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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Luxembourg	Lesotho	Luxembourg
1960	736,500	313,970	-	-
1961	758,824	316,845	3.03%	0.92%
1962	781,814	320,750	3.03%	1.23%
1963	805,373	324,100	3.01%	1.04%
1964	829,437	327,750	2.99%	1.13%
1965	854,090	331,500	2.97%	1.14%
1966	881,870	333,895	3.25%	0.72%
1967	913,982	334,995	3.64%	0.33%
1968	948,105	335,850	3.73%	0.26%
1969	983,202	337,500	3.7%	0.49%
1970	1,019,273	339,171	3.67%	0.5%
1971	1,056,246	342,421	3.63%	0.96%
1972	1,094,063	346,600	3.58%	1.22%
1973	1,132,697	350,450	3.53%	1.11%
1974	1,172,420	355,050	3.51%	1.31%
1975	1,213,643	358,950	3.52%	1.1%
1976	1,253,214	360,731	3.26%	0.5%
1977	1,289,967	361,358	2.93%	0.17%
1978	1,327,240	362,007	2.89%	0.18%
1979	1,366,169	362,856	2.93%	0.23%
1980	1,406,521	364,150	2.95%	0.36%
1981	1,448,069	365,225	2.95%	0.3%
1982	1,490,732	365,525	2.95%	0.08%
1983	1,534,413	365,622	2.93%	0.03%
1984	1,578,986	365,998	2.9%	0.1%
1985	1,624,379	366,706	2.87%	0.19%
1986	1,666,138	368,355	2.57%	0.45%
1987	1,703,390	370,750	2.24%	0.65%
1988	1,739,841	373,450	2.14%	0.73%
1989	1,775,436	377,100	2.05%	0.98%
1990	1,809,696	381,850	1.93%	1.26%
1991	1,842,379	387,000	1.81%	1.35%
1992	1,873,274	392,175	1.68%	1.34%
1993	1,901,793	397,475	1.52%	1.35%
1994	1,927,707	402,925	1.36%	1.37%
1995	1,951,437	408,625	1.23%	1.41%
1996	1,972,418	414,225	1.08%	1.37%
1997	1,988,130	419,450	0.8%	1.26%
1998	1,998,049	424,700	0.5%	1.25%
1999	2,003,234	430,475	0.26%	1.36%
2000	2,003,913	436,300	0.03%	1.35%
2001	2,000,853	441,525	-0.15%	1.2%
2002	1,994,679	446,175	-0.31%	1.05%
2003	1,985,059	451,630	-0.48%	1.22%
2004	1,971,129	458,095	-0.7%	1.43%
2005	1,953,076	465,158	-0.92%	1.54%
2006	1,945,063	472,637	-0.41%	1.61%
2007	1,953,268	479,993	0.42%	1.56%
2008	1,966,541	488,650	0.68%	1.8%
2009	1,980,883	497,783	0.73%	1.87%
2010	1,996,251	506,953	0.78%	1.84%
2011	2,014,009	518,347	0.89%	2.25%
2012	2,034,354	530,946	1.01%	2.43%
2013	2,056,504	543,360	1.09%	2.34%
2014	2,080,089	556,319	1.15%	2.38%
2015	2,104,611	569,604	1.18%	2.39%
2016	2,130,422	582,014	1.23%	2.18%
2017	2,157,110	596,336	1.25%	2.46%
2018	2,183,603	607,950	1.23%	1.95%
2019	2,209,405	620,001	1.18%	1.98%
2020	2,235,727	630,419	1.19%	1.68%
2021	2,261,542	640,064	1.15%	1.53%
2022	2,286,110	653,103	1.09%	2.04%
2023	2,311,472	666,430	1.11%	2.04%
2024	2,337,423	677,012	1.12%	1.59%
2025	2,363,324	684,467	1.11%	1.1%
2026	2,389,334	691,496	1.1%	1.03%
2027	2,415,365	698,375	1.09%	0.99%
2028	2,441,435	705,222	1.08%	0.98%
2029	2,467,677	711,761	1.07%	0.93%
2030	2,493,816	717,879	1.06%	0.86%
2031	2,520,014	723,679	1.05%	0.81%
2032	2,546,489	729,358	1.05%	0.78%
2033	2,573,106	734,839	1.05%	0.75%
2034	2,599,777	739,997	1.04%	0.7%
2035	2,626,560	745,000	1.03%	0.68%
2036	2,653,503	749,815	1.03%	0.65%
2037	2,680,081	754,334	1%	0.6%
2038	2,706,197	758,761	0.97%	0.59%
2039	2,732,138	763,128	0.96%	0.58%
2040	2,757,868	767,173	0.94%	0.53%
2041	2,783,361	770,954	0.92%	0.49%
2042	2,808,538	774,612	0.9%	0.47%
2043	2,833,257	778,001	0.88%	0.44%
2044	2,857,499	781,123	0.86%	0.4%
2045	2,881,333	784,141	0.83%	0.39%
2046	2,904,780	786,968	0.81%	0.36%
2047	2,927,859	789,534	0.79%	0.33%
2048	2,950,411	791,997	0.77%	0.31%
2049	2,972,156	794,237	0.74%	0.28%
2050	2,993,080	796,129	0.7%	0.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Luxembourg gained 109,377 people (a 23.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Luxembourg's population increased by 109,557 (a 18.8% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Luxembourg was ranked 167th in 2006 and ranked 164th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Lesotho's population will grow by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people with a rank change from 143rd to 141st. The population of Luxembourg will increase by 15.1% to 796,129 people and will still be ranked 164th.