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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Hungary	Lesotho	Hungary	Lesotho
1960	9,983,512	736,500	-	-
1961	10,027,958	758,824	0.45%	3.03%
1962	10,060,825	781,814	0.33%	3.03%
1963	10,087,947	805,373	0.27%	3.01%
1964	10,119,835	829,437	0.32%	2.99%
1965	10,147,935	854,090	0.28%	2.97%
1966	10,178,653	881,870	0.3%	3.25%
1967	10,216,604	913,982	0.37%	3.64%
1968	10,255,815	948,105	0.38%	3.73%
1969	10,298,723	983,202	0.42%	3.7%
1970	10,337,910	1,019,273	0.38%	3.67%
1971	10,367,537	1,056,246	0.29%	3.63%
1972	10,398,489	1,094,063	0.3%	3.58%
1973	10,432,055	1,132,697	0.32%	3.53%
1974	10,478,720	1,172,420	0.45%	3.51%
1975	10,540,525	1,213,643	0.59%	3.52%
1976	10,598,677	1,253,214	0.55%	3.26%
1977	10,648,031	1,289,967	0.47%	2.93%
1978	10,684,822	1,327,240	0.35%	2.89%
1979	10,704,152	1,366,169	0.18%	2.93%
1980	10,711,122	1,406,521	0.07%	2.95%
1981	10,711,848	1,448,069	0.007%	2.95%
1982	10,705,535	1,490,732	-0.06%	2.95%
1983	10,689,463	1,534,413	-0.15%	2.93%
1984	10,668,095	1,578,986	-0.2%	2.9%
1985	10,648,713	1,624,379	-0.18%	2.87%
1986	10,630,564	1,666,138	-0.17%	2.57%
1987	10,612,741	1,703,390	-0.17%	2.24%
1988	10,596,487	1,739,841	-0.15%	2.14%
1989	10,481,719	1,775,436	-1.08%	2.05%
1990	10,373,988	1,809,696	-1.03%	1.93%
1991	10,373,400	1,842,379	-0.006%	1.81%
1992	10,369,341	1,873,274	-0.04%	1.68%
1993	10,357,523	1,901,793	-0.11%	1.52%
1994	10,343,355	1,927,707	-0.14%	1.36%
1995	10,328,965	1,951,437	-0.14%	1.23%
1996	10,311,238	1,972,418	-0.17%	1.08%
1997	10,290,486	1,988,130	-0.2%	0.8%
1998	10,266,570	1,998,049	-0.23%	0.5%
1999	10,237,530	2,003,234	-0.28%	0.26%
2000	10,210,971	2,003,913	-0.26%	0.03%
2001	10,187,576	2,000,853	-0.23%	-0.15%
2002	10,158,608	1,994,679	-0.28%	-0.31%
2003	10,129,552	1,985,059	-0.29%	-0.48%
2004	10,107,146	1,971,129	-0.22%	-0.7%
2005	10,087,065	1,953,076	-0.2%	-0.92%
2006	10,071,370	1,945,063	-0.16%	-0.41%
2007	10,055,780	1,953,268	-0.15%	0.42%
2008	10,038,188	1,966,541	-0.17%	0.68%
2009	10,022,650	1,980,883	-0.15%	0.73%
2010	10,000,023	1,996,251	-0.23%	0.78%
2011	9,971,727	2,014,009	-0.28%	0.89%
2012	9,920,362	2,034,354	-0.52%	1.01%
2013	9,872,734	2,056,504	-0.48%	1.09%
2014	9,833,038	2,080,089	-0.4%	1.15%
2015	9,797,755	2,104,611	-0.36%	1.18%
2016	9,759,755	2,130,422	-0.39%	1.23%
2017	9,726,756	2,157,110	-0.34%	1.25%
2018	9,706,964	2,183,603	-0.2%	1.23%
2019	9,694,824	2,209,405	-0.13%	1.18%
2020	9,670,419	2,235,727	-0.25%	1.19%
2021	9,630,932	2,261,542	-0.41%	1.15%
2022	9,605,074	2,286,110	-0.27%	1.09%
2023	9,592,186	2,311,472	-0.13%	1.11%
2024	9,562,065	2,337,423	-0.31%	1.12%
2025	9,518,732	2,363,324	-0.45%	1.11%
2026	9,472,812	2,389,334	-0.48%	1.1%
2027	9,440,619	2,415,365	-0.34%	1.09%
2028	9,407,662	2,441,435	-0.35%	1.08%
2029	9,373,290	2,467,677	-0.37%	1.07%
2030	9,337,723	2,493,816	-0.38%	1.06%
2031	9,301,448	2,520,014	-0.39%	1.05%
2032	9,264,499	2,546,489	-0.4%	1.05%
2033	9,227,024	2,573,106	-0.4%	1.05%
2034	9,189,104	2,599,777	-0.41%	1.04%
2035	9,150,738	2,626,560	-0.42%	1.03%
2036	9,112,410	2,653,503	-0.42%	1.03%
2037	9,074,020	2,680,081	-0.42%	1%
2038	9,035,854	2,706,197	-0.42%	0.97%
2039	8,998,108	2,732,138	-0.42%	0.96%
2040	8,960,722	2,757,868	-0.42%	0.94%
2041	8,924,117	2,783,361	-0.41%	0.92%
2042	8,888,128	2,808,538	-0.4%	0.9%
2043	8,852,952	2,833,257	-0.4%	0.88%
2044	8,818,541	2,857,499	-0.39%	0.86%
2045	8,784,424	2,881,333	-0.39%	0.83%
2046	8,750,745	2,904,780	-0.38%	0.81%
2047	8,717,755	2,927,859	-0.38%	0.79%
2048	8,685,518	2,950,411	-0.37%	0.77%
2049	8,653,796	2,972,156	-0.37%	0.74%
2050	8,622,486	2,993,080	-0.36%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Hungary decreased by 311,615 people (a 3.09% decline), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Hungary lost -286,943 (a 2.94% decline), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Hungary was ranked 81st most populous country in 2006 and is 98th 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) Hungary's population will shrink by 8.98% to 8,622,486 people with a rank change from 98th to 111th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.