Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to Lesotho: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guinea-Bissau and Lesotho: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Lesotho	Guinea-Bissau	Lesotho
1960	577,633	736,500	-	-
1961	582,532	758,824	0.85%	3.03%
1962	589,474	781,814	1.19%	3.03%
1963	594,418	805,373	0.84%	3.01%
1964	588,543	829,437	-0.99%	2.99%
1965	575,005	854,090	-2.3%	2.97%
1966	566,908	881,870	-1.41%	3.25%
1967	569,011	913,982	0.37%	3.64%
1968	578,170	948,105	1.61%	3.73%
1969	581,610	983,202	0.59%	3.7%
1970	584,403	1,019,273	0.48%	3.67%
1971	586,221	1,056,246	0.31%	3.63%
1972	586,620	1,094,063	0.07%	3.58%
1973	592,808	1,132,697	1.05%	3.53%
1974	613,338	1,172,420	3.46%	3.51%
1975	650,966	1,213,643	6.13%	3.52%
1976	694,191	1,253,214	6.64%	3.26%
1977	741,789	1,289,967	6.86%	2.93%
1978	791,694	1,327,240	6.73%	2.89%
1979	819,867	1,366,169	3.56%	2.93%
1980	829,303	1,406,521	1.15%	2.95%
1981	842,432	1,448,069	1.58%	2.95%
1982	855,891	1,490,732	1.6%	2.95%
1983	869,592	1,534,413	1.6%	2.93%
1984	883,519	1,578,986	1.6%	2.9%
1985	897,697	1,624,379	1.6%	2.87%
1986	912,126	1,666,138	1.61%	2.57%
1987	926,862	1,703,390	1.62%	2.24%
1988	942,061	1,739,841	1.64%	2.14%
1989	957,789	1,775,436	1.67%	2.05%
1990	973,669	1,809,696	1.66%	1.93%
1991	994,639	1,842,379	2.15%	1.81%
1992	1,024,356	1,873,274	2.99%	1.68%
1993	1,058,745	1,901,793	3.36%	1.52%
1994	1,092,031	1,927,707	3.14%	1.36%
1995	1,119,949	1,951,437	2.56%	1.23%
1996	1,143,535	1,972,418	2.11%	1.08%
1997	1,165,545	1,988,130	1.92%	0.8%
1998	1,187,473	1,998,049	1.88%	0.5%
1999	1,210,206	2,003,234	1.91%	0.26%
2000	1,234,741	2,003,913	2.03%	0.03%
2001	1,261,273	2,000,853	2.15%	-0.15%
2002	1,289,307	1,994,679	2.22%	-0.31%
2003	1,318,806	1,985,059	2.29%	-0.48%
2004	1,349,563	1,971,129	2.33%	-0.7%
2005	1,381,585	1,953,076	2.37%	-0.92%
2006	1,415,303	1,945,063	2.44%	-0.41%
2007	1,450,986	1,953,268	2.52%	0.42%
2008	1,488,054	1,966,541	2.55%	0.68%
2009	1,526,377	1,980,883	2.58%	0.73%
2010	1,566,347	1,996,251	2.62%	0.78%
2011	1,608,076	2,014,009	2.66%	0.89%
2012	1,651,417	2,034,354	2.7%	1.01%
2013	1,695,973	2,056,504	2.7%	1.09%
2014	1,741,122	2,080,089	2.66%	1.15%
2015	1,786,457	2,104,611	2.6%	1.18%
2016	1,831,893	2,130,422	2.54%	1.23%
2017	1,877,072	2,157,110	2.47%	1.25%
2018	1,922,168	2,183,603	2.4%	1.23%
2019	1,967,696	2,209,405	2.37%	1.18%
2020	2,013,255	2,235,727	2.32%	1.19%
2021	2,058,841	2,261,542	2.26%	1.15%
2022	2,105,529	2,286,110	2.27%	1.09%
2023	2,153,339	2,311,472	2.27%	1.11%
2024	2,201,352	2,337,423	2.23%	1.12%
2025	2,249,512	2,363,324	2.19%	1.11%
2026	2,297,807	2,389,334	2.15%	1.1%
2027	2,346,190	2,415,365	2.11%	1.09%
2028	2,394,226	2,441,435	2.05%	1.08%
2029	2,441,574	2,467,677	1.98%	1.07%
2030	2,488,931	2,493,816	1.94%	1.06%
2031	2,536,893	2,520,014	1.93%	1.05%
2032	2,585,565	2,546,489	1.92%	1.05%
2033	2,634,701	2,573,106	1.9%	1.05%
2034	2,683,078	2,599,777	1.84%	1.04%
2035	2,730,136	2,626,560	1.75%	1.03%
2036	2,777,887	2,653,503	1.75%	1.03%
2037	2,826,159	2,680,081	1.74%	1%
2038	2,873,929	2,706,197	1.69%	0.97%
2039	2,921,973	2,732,138	1.67%	0.96%
2040	2,969,699	2,757,868	1.63%	0.94%
2041	3,016,537	2,783,361	1.58%	0.92%
2042	3,063,161	2,808,538	1.55%	0.9%
2043	3,109,927	2,833,257	1.53%	0.88%
2044	3,156,704	2,857,499	1.5%	0.86%
2045	3,204,242	2,881,333	1.51%	0.83%
2046	3,251,465	2,904,780	1.47%	0.81%
2047	3,298,563	2,927,859	1.45%	0.79%
2048	3,345,853	2,950,411	1.43%	0.77%
2049	3,392,557	2,972,156	1.4%	0.74%
2050	3,438,597	2,993,080	1.36%	0.7%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Lesotho gained 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 279,606 (a 13.3% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th 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) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 50.3% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 144th to 141st.