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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Madagascar	Lesotho	Madagascar
1960	736,500	5,111,029	-	-
1961	758,824	5,246,158	3.03%	2.64%
1962	781,814	5,384,150	3.03%	2.63%
1963	805,373	5,525,185	3.01%	2.62%
1964	829,437	5,669,863	2.99%	2.62%
1965	854,090	5,819,116	2.97%	2.63%
1966	881,870	5,974,279	3.25%	2.67%
1967	913,982	6,136,486	3.64%	2.72%
1968	948,105	6,306,493	3.73%	2.77%
1969	983,202	6,484,716	3.7%	2.83%
1970	1,019,273	6,672,003	3.67%	2.89%
1971	1,056,246	6,868,868	3.63%	2.95%
1972	1,094,063	7,074,398	3.58%	2.99%
1973	1,132,697	7,288,048	3.53%	3.02%
1974	1,172,420	7,509,726	3.51%	3.04%
1975	1,213,643	7,739,336	3.52%	3.06%
1976	1,253,214	7,976,831	3.26%	3.07%
1977	1,289,967	8,222,240	2.93%	3.08%
1978	1,327,240	8,475,864	2.89%	3.08%
1979	1,366,169	8,737,581	2.93%	3.09%
1980	1,406,521	9,006,032	2.95%	3.07%
1981	1,448,069	9,279,011	2.95%	3.03%
1982	1,490,732	9,557,671	2.95%	3%
1983	1,534,413	9,843,044	2.93%	2.99%
1984	1,578,986	10,134,550	2.9%	2.96%
1985	1,624,379	10,433,142	2.87%	2.95%
1986	1,666,138	10,736,857	2.57%	2.91%
1987	1,703,390	11,047,291	2.24%	2.89%
1988	1,739,841	11,369,462	2.14%	2.92%
1989	1,775,436	11,704,998	2.05%	2.95%
1990	1,809,696	12,055,639	1.93%	3%
1991	1,842,379	12,421,412	1.81%	3.03%
1992	1,873,274	12,800,870	1.68%	3.05%
1993	1,901,793	13,197,345	1.52%	3.1%
1994	1,927,707	13,613,850	1.36%	3.16%
1995	1,951,437	14,051,275	1.23%	3.21%
1996	1,972,418	14,510,711	1.08%	3.27%
1997	1,988,130	14,990,814	0.8%	3.31%
1998	1,998,049	15,489,364	0.5%	3.33%
1999	2,003,234	16,000,506	0.26%	3.3%
2000	2,003,913	16,516,338	0.03%	3.22%
2001	2,000,853	17,032,939	-0.15%	3.13%
2002	1,994,679	17,549,913	-0.31%	3.04%
2003	1,985,059	18,071,854	-0.48%	2.97%
2004	1,971,129	18,606,608	-0.7%	2.96%
2005	1,953,076	19,159,707	-0.92%	2.97%
2006	1,945,063	19,730,909	-0.41%	2.98%
2007	1,953,268	20,318,583	0.42%	2.98%
2008	1,966,541	20,923,840	0.68%	2.98%
2009	1,980,883	21,547,280	0.73%	2.98%
2010	1,996,251	22,183,340	0.78%	2.95%
2011	2,014,009	22,822,300	0.89%	2.88%
2012	2,034,354	23,462,438	1.01%	2.8%
2013	2,056,504	24,109,290	1.09%	2.76%
2014	2,080,089	24,764,348	1.15%	2.72%
2015	2,104,611	25,426,702	1.18%	2.67%
2016	2,130,422	26,099,952	1.23%	2.65%
2017	2,157,110	26,788,375	1.25%	2.64%
2018	2,183,603	27,494,926	1.23%	2.64%
2019	2,209,405	28,219,554	1.18%	2.64%
2020	2,235,727	28,953,556	1.19%	2.6%
2021	2,261,542	29,691,083	1.15%	2.55%
2022	2,286,110	30,437,261	1.09%	2.51%
2023	2,311,472	31,195,932	1.11%	2.49%
2024	2,337,423	31,964,956	1.12%	2.47%
2025	2,363,324	32,740,675	1.11%	2.43%
2026	2,389,334	33,522,048	1.1%	2.39%
2027	2,415,365	34,308,785	1.09%	2.35%
2028	2,441,435	35,099,853	1.08%	2.31%
2029	2,467,677	35,894,674	1.07%	2.26%
2030	2,493,816	36,693,182	1.06%	2.22%
2031	2,520,014	37,495,701	1.05%	2.19%
2032	2,546,489	38,301,308	1.05%	2.15%
2033	2,573,106	39,109,380	1.05%	2.11%
2034	2,599,777	39,919,948	1.04%	2.07%
2035	2,626,560	40,733,841	1.03%	2.04%
2036	2,653,503	41,551,309	1.03%	2.01%
2037	2,680,081	42,371,330	1%	1.97%
2038	2,706,197	43,194,142	0.97%	1.94%
2039	2,732,138	44,019,285	0.96%	1.91%
2040	2,757,868	44,846,889	0.94%	1.88%
2041	2,783,361	45,676,973	0.92%	1.85%
2042	2,808,538	46,508,810	0.9%	1.82%
2043	2,833,257	47,342,285	0.88%	1.79%
2044	2,857,499	48,176,594	0.86%	1.76%
2045	2,881,333	49,011,270	0.83%	1.73%
2046	2,904,780	49,846,522	0.81%	1.7%
2047	2,927,859	50,682,055	0.79%	1.68%
2048	2,950,411	51,517,342	0.77%	1.65%
2049	2,972,156	52,351,981	0.74%	1.62%
2050	2,993,080	53,185,464	0.7%	1.59%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Madagascar gained 6,266,995 people (a 32.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Madagascar's population increased by 7,941,633 (a 31.2% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Madagascar was ranked 57th in 2005 and ranked 49th 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 Madagascar will increase by 59.4% to 53,185,464 people and rank change from 49th to 37th.