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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Mali	Lesotho	Mali
1960	736,500	5,402,550	-	-
1961	758,824	5,482,283	3.03%	1.48%
1962	781,814	5,563,917	3.03%	1.49%
1963	805,373	5,646,605	3.01%	1.49%
1964	829,437	5,730,125	2.99%	1.48%
1965	854,090	5,815,487	2.97%	1.49%
1966	881,870	5,902,204	3.25%	1.49%
1967	913,982	5,990,906	3.64%	1.5%
1968	948,105	6,082,979	3.73%	1.54%
1969	983,202	6,177,704	3.7%	1.56%
1970	1,019,273	6,276,472	3.67%	1.6%
1971	1,056,246	6,377,944	3.63%	1.62%
1972	1,094,063	6,483,726	3.58%	1.66%
1973	1,132,697	6,597,106	3.53%	1.75%
1974	1,172,420	6,715,436	3.51%	1.79%
1975	1,213,643	6,837,261	3.52%	1.81%
1976	1,253,214	6,960,979	3.26%	1.81%
1977	1,289,967	7,090,979	2.93%	1.87%
1978	1,327,240	7,229,651	2.89%	1.96%
1979	1,366,169	7,375,266	2.93%	2.01%
1980	1,406,521	7,530,515	2.95%	2.1%
1981	1,448,069	7,692,766	2.95%	2.15%
1982	1,490,732	7,860,194	2.95%	2.18%
1983	1,534,413	8,034,400	2.93%	2.22%
1984	1,578,986	8,208,599	2.9%	2.17%
1985	1,624,379	8,374,663	2.87%	2.02%
1986	1,666,138	8,531,277	2.57%	1.87%
1987	1,703,390	8,681,164	2.24%	1.76%
1988	1,739,841	8,833,996	2.14%	1.76%
1989	1,775,436	8,999,938	2.05%	1.88%
1990	1,809,696	9,178,830	1.93%	1.99%
1991	1,842,379	9,362,888	1.81%	2.01%
1992	1,873,274	9,553,540	1.68%	2.04%
1993	1,901,793	9,754,786	1.52%	2.11%
1994	1,927,707	9,967,031	1.36%	2.18%
1995	1,951,437	10,185,365	1.23%	2.19%
1996	1,972,418	10,407,278	1.08%	2.18%
1997	1,988,130	10,646,495	0.8%	2.3%
1998	1,998,049	10,919,573	0.5%	2.56%
1999	2,003,234	11,227,415	0.26%	2.82%
2000	2,003,913	11,559,290	0.03%	2.96%
2001	2,000,853	11,912,158	-0.15%	3.05%
2002	1,994,679	12,288,050	-0.31%	3.16%
2003	1,985,059	12,684,955	-0.48%	3.23%
2004	1,971,129	13,102,409	-0.7%	3.29%
2005	1,953,076	13,538,647	-0.92%	3.33%
2006	1,945,063	13,990,139	-0.41%	3.33%
2007	1,953,268	14,457,775	0.42%	3.34%
2008	1,966,541	14,940,782	0.68%	3.34%
2009	1,980,883	15,435,539	0.73%	3.31%
2010	1,996,251	15,945,198	0.78%	3.3%
2011	2,014,009	16,469,049	0.89%	3.29%
2012	2,034,354	16,957,033	1.01%	2.96%
2013	2,056,504	17,459,615	1.09%	2.96%
2014	2,080,089	18,020,267	1.15%	3.21%
2015	2,104,611	18,593,022	1.18%	3.18%
2016	2,130,422	19,191,289	1.23%	3.22%
2017	2,157,110	19,813,011	1.25%	3.24%
2018	2,183,603	20,442,030	1.23%	3.17%
2019	2,209,405	21,068,405	1.18%	3.06%
2020	2,235,727	21,713,836	1.19%	3.06%
2021	2,261,542	22,388,630	1.15%	3.11%
2022	2,286,110	23,072,640	1.09%	3.06%
2023	2,311,472	23,769,127	1.11%	3.02%
2024	2,337,423	24,478,595	1.12%	2.98%
2025	2,363,324	25,198,817	1.11%	2.94%
2026	2,389,334	25,932,275	1.1%	2.91%
2027	2,415,365	26,679,171	1.09%	2.88%
2028	2,441,435	27,440,613	1.08%	2.85%
2029	2,467,677	28,215,513	1.07%	2.82%
2030	2,493,816	29,002,864	1.06%	2.79%
2031	2,520,014	29,804,545	1.05%	2.76%
2032	2,546,489	30,618,893	1.05%	2.73%
2033	2,573,106	31,442,801	1.05%	2.69%
2034	2,599,777	32,276,672	1.04%	2.65%
2035	2,626,560	33,118,344	1.03%	2.61%
2036	2,653,503	33,967,889	1.03%	2.57%
2037	2,680,081	34,823,450	1%	2.52%
2038	2,706,197	35,685,576	0.97%	2.48%
2039	2,732,138	36,549,487	0.96%	2.42%
2040	2,757,868	37,413,641	0.94%	2.36%
2041	2,783,361	38,280,868	0.92%	2.32%
2042	2,808,538	39,151,280	0.9%	2.27%
2043	2,833,257	40,026,317	0.88%	2.24%
2044	2,857,499	40,902,500	0.86%	2.19%
2045	2,881,333	41,778,984	0.83%	2.14%
2046	2,904,780	42,655,642	0.81%	2.1%
2047	2,927,859	43,530,852	0.79%	2.05%
2048	2,950,411	44,405,715	0.77%	2.01%
2049	2,972,156	45,279,772	0.74%	1.97%
2050	2,993,080	46,154,079	0.7%	1.93%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Mali gained 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Mali's population increased by 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Mali was ranked 66th in 2005 and ranked 58th 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 Mali will increase by 79% to 46,154,079 people and rank change from 58th to 46th.