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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Germany	Lesotho	Germany	Lesotho
1960	72,814,900	736,500	-	-
1961	73,377,632	758,824	0.77%	3.03%
1962	74,025,784	781,814	0.88%	3.03%
1963	74,714,353	805,373	0.93%	3.01%
1964	75,318,337	829,437	0.81%	2.99%
1965	75,963,695	854,090	0.86%	2.97%
1966	76,600,311	881,870	0.84%	3.25%
1967	76,951,336	913,982	0.46%	3.64%
1968	77,294,314	948,105	0.45%	3.73%
1969	77,909,682	983,202	0.8%	3.7%
1970	78,169,289	1,019,273	0.33%	3.67%
1971	78,312,842	1,056,246	0.18%	3.63%
1972	78,688,452	1,094,063	0.48%	3.58%
1973	78,936,666	1,132,697	0.32%	3.53%
1974	78,967,433	1,172,420	0.04%	3.51%
1975	78,673,554	1,213,643	-0.37%	3.52%
1976	78,336,950	1,253,214	-0.43%	3.26%
1977	78,159,814	1,289,967	-0.23%	2.93%
1978	78,091,820	1,327,240	-0.09%	2.89%
1979	78,126,350	1,366,169	0.04%	2.93%
1980	78,288,576	1,406,521	0.21%	2.95%
1981	78,407,907	1,448,069	0.15%	2.95%
1982	78,333,366	1,490,732	-0.1%	2.95%
1983	78,128,282	1,534,413	-0.26%	2.93%
1984	77,858,685	1,578,986	-0.35%	2.9%
1985	77,684,873	1,624,379	-0.22%	2.87%
1986	77,720,436	1,666,138	0.05%	2.57%
1987	77,839,920	1,703,390	0.15%	2.24%
1988	78,144,619	1,739,841	0.39%	2.14%
1989	78,751,283	1,775,436	0.78%	2.05%
1990	79,433,029	1,809,696	0.87%	1.93%
1991	80,013,896	1,842,379	0.73%	1.81%
1992	80,624,598	1,873,274	0.76%	1.68%
1993	81,156,363	1,901,793	0.66%	1.52%
1994	81,438,348	1,927,707	0.35%	1.36%
1995	81,678,051	1,951,437	0.29%	1.23%
1996	81,914,831	1,972,418	0.29%	1.08%
1997	82,034,771	1,988,130	0.15%	0.8%
1998	82,047,195	1,998,049	0.02%	0.5%
1999	82,100,243	2,003,234	0.06%	0.26%
2000	82,211,508	2,003,913	0.14%	0.03%
2001	82,349,925	2,000,853	0.17%	-0.15%
2002	82,488,495	1,994,679	0.17%	-0.31%
2003	82,534,176	1,985,059	0.06%	-0.48%
2004	82,516,260	1,971,129	-0.02%	-0.7%
2005	82,469,422	1,953,076	-0.06%	-0.92%
2006	82,376,451	1,945,063	-0.11%	-0.41%
2007	82,266,372	1,953,268	-0.13%	0.42%
2008	82,110,097	1,966,541	-0.19%	0.68%
2009	81,902,307	1,980,883	-0.25%	0.73%
2010	81,776,930	1,996,251	-0.15%	0.78%
2011	80,274,983	2,014,009	-1.84%	0.89%
2012	80,425,823	2,034,354	0.19%	1.01%
2013	80,645,605	2,056,504	0.27%	1.09%
2014	80,982,500	2,080,089	0.42%	1.15%
2015	81,686,611	2,104,611	0.87%	1.18%
2016	82,348,669	2,130,422	0.81%	1.23%
2017	82,657,002	2,157,110	0.37%	1.25%
2018	82,905,782	2,183,603	0.3%	1.23%
2019	83,092,962	2,209,405	0.23%	1.18%
2020	83,160,871	2,235,727	0.08%	1.19%
2021	83,196,078	2,261,542	0.04%	1.15%
2022	83,177,813	2,286,110	-0.02%	1.09%
2023	83,287,273	2,311,472	0.13%	1.11%
2024	83,516,593	2,337,423	0.28%	1.12%
2025	83,045,276	2,363,324	-0.56%	1.11%
2026	82,619,736	2,389,334	-0.51%	1.1%
2027	82,420,656	2,415,365	-0.24%	1.09%
2028	82,209,650	2,441,435	-0.26%	1.08%
2029	81,988,746	2,467,677	-0.27%	1.07%
2030	81,767,011	2,493,816	-0.27%	1.06%
2031	81,541,291	2,520,014	-0.28%	1.05%
2032	81,315,327	2,546,489	-0.28%	1.05%
2033	81,094,150	2,573,106	-0.27%	1.05%
2034	80,879,704	2,599,777	-0.26%	1.04%
2035	80,669,570	2,626,560	-0.26%	1.03%
2036	80,445,835	2,653,503	-0.28%	1.03%
2037	80,222,108	2,680,081	-0.28%	1%
2038	80,001,936	2,706,197	-0.27%	0.97%
2039	79,780,699	2,732,138	-0.28%	0.96%
2040	79,565,092	2,757,868	-0.27%	0.94%
2041	79,361,541	2,783,361	-0.26%	0.92%
2042	79,167,400	2,808,538	-0.24%	0.9%
2043	78,962,964	2,833,257	-0.26%	0.88%
2044	78,743,160	2,857,499	-0.28%	0.86%
2045	78,518,131	2,881,333	-0.29%	0.83%
2046	78,293,579	2,904,780	-0.29%	0.81%
2047	78,066,226	2,927,859	-0.29%	0.79%
2048	77,826,011	2,950,411	-0.31%	0.77%
2049	77,578,876	2,972,156	-0.32%	0.74%
2050	77,335,610	2,993,080	-0.31%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Germany decreased by 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Germany gained 271,067 (a 0.33% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Germany was ranked 14th most populous country in 2006 and is 19th 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) Germany's population will shrink by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.