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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Mauritania	Lesotho	Mauritania
1960	736,500	824,298	-	-
1961	758,824	846,167	3.03%	2.65%
1962	781,814	869,184	3.03%	2.72%
1963	805,373	893,423	3.01%	2.79%
1964	829,437	918,955	2.99%	2.86%
1965	854,090	945,838	2.97%	2.93%
1966	881,870	974,157	3.25%	2.99%
1967	913,982	1,003,843	3.64%	3.05%
1968	948,105	1,034,739	3.73%	3.08%
1969	983,202	1,066,754	3.7%	3.09%
1970	1,019,273	1,099,806	3.67%	3.1%
1971	1,056,246	1,133,702	3.63%	3.08%
1972	1,094,063	1,168,355	3.58%	3.06%
1973	1,132,697	1,203,838	3.53%	3.04%
1974	1,172,420	1,240,188	3.51%	3.02%
1975	1,213,643	1,277,330	3.52%	2.99%
1976	1,253,214	1,315,336	3.26%	2.98%
1977	1,289,967	1,353,768	2.93%	2.92%
1978	1,327,240	1,392,713	2.89%	2.88%
1979	1,366,169	1,432,758	2.93%	2.88%
1980	1,406,521	1,474,043	2.95%	2.88%
1981	1,448,069	1,516,877	2.95%	2.91%
1982	1,490,732	1,561,176	2.95%	2.92%
1983	1,534,413	1,606,746	2.93%	2.92%
1984	1,578,986	1,653,693	2.9%	2.92%
1985	1,624,379	1,702,107	2.87%	2.93%
1986	1,666,138	1,751,835	2.57%	2.92%
1987	1,703,390	1,803,014	2.24%	2.92%
1988	1,739,841	1,855,859	2.14%	2.93%
1989	1,775,436	1,903,048	2.05%	2.54%
1990	1,809,696	1,951,878	1.93%	2.57%
1991	1,842,379	2,009,738	1.81%	2.96%
1992	1,873,274	2,088,135	1.68%	3.9%
1993	1,901,793	2,174,328	1.52%	4.13%
1994	1,927,707	2,249,454	1.36%	3.46%
1995	1,951,437	2,312,017	1.23%	2.78%
1996	1,972,418	2,358,188	1.08%	2%
1997	1,988,130	2,411,306	0.8%	2.25%
1998	1,998,049	2,474,651	0.5%	2.63%
1999	2,003,234	2,541,698	0.26%	2.71%
2000	2,003,913	2,613,441	0.03%	2.82%
2001	2,000,853	2,678,760	-0.15%	2.5%
2002	1,994,679	2,738,655	-0.31%	2.24%
2003	1,985,059	2,802,046	-0.48%	2.31%
2004	1,971,129	2,868,664	-0.7%	2.38%
2005	1,953,076	2,939,059	-0.92%	2.45%
2006	1,945,063	3,013,660	-0.41%	2.54%
2007	1,953,268	3,093,059	0.42%	2.63%
2008	1,966,541	3,183,269	0.68%	2.92%
2009	1,980,883	3,284,448	0.73%	3.18%
2010	1,996,251	3,390,965	0.78%	3.24%
2011	2,014,009	3,502,811	0.89%	3.3%
2012	2,034,354	3,619,034	1.01%	3.32%
2013	2,056,504	3,734,318	1.09%	3.19%
2014	2,080,089	3,848,514	1.15%	3.06%
2015	2,104,611	3,965,959	1.18%	3.05%
2016	2,130,422	4,086,657	1.23%	3.04%
2017	2,157,110	4,210,600	1.25%	3.03%
2018	2,183,603	4,337,685	1.23%	3.02%
2019	2,209,405	4,467,708	1.18%	3%
2020	2,235,727	4,600,131	1.19%	2.96%
2021	2,261,542	4,734,874	1.15%	2.93%
2022	2,286,110	4,875,637	1.09%	2.97%
2023	2,311,472	5,022,441	1.11%	3.01%
2024	2,337,423	5,169,395	1.12%	2.93%
2025	2,363,324	5,315,063	1.11%	2.82%
2026	2,389,334	5,461,313	1.1%	2.75%
2027	2,415,365	5,608,785	1.09%	2.7%
2028	2,441,435	5,757,952	1.08%	2.66%
2029	2,467,677	5,909,186	1.07%	2.63%
2030	2,493,816	6,062,523	1.06%	2.59%
2031	2,520,014	6,217,791	1.05%	2.56%
2032	2,546,489	6,374,839	1.05%	2.53%
2033	2,573,106	6,533,828	1.05%	2.49%
2034	2,599,777	6,694,445	1.04%	2.46%
2035	2,626,560	6,856,314	1.03%	2.42%
2036	2,653,503	7,019,227	1.03%	2.38%
2037	2,680,081	7,183,105	1%	2.33%
2038	2,706,197	7,348,357	0.97%	2.3%
2039	2,732,138	7,514,734	0.96%	2.26%
2040	2,757,868	7,681,907	0.94%	2.22%
2041	2,783,361	7,850,210	0.92%	2.19%
2042	2,808,538	8,020,480	0.9%	2.17%
2043	2,833,257	8,192,542	0.88%	2.15%
2044	2,857,499	8,365,171	0.86%	2.11%
2045	2,881,333	8,538,521	0.83%	2.07%
2046	2,904,780	8,713,247	0.81%	2.05%
2047	2,927,859	8,888,466	0.79%	2.01%
2048	2,950,411	9,064,207	0.77%	1.98%
2049	2,972,156	9,240,169	0.74%	1.94%
2050	2,993,080	9,415,589	0.7%	1.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Mauritania was ranked 132nd in 2006 and ranked 123rd 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 Mauritania will increase by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.