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 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Mongolia gained 490,457 people (a 19.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Mongolia's population increased by 572,410 (a 18.9% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Mongolia was ranked 137th in 2005 and ranked 132nd 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 Mongolia will increase by 26.8% to 4,565,277 people and rank change from 132nd to 130th.