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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Libya	Lesotho	Libya
1960	736,500	1,492,890	-	-
1961	758,824	1,555,699	3.03%	4.21%
1962	781,814	1,621,960	3.03%	4.26%
1963	805,373	1,690,457	3.01%	4.22%
1964	829,437	1,753,691	2.99%	3.74%
1965	854,090	1,804,015	2.97%	2.87%
1966	881,870	1,849,063	3.25%	2.5%
1967	913,982	1,898,199	3.64%	2.66%
1968	948,105	1,952,781	3.73%	2.88%
1969	983,202	2,014,293	3.7%	3.15%
1970	1,019,273	2,082,589	3.67%	3.39%
1971	1,056,246	2,153,534	3.63%	3.41%
1972	1,094,063	2,226,091	3.58%	3.37%
1973	1,132,697	2,314,193	3.53%	3.96%
1974	1,172,420	2,432,211	3.51%	5.1%
1975	1,213,643	2,571,556	3.52%	5.73%
1976	1,253,214	2,721,237	3.26%	5.82%
1977	1,289,967	2,881,533	2.93%	5.89%
1978	1,327,240	3,052,526	2.89%	5.93%
1979	1,366,169	3,233,846	2.93%	5.94%
1980	1,406,521	3,424,378	2.95%	5.89%
1981	1,448,069	3,621,486	2.95%	5.76%
1982	1,490,732	3,724,765	2.95%	2.85%
1983	1,534,413	3,718,961	2.93%	-0.16%
1984	1,578,986	3,773,633	2.9%	1.47%
1985	1,624,379	3,898,745	2.87%	3.32%
1986	1,666,138	4,017,403	2.57%	3.04%
1987	1,703,390	4,129,739	2.24%	2.8%
1988	1,739,841	4,237,755	2.14%	2.62%
1989	1,775,436	4,342,920	2.05%	2.48%
1990	1,809,696	4,445,239	1.93%	2.36%
1991	1,842,379	4,544,400	1.81%	2.23%
1992	1,873,274	4,640,352	1.68%	2.11%
1993	1,901,793	4,733,045	1.52%	2%
1994	1,927,707	4,822,037	1.36%	1.88%
1995	1,951,437	4,906,843	1.23%	1.76%
1996	1,972,418	4,987,393	1.08%	1.64%
1997	1,988,130	5,064,639	0.8%	1.55%
1998	1,998,049	5,140,704	0.5%	1.5%
1999	2,003,234	5,218,038	0.26%	1.5%
2000	2,003,913	5,305,021	0.03%	1.67%
2001	2,000,853	5,403,639	-0.15%	1.86%
2002	1,994,679	5,508,410	-0.31%	1.94%
2003	1,985,059	5,619,398	-0.48%	2.01%
2004	1,971,129	5,736,693	-0.7%	2.09%
2005	1,953,076	5,858,798	-0.92%	2.13%
2006	1,945,063	5,980,211	-0.41%	2.07%
2007	1,953,268	6,104,380	0.42%	2.08%
2008	1,966,541	6,235,430	0.68%	2.15%
2009	1,980,883	6,366,686	0.73%	2.11%
2010	1,996,251	6,497,839	0.78%	2.06%
2011	2,014,009	6,343,203	0.89%	-2.38%
2012	2,034,354	6,179,328	1.01%	-2.58%
2013	2,056,504	6,304,628	1.09%	2.03%
2014	2,080,089	6,427,252	1.15%	1.94%
2015	2,104,611	6,531,819	1.18%	1.63%
2016	2,130,422	6,632,126	1.23%	1.54%
2017	2,157,110	6,738,770	1.25%	1.61%
2018	2,183,603	6,849,055	1.23%	1.64%
2019	2,209,405	6,951,033	1.18%	1.49%
2020	2,235,727	7,045,399	1.19%	1.36%
2021	2,261,542	7,135,175	1.15%	1.27%
2022	2,286,110	7,223,805	1.09%	1.24%
2023	2,311,472	7,305,659	1.11%	1.13%
2024	2,337,423	7,381,023	1.12%	1.03%
2025	2,363,324	7,458,547	1.11%	1.05%
2026	2,389,334	7,539,842	1.1%	1.09%
2027	2,415,365	7,627,487	1.09%	1.16%
2028	2,441,435	7,716,839	1.08%	1.17%
2029	2,467,677	7,802,209	1.07%	1.11%
2030	2,493,816	7,885,801	1.06%	1.07%
2031	2,520,014	7,969,103	1.05%	1.06%
2032	2,546,489	8,048,491	1.05%	1%
2033	2,573,106	8,126,634	1.05%	0.97%
2034	2,599,777	8,206,611	1.04%	0.98%
2035	2,626,560	8,283,950	1.03%	0.94%
2036	2,653,503	8,357,480	1.03%	0.89%
2037	2,680,081	8,431,722	1%	0.89%
2038	2,706,197	8,506,595	0.97%	0.89%
2039	2,732,138	8,579,849	0.96%	0.86%
2040	2,757,868	8,651,409	0.94%	0.83%
2041	2,783,361	8,719,609	0.92%	0.79%
2042	2,808,538	8,786,619	0.9%	0.77%
2043	2,833,257	8,854,384	0.88%	0.77%
2044	2,857,499	8,920,015	0.86%	0.74%
2045	2,881,333	8,983,943	0.83%	0.72%
2046	2,904,780	9,043,667	0.81%	0.66%
2047	2,927,859	9,098,399	0.79%	0.61%
2048	2,950,411	9,154,058	0.77%	0.61%
2049	2,972,156	9,208,602	0.74%	0.6%
2050	2,993,080	9,260,603	0.7%	0.56%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Libya gained 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Libya's population increased by 992,030 (a 15.2% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Libya was ranked 104th in 2005 and ranked 105th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Lesotho's population will grow by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people with a rank change from 144th to 141st. The population of Libya will increase by 23.1% to 9,260,603 people and will still be ranked 105th.