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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Georgia	Lesotho	Georgia	Lesotho
1960	3,645,600	736,500	-	-
1961	3,703,600	758,824	1.59%	3.03%
1962	3,760,300	781,814	1.53%	3.03%
1963	3,816,100	805,373	1.48%	3.01%
1964	3,870,300	829,437	1.42%	2.99%
1965	3,921,600	854,090	1.33%	2.97%
1966	3,966,700	881,870	1.15%	3.25%
1967	4,005,800	913,982	0.99%	3.64%
1968	4,042,300	948,105	0.91%	3.73%
1969	4,080,300	983,202	0.94%	3.7%
1970	4,119,900	1,019,273	0.97%	3.67%
1971	4,163,000	1,056,246	1.05%	3.63%
1972	4,205,300	1,094,063	1.02%	3.58%
1973	4,242,500	1,132,697	0.88%	3.53%
1974	4,279,500	1,172,420	0.87%	3.51%
1975	4,311,200	1,213,643	0.74%	3.52%
1976	4,342,400	1,253,214	0.72%	3.26%
1977	4,372,100	1,289,967	0.68%	2.93%
1978	4,397,700	1,327,240	0.59%	2.89%
1979	4,430,200	1,366,169	0.74%	2.93%
1980	4,467,700	1,406,521	0.85%	2.95%
1981	4,504,500	1,448,069	0.82%	2.95%
1982	4,542,800	1,490,732	0.85%	2.95%
1983	4,582,900	1,534,413	0.88%	2.93%
1984	4,622,200	1,578,986	0.86%	2.9%
1985	4,662,900	1,624,379	0.88%	2.87%
1986	4,704,500	1,666,138	0.89%	2.57%
1987	4,743,500	1,703,390	0.83%	2.24%
1988	4,790,700	1,739,841	1%	2.14%
1989	4,803,300	1,775,436	0.26%	2.05%
1990	4,802,000	1,809,696	-0.03%	1.93%
1991	4,835,900	1,842,379	0.71%	1.81%
1992	4,873,500	1,873,274	0.78%	1.68%
1993	4,911,100	1,901,793	0.77%	1.52%
1994	4,836,076	1,927,707	-1.53%	1.36%
1995	4,657,722	1,951,437	-3.69%	1.23%
1996	4,491,699	1,972,418	-3.56%	1.08%
1997	4,349,913	1,988,130	-3.16%	0.8%
1998	4,243,607	1,998,049	-2.44%	0.5%
1999	4,157,192	2,003,234	-2.04%	0.26%
2000	4,077,131	2,003,913	-1.93%	0.03%
2001	4,014,373	2,000,853	-1.54%	-0.15%
2002	3,978,515	1,994,679	-0.89%	-0.31%
2003	3,951,736	1,985,059	-0.67%	-0.48%
2004	3,927,340	1,971,129	-0.62%	-0.7%
2005	3,902,469	1,953,076	-0.63%	-0.92%
2006	3,880,347	1,945,063	-0.57%	-0.41%
2007	3,860,158	1,953,268	-0.52%	0.42%
2008	3,848,449	1,966,541	-0.3%	0.68%
2009	3,814,419	1,980,883	-0.88%	0.73%
2010	3,786,695	1,996,251	-0.73%	0.78%
2011	3,756,441	2,014,009	-0.8%	0.89%
2012	3,728,874	2,034,354	-0.73%	1.01%
2013	3,717,668	2,056,504	-0.3%	1.09%
2014	3,719,414	2,080,089	0.05%	1.15%
2015	3,725,276	2,104,611	0.16%	1.18%
2016	3,727,505	2,130,422	0.06%	1.23%
2017	3,728,004	2,157,110	0.01%	1.25%
2018	3,726,549	2,183,603	-0.04%	1.23%
2019	3,720,161	2,209,405	-0.17%	1.18%
2020	3,722,716	2,235,727	0.07%	1.19%
2021	3,708,610	2,261,542	-0.38%	1.15%
2022	3,712,502	2,286,110	0.1%	1.09%
2023	3,715,483	2,311,472	0.08%	1.11%
2024	3,699,557	2,337,423	-0.43%	1.12%
2025	3,698,586	2,363,324	-0.03%	1.11%
2026	3,696,618	2,389,334	-0.05%	1.1%
2027	3,693,885	2,415,365	-0.07%	1.09%
2028	3,690,857	2,441,435	-0.08%	1.08%
2029	3,687,259	2,467,677	-0.1%	1.07%
2030	3,682,920	2,493,816	-0.12%	1.06%
2031	3,678,026	2,520,014	-0.13%	1.05%
2032	3,673,036	2,546,489	-0.14%	1.05%
2033	3,668,310	2,573,106	-0.13%	1.05%
2034	3,663,031	2,599,777	-0.14%	1.04%
2035	3,657,325	2,626,560	-0.16%	1.03%
2036	3,651,079	2,653,503	-0.17%	1.03%
2037	3,644,546	2,680,081	-0.18%	1%
2038	3,638,348	2,706,197	-0.17%	0.97%
2039	3,632,643	2,732,138	-0.16%	0.96%
2040	3,626,873	2,757,868	-0.16%	0.94%
2041	3,621,276	2,783,361	-0.15%	0.92%
2042	3,616,274	2,808,538	-0.14%	0.9%
2043	3,610,906	2,833,257	-0.15%	0.88%
2044	3,605,178	2,857,499	-0.16%	0.86%
2045	3,598,834	2,881,333	-0.18%	0.83%
2046	3,591,534	2,904,780	-0.2%	0.81%
2047	3,583,899	2,927,859	-0.21%	0.79%
2048	3,576,091	2,950,411	-0.22%	0.77%
2049	3,568,192	2,972,156	-0.22%	0.74%
2050	3,559,980	2,993,080	-0.23%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Georgia decreased by 152,842 people (a 3.94% decline), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Georgia lost -30,887 (a 0.83% decline), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Georgia was ranked 124th most populous country in 2006 and is 130th 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) Georgia's population will shrink by 3.7% to 3,559,980 people with a rank change from 130th to 135th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.