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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Malaysia	Lesotho	Malaysia
1960	736,500	7,956,197	-	-
1961	758,824	8,164,443	3.03%	2.62%
1962	781,814	8,380,172	3.03%	2.64%
1963	805,373	8,602,160	3.01%	2.65%
1964	829,437	8,828,406	2.99%	2.63%
1965	854,090	9,056,408	2.97%	2.58%
1966	881,870	9,284,688	3.25%	2.52%
1967	913,982	9,507,099	3.64%	2.4%
1968	948,105	9,725,281	3.73%	2.29%
1969	983,202	9,947,597	3.7%	2.29%
1970	1,019,273	10,178,802	3.67%	2.32%
1971	1,056,246	10,423,453	3.63%	2.4%
1972	1,094,063	10,676,835	3.58%	2.43%
1973	1,132,697	10,935,621	3.53%	2.42%
1974	1,172,420	11,200,906	3.51%	2.43%
1975	1,213,643	11,471,914	3.52%	2.42%
1976	1,253,214	11,750,097	3.26%	2.42%
1977	1,289,967	12,035,713	2.93%	2.43%
1978	1,327,240	12,328,157	2.89%	2.43%
1979	1,366,169	12,627,862	2.93%	2.43%
1980	1,406,521	12,983,363	2.95%	2.82%
1981	1,448,069	13,399,203	2.95%	3.2%
1982	1,490,732	13,832,798	2.95%	3.24%
1983	1,534,413	14,285,907	2.93%	3.28%
1984	1,578,986	14,759,009	2.9%	3.31%
1985	1,624,379	15,252,258	2.87%	3.34%
1986	1,666,138	15,760,419	2.57%	3.33%
1987	1,703,390	16,276,737	2.24%	3.28%
1988	1,739,841	16,796,605	2.14%	3.19%
1989	1,775,436	17,314,997	2.05%	3.09%
1990	1,809,696	17,833,171	1.93%	2.99%
1991	1,842,379	18,342,464	1.81%	2.86%
1992	1,873,274	18,834,572	1.68%	2.68%
1993	1,901,793	19,322,664	1.52%	2.59%
1994	1,927,707	19,820,446	1.36%	2.58%
1995	1,951,437	20,330,599	1.23%	2.57%
1996	1,972,418	20,850,087	1.08%	2.56%
1997	1,988,130	21,375,218	0.8%	2.52%
1998	1,998,049	21,906,713	0.5%	2.49%
1999	2,003,234	22,435,531	0.26%	2.41%
2000	2,003,913	22,967,816	0.03%	2.37%
2001	2,000,853	23,526,538	-0.15%	2.43%
2002	1,994,679	24,102,477	-0.31%	2.45%
2003	1,985,059	24,679,602	-0.48%	2.39%
2004	1,971,129	25,256,772	-0.7%	2.34%
2005	1,953,076	25,836,071	-0.92%	2.29%
2006	1,945,063	26,417,909	-0.41%	2.25%
2007	1,953,268	26,998,389	0.42%	2.2%
2008	1,966,541	27,570,059	0.68%	2.12%
2009	1,980,883	28,124,778	0.73%	2.01%
2010	1,996,251	28,655,776	0.78%	1.89%
2011	2,014,009	29,162,039	0.89%	1.77%
2012	2,034,354	29,662,831	1.01%	1.72%
2013	2,056,504	30,174,265	1.09%	1.72%
2014	2,080,089	30,696,137	1.15%	1.73%
2015	2,104,611	31,232,798	1.18%	1.75%
2016	2,130,422	31,789,685	1.23%	1.78%
2017	2,157,110	32,355,644	1.25%	1.78%
2018	2,183,603	32,910,967	1.23%	1.72%
2019	2,209,405	33,440,596	1.18%	1.61%
2020	2,235,727	33,889,558	1.19%	1.34%
2021	2,261,542	34,282,399	1.15%	1.16%
2022	2,286,110	34,695,493	1.09%	1.2%
2023	2,311,472	35,126,298	1.11%	1.24%
2024	2,337,423	35,557,673	1.12%	1.23%
2025	2,363,324	35,977,838	1.11%	1.18%
2026	2,389,334	36,385,119	1.1%	1.13%
2027	2,415,365	36,785,089	1.09%	1.1%
2028	2,441,435	37,182,773	1.08%	1.08%
2029	2,467,677	37,574,292	1.07%	1.05%
2030	2,493,816	37,961,722	1.06%	1.03%
2031	2,520,014	38,347,786	1.05%	1.02%
2032	2,546,489	38,728,383	1.05%	0.99%
2033	2,573,106	39,097,871	1.05%	0.95%
2034	2,599,777	39,457,849	1.04%	0.92%
2035	2,626,560	39,814,834	1.03%	0.9%
2036	2,653,503	40,166,904	1.03%	0.88%
2037	2,680,081	40,512,289	1%	0.86%
2038	2,706,197	40,853,318	0.97%	0.84%
2039	2,732,138	41,185,892	0.96%	0.81%
2040	2,757,868	41,509,646	0.94%	0.79%
2041	2,783,361	41,828,594	0.92%	0.77%
2042	2,808,538	42,144,474	0.9%	0.76%
2043	2,833,257	42,455,952	0.88%	0.74%
2044	2,857,499	42,754,140	0.86%	0.7%
2045	2,881,333	43,038,205	0.83%	0.66%
2046	2,904,780	43,313,754	0.81%	0.64%
2047	2,927,859	43,580,459	0.79%	0.62%
2048	2,950,411	43,831,577	0.77%	0.58%
2049	2,972,156	44,065,538	0.74%	0.53%
2050	2,993,080	44,289,765	0.7%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.