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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Estonia	Lesotho	Estonia	Lesotho
1960	1,211,537	736,500	-	-
1961	1,225,077	758,824	1.12%	3.03%
1962	1,241,623	781,814	1.35%	3.03%
1963	1,258,857	805,373	1.39%	3.01%
1964	1,277,086	829,437	1.45%	2.99%
1965	1,294,566	854,090	1.37%	2.97%
1966	1,308,597	881,870	1.08%	3.25%
1967	1,318,946	913,982	0.79%	3.64%
1968	1,331,214	948,105	0.93%	3.73%
1969	1,345,249	983,202	1.05%	3.7%
1970	1,360,076	1,019,273	1.1%	3.67%
1971	1,376,955	1,056,246	1.24%	3.63%
1972	1,392,518	1,094,063	1.13%	3.58%
1973	1,405,951	1,132,697	0.96%	3.53%
1974	1,418,169	1,172,420	0.87%	3.51%
1975	1,429,352	1,213,643	0.79%	3.52%
1976	1,439,576	1,253,214	0.72%	3.26%
1977	1,450,211	1,289,967	0.74%	2.93%
1978	1,460,188	1,327,240	0.69%	2.89%
1979	1,468,333	1,366,169	0.56%	2.93%
1980	1,477,219	1,406,521	0.61%	2.95%
1981	1,487,666	1,448,069	0.71%	2.95%
1982	1,498,414	1,490,732	0.72%	2.95%
1983	1,508,745	1,534,413	0.69%	2.93%
1984	1,518,617	1,578,986	0.65%	2.9%
1985	1,528,781	1,624,379	0.67%	2.87%
1986	1,540,190	1,666,138	0.75%	2.57%
1987	1,552,221	1,703,390	0.78%	2.24%
1988	1,561,900	1,739,841	0.62%	2.14%
1989	1,568,131	1,775,436	0.4%	2.05%
1990	1,569,174	1,809,696	0.07%	1.93%
1991	1,561,314	1,842,379	-0.5%	1.81%
1992	1,533,091	1,873,274	-1.81%	1.68%
1993	1,494,128	1,901,793	-2.54%	1.52%
1994	1,462,514	1,927,707	-2.12%	1.36%
1995	1,436,634	1,951,437	-1.77%	1.23%
1996	1,415,594	1,972,418	-1.46%	1.08%
1997	1,399,535	1,988,130	-1.13%	0.8%
1998	1,386,156	1,998,049	-0.96%	0.5%
1999	1,390,244	2,003,234	0.29%	0.26%
2000	1,396,985	2,003,913	0.48%	0.03%
2001	1,388,115	2,000,853	-0.63%	-0.15%
2002	1,379,350	1,994,679	-0.63%	-0.31%
2003	1,370,720	1,985,059	-0.63%	-0.48%
2004	1,362,550	1,971,129	-0.6%	-0.7%
2005	1,354,775	1,953,076	-0.57%	-0.92%
2006	1,346,810	1,945,063	-0.59%	-0.41%
2007	1,340,680	1,953,268	-0.46%	0.42%
2008	1,337,090	1,966,541	-0.27%	0.68%
2009	1,334,515	1,980,883	-0.19%	0.73%
2010	1,331,475	1,996,251	-0.23%	0.78%
2011	1,327,439	2,014,009	-0.3%	0.89%
2012	1,322,696	2,034,354	-0.36%	1.01%
2013	1,317,997	2,056,504	-0.36%	1.09%
2014	1,314,545	2,080,089	-0.26%	1.15%
2015	1,315,407	2,104,611	0.07%	1.18%
2016	1,315,790	2,130,422	0.03%	1.23%
2017	1,317,384	2,157,110	0.12%	1.25%
2018	1,321,977	2,183,603	0.35%	1.23%
2019	1,326,898	2,209,405	0.37%	1.18%
2020	1,329,522	2,235,727	0.2%	1.19%
2021	1,330,932	2,261,542	0.11%	1.15%
2022	1,348,840	2,286,110	1.35%	1.09%
2023	1,370,286	2,311,472	1.59%	1.11%
2024	1,372,341	2,337,423	0.15%	1.12%
2025	1,355,886	2,363,324	-1.2%	1.11%
2026	1,342,600	2,389,334	-0.98%	1.1%
2027	1,335,442	2,415,365	-0.53%	1.09%
2028	1,328,286	2,441,435	-0.54%	1.08%
2029	1,321,161	2,467,677	-0.54%	1.07%
2030	1,314,069	2,493,816	-0.54%	1.06%
2031	1,306,958	2,520,014	-0.54%	1.05%
2032	1,299,888	2,546,489	-0.54%	1.05%
2033	1,292,910	2,573,106	-0.54%	1.05%
2034	1,286,022	2,599,777	-0.53%	1.04%
2035	1,279,261	2,626,560	-0.53%	1.03%
2036	1,272,639	2,653,503	-0.52%	1.03%
2037	1,266,148	2,680,081	-0.51%	1%
2038	1,259,837	2,706,197	-0.5%	0.97%
2039	1,253,640	2,732,138	-0.49%	0.96%
2040	1,247,514	2,757,868	-0.49%	0.94%
2041	1,241,398	2,783,361	-0.49%	0.92%
2042	1,235,251	2,808,538	-0.5%	0.9%
2043	1,229,108	2,833,257	-0.5%	0.88%
2044	1,222,903	2,857,499	-0.5%	0.86%
2045	1,216,642	2,881,333	-0.51%	0.83%
2046	1,210,354	2,904,780	-0.52%	0.81%
2047	1,204,004	2,927,859	-0.52%	0.79%
2048	1,197,645	2,950,411	-0.53%	0.77%
2049	1,191,150	2,972,156	-0.54%	0.74%
2050	1,184,441	2,993,080	-0.56%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Estonia decreased by 31,020 people (a 2.3% decline), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Estonia gained 26,810 (a 2.04% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2006 and is 155th 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) Estonia's population will shrink by 11.8% to 1,184,441 people with a rank change from 155th to 159th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.