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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kazakhstan	Lesotho	Kazakhstan	Lesotho
1960	9,429,981	736,500	-	-
1961	9,742,085	758,824	3.31%	3.03%
1962	10,058,928	781,814	3.25%	3.03%
1963	10,377,466	805,373	3.17%	3.01%
1964	10,690,309	829,437	3.01%	2.99%
1965	10,993,183	854,090	2.83%	2.97%
1966	11,288,989	881,870	2.69%	3.25%
1967	11,584,428	913,982	2.62%	3.64%
1968	11,879,182	948,105	2.54%	3.73%
1969	12,156,212	983,202	2.33%	3.7%
1970	12,419,057	1,019,273	2.16%	3.67%
1971	12,684,813	1,056,246	2.14%	3.63%
1972	12,951,798	1,094,063	2.1%	3.58%
1973	13,208,121	1,132,697	1.98%	3.53%
1974	13,454,570	1,172,420	1.87%	3.51%
1975	13,700,843	1,213,643	1.83%	3.52%
1976	13,998,738	1,253,214	2.17%	3.26%
1977	14,353,265	1,289,967	2.53%	2.93%
1978	14,711,497	1,327,240	2.5%	2.89%
1979	14,978,696	1,366,169	1.82%	2.93%
1980	15,152,949	1,406,521	1.16%	2.95%
1981	15,323,082	1,448,069	1.12%	2.95%
1982	15,492,595	1,490,732	1.11%	2.95%
1983	15,665,551	1,534,413	1.12%	2.93%
1984	15,844,621	1,578,986	1.14%	2.9%
1985	16,031,090	1,624,379	1.18%	2.87%
1986	16,262,702	1,666,138	1.44%	2.57%
1987	16,527,715	1,703,390	1.63%	2.24%
1988	16,781,168	1,739,841	1.53%	2.14%
1989	16,997,013	1,775,436	1.29%	2.05%
1990	17,154,054	1,809,696	0.92%	1.93%
1991	17,278,600	1,842,379	0.73%	1.81%
1992	17,332,625	1,873,274	0.31%	1.68%
1993	17,274,487	1,901,793	-0.34%	1.52%
1994	17,043,771	1,927,707	-1.34%	1.36%
1995	16,730,536	1,951,437	-1.84%	1.23%
1996	16,416,027	1,972,418	-1.88%	1.08%
1997	16,043,251	1,988,130	-2.27%	0.8%
1998	15,647,785	1,998,049	-2.46%	0.5%
1999	15,455,874	2,003,234	-1.23%	0.26%
2000	15,501,103	2,003,913	0.29%	0.03%
2001	15,575,550	2,000,853	0.48%	-0.15%
2002	15,656,677	1,994,679	0.52%	-0.31%
2003	15,747,380	1,985,059	0.58%	-0.48%
2004	15,850,159	1,971,129	0.65%	-0.7%
2005	15,968,117	1,953,076	0.74%	-0.92%
2006	16,103,716	1,945,063	0.85%	-0.41%
2007	16,257,214	1,953,268	0.95%	0.42%
2008	16,426,525	1,966,541	1.04%	0.68%
2009	16,619,846	1,980,883	1.18%	0.73%
2010	16,836,810	1,996,251	1.31%	0.78%
2011	17,066,002	2,014,009	1.36%	0.89%
2012	17,306,106	2,034,354	1.41%	1.01%
2013	17,556,502	2,056,504	1.45%	1.09%
2014	17,816,285	2,080,089	1.48%	1.15%
2015	18,084,169	2,104,611	1.5%	1.18%
2016	18,363,600	2,130,422	1.55%	1.23%
2017	18,651,931	2,157,110	1.57%	1.25%
2018	18,932,727	2,183,603	1.51%	1.23%
2019	19,209,555	2,209,405	1.46%	1.18%
2020	19,482,117	2,235,727	1.42%	1.19%
2021	19,743,603	2,261,542	1.34%	1.15%
2022	20,034,609	2,286,110	1.47%	1.09%
2023	20,330,104	2,311,472	1.47%	1.11%
2024	20,592,571	2,337,423	1.29%	1.12%
2025	20,843,753	2,363,324	1.22%	1.11%
2026	21,083,619	2,389,334	1.15%	1.1%
2027	21,316,177	2,415,365	1.1%	1.09%
2028	21,547,638	2,441,435	1.09%	1.08%
2029	21,777,008	2,467,677	1.06%	1.07%
2030	22,003,192	2,493,816	1.04%	1.06%
2031	22,227,045	2,520,014	1.02%	1.05%
2032	22,452,639	2,546,489	1.01%	1.05%
2033	22,679,377	2,573,106	1.01%	1.05%
2034	22,903,209	2,599,777	0.99%	1.04%
2035	23,125,951	2,626,560	0.97%	1.03%
2036	23,349,072	2,653,503	0.96%	1.03%
2037	23,571,233	2,680,081	0.95%	1%
2038	23,793,387	2,706,197	0.94%	0.97%
2039	24,017,887	2,732,138	0.94%	0.96%
2040	24,246,822	2,757,868	0.95%	0.94%
2041	24,477,612	2,783,361	0.95%	0.92%
2042	24,707,974	2,808,538	0.94%	0.9%
2043	24,941,020	2,833,257	0.94%	0.88%
2044	25,175,225	2,857,499	0.94%	0.86%
2045	25,409,749	2,881,333	0.93%	0.83%
2046	25,642,870	2,904,780	0.92%	0.81%
2047	25,875,743	2,927,859	0.91%	0.79%
2048	26,106,834	2,950,411	0.89%	0.77%
2049	26,328,898	2,972,156	0.85%	0.74%
2050	26,544,261	2,993,080	0.82%	0.7%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kazakhstan increased by 2,116,052 people (a 13.3% growth), while Lesotho gained 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kazakhstan gained 2,952,263 (a 16.3% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 279,606 (a 13.3% growth).

Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd most populous country in 2005 and is 65th 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) Kazakhstan's population will grow by 26.2% to 26,544,261 people with a rank change from 65th to 64th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 144th to 141st.