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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Djibouti	Lesotho	Djibouti	Lesotho
1960	86,024	736,500	-	-
1961	89,390	758,824	3.91%	3.03%
1962	93,283	781,814	4.36%	3.03%
1963	97,872	805,373	4.92%	3.01%
1964	103,198	829,437	5.44%	2.99%
1965	109,092	854,090	5.71%	2.97%
1966	115,269	881,870	5.66%	3.25%
1967	121,649	913,982	5.53%	3.64%
1968	128,250	948,105	5.43%	3.73%
1969	136,078	983,202	6.1%	3.7%
1970	145,175	1,019,273	6.69%	3.67%
1971	155,136	1,056,246	6.86%	3.63%
1972	166,256	1,094,063	7.17%	3.58%
1973	178,449	1,132,697	7.33%	3.53%
1974	192,613	1,172,420	7.94%	3.51%
1975	209,908	1,213,643	8.98%	3.52%
1976	230,737	1,253,214	9.92%	3.26%
1977	254,613	1,289,967	10.3%	2.93%
1978	280,031	1,327,240	9.98%	2.89%
1979	304,513	1,366,169	8.74%	2.93%
1980	325,815	1,406,521	7%	2.95%
1981	343,047	1,448,069	5.29%	2.95%
1982	356,880	1,490,732	4.03%	2.95%
1983	369,553	1,534,413	3.55%	2.93%
1984	384,053	1,578,986	3.92%	2.9%
1985	402,687	1,624,379	4.85%	2.87%
1986	426,341	1,666,138	5.87%	2.57%
1987	454,399	1,703,390	6.58%	2.24%
1988	484,523	1,739,841	6.63%	2.14%
1989	523,355	1,775,436	8.01%	2.05%
1990	579,538	1,809,696	10.7%	1.93%
1991	631,092	1,842,379	8.9%	1.81%
1992	626,010	1,873,274	-0.81%	1.68%
1993	614,245	1,901,793	-1.88%	1.52%
1994	626,710	1,927,707	2.03%	1.36%
1995	633,074	1,951,437	1.02%	1.23%
1996	648,348	1,972,418	2.41%	1.08%
1997	671,817	1,988,130	3.62%	0.8%
1998	699,352	1,998,049	4.1%	0.5%
1999	724,218	2,003,234	3.56%	0.26%
2000	747,318	2,003,913	3.19%	0.03%
2001	771,313	2,000,853	3.21%	-0.15%
2002	795,574	1,994,679	3.15%	-0.31%
2003	813,519	1,985,059	2.26%	-0.48%
2004	826,124	1,971,129	1.55%	-0.7%
2005	839,167	1,953,076	1.58%	-0.92%
2006	855,764	1,945,063	1.98%	-0.41%
2007	874,528	1,953,268	2.19%	0.42%
2008	892,734	1,966,541	2.08%	0.68%
2009	911,527	1,980,883	2.11%	0.73%
2010	930,251	1,996,251	2.05%	0.78%
2011	948,558	2,014,009	1.97%	0.89%
2012	966,747	2,034,354	1.92%	1.01%
2013	984,824	2,056,504	1.87%	1.09%
2014	1,002,717	2,080,089	1.82%	1.15%
2015	1,020,313	2,104,611	1.75%	1.18%
2016	1,037,653	2,130,422	1.7%	1.23%
2017	1,054,841	2,157,110	1.66%	1.25%
2018	1,071,882	2,183,603	1.62%	1.23%
2019	1,088,709	2,209,405	1.57%	1.18%
2020	1,105,188	2,235,727	1.51%	1.19%
2021	1,121,248	2,261,542	1.45%	1.15%
2022	1,137,096	2,286,110	1.41%	1.09%
2023	1,152,944	2,311,472	1.39%	1.11%
2024	1,168,722	2,337,423	1.37%	1.12%
2025	1,184,076	2,363,324	1.31%	1.11%
2026	1,199,453	2,389,334	1.3%	1.1%
2027	1,215,019	2,415,365	1.3%	1.09%
2028	1,230,584	2,441,435	1.28%	1.08%
2029	1,246,669	2,467,677	1.31%	1.07%
2030	1,262,678	2,493,816	1.28%	1.06%
2031	1,278,340	2,520,014	1.24%	1.05%
2032	1,293,443	2,546,489	1.18%	1.05%
2033	1,307,796	2,573,106	1.11%	1.05%
2034	1,321,611	2,599,777	1.06%	1.04%
2035	1,335,496	2,626,560	1.05%	1.03%
2036	1,349,357	2,653,503	1.04%	1.03%
2037	1,363,478	2,680,081	1.05%	1%
2038	1,377,783	2,706,197	1.05%	0.97%
2039	1,391,875	2,732,138	1.02%	0.96%
2040	1,406,628	2,757,868	1.06%	0.94%
2041	1,421,789	2,783,361	1.08%	0.92%
2042	1,436,439	2,808,538	1.03%	0.9%
2043	1,449,557	2,833,257	0.91%	0.88%
2044	1,461,638	2,857,499	0.83%	0.86%
2045	1,474,036	2,881,333	0.85%	0.83%
2046	1,486,457	2,904,780	0.84%	0.81%
2047	1,498,043	2,927,859	0.78%	0.79%
2048	1,508,873	2,950,411	0.72%	0.77%
2049	1,519,716	2,972,156	0.72%	0.74%
2050	1,530,539	2,993,080	0.71%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Djibouti increased by 181,889 people (a 21.3% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Djibouti gained 161,970 (a 15.6% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Djibouti was ranked 159th most populous country in 2006 and is 158th 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) Djibouti's population will grow by 27.6% to 1,530,539 people with a rank change from 158th to 151st. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.