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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Lesotho	India	Lesotho
1960	435,990,338	736,500	-	-
1961	446,564,729	758,824	2.43%	3.03%
1962	457,283,090	781,814	2.4%	3.03%
1963	468,138,575	805,373	2.37%	3.01%
1964	479,229,598	829,437	2.37%	2.99%
1965	490,140,146	854,090	2.28%	2.97%
1966	500,740,247	881,870	2.16%	3.25%
1967	511,606,372	913,982	2.17%	3.64%
1968	522,716,889	948,105	2.17%	3.73%
1969	533,880,544	983,202	2.14%	3.7%
1970	545,864,268	1,019,273	2.24%	3.67%
1971	558,096,387	1,056,246	2.24%	3.63%
1972	570,482,142	1,094,063	2.22%	3.58%
1973	583,465,598	1,132,697	2.28%	3.53%
1974	597,041,391	1,172,420	2.33%	3.51%
1975	611,309,535	1,213,643	2.39%	3.52%
1976	625,861,883	1,253,214	2.38%	3.26%
1977	640,801,103	1,289,967	2.39%	2.93%
1978	655,728,229	1,327,240	2.33%	2.89%
1979	671,155,747	1,366,169	2.35%	2.93%
1980	687,354,025	1,406,521	2.41%	2.95%
1981	703,696,250	1,448,069	2.38%	2.95%
1982	720,313,473	1,490,732	2.36%	2.95%
1983	737,372,681	1,534,413	2.37%	2.93%
1984	754,875,449	1,578,986	2.37%	2.9%
1985	772,647,793	1,624,379	2.35%	2.87%
1986	790,689,978	1,666,138	2.34%	2.57%
1987	808,931,270	1,703,390	2.31%	2.24%
1988	827,342,990	1,739,841	2.28%	2.14%
1989	846,039,529	1,775,436	2.26%	2.05%
1990	864,972,221	1,809,696	2.24%	1.93%
1991	883,927,600	1,842,379	2.19%	1.81%
1992	902,957,070	1,873,274	2.15%	1.68%
1993	922,118,387	1,901,793	2.12%	1.52%
1994	941,163,767	1,927,707	2.07%	1.36%
1995	960,301,044	1,951,437	2.03%	1.23%
1996	979,678,458	1,972,418	2.02%	1.08%
1997	999,133,762	1,988,130	1.99%	0.8%
1998	1,018,665,080	1,998,049	1.95%	0.5%
1999	1,038,225,823	2,003,234	1.92%	0.26%
2000	1,057,922,733	2,003,913	1.9%	0.03%
2001	1,077,898,575	2,000,853	1.89%	-0.15%
2002	1,097,600,380	1,994,679	1.83%	-0.31%
2003	1,116,803,006	1,985,059	1.75%	-0.48%
2004	1,135,991,513	1,971,129	1.72%	-0.7%
2005	1,154,676,322	1,953,076	1.64%	-0.92%
2006	1,172,878,890	1,945,063	1.58%	-0.41%
2007	1,190,676,021	1,953,268	1.52%	0.42%
2008	1,207,930,964	1,966,541	1.45%	0.68%
2009	1,225,524,753	1,980,883	1.46%	0.73%
2010	1,243,481,564	1,996,251	1.47%	0.78%
2011	1,261,224,954	2,014,009	1.43%	0.89%
2012	1,278,674,502	2,034,354	1.38%	1.01%
2013	1,295,829,511	2,056,504	1.34%	1.09%
2014	1,312,277,191	2,080,089	1.27%	1.15%
2015	1,328,024,498	2,104,611	1.2%	1.18%
2016	1,343,944,296	2,130,422	1.2%	1.23%
2017	1,359,657,400	2,157,110	1.17%	1.25%
2018	1,374,659,064	2,183,603	1.1%	1.23%
2019	1,389,030,312	2,209,405	1.05%	1.18%
2020	1,402,617,695	2,235,727	0.98%	1.19%
2021	1,414,203,896	2,261,542	0.83%	1.15%
2022	1,425,423,212	2,286,110	0.79%	1.09%
2023	1,438,069,596	2,311,472	0.89%	1.11%
2024	1,450,935,791	2,337,423	0.89%	1.12%
2025	1,463,865,531	2,363,324	0.89%	1.11%
2026	1,476,625,576	2,389,334	0.87%	1.1%
2027	1,489,164,679	2,415,365	0.85%	1.09%
2028	1,501,432,748	2,441,435	0.82%	1.08%
2029	1,513,423,737	2,467,677	0.8%	1.07%
2030	1,525,138,852	2,493,816	0.77%	1.06%
2031	1,536,540,604	2,520,014	0.75%	1.05%
2032	1,547,607,126	2,546,489	0.72%	1.05%
2033	1,558,324,087	2,573,106	0.69%	1.05%
2034	1,568,688,356	2,599,777	0.67%	1.04%
2035	1,578,694,799	2,626,560	0.64%	1.03%
2036	1,588,325,366	2,653,503	0.61%	1.03%
2037	1,597,537,009	2,680,081	0.58%	1%
2038	1,606,300,646	2,706,197	0.55%	0.97%
2039	1,614,639,243	2,732,138	0.52%	0.96%
2040	1,622,580,052	2,757,868	0.49%	0.94%
2041	1,630,119,374	2,783,361	0.46%	0.92%
2042	1,637,235,363	2,808,538	0.44%	0.9%
2043	1,643,915,269	2,833,257	0.41%	0.88%
2044	1,650,186,610	2,857,499	0.38%	0.86%
2045	1,656,067,585	2,881,333	0.36%	0.83%
2046	1,661,548,400	2,904,780	0.33%	0.81%
2047	1,666,628,151	2,927,859	0.31%	0.79%
2048	1,671,309,727	2,950,411	0.28%	0.77%
2049	1,675,619,893	2,972,156	0.26%	0.74%
2050	1,679,589,268	2,993,080	0.24%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st 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) India's population will grow by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.