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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Montenegro	Lesotho	Montenegro
1960	736,500	480,579	-	-
1961	758,824	491,140	3.03%	2.2%
1962	781,814	502,558	3.03%	2.32%
1963	805,373	513,409	3.01%	2.16%
1964	829,437	521,753	2.99%	1.63%
1965	854,090	526,327	2.97%	0.88%
1966	881,870	526,419	3.25%	0.02%
1967	913,982	522,796	3.64%	-0.69%
1968	948,105	517,481	3.73%	-1.02%
1969	983,202	513,340	3.7%	-0.8%
1970	1,019,273	512,407	3.67%	-0.18%
1971	1,056,246	515,449	3.63%	0.59%
1972	1,094,063	521,785	3.58%	1.23%
1973	1,132,697	530,220	3.53%	1.62%
1974	1,172,420	538,902	3.51%	1.64%
1975	1,213,643	546,487	3.52%	1.41%
1976	1,253,214	552,562	3.26%	1.11%
1977	1,289,967	557,576	2.93%	0.91%
1978	1,327,240	562,065	2.89%	0.81%
1979	1,366,169	566,888	2.93%	0.86%
1980	1,406,521	572,608	2.95%	1.01%
1981	1,448,069	579,445	2.95%	1.19%
1982	1,490,732	587,001	2.95%	1.3%
1983	1,534,413	594,506	2.93%	1.28%
1984	1,578,986	600,884	2.9%	1.07%
1985	1,624,379	605,398	2.87%	0.75%
1986	1,666,138	607,711	2.57%	0.38%
1987	1,703,390	608,144	2.24%	0.07%
1988	1,739,841	607,413	2.14%	-0.12%
1989	1,775,436	606,571	2.05%	-0.14%
1990	1,809,696	606,372	1.93%	-0.03%
1991	1,842,379	607,105	1.81%	0.12%
1992	1,873,274	608,516	1.68%	0.23%
1993	1,901,793	610,170	1.52%	0.27%
1994	1,927,707	611,389	1.36%	0.2%
1995	1,951,437	611,712	1.23%	0.05%
1996	1,972,418	611,003	1.08%	-0.12%
1997	1,988,130	609,520	0.8%	-0.24%
1998	1,998,049	607,662	0.5%	-0.3%
1999	2,003,234	606,001	0.26%	-0.27%
2000	2,003,913	604,950	0.03%	-0.17%
2001	2,000,853	607,389	-0.15%	0.4%
2002	1,994,679	609,828	-0.31%	0.4%
2003	1,985,059	612,267	-0.48%	0.4%
2004	1,971,129	613,353	-0.7%	0.18%
2005	1,953,076	614,261	-0.92%	0.15%
2006	1,945,063	615,025	-0.41%	0.12%
2007	1,953,268	615,875	0.42%	0.14%
2008	1,966,541	616,969	0.68%	0.18%
2009	1,980,883	618,294	0.73%	0.21%
2010	1,996,251	619,428	0.78%	0.18%
2011	2,014,009	620,345	0.89%	0.15%
2012	2,034,354	621,418	1.01%	0.17%
2013	2,056,504	622,587	1.09%	0.19%
2014	2,080,089	623,744	1.15%	0.19%
2015	2,104,611	624,651	1.18%	0.15%
2016	2,130,422	625,353	1.23%	0.11%
2017	2,157,110	625,982	1.25%	0.1%
2018	2,183,603	626,438	1.23%	0.07%
2019	2,209,405	626,753	1.18%	0.05%
2020	2,235,727	626,590	1.19%	-0.03%
2021	2,261,542	625,053	1.15%	-0.25%
2022	2,286,110	623,591	1.09%	-0.23%
2023	2,311,472	623,529	1.11%	-0.01%
2024	2,337,423	623,525	1.12%	-0.001%
2025	2,363,324	617,905	1.11%	-0.9%
2026	2,389,334	611,567	1.1%	-1.03%
2027	2,415,365	608,272	1.09%	-0.54%
2028	2,441,435	604,984	1.08%	-0.54%
2029	2,467,677	601,622	1.07%	-0.56%
2030	2,493,816	598,207	1.06%	-0.57%
2031	2,520,014	594,755	1.05%	-0.58%
2032	2,546,489	591,217	1.05%	-0.59%
2033	2,573,106	587,611	1.05%	-0.61%
2034	2,599,777	583,943	1.04%	-0.62%
2035	2,626,560	580,218	1.03%	-0.64%
2036	2,653,503	576,430	1.03%	-0.65%
2037	2,680,081	572,608	1%	-0.66%
2038	2,706,197	568,748	0.97%	-0.67%
2039	2,732,138	564,870	0.96%	-0.68%
2040	2,757,868	560,978	0.94%	-0.69%
2041	2,783,361	557,071	0.92%	-0.7%
2042	2,808,538	553,158	0.9%	-0.7%
2043	2,833,257	549,216	0.88%	-0.71%
2044	2,857,499	545,240	0.86%	-0.72%
2045	2,881,333	541,244	0.83%	-0.73%
2046	2,904,780	537,224	0.81%	-0.74%
2047	2,927,859	533,149	0.79%	-0.76%
2048	2,950,411	529,052	0.77%	-0.77%
2049	2,972,156	524,950	0.74%	-0.78%
2050	2,993,080	520,801	0.7%	-0.79%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Montenegro gained 10,328 people (a 1.68% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Montenegro's population decreased by -13,786 (a 2.2% decline).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Montenegro was ranked 162nd in 2006 and ranked 166th 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 Montenegro will decrease by 14.8% to 520,801 people and rank change from 166th to 170th.