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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominica	Lesotho	Dominica	Lesotho
1960	59,372	736,500	-	-
1961	60,209	758,824	1.41%	3.03%
1962	60,948	781,814	1.23%	3.03%
1963	61,739	805,373	1.3%	3.01%
1964	62,587	829,437	1.37%	2.99%
1965	63,505	854,090	1.47%	2.97%
1966	64,507	881,870	1.58%	3.25%
1967	65,585	913,982	1.67%	3.64%
1968	66,732	948,105	1.75%	3.73%
1969	67,934	983,202	1.8%	3.7%
1970	68,908	1,019,273	1.43%	3.67%
1971	69,532	1,056,246	0.91%	3.63%
1972	70,060	1,094,063	0.76%	3.58%
1973	70,585	1,132,697	0.75%	3.53%
1974	71,091	1,172,420	0.72%	3.51%
1975	71,570	1,213,643	0.67%	3.52%
1976	72,017	1,253,214	0.62%	3.26%
1977	72,406	1,289,967	0.54%	2.93%
1978	72,724	1,327,240	0.44%	2.89%
1979	72,959	1,366,169	0.32%	2.93%
1980	73,083	1,406,521	0.17%	2.95%
1981	72,986	1,448,069	-0.13%	2.95%
1982	72,688	1,490,732	-0.41%	2.95%
1983	72,365	1,534,413	-0.44%	2.93%
1984	72,056	1,578,986	-0.43%	2.9%
1985	71,744	1,624,379	-0.43%	2.87%
1986	71,406	1,666,138	-0.47%	2.57%
1987	71,023	1,703,390	-0.54%	2.24%
1988	70,608	1,739,841	-0.58%	2.14%
1989	70,153	1,775,436	-0.64%	2.05%
1990	69,627	1,809,696	-0.75%	1.93%
1991	69,296	1,842,379	-0.48%	1.81%
1992	69,325	1,873,274	0.04%	1.68%
1993	69,433	1,901,793	0.16%	1.52%
1994	69,477	1,927,707	0.06%	1.36%
1995	69,469	1,951,437	-0.01%	1.23%
1996	69,410	1,972,418	-0.08%	1.08%
1997	69,299	1,988,130	-0.16%	0.8%
1998	69,124	1,998,049	-0.25%	0.5%
1999	68,870	2,003,234	-0.37%	0.26%
2000	68,511	2,003,913	-0.52%	0.03%
2001	68,288	2,000,853	-0.33%	-0.15%
2002	68,367	1,994,679	0.12%	-0.31%
2003	68,531	1,985,059	0.24%	-0.48%
2004	68,649	1,971,129	0.17%	-0.7%
2005	68,734	1,953,076	0.12%	-0.92%
2006	68,806	1,945,063	0.1%	-0.41%
2007	68,847	1,953,268	0.06%	0.42%
2008	68,854	1,966,541	0.01%	0.68%
2009	68,864	1,980,883	0.01%	0.73%
2010	68,859	1,996,251	-0.007%	0.78%
2011	69,053	2,014,009	0.28%	0.89%
2012	69,118	2,034,354	0.09%	1.01%
2013	69,715	2,056,504	0.86%	1.09%
2014	70,373	2,080,089	0.94%	1.15%
2015	70,410	2,104,611	0.05%	1.18%
2016	69,606	2,130,422	-1.14%	1.23%
2017	68,496	2,157,110	-1.59%	1.25%
2018	68,174	2,183,603	-0.47%	1.23%
2019	67,880	2,209,405	-0.43%	1.18%
2020	67,573	2,235,727	-0.45%	1.19%
2021	67,202	2,261,542	-0.55%	1.15%
2022	66,826	2,286,110	-0.56%	1.09%
2023	66,510	2,311,472	-0.47%	1.11%
2024	66,205	2,337,423	-0.46%	1.12%
2025	65,870	2,363,324	-0.51%	1.11%
2026	65,508	2,389,334	-0.55%	1.1%
2027	65,160	2,415,365	-0.53%	1.09%
2028	64,808	2,441,435	-0.54%	1.08%
2029	64,475	2,467,677	-0.51%	1.07%
2030	64,169	2,493,816	-0.47%	1.06%
2031	63,949	2,520,014	-0.34%	1.05%
2032	63,825	2,546,489	-0.19%	1.05%
2033	63,775	2,573,106	-0.08%	1.05%
2034	63,756	2,599,777	-0.03%	1.04%
2035	63,764	2,626,560	0.01%	1.03%
2036	63,757	2,653,503	-0.01%	1.03%
2037	63,770	2,680,081	0.02%	1%
2038	63,784	2,706,197	0.02%	0.97%
2039	63,792	2,732,138	0.01%	0.96%
2040	63,798	2,757,868	0.009%	0.94%
2041	63,804	2,783,361	0.009%	0.92%
2042	63,778	2,808,538	-0.04%	0.9%
2043	63,731	2,833,257	-0.07%	0.88%
2044	63,677	2,857,499	-0.08%	0.86%
2045	63,630	2,881,333	-0.07%	0.83%
2046	63,575	2,904,780	-0.09%	0.81%
2047	63,501	2,927,859	-0.12%	0.79%
2048	63,411	2,950,411	-0.14%	0.77%
2049	63,303	2,972,156	-0.17%	0.74%
2050	63,191	2,993,080	-0.18%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Dominica increased by 800 people (a 1.16% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Dominica lost -4,098 (a 5.89% decline), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Dominica was ranked 187th most populous country in 2006 and is 188th 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) Dominica's population will shrink by 3.54% to 63,191 people and will still be ranked 188th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.