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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	Lesotho	Barbados	Lesotho
1960	230,893	736,500	-	-
1961	233,148	758,824	0.98%	3.03%
1962	235,224	781,814	0.89%	3.03%
1963	237,557	805,373	0.99%	3.01%
1964	239,958	829,437	1.01%	2.99%
1965	242,417	854,090	1.02%	2.97%
1966	244,996	881,870	1.06%	3.25%
1967	247,091	913,982	0.86%	3.64%
1968	248,540	948,105	0.59%	3.73%
1969	249,444	983,202	0.36%	3.7%
1970	249,387	1,019,273	-0.02%	3.67%
1971	249,168	1,056,246	-0.09%	3.63%
1972	249,658	1,094,063	0.2%	3.58%
1973	250,322	1,132,697	0.27%	3.53%
1974	250,777	1,172,420	0.18%	3.51%
1975	251,175	1,213,643	0.16%	3.52%
1976	251,442	1,253,214	0.11%	3.26%
1977	251,626	1,289,967	0.07%	2.93%
1978	251,551	1,327,240	-0.03%	2.89%
1979	251,269	1,366,169	-0.11%	2.93%
1980	251,524	1,406,521	0.1%	2.95%
1981	252,270	1,448,069	0.3%	2.95%
1982	253,095	1,490,732	0.33%	2.95%
1983	253,992	1,534,413	0.35%	2.93%
1984	254,920	1,578,986	0.37%	2.9%
1985	255,820	1,624,379	0.35%	2.87%
1986	256,618	1,666,138	0.31%	2.57%
1987	257,279	1,703,390	0.26%	2.24%
1988	257,763	1,739,841	0.19%	2.14%
1989	258,109	1,775,436	0.13%	2.05%
1990	258,582	1,809,696	0.18%	1.93%
1991	259,373	1,842,379	0.31%	1.81%
1992	260,267	1,873,274	0.34%	1.68%
1993	261,027	1,901,793	0.29%	1.52%
1994	261,620	1,927,707	0.23%	1.36%
1995	262,039	1,951,437	0.16%	1.23%
1996	262,284	1,972,418	0.09%	1.08%
1997	262,392	1,988,130	0.04%	0.8%
1998	262,436	1,998,049	0.02%	0.5%
1999	262,517	2,003,234	0.03%	0.26%
2000	262,063	2,003,913	-0.17%	0.03%
2001	262,425	2,000,853	0.14%	-0.15%
2002	264,148	1,994,679	0.66%	-0.31%
2003	265,776	1,985,059	0.62%	-0.48%
2004	267,298	1,971,129	0.57%	-0.7%
2005	268,706	1,953,076	0.53%	-0.92%
2006	270,002	1,945,063	0.48%	-0.41%
2007	271,288	1,953,268	0.48%	0.42%
2008	272,714	1,966,541	0.53%	0.68%
2009	274,123	1,980,883	0.52%	0.73%
2010	275,243	1,996,251	0.41%	0.78%
2011	276,139	2,014,009	0.33%	0.89%
2012	276,938	2,034,354	0.29%	1.01%
2013	277,665	2,056,504	0.26%	1.09%
2014	278,348	2,080,089	0.25%	1.15%
2015	278,990	2,104,611	0.23%	1.18%
2016	279,598	2,130,422	0.22%	1.23%
2017	280,171	2,157,110	0.2%	1.25%
2018	280,711	2,183,603	0.19%	1.23%
2019	281,207	2,209,405	0.18%	1.18%
2020	281,698	2,235,727	0.17%	1.19%
2021	282,147	2,261,542	0.16%	1.15%
2022	282,318	2,286,110	0.06%	1.09%
2023	282,336	2,311,472	0.006%	1.11%
2024	282,467	2,337,423	0.05%	1.12%
2025	282,618	2,363,324	0.05%	1.11%
2026	282,718	2,389,334	0.04%	1.1%
2027	282,779	2,415,365	0.02%	1.09%
2028	282,792	2,441,435	0.005%	1.08%
2029	282,689	2,467,677	-0.04%	1.07%
2030	282,486	2,493,816	-0.07%	1.06%
2031	282,203	2,520,014	-0.1%	1.05%
2032	281,846	2,546,489	-0.13%	1.05%
2033	281,402	2,573,106	-0.16%	1.05%
2034	280,904	2,599,777	-0.18%	1.04%
2035	280,344	2,626,560	-0.2%	1.03%
2036	279,697	2,653,503	-0.23%	1.03%
2037	278,962	2,680,081	-0.26%	1%
2038	278,147	2,706,197	-0.29%	0.97%
2039	277,276	2,732,138	-0.31%	0.96%
2040	276,345	2,757,868	-0.34%	0.94%
2041	275,351	2,783,361	-0.36%	0.92%
2042	274,293	2,808,538	-0.38%	0.9%
2043	273,145	2,833,257	-0.42%	0.88%
2044	271,954	2,857,499	-0.44%	0.86%
2045	270,773	2,881,333	-0.43%	0.83%
2046	269,533	2,904,780	-0.46%	0.81%
2047	268,224	2,927,859	-0.49%	0.79%
2048	266,887	2,950,411	-0.5%	0.77%
2049	265,548	2,972,156	-0.5%	0.74%
2050	264,216	2,993,080	-0.5%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Barbados increased by 9,596 people (a 3.55% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Barbados gained 3,120 (a 1.12% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2006 and is 175th 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) Barbados' population will shrink by 6.54% to 264,216 people with a rank change from 175th to 177th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.