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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Moldova	Lesotho	Moldova
1960	736,500	2,058,020	-	-
1961	758,824	2,103,327	3.03%	2.2%
1962	781,814	2,147,227	3.03%	2.09%
1963	805,373	2,188,895	3.01%	1.94%
1964	829,437	2,228,000	2.99%	1.79%
1965	854,090	2,265,287	2.97%	1.67%
1966	881,870	2,301,871	3.25%	1.61%
1967	913,982	2,337,695	3.64%	1.56%
1968	948,105	2,373,073	3.73%	1.51%
1969	983,202	2,408,469	3.7%	1.49%
1970	1,019,273	2,437,590	3.67%	1.21%
1971	1,056,246	2,460,611	3.63%	0.94%
1972	1,094,063	2,484,742	3.58%	0.98%
1973	1,132,697	2,510,584	3.53%	1.04%
1974	1,172,420	2,538,164	3.51%	1.1%
1975	1,213,643	2,566,998	3.52%	1.14%
1976	1,253,214	2,596,491	3.26%	1.15%
1977	1,289,967	2,626,298	2.93%	1.15%
1978	1,327,240	2,656,211	2.89%	1.14%
1979	1,366,169	2,683,035	2.93%	1.01%
1980	1,406,521	2,708,675	2.95%	0.96%
1981	1,448,069	2,735,987	2.95%	1.01%
1982	1,490,732	2,763,101	2.95%	0.99%
1983	1,534,413	2,791,207	2.93%	1.02%
1984	1,578,986	2,820,518	2.9%	1.05%
1985	1,624,379	2,850,787	2.87%	1.07%
1986	1,666,138	2,883,057	2.57%	1.13%
1987	1,703,390	2,916,306	2.24%	1.15%
1988	1,739,841	2,948,891	2.14%	1.12%
1989	1,775,436	2,970,039	2.05%	0.72%
1990	1,809,696	2,977,912	1.93%	0.27%
1991	1,842,379	2,981,566	1.81%	0.12%
1992	1,873,274	2,980,965	1.68%	-0.02%
1993	1,901,793	2,975,966	1.52%	-0.17%
1994	1,927,707	2,966,745	1.36%	-0.31%
1995	1,951,437	2,953,200	1.23%	-0.46%
1996	1,972,418	2,947,293	1.08%	-0.2%
1997	1,988,130	2,936,413	0.8%	-0.37%
1998	1,998,049	2,935,227	0.5%	-0.04%
1999	2,003,234	2,930,622	0.26%	-0.16%
2000	2,003,913	2,924,668	0.03%	-0.2%
2001	2,000,853	2,918,135	-0.15%	-0.22%
2002	1,994,679	2,911,385	-0.31%	-0.23%
2003	1,985,059	2,903,198	-0.48%	-0.28%
2004	1,971,129	2,896,023	-0.7%	-0.25%
2005	1,953,076	2,888,985	-0.92%	-0.24%
2006	1,945,063	2,880,967	-0.41%	-0.28%
2007	1,953,268	2,874,299	0.42%	-0.23%
2008	1,966,541	2,868,833	0.68%	-0.19%
2009	1,980,883	2,865,213	0.73%	-0.13%
2010	1,996,251	2,862,354	0.78%	-0.1%
2011	2,014,009	2,860,699	0.89%	-0.06%
2012	2,034,354	2,860,324	1.01%	-0.01%
2013	2,056,504	2,859,558	1.09%	-0.03%
2014	2,080,089	2,857,815	1.15%	-0.06%
2015	2,104,611	2,835,978	1.18%	-0.76%
2016	2,130,422	2,803,186	1.23%	-1.16%
2017	2,157,110	2,755,189	1.25%	-1.71%
2018	2,183,603	2,707,203	1.23%	-1.74%
2019	2,209,405	2,664,224	1.18%	-1.59%
2020	2,235,727	2,635,130	1.19%	-1.09%
2021	2,261,542	2,595,809	1.15%	-1.49%
2022	2,286,110	2,528,654	1.09%	-2.59%
2023	2,311,472	2,457,783	1.11%	-2.8%
2024	2,337,423	2,389,275	1.12%	-2.79%
2025	2,363,324	2,358,679	1.11%	-1.28%
2026	2,389,334	2,331,249	1.1%	-1.16%
2027	2,415,365	2,308,519	1.09%	-0.97%
2028	2,441,435	2,285,773	1.08%	-0.99%
2029	2,467,677	2,262,909	1.07%	-1%
2030	2,493,816	2,239,915	1.06%	-1.02%
2031	2,520,014	2,217,099	1.05%	-1.02%
2032	2,546,489	2,194,590	1.05%	-1.02%
2033	2,573,106	2,172,083	1.05%	-1.03%
2034	2,599,777	2,149,558	1.04%	-1.04%
2035	2,626,560	2,127,153	1.03%	-1.04%
2036	2,653,503	2,105,178	1.03%	-1.03%
2037	2,680,081	2,083,762	1%	-1.02%
2038	2,706,197	2,062,803	0.97%	-1.01%
2039	2,732,138	2,042,214	0.96%	-1%
2040	2,757,868	2,022,294	0.94%	-0.98%
2041	2,783,361	2,003,296	0.92%	-0.94%
2042	2,808,538	1,984,924	0.9%	-0.92%
2043	2,833,257	1,966,961	0.88%	-0.9%
2044	2,857,499	1,949,608	0.86%	-0.88%
2045	2,881,333	1,932,647	0.83%	-0.87%
2046	2,904,780	1,915,982	0.81%	-0.86%
2047	2,927,859	1,899,781	0.79%	-0.85%
2048	2,950,411	1,883,795	0.77%	-0.84%
2049	2,972,156	1,867,636	0.74%	-0.86%
2050	2,993,080	1,851,456	0.7%	-0.87%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Moldova lost 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -477,299 (a 16.8% decline).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2005 and ranked 145th 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 Moldova will decrease by 21.5% to 1,851,456 people and rank change from 145th to 150th.