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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Denmark	Lesotho	Denmark	Lesotho
1960	4,579,603	736,500	-	-
1961	4,611,687	758,824	0.7%	3.03%
1962	4,647,727	781,814	0.78%	3.03%
1963	4,684,483	805,373	0.79%	3.01%
1964	4,722,072	829,437	0.8%	2.99%
1965	4,759,012	854,090	0.78%	2.97%
1966	4,797,381	881,870	0.81%	3.25%
1967	4,835,354	913,982	0.79%	3.64%
1968	4,864,883	948,105	0.61%	3.73%
1969	4,891,860	983,202	0.55%	3.7%
1970	4,928,757	1,019,273	0.75%	3.67%
1971	4,963,126	1,056,246	0.7%	3.63%
1972	4,991,596	1,094,063	0.57%	3.58%
1973	5,021,861	1,132,697	0.61%	3.53%
1974	5,045,297	1,172,420	0.47%	3.51%
1975	5,059,862	1,213,643	0.29%	3.52%
1976	5,072,596	1,253,214	0.25%	3.26%
1977	5,088,419	1,289,967	0.31%	2.93%
1978	5,104,248	1,327,240	0.31%	2.89%
1979	5,116,801	1,366,169	0.25%	2.93%
1980	5,123,027	1,406,521	0.12%	2.95%
1981	5,121,572	1,448,069	-0.03%	2.95%
1982	5,117,810	1,490,732	-0.07%	2.95%
1983	5,114,297	1,534,413	-0.07%	2.93%
1984	5,111,619	1,578,986	-0.05%	2.9%
1985	5,113,691	1,624,379	0.04%	2.87%
1986	5,120,534	1,666,138	0.13%	2.57%
1987	5,127,024	1,703,390	0.13%	2.24%
1988	5,129,516	1,739,841	0.05%	2.14%
1989	5,132,594	1,775,436	0.06%	2.05%
1990	5,140,939	1,809,696	0.16%	1.93%
1991	5,154,298	1,842,379	0.26%	1.81%
1992	5,171,370	1,873,274	0.33%	1.68%
1993	5,188,628	1,901,793	0.33%	1.52%
1994	5,206,180	1,927,707	0.34%	1.36%
1995	5,233,373	1,951,437	0.52%	1.23%
1996	5,263,074	1,972,418	0.57%	1.08%
1997	5,284,991	1,988,130	0.42%	0.8%
1998	5,304,219	1,998,049	0.36%	0.5%
1999	5,321,799	2,003,234	0.33%	0.26%
2000	5,339,616	2,003,913	0.33%	0.03%
2001	5,358,783	2,000,853	0.36%	-0.15%
2002	5,375,931	1,994,679	0.32%	-0.31%
2003	5,390,574	1,985,059	0.27%	-0.48%
2004	5,404,523	1,971,129	0.26%	-0.7%
2005	5,419,432	1,953,076	0.28%	-0.92%
2006	5,437,272	1,945,063	0.33%	-0.41%
2007	5,461,438	1,953,268	0.44%	0.42%
2008	5,493,621	1,966,541	0.59%	0.68%
2009	5,523,095	1,980,883	0.54%	0.73%
2010	5,547,683	1,996,251	0.45%	0.78%
2011	5,570,572	2,014,009	0.41%	0.89%
2012	5,591,572	2,034,354	0.38%	1.01%
2013	5,614,932	2,056,504	0.42%	1.09%
2014	5,643,475	2,080,089	0.51%	1.15%
2015	5,683,483	2,104,611	0.71%	1.18%
2016	5,728,010	2,130,422	0.78%	1.23%
2017	5,764,980	2,157,110	0.65%	1.25%
2018	5,793,636	2,183,603	0.5%	1.23%
2019	5,814,422	2,209,405	0.36%	1.18%
2020	5,831,404	2,235,727	0.29%	1.19%
2021	5,856,733	2,261,542	0.43%	1.15%
2022	5,903,037	2,286,110	0.79%	1.09%
2023	5,946,952	2,311,472	0.74%	1.11%
2024	5,976,992	2,337,423	0.51%	1.12%
2025	6,002,090	2,363,324	0.42%	1.11%
2026	6,023,091	2,389,334	0.35%	1.1%
2027	6,041,010	2,415,365	0.3%	1.09%
2028	6,056,755	2,441,435	0.26%	1.08%
2029	6,070,186	2,467,677	0.22%	1.07%
2030	6,081,559	2,493,816	0.19%	1.06%
2031	6,091,513	2,520,014	0.16%	1.05%
2032	6,099,943	2,546,489	0.14%	1.05%
2033	6,107,156	2,573,106	0.12%	1.05%
2034	6,113,785	2,599,777	0.11%	1.04%
2035	6,119,365	2,626,560	0.09%	1.03%
2036	6,123,874	2,653,503	0.07%	1.03%
2037	6,127,386	2,680,081	0.06%	1%
2038	6,130,437	2,706,197	0.05%	0.97%
2039	6,132,752	2,732,138	0.04%	0.96%
2040	6,134,223	2,757,868	0.02%	0.94%
2041	6,135,120	2,783,361	0.01%	0.92%
2042	6,135,315	2,808,538	0.003%	0.9%
2043	6,135,244	2,833,257	-0.001%	0.88%
2044	6,134,789	2,857,499	-0.007%	0.86%
2045	6,134,218	2,881,333	-0.009%	0.83%
2046	6,133,182	2,904,780	-0.02%	0.81%
2047	6,131,427	2,927,859	-0.03%	0.79%
2048	6,129,548	2,950,411	-0.03%	0.77%
2049	6,127,293	2,972,156	-0.04%	0.74%
2050	6,124,397	2,993,080	-0.05%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Denmark increased by 290,738 people (a 5.35% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Denmark gained 295,276 (a 5.15% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2006 and is 114th 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) Denmark's population will grow by 1.68% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 120th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.