Population in Lesotho compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Marshall Islands	Lesotho	Marshall Islands
1960	736,500	14,703	-	-
1961	758,824	15,219	3.03%	3.51%
1962	781,814	15,755	3.03%	3.52%
1963	805,373	16,302	3.01%	3.47%
1964	829,437	16,852	2.99%	3.37%
1965	854,090	17,402	2.97%	3.26%
1966	881,870	17,927	3.25%	3.02%
1967	913,982	18,655	3.64%	4.06%
1968	948,105	19,862	3.73%	6.47%
1969	983,202	21,305	3.7%	7.27%
1970	1,019,273	22,530	3.67%	5.75%
1971	1,056,246	23,366	3.63%	3.71%
1972	1,094,063	23,992	3.58%	2.68%
1973	1,132,697	24,581	3.53%	2.45%
1974	1,172,420	25,296	3.51%	2.91%
1975	1,213,643	26,154	3.52%	3.39%
1976	1,253,214	27,021	3.26%	3.31%
1977	1,289,967	27,906	2.93%	3.28%
1978	1,327,240	28,809	2.89%	3.24%
1979	1,366,169	29,738	2.93%	3.22%
1980	1,406,521	30,774	2.95%	3.48%
1981	1,448,069	32,017	2.95%	4.04%
1982	1,490,732	33,397	2.95%	4.31%
1983	1,534,413	34,811	2.93%	4.23%
1984	1,578,986	36,264	2.9%	4.17%
1985	1,624,379	37,761	2.87%	4.13%
1986	1,666,138	39,286	2.57%	4.04%
1987	1,703,390	40,828	2.24%	3.93%
1988	1,739,841	42,321	2.14%	3.66%
1989	1,775,436	43,586	2.05%	2.99%
1990	1,809,696	44,629	1.93%	2.39%
1991	1,842,379	45,568	1.81%	2.1%
1992	1,873,274	46,388	1.68%	1.8%
1993	1,901,793	47,093	1.52%	1.52%
1994	1,927,707	47,712	1.36%	1.31%
1995	1,951,437	48,266	1.23%	1.16%
1996	1,972,418	48,775	1.08%	1.05%
1997	1,988,130	49,259	0.8%	0.99%
1998	1,998,049	49,717	0.5%	0.93%
1999	2,003,234	50,202	0.26%	0.98%
2000	2,003,913	50,706	0.03%	1%
2001	2,000,853	51,123	-0.15%	0.82%
2002	1,994,679	51,425	-0.31%	0.59%
2003	1,985,059	51,639	-0.48%	0.42%
2004	1,971,129	51,791	-0.7%	0.29%
2005	1,953,076	51,906	-0.92%	0.22%
2006	1,945,063	51,992	-0.41%	0.17%
2007	1,953,268	52,035	0.42%	0.08%
2008	1,966,541	52,030	0.68%	-0.01%
2009	1,980,883	52,019	0.73%	-0.02%
2010	1,996,251	52,044	0.78%	0.05%
2011	2,014,009	51,907	0.89%	-0.26%
2012	2,034,354	51,419	1.01%	-0.94%
2013	2,056,504	50,681	1.09%	-1.44%
2014	2,080,089	49,796	1.15%	-1.75%
2015	2,104,611	48,800	1.18%	-2%
2016	2,130,422	47,709	1.23%	-2.24%
2017	2,157,110	46,529	1.25%	-2.47%
2018	2,183,603	45,285	1.23%	-2.67%
2019	2,209,405	44,007	1.18%	-2.82%
2020	2,235,727	42,706	1.19%	-2.96%
2021	2,261,542	41,367	1.15%	-3.14%
2022	2,286,110	40,077	1.09%	-3.12%
2023	2,311,472	38,827	1.11%	-3.12%
2024	2,337,423	37,548	1.12%	-3.29%
2025	2,363,324	36,281	1.11%	-3.37%
2026	2,389,334	35,078	1.1%	-3.32%
2027	2,415,365	33,976	1.09%	-3.14%
2028	2,441,435	32,977	1.08%	-2.94%
2029	2,467,677	32,054	1.07%	-2.8%
2030	2,493,816	31,191	1.06%	-2.69%
2031	2,520,014	30,420	1.05%	-2.47%
2032	2,546,489	29,740	1.05%	-2.23%
2033	2,573,106	29,142	1.05%	-2.01%
2034	2,599,777	28,608	1.04%	-1.83%
2035	2,626,560	28,147	1.03%	-1.61%
2036	2,653,503	27,751	1.03%	-1.41%
2037	2,680,081	27,405	1%	-1.25%
2038	2,706,197	27,092	0.97%	-1.14%
2039	2,732,138	26,836	0.96%	-0.94%
2040	2,757,868	26,598	0.94%	-0.89%
2041	2,783,361	26,396	0.92%	-0.76%
2042	2,808,538	26,217	0.9%	-0.68%
2043	2,833,257	26,054	0.88%	-0.62%
2044	2,857,499	25,913	0.86%	-0.54%
2045	2,881,333	25,777	0.83%	-0.52%
2046	2,904,780	25,653	0.81%	-0.48%
2047	2,927,859	25,543	0.79%	-0.43%
2048	2,950,411	25,429	0.77%	-0.45%
2049	2,972,156	25,311	0.74%	-0.46%
2050	2,993,080	25,195	0.7%	-0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.