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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kyrgyzstan	Lesotho	Kyrgyzstan	Lesotho
1960	2,172,300	736,500	-	-
1961	2,255,900	758,824	3.85%	3.03%
1962	2,333,400	781,814	3.44%	3.03%
1963	2,413,700	805,373	3.44%	3.01%
1964	2,495,300	829,437	3.38%	2.99%
1965	2,573,300	854,090	3.13%	2.97%
1966	2,655,300	881,870	3.19%	3.25%
1967	2,736,500	913,982	3.06%	3.64%
1968	2,818,300	948,105	2.99%	3.73%
1969	2,894,800	983,202	2.71%	3.7%
1970	2,959,900	1,019,273	2.25%	3.67%
1971	3,022,300	1,056,246	2.11%	3.63%
1972	3,088,200	1,094,063	2.18%	3.58%
1973	3,153,800	1,132,697	2.12%	3.53%
1974	3,223,900	1,172,420	2.22%	3.51%
1975	3,292,400	1,213,643	2.12%	3.52%
1976	3,358,700	1,253,214	2.01%	3.26%
1977	3,423,900	1,289,967	1.94%	2.93%
1978	3,487,100	1,327,240	1.85%	2.89%
1979	3,552,000	1,366,169	1.86%	2.93%
1980	3,617,400	1,406,521	1.84%	2.95%
1981	3,685,800	1,448,069	1.89%	2.95%
1982	3,759,300	1,490,732	1.99%	2.95%
1983	3,838,300	1,534,413	2.1%	2.93%
1984	3,916,400	1,578,986	2.03%	2.9%
1985	3,990,300	1,624,379	1.89%	2.87%
1986	4,066,500	1,666,138	1.91%	2.57%
1987	4,144,600	1,703,390	1.92%	2.24%
1988	4,218,400	1,739,841	1.78%	2.14%
1989	4,307,500	1,775,436	2.11%	2.05%
1990	4,391,236	1,809,696	1.94%	1.93%
1991	4,463,634	1,842,379	1.65%	1.81%
1992	4,515,400	1,873,274	1.16%	1.68%
1993	4,516,777	1,901,793	0.03%	1.52%
1994	4,515,069	1,927,707	-0.04%	1.36%
1995	4,560,454	1,951,437	1.01%	1.23%
1996	4,628,438	1,972,418	1.49%	1.08%
1997	4,696,421	1,988,130	1.47%	0.8%
1998	4,769,015	1,998,049	1.55%	0.5%
1999	4,840,422	2,003,234	1.5%	0.26%
2000	4,898,362	2,003,913	1.2%	0.03%
2001	4,945,073	2,000,853	0.95%	-0.15%
2002	4,990,704	1,994,679	0.92%	-0.31%
2003	5,043,308	1,985,059	1.05%	-0.48%
2004	5,104,713	1,971,129	1.22%	-0.7%
2005	5,162,640	1,953,076	1.13%	-0.92%
2006	5,218,373	1,945,063	1.08%	-0.41%
2007	5,268,385	1,953,268	0.96%	0.42%
2008	5,318,729	1,966,541	0.96%	0.68%
2009	5,389,643	1,980,883	1.33%	0.73%
2010	5,467,059	1,996,251	1.44%	0.78%
2011	5,546,587	2,014,009	1.45%	0.89%
2012	5,652,076	2,034,354	1.9%	1.01%
2013	5,777,150	2,056,504	2.21%	1.09%
2014	5,905,848	2,080,089	2.23%	1.15%
2015	6,040,036	2,104,611	2.27%	1.18%
2016	6,175,338	2,130,422	2.24%	1.23%
2017	6,306,696	2,157,110	2.13%	1.25%
2018	6,444,079	2,183,603	2.18%	1.23%
2019	6,590,211	2,209,405	2.27%	1.18%
2020	6,726,596	2,235,727	2.07%	1.19%
2021	6,851,224	2,261,542	1.85%	1.15%
2022	6,975,220	2,286,110	1.81%	1.09%
2023	7,099,750	2,311,472	1.79%	1.11%
2024	7,224,614	2,337,423	1.76%	1.12%
2025	7,334,223	2,363,324	1.52%	1.11%
2026	7,440,222	2,389,334	1.45%	1.1%
2027	7,543,995	2,415,365	1.39%	1.09%
2028	7,645,839	2,441,435	1.35%	1.08%
2029	7,745,986	2,467,677	1.31%	1.07%
2030	7,845,540	2,493,816	1.29%	1.06%
2031	7,944,084	2,520,014	1.26%	1.05%
2032	8,040,993	2,546,489	1.22%	1.05%
2033	8,136,719	2,573,106	1.19%	1.05%
2034	8,232,011	2,599,777	1.17%	1.04%
2035	8,326,908	2,626,560	1.15%	1.03%
2036	8,421,691	2,653,503	1.14%	1.03%
2037	8,516,263	2,680,081	1.12%	1%
2038	8,611,560	2,706,197	1.12%	0.97%
2039	8,708,006	2,732,138	1.12%	0.96%
2040	8,804,747	2,757,868	1.11%	0.94%
2041	8,901,001	2,783,361	1.09%	0.92%
2042	8,995,794	2,808,538	1.06%	0.9%
2043	9,089,322	2,833,257	1.04%	0.88%
2044	9,181,434	2,857,499	1.01%	0.86%
2045	9,271,647	2,881,333	0.98%	0.83%
2046	9,359,344	2,904,780	0.95%	0.81%
2047	9,444,940	2,927,859	0.91%	0.79%
2048	9,529,839	2,950,411	0.9%	0.77%
2049	9,613,240	2,972,156	0.88%	0.74%
2050	9,694,747	2,993,080	0.85%	0.7%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kyrgyzstan increased by 877,396 people (a 17% growth), while Lesotho gained 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kyrgyzstan gained 1,379,333 (a 22.8% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 279,606 (a 13.3% growth).

Kyrgyzstan was ranked 112th most populous country in 2005 and is 106th 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) Kyrgyzstan's population will grow by 30.7% to 9,694,747 people with a rank change from 106th to 100th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 144th to 141st.