Population in Equatorial Guinea compared to Lesotho: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Equatorial Guinea and Lesotho: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Equatorial Guinea	Lesotho	Equatorial Guinea	Lesotho
1960	269,807	736,500	-	-
1961	274,896	758,824	1.89%	3.03%
1962	280,286	781,814	1.96%	3.03%
1963	285,965	805,373	2.03%	3.01%
1964	291,942	829,437	2.09%	2.99%
1965	298,238	854,090	2.16%	2.97%
1966	304,859	881,870	2.22%	3.25%
1967	311,805	913,982	2.28%	3.64%
1968	318,849	948,105	2.26%	3.73%
1969	322,517	983,202	1.15%	3.7%
1970	320,803	1,019,273	-0.53%	3.67%
1971	315,940	1,056,246	-1.52%	3.63%
1972	309,468	1,094,063	-2.05%	3.58%
1973	302,281	1,132,697	-2.32%	3.53%
1974	294,953	1,172,420	-2.42%	3.51%
1975	287,901	1,213,643	-2.39%	3.52%
1976	281,031	1,253,214	-2.39%	3.26%
1977	276,779	1,289,967	-1.51%	2.93%
1978	276,531	1,327,240	-0.09%	2.89%
1979	279,846	1,366,169	1.2%	2.93%
1980	288,644	1,406,521	3.14%	2.95%
1981	303,252	1,448,069	5.06%	2.95%
1982	322,216	1,490,732	6.25%	2.95%
1983	343,421	1,534,413	6.58%	2.93%
1984	364,899	1,578,986	6.25%	2.9%
1985	385,547	1,624,379	5.66%	2.87%
1986	404,728	1,666,138	4.98%	2.57%
1987	422,522	1,703,390	4.4%	2.24%
1988	439,651	1,739,841	4.05%	2.14%
1989	456,808	1,775,436	3.9%	2.05%
1990	474,274	1,809,696	3.82%	1.93%
1991	492,217	1,842,379	3.78%	1.81%
1992	510,770	1,873,274	3.77%	1.68%
1993	530,023	1,901,793	3.77%	1.52%
1994	550,138	1,927,707	3.8%	1.36%
1995	571,264	1,951,437	3.84%	1.23%
1996	593,492	1,972,418	3.89%	1.08%
1997	616,893	1,988,130	3.94%	0.8%
1998	641,474	1,998,049	3.98%	0.5%
1999	667,214	2,003,234	4.01%	0.26%
2000	703,279	2,003,913	5.41%	0.03%
2001	749,836	2,000,853	6.62%	-0.15%
2002	797,957	1,994,679	6.42%	-0.31%
2003	847,862	1,985,059	6.25%	-0.48%
2004	899,917	1,971,129	6.14%	-0.7%
2005	947,367	1,953,076	5.27%	-0.92%
2006	990,343	1,945,063	4.54%	-0.41%
2007	1,036,044	1,953,268	4.61%	0.42%
2008	1,084,530	1,966,541	4.68%	0.68%
2009	1,135,673	1,980,883	4.72%	0.73%
2010	1,189,085	1,996,251	4.7%	0.78%
2011	1,241,835	2,014,009	4.44%	0.89%
2012	1,293,483	2,034,354	4.16%	1.01%
2013	1,346,218	2,056,504	4.08%	1.09%
2014	1,399,828	2,080,089	3.98%	1.15%
2015	1,453,923	2,104,611	3.86%	1.18%
2016	1,508,186	2,130,422	3.73%	1.23%
2017	1,562,396	2,157,110	3.59%	1.25%
2018	1,616,422	2,183,603	3.46%	1.23%
2019	1,670,177	2,209,405	3.33%	1.18%
2020	1,716,468	2,235,727	2.77%	1.19%
2021	1,758,786	2,261,542	2.47%	1.15%
2022	1,803,545	2,286,110	2.54%	1.09%
2023	1,847,549	2,311,472	2.44%	1.11%
2024	1,892,516	2,337,423	2.43%	1.12%
2025	1,938,427	2,363,324	2.43%	1.11%
2026	1,984,463	2,389,334	2.37%	1.1%
2027	2,030,749	2,415,365	2.33%	1.09%
2028	2,077,253	2,441,435	2.29%	1.08%
2029	2,123,699	2,467,677	2.24%	1.07%
2030	2,170,434	2,493,816	2.2%	1.06%
2031	2,218,077	2,520,014	2.2%	1.05%
2032	2,267,025	2,546,489	2.21%	1.05%
2033	2,315,991	2,573,106	2.16%	1.05%
2034	2,364,847	2,599,777	2.11%	1.04%
2035	2,414,263	2,626,560	2.09%	1.03%
2036	2,463,880	2,653,503	2.06%	1.03%
2037	2,513,955	2,680,081	2.03%	1%
2038	2,564,843	2,706,197	2.02%	0.97%
2039	2,615,417	2,732,138	1.97%	0.96%
2040	2,665,575	2,757,868	1.92%	0.94%
2041	2,715,477	2,783,361	1.87%	0.92%
2042	2,764,764	2,808,538	1.82%	0.9%
2043	2,813,769	2,833,257	1.77%	0.88%
2044	2,862,511	2,857,499	1.73%	0.86%
2045	2,911,227	2,881,333	1.7%	0.83%
2046	2,959,088	2,904,780	1.64%	0.81%
2047	3,005,551	2,927,859	1.57%	0.79%
2048	3,051,480	2,950,411	1.53%	0.77%
2049	3,097,625	2,972,156	1.51%	0.74%
2050	3,143,719	2,993,080	1.49%	0.7%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Equatorial Guinea increased by 506,556 people (a 53.5% growth), while Lesotho gained 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Equatorial Guinea gained 521,483 (a 35.9% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 279,606 (a 13.3% growth).

Equatorial Guinea was ranked 155th most populous country in 2005 and is 148th 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) Equatorial Guinea's population will grow by 59.1% to 3,143,719 people with a rank change from 148th to 140th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 144th to 141st.