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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Mauritius	Lesotho	Mauritius
1960	736,500	680,331	-	-
1961	758,824	680,757	3.03%	0.06%
1962	781,814	700,349	3.03%	2.88%
1963	805,373	718,861	3.01%	2.64%
1964	829,437	736,381	2.99%	2.44%
1965	854,090	753,000	2.97%	2.26%
1966	881,870	768,813	3.25%	2.1%
1967	913,982	783,917	3.64%	1.96%
1968	948,105	798,413	3.73%	1.85%
1969	983,202	812,405	3.7%	1.75%
1970	1,019,273	826,000	3.67%	1.67%
1971	1,056,246	839,230	3.63%	1.6%
1972	1,094,063	852,053	3.58%	1.53%
1973	1,132,697	864,819	3.53%	1.5%
1974	1,172,420	878,042	3.51%	1.53%
1975	1,213,643	892,000	3.52%	1.59%
1976	1,253,214	906,507	3.26%	1.63%
1977	1,289,967	921,379	2.93%	1.64%
1978	1,327,240	933,499	2.89%	1.32%
1979	1,366,169	949,888	2.93%	1.76%
1980	1,406,521	966,039	2.95%	1.7%
1981	1,448,069	980,462	2.95%	1.49%
1982	1,490,732	992,521	2.95%	1.23%
1983	1,534,413	1,001,691	2.93%	0.92%
1984	1,578,986	1,012,221	2.9%	1.05%
1985	1,624,379	1,020,528	2.87%	0.82%
1986	1,666,138	1,028,360	2.57%	0.77%
1987	1,703,390	1,036,082	2.24%	0.75%
1988	1,739,841	1,043,239	2.14%	0.69%
1989	1,775,436	1,051,260	2.05%	0.77%
1990	1,809,696	1,058,775	1.93%	0.71%
1991	1,842,379	1,070,266	1.81%	1.09%
1992	1,873,274	1,084,441	1.68%	1.32%
1993	1,901,793	1,097,374	1.52%	1.19%
1994	1,927,707	1,112,846	1.36%	1.41%
1995	1,951,437	1,122,457	1.23%	0.86%
1996	1,972,418	1,133,996	1.08%	1.03%
1997	1,988,130	1,148,284	0.8%	1.26%
1998	1,998,049	1,160,421	0.5%	1.06%
1999	2,003,234	1,175,267	0.26%	1.28%
2000	2,003,913	1,186,873	0.03%	0.99%
2001	2,000,853	1,196,287	-0.15%	0.79%
2002	1,994,679	1,204,621	-0.31%	0.7%
2003	1,985,059	1,213,370	-0.48%	0.73%
2004	1,971,129	1,221,003	-0.7%	0.63%
2005	1,953,076	1,228,254	-0.92%	0.59%
2006	1,945,063	1,233,996	-0.41%	0.47%
2007	1,953,268	1,239,630	0.42%	0.46%
2008	1,966,541	1,244,121	0.68%	0.36%
2009	1,980,883	1,247,429	0.73%	0.27%
2010	1,996,251	1,250,400	0.78%	0.24%
2011	2,014,009	1,252,404	0.89%	0.16%
2012	2,034,354	1,255,882	1.01%	0.28%
2013	2,056,504	1,258,927	1.09%	0.24%
2014	2,080,089	1,261,208	1.15%	0.18%
2015	2,104,611	1,262,879	1.18%	0.13%
2016	2,130,422	1,263,747	1.23%	0.07%
2017	2,157,110	1,264,887	1.25%	0.09%
2018	2,183,603	1,265,577	1.23%	0.05%
2019	2,209,405	1,265,985	1.18%	0.03%
2020	2,235,727	1,266,014	1.19%	0.002%
2021	2,261,542	1,266,334	1.15%	0.03%
2022	2,286,110	1,262,523	1.09%	-0.3%
2023	2,311,472	1,248,647	1.11%	-1.1%
2024	2,337,423	1,245,779	1.12%	-0.23%
2025	2,363,324	1,242,950	1.11%	-0.23%
2026	2,389,334	1,239,793	1.1%	-0.25%
2027	2,415,365	1,236,435	1.09%	-0.27%
2028	2,441,435	1,232,914	1.08%	-0.28%
2029	2,467,677	1,229,227	1.07%	-0.3%
2030	2,493,816	1,225,457	1.06%	-0.31%
2031	2,520,014	1,221,502	1.05%	-0.32%
2032	2,546,489	1,217,208	1.05%	-0.35%
2033	2,573,106	1,212,606	1.05%	-0.38%
2034	2,599,777	1,207,685	1.04%	-0.41%
2035	2,626,560	1,202,449	1.03%	-0.43%
2036	2,653,503	1,196,894	1.03%	-0.46%
2037	2,680,081	1,191,031	1%	-0.49%
2038	2,706,197	1,184,867	0.97%	-0.52%
2039	2,732,138	1,178,313	0.96%	-0.55%
2040	2,757,868	1,171,352	0.94%	-0.59%
2041	2,783,361	1,164,041	0.92%	-0.62%
2042	2,808,538	1,156,420	0.9%	-0.65%
2043	2,833,257	1,148,461	0.88%	-0.69%
2044	2,857,499	1,140,167	0.86%	-0.72%
2045	2,881,333	1,131,600	0.83%	-0.75%
2046	2,904,780	1,122,728	0.81%	-0.78%
2047	2,927,859	1,113,607	0.79%	-0.81%
2048	2,950,411	1,104,261	0.77%	-0.84%
2049	2,972,156	1,094,728	0.74%	-0.86%
2050	2,993,080	1,085,083	0.7%	-0.88%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Mauritius gained 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Mauritius' population decreased by -23,954 (a 1.9% decline).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Mauritius was ranked 151st in 2006 and ranked 157th 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 Mauritius will decrease by 12.5% to 1,085,083 people and rank change from 157th to 160th.