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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Maldives	Lesotho	Maldives
1960	736,500	91,189	-	-
1961	758,824	93,450	3.03%	2.48%
1962	781,814	95,802	3.03%	2.52%
1963	805,373	98,222	3.01%	2.53%
1964	829,437	100,662	2.99%	2.48%
1965	854,090	104,102	2.97%	3.42%
1966	881,870	108,507	3.25%	4.23%
1967	913,982	112,528	3.64%	3.71%
1968	948,105	116,075	3.73%	3.15%
1969	983,202	119,564	3.7%	3.01%
1970	1,019,273	123,219	3.67%	3.06%
1971	1,056,246	127,035	3.63%	3.1%
1972	1,094,063	130,968	3.58%	3.1%
1973	1,132,697	134,952	3.53%	3.04%
1974	1,172,420	138,978	3.51%	2.98%
1975	1,213,643	143,158	3.52%	3.01%
1976	1,253,214	147,525	3.26%	3.05%
1977	1,289,967	151,930	2.93%	2.99%
1978	1,327,240	156,159	2.89%	2.78%
1979	1,366,169	160,360	2.93%	2.69%
1980	1,406,521	164,835	2.95%	2.79%
1981	1,448,069	169,532	2.95%	2.85%
1982	1,490,732	174,333	2.95%	2.83%
1983	1,534,413	179,128	2.93%	2.75%
1984	1,578,986	184,198	2.9%	2.83%
1985	1,624,379	190,169	2.87%	3.24%
1986	1,666,138	196,935	2.57%	3.56%
1987	1,703,390	203,944	2.24%	3.56%
1988	1,739,841	210,885	2.14%	3.4%
1989	1,775,436	217,738	2.05%	3.25%
1990	1,809,696	224,762	1.93%	3.23%
1991	1,842,379	231,802	1.81%	3.13%
1992	1,873,274	238,543	1.68%	2.91%
1993	1,901,793	244,884	1.52%	2.66%
1994	1,927,707	250,822	1.36%	2.42%
1995	1,951,437	256,649	1.23%	2.32%
1996	1,972,418	262,347	1.08%	2.22%
1997	1,988,130	267,707	0.8%	2.04%
1998	1,998,049	272,723	0.5%	1.87%
1999	2,003,234	277,412	0.26%	1.72%
2000	2,003,913	282,019	0.03%	1.66%
2001	2,000,853	286,767	-0.15%	1.68%
2002	1,994,679	291,616	-0.31%	1.69%
2003	1,985,059	296,491	-0.48%	1.67%
2004	1,971,129	301,413	-0.7%	1.66%
2005	1,953,076	306,429	-0.92%	1.66%
2006	1,945,063	313,851	-0.41%	2.42%
2007	1,953,268	324,479	0.42%	3.39%
2008	1,966,541	336,170	0.68%	3.6%
2009	1,980,883	348,275	0.73%	3.6%
2010	1,996,251	360,792	0.78%	3.59%
2011	2,014,009	373,674	0.89%	3.57%
2012	2,034,354	386,818	1.01%	3.52%
2013	2,056,504	400,070	1.09%	3.43%
2014	2,080,089	413,617	1.15%	3.39%
2015	2,104,611	428,154	1.18%	3.51%
2016	2,130,422	443,308	1.23%	3.54%
2017	2,157,110	458,287	1.25%	3.38%
2018	2,183,603	473,099	1.23%	3.23%
2019	2,209,405	487,731	1.18%	3.09%
2020	2,235,727	502,118	1.19%	2.95%
2021	2,261,542	516,154	1.15%	2.8%
2022	2,286,110	524,106	1.09%	1.54%
2023	2,311,472	525,994	1.11%	0.36%
2024	2,337,423	527,799	1.12%	0.34%
2025	2,363,324	529,677	1.11%	0.36%
2026	2,389,334	531,514	1.1%	0.35%
2027	2,415,365	533,433	1.09%	0.36%
2028	2,441,435	535,502	1.08%	0.39%
2029	2,467,677	537,574	1.07%	0.39%
2030	2,493,816	539,667	1.06%	0.39%
2031	2,520,014	541,929	1.05%	0.42%
2032	2,546,489	544,288	1.05%	0.44%
2033	2,573,106	546,723	1.05%	0.45%
2034	2,599,777	549,162	1.04%	0.45%
2035	2,626,560	551,599	1.03%	0.44%
2036	2,653,503	554,092	1.03%	0.45%
2037	2,680,081	556,637	1%	0.46%
2038	2,706,197	559,231	0.97%	0.47%
2039	2,732,138	561,958	0.96%	0.49%
2040	2,757,868	564,800	0.94%	0.51%
2041	2,783,361	567,606	0.92%	0.5%
2042	2,808,538	570,381	0.9%	0.49%
2043	2,833,257	573,138	0.88%	0.48%
2044	2,857,499	575,811	0.86%	0.47%
2045	2,881,333	578,459	0.83%	0.46%
2046	2,904,780	581,026	0.81%	0.44%
2047	2,927,859	583,393	0.79%	0.41%
2048	2,950,411	585,720	0.77%	0.4%
2049	2,972,156	587,988	0.74%	0.39%
2050	2,993,080	589,960	0.7%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.