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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Mongolia	Lesotho	Mongolia
1960	736,500	977,595	-	-
1961	758,824	1,009,284	3.03%	3.24%
1962	781,814	1,041,444	3.03%	3.19%
1963	805,373	1,071,362	3.01%	2.87%
1964	829,437	1,100,234	2.99%	2.69%
1965	854,090	1,131,177	2.97%	2.81%
1966	881,870	1,163,754	3.25%	2.88%
1967	913,982	1,196,996	3.64%	2.86%
1968	948,105	1,229,930	3.73%	2.75%
1969	983,202	1,262,284	3.7%	2.63%
1970	1,019,273	1,295,272	3.67%	2.61%
1971	1,056,246	1,330,071	3.63%	2.69%
1972	1,094,063	1,366,821	3.58%	2.76%
1973	1,132,697	1,405,502	3.53%	2.83%
1974	1,172,420	1,446,050	3.51%	2.88%
1975	1,213,643	1,488,296	3.52%	2.92%
1976	1,253,214	1,531,945	3.26%	2.93%
1977	1,289,967	1,576,245	2.93%	2.89%
1978	1,327,240	1,619,468	2.89%	2.74%
1979	1,366,169	1,660,659	2.93%	2.54%
1980	1,406,521	1,701,335	2.95%	2.45%
1981	1,448,069	1,742,857	2.95%	2.44%
1982	1,490,732	1,785,364	2.95%	2.44%
1983	1,534,413	1,829,092	2.93%	2.45%
1984	1,578,986	1,874,349	2.9%	2.47%
1985	1,624,379	1,921,514	2.87%	2.52%
1986	1,666,138	1,970,965	2.57%	2.57%
1987	1,703,390	2,022,800	2.24%	2.63%
1988	1,739,841	2,076,322	2.14%	2.65%
1989	1,775,436	2,124,185	2.05%	2.31%
1990	1,809,696	2,098,710	1.93%	-1.2%
1991	1,842,379	2,165,342	1.81%	3.17%
1992	1,873,274	2,167,790	1.68%	0.11%
1993	1,901,793	2,165,130	1.52%	-0.12%
1994	1,927,707	2,189,395	1.36%	1.12%
1995	1,951,437	2,224,945	1.23%	1.62%
1996	1,972,418	2,259,507	1.08%	1.55%
1997	1,988,130	2,291,750	0.8%	1.43%
1998	1,998,049	2,323,809	0.5%	1.4%
1999	2,003,234	2,356,813	0.26%	1.42%
2000	2,003,913	2,388,299	0.03%	1.34%
2001	2,000,853	2,417,751	-0.15%	1.23%
2002	1,994,679	2,449,027	-0.31%	1.29%
2003	1,985,059	2,480,374	-0.48%	1.28%
2004	1,971,129	2,508,412	-0.7%	1.13%
2005	1,953,076	2,536,407	-0.92%	1.12%
2006	1,945,063	2,567,168	-0.41%	1.21%
2007	1,953,268	2,601,850	0.42%	1.35%
2008	1,966,541	2,643,201	0.68%	1.59%
2009	1,980,883	2,691,115	0.73%	1.81%
2010	1,996,251	2,738,622	0.78%	1.77%
2011	2,014,009	2,786,317	0.89%	1.74%
2012	2,034,354	2,839,705	1.01%	1.92%
2013	2,056,504	2,899,011	1.09%	2.09%
2014	2,080,089	2,963,113	1.15%	2.21%
2015	2,104,611	3,026,864	1.18%	2.15%
2016	2,130,422	3,088,856	1.23%	2.05%
2017	2,157,110	3,148,917	1.25%	1.94%
2018	2,183,603	3,208,189	1.23%	1.88%
2019	2,209,405	3,267,673	1.18%	1.85%
2020	2,235,727	3,327,204	1.19%	1.82%
2021	2,261,542	3,383,741	1.15%	1.7%
2022	2,286,110	3,433,748	1.09%	1.48%
2023	2,311,472	3,481,145	1.11%	1.38%
2024	2,337,423	3,524,788	1.12%	1.25%
2025	2,363,324	3,566,934	1.11%	1.2%
2026	2,389,334	3,607,194	1.1%	1.13%
2027	2,415,365	3,646,133	1.09%	1.08%
2028	2,441,435	3,684,133	1.08%	1.04%
2029	2,467,677	3,721,196	1.07%	1.01%
2030	2,493,816	3,757,736	1.06%	0.98%
2031	2,520,014	3,793,979	1.05%	0.96%
2032	2,546,489	3,830,403	1.05%	0.96%
2033	2,573,106	3,867,674	1.05%	0.97%
2034	2,599,777	3,905,872	1.04%	0.99%
2035	2,626,560	3,944,896	1.03%	1%
2036	2,653,503	3,984,836	1.03%	1.01%
2037	2,680,081	4,025,966	1%	1.03%
2038	2,706,197	4,067,894	0.97%	1.04%
2039	2,732,138	4,110,455	0.96%	1.05%
2040	2,757,868	4,153,587	0.94%	1.05%
2041	2,783,361	4,197,027	0.92%	1.05%
2042	2,808,538	4,240,723	0.9%	1.04%
2043	2,833,257	4,284,073	0.88%	1.02%
2044	2,857,499	4,327,016	0.86%	1%
2045	2,881,333	4,369,833	0.83%	0.99%
2046	2,904,780	4,411,717	0.81%	0.96%
2047	2,927,859	4,452,180	0.79%	0.92%
2048	2,950,411	4,491,289	0.77%	0.88%
2049	2,972,156	4,529,071	0.74%	0.84%
2050	2,993,080	4,565,277	0.7%	0.8%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Mongolia gained 521,688 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Mongolia's population increased by 518,763 (a 16.8% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Mongolia was ranked 137th in 2006 and ranked 132nd 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 Mongolia will increase by 26.5% to 4,565,277 people and rank change from 132nd to 130th.