The latest officially reported population of Colombia was 52,886,363 in 2024 vs 2,337,423 people in Lesotho in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Colombia's population is 53,941,545 people compared to 2,389,618 in Lesotho.
Population statistics:
- Colombia's population is 22.6 times bigger than Lesotho's.
- Colombia is ranked the 28th most populous country in the world, while Lesotho is the 143rd.
- The countries together account for 0.68% of the world: 0.65% for Colombia vs 0.03% for Lesotho.
- For the last 10 years, Colombia has had an average growth rate of +1.25% per year vs +1.17% in Lesotho.
- Since 2006, the population of Colombia has increased from 42.7M people to 53.9M (26.4% growth), while Lesotho has grown from 1.95M to 2.39M (22.9% growth).
- Colombia is projected to reach its peak in 2050 at 59.4M people compared to the peak of 3.31M people in 2083 for Lesotho.
Colombia vs Lesotho: live population counter
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| Current population |
53941545
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2389618
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| Population rank | 28/197 | 143/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.65% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
55.8 seconds
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20.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
44.7 seconds
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9.43 minutes
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| One death every |
1.86 minutes
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21.4 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.71 minutes
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1.72 hours
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| Annual migration change | +141,643 | -5,107 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,549 | +71 |
| Annual growth/decline | +565,211 | +25,951 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.08% | +1.12% |
| Population growth rate rank | 97/197 | 94/197 |
Colombia and Lesotho: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 15,606,209 | 736,500 | - | - |
| 1961 | 16,095,203 | 758,824 | 3.13% | 3.03% |
| 1962 | 16,599,029 | 781,814 | 3.13% | 3.03% |
| 1963 | 17,113,823 | 805,373 | 3.1% | 3.01% |
| 1964 | 17,637,411 | 829,437 | 3.06% | 2.99% |
| 1965 | 18,169,050 | 854,090 | 3.01% | 2.97% |
| 1966 | 18,702,688 | 881,870 | 2.94% | 3.25% |
| 1967 | 19,235,618 | 913,982 | 2.85% | 3.64% |
| 1968 | 19,766,796 | 948,105 | 2.76% | 3.73% |
| 1969 | 20,291,942 | 983,202 | 2.66% | 3.7% |
| 1970 | 20,811,782 | 1,019,273 | 2.56% | 3.67% |
| 1971 | 21,319,096 | 1,056,246 | 2.44% | 3.63% |
| 1972 | 21,819,563 | 1,094,063 | 2.35% | 3.58% |
| 1973 | 22,325,374 | 1,132,697 | 2.32% | 3.53% |
| 1974 | 22,833,469 | 1,172,420 | 2.28% | 3.51% |
| 1975 | 23,344,644 | 1,213,643 | 2.24% | 3.52% |
| 1976 | 23,858,810 | 1,253,214 | 2.2% | 3.26% |
| 1977 | 24,393,494 | 1,289,967 | 2.24% | 2.93% |
| 1978 | 24,950,337 | 1,327,240 | 2.28% | 2.89% |
| 1979 | 25,515,626 | 1,366,169 | 2.27% | 2.93% |
| 1980 | 26,104,498 | 1,406,521 | 2.31% | 2.95% |
| 1981 | 26,713,267 | 1,448,069 | 2.33% | 2.95% |
| 1982 | 27,338,331 | 1,490,732 | 2.34% | 2.95% |
| 1983 | 27,988,173 | 1,534,413 | 2.38% | 2.93% |
| 1984 | 28,642,690 | 1,578,986 | 2.34% | 2.9% |
| 1985 | 29,268,470 | 1,624,379 | 2.18% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 29,879,112 | 1,666,138 | 2.09% | 2.57% |
| 1987 | 30,499,467 | 1,703,390 | 2.08% | 2.24% |
| 1988 | 31,130,524 | 1,739,841 | 2.07% | 2.14% |
| 1989 | 31,776,279 | 1,775,436 | 2.07% | 2.05% |
| 1990 | 32,440,069 | 1,809,696 | 2.09% | 1.93% |
| 1991 | 33,098,372 | 1,842,379 | 2.03% | 1.81% |
| 1992 | 33,760,571 | 1,873,274 | 2% | 1.68% |
| 1993 | 34,441,473 | 1,901,793 | 2.02% | 1.52% |
| 1994 | 35,127,410 | 1,927,707 | 1.99% | 1.36% |
| 1995 | 35,804,662 | 1,951,437 | 1.93% | 1.23% |
| 1996 | 36,462,745 | 1,972,418 | 1.84% | 1.08% |
| 1997 | 37,121,149 | 1,988,130 | 1.81% | 0.8% |
| 1998 | 37,792,165 | 1,998,049 | 1.81% | 0.5% |
| 1999 | 38,454,863 | 2,003,234 | 1.75% | 0.26% |
| 2000 | 39,089,934 | 2,003,913 | 1.65% | 0.03% |
| 2001 | 39,709,262 | 2,000,853 | 1.58% | -0.15% |
| 2002 | 40,324,680 | 1,994,679 | 1.55% | -0.31% |
| 2003 | 40,937,429 | 1,985,059 | 1.52% | -0.48% |
| 2004 | 41,543,171 | 1,971,129 | 1.48% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 42,128,977 | 1,953,076 | 1.41% | -0.92% |
| 2006 | 42,691,084 | 1,945,063 | 1.33% | -0.41% |
| 2007 | 43,235,374 | 1,953,268 | 1.27% | 0.42% |
| 2008 | 43,758,808 | 1,966,541 | 1.21% | 0.68% |
| 2009 | 44,271,541 | 1,980,883 | 1.17% | 0.73% |
| 2010 | 44,777,319 | 1,996,251 | 1.14% | 0.78% |
| 2011 | 45,259,614 | 2,014,009 | 1.08% | 0.89% |
| 2012 | 45,715,810 | 2,034,354 | 1.01% | 1.01% |
| 2013 | 46,151,584 | 2,056,504 | 0.95% | 1.09% |
| 2014 | 46,565,429 | 2,080,089 | 0.9% | 1.15% |
| 2015 | 46,969,940 | 2,104,611 | 0.87% | 1.18% |
| 2016 | 47,437,512 | 2,130,422 | 1% | 1.23% |
| 2017 | 48,131,078 | 2,157,110 | 1.46% | 1.25% |
| 2018 | 49,024,465 | 2,183,603 | 1.86% | 1.23% |
| 2019 | 49,907,985 | 2,209,405 | 1.8% | 1.18% |
| 2020 | 50,629,997 | 2,235,727 | 1.45% | 1.19% |
| 2021 | 51,188,173 | 2,261,542 | 1.1% | 1.15% |
| 2022 | 51,737,944 | 2,286,110 | 1.07% | 1.09% |
| 2023 | 52,321,152 | 2,311,472 | 1.13% | 1.11% |
| 2024 | 52,886,363 | 2,337,423 | 1.08% | 1.12% |
| 2025 | 53,425,632 | 2,363,324 | 1.02% | 1.11% |
| 2026 | 53,936,234 | 2,389,334 | 0.96% | 1.1% |
| 2027 | 54,422,275 | 2,415,365 | 0.9% | 1.09% |
| 2028 | 54,885,123 | 2,441,435 | 0.85% | 1.08% |
| 2029 | 55,322,627 | 2,467,677 | 0.8% | 1.07% |
| 2030 | 55,736,477 | 2,493,816 | 0.75% | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 56,125,966 | 2,520,014 | 0.7% | 1.05% |
| 2032 | 56,490,496 | 2,546,489 | 0.65% | 1.05% |
| 2033 | 56,832,264 | 2,573,106 | 0.61% | 1.05% |
| 2034 | 57,151,619 | 2,599,777 | 0.56% | 1.04% |
| 2035 | 57,445,755 | 2,626,560 | 0.51% | 1.03% |
| 2036 | 57,716,869 | 2,653,503 | 0.47% | 1.03% |
| 2037 | 57,965,300 | 2,680,081 | 0.43% | 1% |
| 2038 | 58,190,082 | 2,706,197 | 0.39% | 0.97% |
| 2039 | 58,394,310 | 2,732,138 | 0.35% | 0.96% |
| 2040 | 58,576,452 | 2,757,868 | 0.31% | 0.94% |
| 2041 | 58,736,886 | 2,783,361 | 0.27% | 0.92% |
| 2042 | 58,878,126 | 2,808,538 | 0.24% | 0.9% |
| 2043 | 59,000,362 | 2,833,257 | 0.21% | 0.88% |
| 2044 | 59,104,592 | 2,857,499 | 0.18% | 0.86% |
| 2045 | 59,190,826 | 2,881,333 | 0.15% | 0.83% |
| 2046 | 59,259,758 | 2,904,780 | 0.12% | 0.81% |
| 2047 | 59,313,132 | 2,927,859 | 0.09% | 0.79% |
| 2048 | 59,351,262 | 2,950,411 | 0.06% | 0.77% |
| 2049 | 59,375,012 | 2,972,156 | 0.04% | 0.74% |
| 2050 | 59,385,355 | 2,993,080 | 0.02% | 0.7% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Colombia increased by 4,746,428 people (a 11.1% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Colombia gained 6,504,033 (a 13.7% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).
Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2006 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.1% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Bogota | 8.03M |
| Medellin | 2.53M |
| Cali | 2.47M |
| Barranquilla | 1.33M |
| Cartagena | 915K |
| Cucuta | 806K |
| Soacha | 783K |
| Soledad | 676K |
| Villavicencio | 664K |
| Bucaramanga | 615K |
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| City | Population |
| Maseru | 344K |
| Teyateyaneng | 75.1K |
| Mafeteng | 57.1K |
| Butha-Buthe | 10K |
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Population differences between Colombia and Lesotho
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| Life expectancy | 78.3 years | 58.6 years |
| Average age | 35 years | 25.8 years |
| Median age | 33.1 years | 22.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 48.7:51.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.65 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| Population density | 123.5 ppl/mi² | 199.4 ppl/mi² |
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