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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Mexico	Lesotho	Mexico
1960	736,500	36,724,615	-	-
1961	758,824	37,890,118	3.03%	3.17%
1962	781,814	39,129,200	3.03%	3.27%
1963	805,373	40,424,065	3.01%	3.31%
1964	829,437	41,772,049	2.99%	3.33%
1965	854,090	43,174,477	2.97%	3.36%
1966	881,870	44,629,106	3.25%	3.37%
1967	913,982	46,129,608	3.64%	3.36%
1968	948,105	47,668,303	3.73%	3.34%
1969	983,202	49,233,194	3.7%	3.28%
1970	1,019,273	50,814,953	3.67%	3.21%
1971	1,056,246	52,412,558	3.63%	3.14%
1972	1,094,063	54,030,168	3.58%	3.09%
1973	1,132,697	55,667,284	3.53%	3.03%
1974	1,172,420	57,320,149	3.51%	2.97%
1975	1,213,643	58,982,400	3.52%	2.9%
1976	1,253,214	60,645,512	3.26%	2.82%
1977	1,289,967	62,308,493	2.93%	2.74%
1978	1,327,240	63,979,046	2.89%	2.68%
1979	1,366,169	65,648,865	2.93%	2.61%
1980	1,406,521	67,300,334	2.95%	2.52%
1981	1,448,069	68,892,108	2.95%	2.37%
1982	1,490,732	70,433,260	2.95%	2.24%
1983	1,534,413	71,971,240	2.93%	2.18%
1984	1,578,986	73,506,846	2.9%	2.13%
1985	1,624,379	75,043,414	2.87%	2.09%
1986	1,666,138	76,585,637	2.57%	2.06%
1987	1,703,390	78,136,651	2.24%	2.03%
1988	1,739,841	79,695,531	2.14%	2%
1989	1,775,436	81,247,182	2.05%	1.95%
1990	1,809,696	82,820,170	1.93%	1.94%
1991	1,842,379	84,430,572	1.81%	1.94%
1992	1,873,274	86,044,809	1.68%	1.91%
1993	1,901,793	87,653,807	1.52%	1.87%
1994	1,927,707	89,259,205	1.36%	1.83%
1995	1,951,437	90,862,455	1.23%	1.8%
1996	1,972,418	92,452,702	1.08%	1.75%
1997	1,988,130	94,021,207	0.8%	1.7%
1998	1,998,049	95,575,245	0.5%	1.65%
1999	2,003,234	97,115,707	0.26%	1.61%
2000	2,003,913	98,625,552	0.03%	1.55%
2001	2,000,853	100,099,099	-0.15%	1.49%
2002	1,994,679	101,548,624	-0.31%	1.45%
2003	1,985,059	102,978,515	-0.48%	1.41%
2004	1,971,129	104,394,131	-0.7%	1.37%
2005	1,953,076	105,811,504	-0.92%	1.36%
2006	1,945,063	107,253,666	-0.41%	1.36%
2007	1,953,268	108,774,360	0.42%	1.42%
2008	1,966,541	110,374,288	0.68%	1.47%
2009	1,980,883	111,999,721	0.73%	1.47%
2010	1,996,251	113,623,895	0.78%	1.45%
2011	2,014,009	115,243,504	0.89%	1.43%
2012	2,034,354	116,818,208	1.01%	1.37%
2013	2,056,504	118,343,573	1.09%	1.31%
2014	2,080,089	119,784,261	1.15%	1.22%
2015	2,104,611	121,072,306	1.18%	1.08%
2016	2,130,422	122,251,351	1.23%	0.97%
2017	2,157,110	123,400,057	1.25%	0.94%
2018	2,183,603	124,573,711	1.23%	0.95%
2019	2,209,405	125,762,982	1.18%	0.95%
2020	2,235,727	126,799,054	1.19%	0.82%
2021	2,261,542	127,648,148	1.15%	0.67%
2022	2,286,110	128,613,117	1.09%	0.76%
2023	2,311,472	129,739,759	1.11%	0.88%
2024	2,337,423	130,861,007	1.12%	0.86%
2025	2,363,324	131,946,905	1.11%	0.83%
2026	2,389,334	132,997,664	1.1%	0.8%
2027	2,415,365	134,017,711	1.09%	0.77%
2028	2,441,435	135,008,697	1.08%	0.74%
2029	2,467,677	135,970,893	1.07%	0.71%
2030	2,493,816	136,904,747	1.06%	0.69%
2031	2,520,014	137,811,068	1.05%	0.66%
2032	2,546,489	138,690,189	1.05%	0.64%
2033	2,573,106	139,542,087	1.05%	0.61%
2034	2,599,777	140,362,026	1.04%	0.59%
2035	2,626,560	141,150,818	1.03%	0.56%
2036	2,653,503	141,909,168	1.03%	0.54%
2037	2,680,081	142,637,546	1%	0.51%
2038	2,706,197	143,336,222	0.97%	0.49%
2039	2,732,138	143,998,296	0.96%	0.46%
2040	2,757,868	144,624,328	0.94%	0.43%
2041	2,783,361	145,217,780	0.92%	0.41%
2042	2,808,538	145,777,459	0.9%	0.39%
2043	2,833,257	146,300,011	0.88%	0.36%
2044	2,857,499	146,787,722	0.86%	0.33%
2045	2,881,333	147,240,096	0.83%	0.31%
2046	2,904,780	147,654,160	0.81%	0.28%
2047	2,927,859	148,030,153	0.79%	0.25%
2048	2,950,411	148,372,233	0.77%	0.23%
2049	2,972,156	148,677,894	0.74%	0.21%
2050	2,993,080	148,946,272	0.7%	0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.