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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Morocco	Lesotho	Morocco
1960	736,500	11,624,933	-	-
1961	758,824	11,931,085	3.03%	2.63%
1962	781,814	12,253,092	3.03%	2.7%
1963	805,373	12,577,502	3.01%	2.65%
1964	829,437	12,898,886	2.99%	2.56%
1965	854,090	13,239,171	2.97%	2.64%
1966	881,870	13,597,065	3.25%	2.7%
1967	913,982	13,968,175	3.64%	2.73%
1968	948,105	14,347,899	3.73%	2.72%
1969	983,202	14,734,255	3.7%	2.69%
1970	1,019,273	15,129,449	3.67%	2.68%
1971	1,056,246	15,527,225	3.63%	2.63%
1972	1,094,063	15,924,692	3.58%	2.56%
1973	1,132,697	16,326,269	3.53%	2.52%
1974	1,172,420	16,733,842	3.51%	2.5%
1975	1,213,643	17,150,786	3.52%	2.49%
1976	1,253,214	17,574,182	3.26%	2.47%
1977	1,289,967	18,014,756	2.93%	2.51%
1978	1,327,240	18,477,385	2.89%	2.57%
1979	1,366,169	18,955,589	2.93%	2.59%
1980	1,406,521	19,459,943	2.95%	2.66%
1981	1,448,069	19,985,401	2.95%	2.7%
1982	1,490,732	20,520,318	2.95%	2.68%
1983	1,534,413	21,060,696	2.93%	2.63%
1984	1,578,986	21,593,778	2.9%	2.53%
1985	1,624,379	22,113,953	2.87%	2.41%
1986	1,666,138	22,600,803	2.57%	2.2%
1987	1,703,390	23,054,392	2.24%	2.01%
1988	1,739,841	23,500,524	2.14%	1.94%
1989	1,775,436	23,939,414	2.05%	1.87%
1990	1,809,696	24,375,551	1.93%	1.82%
1991	1,842,379	24,799,014	1.81%	1.74%
1992	1,873,274	25,212,468	1.68%	1.67%
1993	1,901,793	25,614,586	1.52%	1.59%
1994	1,927,707	26,000,822	1.36%	1.51%
1995	1,951,437	26,399,429	1.23%	1.53%
1996	1,972,418	26,808,107	1.08%	1.55%
1997	1,988,130	27,213,337	0.8%	1.51%
1998	1,998,049	27,621,648	0.5%	1.5%
1999	2,003,234	28,027,179	0.26%	1.47%
2000	2,003,913	28,423,435	0.03%	1.41%
2001	2,000,853	28,814,643	-0.15%	1.38%
2002	1,994,679	29,198,142	-0.31%	1.33%
2003	1,985,059	29,571,415	-0.48%	1.28%
2004	1,971,129	29,953,018	-0.7%	1.29%
2005	1,953,076	30,358,144	-0.92%	1.35%
2006	1,945,063	30,771,178	-0.41%	1.36%
2007	1,953,268	31,186,468	0.42%	1.35%
2008	1,966,541	31,606,767	0.68%	1.35%
2009	1,980,883	32,030,778	0.73%	1.34%
2010	1,996,251	32,467,016	0.78%	1.36%
2011	2,014,009	32,912,588	0.89%	1.37%
2012	2,034,354	33,355,241	1.01%	1.34%
2013	2,056,504	33,787,571	1.09%	1.3%
2014	2,080,089	34,204,780	1.15%	1.23%
2015	2,104,611	34,607,588	1.18%	1.18%
2016	2,130,422	35,023,457	1.23%	1.2%
2017	2,157,110	35,446,392	1.25%	1.21%
2018	2,183,603	35,839,760	1.23%	1.11%
2019	2,209,405	36,210,898	1.18%	1.04%
2020	2,235,727	36,584,208	1.19%	1.03%
2021	2,261,542	36,954,442	1.15%	1.01%
2022	2,286,110	37,329,064	1.09%	1.01%
2023	2,311,472	37,712,505	1.11%	1.03%
2024	2,337,423	38,081,173	1.12%	0.98%
2025	2,363,324	38,430,771	1.11%	0.92%
2026	2,389,334	38,762,439	1.1%	0.86%
2027	2,415,365	39,080,092	1.09%	0.82%
2028	2,441,435	39,384,122	1.08%	0.78%
2029	2,467,677	39,674,554	1.07%	0.74%
2030	2,493,816	39,953,461	1.06%	0.7%
2031	2,520,014	40,221,736	1.05%	0.67%
2032	2,546,489	40,477,986	1.05%	0.64%
2033	2,573,106	40,722,975	1.05%	0.61%
2034	2,599,777	40,957,241	1.04%	0.58%
2035	2,626,560	41,182,092	1.03%	0.55%
2036	2,653,503	41,398,224	1.03%	0.52%
2037	2,680,081	41,604,025	1%	0.5%
2038	2,706,197	41,802,267	0.97%	0.48%
2039	2,732,138	41,990,437	0.96%	0.45%
2040	2,757,868	42,168,202	0.94%	0.42%
2041	2,783,361	42,339,039	0.92%	0.41%
2042	2,808,538	42,500,324	0.9%	0.38%
2043	2,833,257	42,650,491	0.88%	0.35%
2044	2,857,499	42,792,499	0.86%	0.33%
2045	2,881,333	42,925,305	0.83%	0.31%
2046	2,904,780	43,046,175	0.81%	0.28%
2047	2,927,859	43,158,165	0.79%	0.26%
2048	2,950,411	43,262,402	0.77%	0.24%
2049	2,972,156	43,355,724	0.74%	0.22%
2050	2,993,080	43,440,428	0.7%	0.2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Morocco gained 4,252,279 people (a 13.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Morocco's population increased by 3,742,453 (a 10.7% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Morocco was ranked 37th in 2006 and ranked 41st 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 Morocco will increase by 12.1% to 43,440,428 people and rank change from 41st to 50th.