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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Malta	Lesotho	Malta
1960	736,500	326,550	-	-
1961	758,824	325,250	3.03%	-0.4%
1962	781,814	323,900	3.03%	-0.42%
1963	805,373	322,550	3.01%	-0.42%
1964	829,437	321,250	2.99%	-0.4%
1965	854,090	318,800	2.97%	-0.76%
1966	881,870	315,200	3.25%	-1.13%
1967	913,982	311,550	3.64%	-1.16%
1968	948,105	307,900	3.73%	-1.17%
1969	983,202	304,300	3.7%	-1.17%
1970	1,019,273	302,650	3.67%	-0.54%
1971	1,056,246	302,700	3.63%	0.02%
1972	1,094,063	302,450	3.58%	-0.08%
1973	1,132,697	302,200	3.53%	-0.08%
1974	1,172,420	301,996	3.51%	-0.07%
1975	1,213,643	304,222	3.52%	0.74%
1976	1,253,214	305,774	3.26%	0.51%
1977	1,289,967	306,970	2.93%	0.39%
1978	1,327,240	310,182	2.89%	1.05%
1979	1,366,169	313,342	2.93%	1.02%
1980	1,406,521	316,645	2.95%	1.05%
1981	1,448,069	318,982	2.95%	0.74%
1982	1,490,732	325,898	2.95%	2.17%
1983	1,534,413	330,524	2.93%	1.42%
1984	1,578,986	330,593	2.9%	0.02%
1985	1,624,379	336,452	2.87%	1.77%
1986	1,666,138	342,121	2.57%	1.68%
1987	1,703,390	344,485	2.24%	0.69%
1988	1,739,841	347,325	2.14%	0.82%
1989	1,775,436	350,722	2.05%	0.98%
1990	1,809,696	354,170	1.93%	0.98%
1991	1,842,379	363,845	1.81%	2.73%
1992	1,873,274	367,618	1.68%	1.04%
1993	1,901,793	371,308	1.52%	1%
1994	1,927,707	374,797	1.36%	0.94%
1995	1,951,437	377,419	1.23%	0.7%
1996	1,972,418	379,905	1.08%	0.66%
1997	1,988,130	382,791	0.8%	0.76%
1998	1,998,049	385,287	0.5%	0.65%
1999	2,003,234	387,578	0.26%	0.59%
2000	2,003,913	390,087	0.03%	0.65%
2001	2,000,853	393,028	-0.15%	0.75%
2002	1,994,679	395,969	-0.31%	0.75%
2003	1,985,059	398,582	-0.48%	0.66%
2004	1,971,129	401,268	-0.7%	0.67%
2005	1,953,076	403,834	-0.92%	0.64%
2006	1,945,063	405,308	-0.41%	0.37%
2007	1,953,268	406,724	0.42%	0.35%
2008	1,966,541	409,379	0.68%	0.65%
2009	1,980,883	412,477	0.73%	0.76%
2010	1,996,251	414,508	0.78%	0.49%
2011	2,014,009	416,268	0.89%	0.42%
2012	2,034,354	420,028	1.01%	0.9%
2013	2,056,504	424,810	1.09%	1.14%
2014	2,080,089	433,481	1.15%	2.04%
2015	2,104,611	444,220	1.18%	2.48%
2016	2,130,422	454,505	1.23%	2.32%
2017	2,157,110	467,106	1.25%	2.77%
2018	2,183,603	483,903	1.23%	3.6%
2019	2,209,405	503,912	1.18%	4.13%
2020	2,235,727	515,490	1.19%	2.3%
2021	2,261,542	518,150	1.15%	0.52%
2022	2,286,110	531,113	1.09%	2.5%
2023	2,311,472	552,747	1.11%	4.07%
2024	2,337,423	574,346	1.12%	3.91%
2025	2,363,324	580,514	1.11%	1.07%
2026	2,389,334	584,351	1.1%	0.66%
2027	2,415,365	586,444	1.09%	0.36%
2028	2,441,435	588,290	1.08%	0.31%
2029	2,467,677	589,776	1.07%	0.25%
2030	2,493,816	590,973	1.06%	0.2%
2031	2,520,014	591,921	1.05%	0.16%
2032	2,546,489	592,622	1.05%	0.12%
2033	2,573,106	592,974	1.05%	0.06%
2034	2,599,777	592,827	1.04%	-0.02%
2035	2,626,560	592,332	1.03%	-0.08%
2036	2,653,503	591,668	1.03%	-0.11%
2037	2,680,081	590,830	1%	-0.14%
2038	2,706,197	589,771	0.97%	-0.18%
2039	2,732,138	588,528	0.96%	-0.21%
2040	2,757,868	587,256	0.94%	-0.22%
2041	2,783,361	585,895	0.92%	-0.23%
2042	2,808,538	584,467	0.9%	-0.24%
2043	2,833,257	582,966	0.88%	-0.26%
2044	2,857,499	581,355	0.86%	-0.28%
2045	2,881,333	579,693	0.83%	-0.29%
2046	2,904,780	577,954	0.81%	-0.3%
2047	2,927,859	576,050	0.79%	-0.33%
2048	2,950,411	574,050	0.77%	-0.35%
2049	2,972,156	572,187	0.74%	-0.32%
2050	2,993,080	570,210	0.7%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.