61,927,899	2,808,538	2.46%	0.9%
2043	63,430,872	2,833,257	2.43%	0.88%
2044	64,945,294	2,857,499	2.39%	0.86%
2045	66,464,320	2,881,333	2.34%	0.83%
2046	68,000,587	2,904,780	2.31%	0.81%
2047	69,554,157	2,927,859	2.28%	0.79%
2048	71,118,776	2,950,411	2.25%	0.77%
2049	72,701,379	2,972,156	2.23%	0.74%
2050	74,295,387	2,993,080	2.19%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Angola increased by 9,167,791 people (a 45.8% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Angola gained 11,045,218 (a 37.8% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Angola was ranked 56th most populous country in 2006 and is 39th in 2026. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2006 and ranked 143rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Angola's population will grow by 84.7% to 74,295,387 people with a rank change from 39th to 27th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.