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	568,847	1.12%	2.91%
2025	2,363,324	574,955	1.11%	1.07%
2026	2,389,334	578,756	1.1%	0.66%
2027	2,415,365	580,829	1.09%	0.36%
2028	2,441,435	582,657	1.08%	0.31%
2029	2,467,677	584,129	1.07%	0.25%
2030	2,493,816	585,315	1.06%	0.2%
2031	2,520,014	586,254	1.05%	0.16%
2032	2,546,489	586,948	1.05%	0.12%
2033	2,573,106	587,297	1.05%	0.06%
2034	2,599,777	587,151	1.04%	-0.02%
2035	2,626,560	586,661	1.03%	-0.08%
2036	2,653,503	586,003	1.03%	-0.11%
2037	2,680,081	585,174	1%	-0.14%
2038	2,706,197	584,125	0.97%	-0.18%
2039	2,732,138	582,893	0.96%	-0.21%
2040	2,757,868	581,634	0.94%	-0.22%
2041	2,783,361	580,285	0.92%	-0.23%
2042	2,808,538	578,871	0.9%	-0.24%
2043	2,833,257	577,384	0.88%	-0.26%
2044	2,857,499	575,789	0.86%	-0.28%
2045	2,881,333	574,143	0.83%	-0.29%
2046	2,904,780	572,420	0.81%	-0.3%
2047	2,927,859	570,534	0.79%	-0.33%
2048	2,950,411	568,553	0.77%	-0.35%
2049	2,972,156	566,709	0.74%	-0.32%
2050	2,993,080	564,751	0.7%	-0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Malta was ranked 168th in 2006 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.