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	7,221,868	2,337,423	1.72%	1.12%
2025	7,331,435	2,363,324	1.52%	1.11%
2026	7,437,395	2,389,334	1.45%	1.1%
2027	7,541,128	2,415,365	1.39%	1.09%
2028	7,642,933	2,441,435	1.35%	1.08%
2029	7,743,042	2,467,677	1.31%	1.07%
2030	7,842,558	2,493,816	1.29%	1.06%
2031	7,941,064	2,520,014	1.26%	1.05%
2032	8,037,937	2,546,489	1.22%	1.05%
2033	8,133,626	2,573,106	1.19%	1.05%
2034	8,228,882	2,599,777	1.17%	1.04%
2035	8,323,743	2,626,560	1.15%	1.03%
2036	8,418,490	2,653,503	1.14%	1.03%
2037	8,513,026	2,680,081	1.12%	1%
2038	8,608,287	2,706,197	1.12%	0.97%
2039	8,704,696	2,732,138	1.12%	0.96%
2040	8,801,400	2,757,868	1.11%	0.94%
2041	8,897,618	2,783,361	1.09%	0.92%
2042	8,992,374	2,808,538	1.06%	0.9%
2043	9,085,868	2,833,257	1.04%	0.88%
2044	9,177,945	2,857,499	1.01%	0.86%
2045	9,268,123	2,881,333	0.98%	0.83%
2046	9,355,787	2,904,780	0.95%	0.81%
2047	9,441,350	2,927,859	0.91%	0.79%
2048	9,526,217	2,950,411	0.9%	0.77%
2049	9,609,586	2,972,156	0.88%	0.74%
2050	9,691,062	2,993,080	0.85%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kyrgyzstan increased by 956,965 people (a 18.3% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kyrgyzstan gained 1,263,190 (a 20.5% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Kyrgyzstan was ranked 112th most populous country in 2006 and is 106th 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) Kyrgyzstan's population will grow by 30.3% to 9,691,062 people with a rank change from 106th to 100th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.