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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Malawi	Lesotho	Malawi
1960	736,500	3,628,134	-	-
1961	758,824	3,715,534	3.03%	2.41%
1962	781,814	3,806,307	3.03%	2.44%
1963	805,373	3,900,506	3.01%	2.47%
1964	829,437	3,997,305	2.99%	2.48%
1965	854,090	4,096,157	2.97%	2.47%
1966	881,870	4,197,926	3.25%	2.48%
1967	913,982	4,303,012	3.64%	2.5%
1968	948,105	4,411,054	3.73%	2.51%
1969	983,202	4,521,184	3.7%	2.5%
1970	1,019,273	4,633,944	3.67%	2.49%
1971	1,056,246	4,751,434	3.63%	2.54%
1972	1,094,063	4,874,475	3.58%	2.59%
1973	1,132,697	5,003,938	3.53%	2.66%
1974	1,172,420	5,141,337	3.51%	2.75%
1975	1,213,643	5,287,367	3.52%	2.84%
1976	1,253,214	5,443,384	3.26%	2.95%
1977	1,289,967	5,614,983	2.93%	3.15%
1978	1,327,240	5,810,132	2.89%	3.48%
1979	1,366,169	6,028,749	2.93%	3.76%
1980	1,406,521	6,265,529	2.95%	3.93%
1981	1,448,069	6,516,454	2.95%	4%
1982	1,490,732	6,778,879	2.95%	4.03%
1983	1,534,413	7,051,709	2.93%	4.02%
1984	1,578,986	7,332,810	2.9%	3.99%
1985	1,624,379	7,620,508	2.87%	3.92%
1986	1,666,138	7,906,480	2.57%	3.75%
1987	1,703,390	8,293,174	2.24%	4.89%
1988	1,739,841	8,753,262	2.14%	5.55%
1989	1,775,436	9,176,220	2.05%	4.83%
1990	1,809,696	9,545,852	1.93%	4.03%
1991	1,842,379	9,844,227	1.81%	3.13%
1992	1,873,274	10,135,079	1.68%	2.95%
1993	1,901,793	10,284,024	1.52%	1.47%
1994	1,927,707	10,164,894	1.36%	-1.16%
1995	1,951,437	10,150,117	1.23%	-0.15%
1996	1,972,418	10,352,228	1.08%	1.99%
1997	1,988,130	10,562,035	0.8%	2.03%
1998	1,998,049	10,792,876	0.5%	2.19%
1999	2,003,234	11,047,804	0.26%	2.36%
2000	2,003,913	11,315,942	0.03%	2.43%
2001	2,000,853	11,593,058	-0.15%	2.45%
2002	1,994,679	11,880,440	-0.31%	2.48%
2003	1,985,059	12,181,574	-0.48%	2.53%
2004	1,971,129	12,500,737	-0.7%	2.62%
2005	1,953,076	12,840,031	-0.92%	2.71%
2006	1,945,063	13,198,701	-0.41%	2.79%
2007	1,953,268	13,576,343	0.42%	2.86%
2008	1,966,541	13,976,417	0.68%	2.95%
2009	1,980,883	14,395,788	0.73%	3%
2010	1,996,251	14,826,463	0.78%	2.99%
2011	2,014,009	15,265,022	0.89%	2.96%
2012	2,034,354	15,709,577	1.01%	2.91%
2013	2,056,504	16,161,816	1.09%	2.88%
2014	2,080,089	16,621,538	1.15%	2.84%
2015	2,104,611	17,085,587	1.18%	2.79%
2016	2,130,422	17,557,739	1.23%	2.76%
2017	2,157,110	18,039,715	1.25%	2.75%
2018	2,183,603	18,528,081	1.23%	2.71%
2019	2,209,405	19,025,752	1.18%	2.69%
2020	2,235,727	19,533,888	1.19%	2.67%
2021	2,261,542	20,047,258	1.15%	2.63%
2022	2,286,110	20,568,728	1.09%	2.6%
2023	2,311,472	21,104,482	1.11%	2.6%
2024	2,337,423	21,655,286	1.12%	2.61%
2025	2,363,324	22,216,113	1.11%	2.59%
2026	2,389,334	22,785,530	1.1%	2.56%
2027	2,415,365	23,366,187	1.09%	2.55%
2028	2,441,435	23,954,450	1.08%	2.52%
2029	2,467,677	24,553,499	1.07%	2.5%
2030	2,493,816	25,160,293	1.06%	2.47%
2031	2,520,014	25,763,534	1.05%	2.4%
2032	2,546,489	26,366,760	1.05%	2.34%
2033	2,573,106	26,978,417	1.05%	2.32%
2034	2,599,777	27,595,295	1.04%	2.29%
2035	2,626,560	28,213,784	1.03%	2.24%
2036	2,653,503	28,835,595	1.03%	2.2%
2037	2,680,081	29,462,509	1%	2.17%
2038	2,706,197	30,081,741	0.97%	2.1%
2039	2,732,138	30,691,578	0.96%	2.03%
2040	2,757,868	31,302,092	0.94%	1.99%
2041	2,783,361	31,911,242	0.92%	1.95%
2042	2,808,538	32,517,509	0.9%	1.9%
2043	2,833,257	33,122,481	0.88%	1.86%
2044	2,857,499	33,736,523	0.86%	1.85%
2045	2,881,333	34,350,947	0.83%	1.82%
2046	2,904,780	34,959,606	0.81%	1.77%
2047	2,927,859	35,567,989	0.79%	1.74%
2048	2,950,411	36,165,757	0.77%	1.68%
2049	2,972,156	36,760,998	0.74%	1.65%
2050	2,993,080	37,361,672	0.7%	1.63%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2005 and ranked 61st 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 Malawi will increase by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.