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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bolivia	Lesotho	Bolivia	Lesotho
1960	3,702,323	736,500	-	-
1961	3,778,731	758,824	2.06%	3.03%
1962	3,857,493	781,814	2.08%	3.03%
1963	3,938,913	805,373	2.11%	3.01%
1964	4,022,996	829,437	2.13%	2.99%
1965	4,109,796	854,090	2.16%	2.97%
1966	4,199,550	881,870	2.18%	3.25%
1967	4,292,572	913,982	2.22%	3.64%
1968	4,388,944	948,105	2.25%	3.73%
1969	4,488,232	983,202	2.26%	3.7%
1970	4,590,010	1,019,273	2.27%	3.67%
1971	4,694,342	1,056,246	2.27%	3.63%
1972	4,800,978	1,094,063	2.27%	3.58%
1973	4,910,200	1,132,697	2.27%	3.53%
1974	5,022,475	1,172,420	2.29%	3.51%
1975	5,137,539	1,213,643	2.29%	3.52%
1976	5,256,496	1,253,214	2.32%	3.26%
1977	5,379,166	1,289,967	2.33%	2.93%
1978	5,504,123	1,327,240	2.32%	2.89%
1979	5,630,849	1,366,169	2.3%	2.93%
1980	5,758,900	1,406,521	2.27%	2.95%
1981	5,888,109	1,448,069	2.24%	2.95%
1982	6,018,088	1,490,732	2.21%	2.95%
1983	6,149,060	1,534,413	2.18%	2.93%
1984	6,281,868	1,578,986	2.16%	2.9%
1985	6,416,185	1,624,379	2.14%	2.87%
1986	6,552,479	1,666,138	2.12%	2.57%
1987	6,692,162	1,703,390	2.13%	2.24%
1988	6,835,508	1,739,841	2.14%	2.14%
1989	6,981,766	1,775,436	2.14%	2.05%
1990	7,130,142	1,809,696	2.13%	1.93%
1991	7,280,289	1,842,379	2.11%	1.81%
1992	7,430,336	1,873,274	2.06%	1.68%
1993	7,579,195	1,901,793	2%	1.52%
1994	7,727,322	1,927,707	1.95%	1.36%
1995	7,874,676	1,951,437	1.91%	1.23%
1996	8,021,736	1,972,418	1.87%	1.08%
1997	8,167,900	1,988,130	1.82%	0.8%
1998	8,313,394	1,998,049	1.78%	0.5%
1999	8,459,806	2,003,234	1.76%	0.26%
2000	8,606,326	2,003,913	1.73%	0.03%
2001	8,752,736	2,000,853	1.7%	-0.15%
2002	8,900,355	1,994,679	1.69%	-0.31%
2003	9,050,700	1,985,059	1.69%	-0.48%
2004	9,204,287	1,971,129	1.7%	-0.7%
2005	9,360,754	1,953,076	1.7%	-0.92%
2006	9,521,689	1,945,063	1.72%	-0.41%
2007	9,685,960	1,953,268	1.73%	0.42%
2008	9,850,858	1,966,541	1.7%	0.68%
2009	10,016,275	1,980,883	1.68%	0.73%
2010	10,182,345	1,996,251	1.66%	0.78%
2011	10,348,929	2,014,009	1.64%	0.89%
2012	10,515,807	2,034,354	1.61%	1.01%
2013	10,682,608	2,056,504	1.59%	1.09%
2014	10,848,888	2,080,089	1.56%	1.15%
2015	11,014,705	2,104,611	1.53%	1.18%
2016	11,180,020	2,130,422	1.5%	1.23%
2017	11,344,587	2,157,110	1.47%	1.25%
2018	11,508,368	2,183,603	1.44%	1.23%
2019	11,671,386	2,209,405	1.42%	1.18%
2020	11,816,299	2,235,727	1.24%	1.19%
2021	11,937,360	2,261,542	1.02%	1.15%
2022	12,077,154	2,286,110	1.17%	1.09%
2023	12,244,159	2,311,472	1.38%	1.11%
2024	12,413,315	2,337,423	1.38%	1.12%
2025	12,581,842	2,363,324	1.36%	1.11%
2026	12,749,291	2,389,334	1.33%	1.1%
2027	12,915,581	2,415,365	1.3%	1.09%
2028	13,080,490	2,441,435	1.28%	1.08%
2029	13,243,771	2,467,677	1.25%	1.07%
2030	13,405,558	2,493,816	1.22%	1.06%
2031	13,565,504	2,520,014	1.19%	1.05%
2032	13,723,365	2,546,489	1.16%	1.05%
2033	13,879,048	2,573,106	1.13%	1.05%
2034	14,032,573	2,599,777	1.11%	1.04%
2035	14,183,821	2,626,560	1.08%	1.03%
2036	14,332,310	2,653,503	1.05%	1.03%
2037	14,478,101	2,680,081	1.02%	1%
2038	14,621,400	2,706,197	0.99%	0.97%
2039	14,761,945	2,732,138	0.96%	0.96%
2040	14,899,391	2,757,868	0.93%	0.94%
2041	15,033,982	2,783,361	0.9%	0.92%
2042	15,165,741	2,808,538	0.88%	0.9%
2043	15,294,503	2,833,257	0.85%	0.88%
2044	15,420,207	2,857,499	0.82%	0.86%
2045	15,542,783	2,881,333	0.79%	0.83%
2046	15,662,310	2,904,780	0.77%	0.81%
2047	15,778,742	2,927,859	0.74%	0.79%
2048	15,892,248	2,950,411	0.72%	0.77%
2049	16,002,807	2,972,156	0.7%	0.74%
2050	16,110,156	2,993,080	0.67%	0.7%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,653,951 people (a 17.7% growth), while Lesotho gained 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bolivia gained 1,701,645 (a 15.4% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 279,606 (a 13.3% growth).

Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2005 and is 79th in 2025. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2005 and still ranked 144th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Bolivia's population will grow by 26.7% to 16,110,156 people with a rank change from 79th to 80th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 144th to 141st.