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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	France	Lesotho	France	Lesotho
1960	47,412,964	736,500	-	-
1961	47,905,982	758,824	1.04%	3.03%
1962	48,389,516	781,814	1.01%	3.03%
1963	48,877,567	805,373	1.01%	3.01%
1964	49,401,492	829,437	1.07%	2.99%
1965	49,877,725	854,090	0.96%	2.97%
1966	50,311,637	881,870	0.87%	3.25%
1967	50,722,791	913,982	0.82%	3.64%
1968	51,112,980	948,105	0.77%	3.73%
1969	51,536,014	983,202	0.83%	3.7%
1970	52,007,169	1,019,273	0.91%	3.67%
1971	52,499,553	1,056,246	0.95%	3.63%
1972	52,962,356	1,094,063	0.88%	3.58%
1973	53,392,161	1,132,697	0.81%	3.53%
1974	53,746,571	1,172,420	0.66%	3.51%
1975	54,002,853	1,213,643	0.48%	3.52%
1976	54,232,383	1,253,214	0.43%	3.26%
1977	54,486,467	1,289,967	0.47%	2.93%
1978	54,734,030	1,327,240	0.45%	2.89%
1979	54,979,851	1,366,169	0.45%	2.93%
1980	55,274,184	1,406,521	0.54%	2.95%
1981	55,603,353	1,448,069	0.6%	2.95%
1982	55,806,789	1,490,732	0.37%	2.95%
1983	56,108,330	1,534,413	0.54%	2.93%
1984	56,383,085	1,578,986	0.49%	2.9%
1985	56,665,619	1,624,379	0.5%	2.87%
1986	56,956,002	1,666,138	0.51%	2.57%
1987	57,266,167	1,703,390	0.54%	2.24%
1988	57,598,186	1,739,841	0.58%	2.14%
1989	57,943,062	1,775,436	0.6%	2.05%
1990	58,261,012	1,809,696	0.55%	1.93%
1991	58,554,242	1,842,379	0.5%	1.81%
1992	58,846,584	1,873,274	0.5%	1.68%
1993	59,103,094	1,901,793	0.44%	1.52%
1994	59,324,863	1,927,707	0.38%	1.36%
1995	59,541,294	1,951,437	0.36%	1.23%
1996	59,754,504	1,972,418	0.36%	1.08%
1997	59,968,066	1,988,130	0.36%	0.8%
1998	60,190,684	1,998,049	0.37%	0.5%
1999	60,501,986	2,003,234	0.52%	0.26%
2000	60,918,661	2,003,913	0.69%	0.03%
2001	61,364,377	2,000,853	0.73%	-0.15%
2002	61,812,142	1,994,679	0.73%	-0.31%
2003	62,249,855	1,985,059	0.71%	-0.48%
2004	62,707,588	1,971,129	0.74%	-0.7%
2005	63,180,854	1,953,076	0.75%	-0.92%
2006	63,622,342	1,945,063	0.7%	-0.41%
2007	64,016,890	1,953,268	0.62%	0.42%
2008	64,375,116	1,966,541	0.56%	0.68%
2009	64,706,436	1,980,883	0.51%	0.73%
2010	65,026,211	1,996,251	0.49%	0.78%
2011	65,340,830	2,014,009	0.48%	0.89%
2012	65,657,659	2,034,354	0.48%	1.01%
2013	65,997,932	2,056,504	0.52%	1.09%
2014	66,312,067	2,080,089	0.48%	1.15%
2015	66,548,272	2,104,611	0.36%	1.18%
2016	66,724,104	2,130,422	0.26%	1.23%
2017	66,918,020	2,157,110	0.29%	1.25%
2018	67,158,348	2,183,603	0.36%	1.23%
2019	67,382,061	2,209,405	0.33%	1.18%
2020	67,601,110	2,235,727	0.33%	1.19%
2021	67,842,811	2,261,542	0.36%	1.15%
2022	68,065,015	2,286,110	0.33%	1.09%
2023	68,287,487	2,311,472	0.33%	1.11%
2024	68,516,699	2,337,423	0.34%	1.12%
2025	68,621,995	2,363,324	0.15%	1.11%
2026	68,720,416	2,389,334	0.14%	1.1%
2027	68,814,997	2,415,365	0.14%	1.09%
2028	68,908,044	2,441,435	0.14%	1.08%
2029	69,000,393	2,467,677	0.13%	1.07%
2030	69,092,395	2,493,816	0.13%	1.06%
2031	69,182,139	2,520,014	0.13%	1.05%
2032	69,271,844	2,546,489	0.13%	1.05%
2033	69,361,763	2,573,106	0.13%	1.05%
2034	69,453,221	2,599,777	0.13%	1.04%
2035	69,545,666	2,626,560	0.13%	1.03%
2036	69,635,631	2,653,503	0.13%	1.03%
2037	69,723,960	2,680,081	0.13%	1%
2038	69,807,163	2,706,197	0.12%	0.97%
2039	69,880,758	2,732,138	0.11%	0.96%
2040	69,948,192	2,757,868	0.1%	0.94%
2041	70,013,748	2,783,361	0.09%	0.92%
2042	70,076,842	2,808,538	0.09%	0.9%
2043	70,130,305	2,833,257	0.08%	0.88%
2044	70,172,822	2,857,499	0.06%	0.86%
2045	70,207,698	2,881,333	0.05%	0.83%
2046	70,232,113	2,904,780	0.03%	0.81%
2047	70,246,945	2,927,859	0.02%	0.79%
2048	70,253,351	2,950,411	0.009%	0.77%
2049	70,249,312	2,972,156	-0.006%	0.74%
2050	70,237,272	2,993,080	-0.02%	0.7%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of France increased by 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth), while Lesotho gained 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, France gained 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 279,606 (a 13.3% growth).

France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2005 and is 23rd 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) France's population will grow by 2.24% to 70,237,272 people with a rank change from 23rd to 30th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 144th to 141st.