The latest officially reported population of Lesotho was 2,337,423 in 2024 vs 54,500,091 people in Myanmar in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Lesotho's population is 2,389,618 people compared to 55,188,302 in Myanmar.
Population statistics:
- Myanmar's population is 23.1 times bigger than Lesotho's.
- Lesotho is ranked the 143rd most populous country in the world, while Myanmar is the 27th.
- The countries together account for 0.7% of the world: 0.03% for Lesotho vs 0.67% for Myanmar.
- For the last 10 years, Lesotho has had an average growth rate of +1.17% per year vs +0.74% in Myanmar.
- Since 2006, the population of Lesotho has increased from 1.95M people to 2.39M (22.9% growth), while Myanmar has grown from 47.8M to 55.2M (15.5% growth).
- Lesotho is projected to reach its peak in 2083 at 3.31M people compared to the peak of 58.6M people in 2049 for Myanmar.
Lesotho vs Myanmar: live population counter
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| Current population |
2389618
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55188302
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| Population rank | 143/197 | 27/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.67% |
| One net population change |
20.3 minutes
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1.43 minutes
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| One birth every |
9.43 minutes
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34.9 seconds
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| One death every |
21.4 minutes
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1.06 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.72 hours
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13.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -5,107 | -37,979 |
| Daily growth/decline | +71 | +1,004 |
| Annual growth/decline | +25,951 | +366,293 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.12% | +0.68% |
| Population growth rate rank | 94/197 | 119/197 |
Lesotho and Myanmar: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 736,500 | 21,730,250 | - | - |
| 1961 | 758,824 | 22,210,581 | 3.03% | 2.21% |
| 1962 | 781,814 | 22,704,719 | 3.03% | 2.22% |
| 1963 | 805,373 | 23,213,408 | 3.01% | 2.24% |
| 1964 | 829,437 | 23,737,315 | 2.99% | 2.26% |
| 1965 | 854,090 | 24,279,431 | 2.97% | 2.28% |
| 1966 | 881,870 | 24,836,496 | 3.25% | 2.29% |
| 1967 | 913,982 | 25,406,429 | 3.64% | 2.29% |
| 1968 | 948,105 | 25,989,662 | 3.73% | 2.3% |
| 1969 | 983,202 | 26,585,112 | 3.7% | 2.29% |
| 1970 | 1,019,273 | 27,193,016 | 3.67% | 2.29% |
| 1971 | 1,056,246 | 27,807,219 | 3.63% | 2.26% |
| 1972 | 1,094,063 | 28,428,324 | 3.58% | 2.23% |
| 1973 | 1,132,697 | 29,026,388 | 3.53% | 2.1% |
| 1974 | 1,172,420 | 29,598,167 | 3.51% | 1.97% |
| 1975 | 1,213,643 | 30,176,565 | 3.52% | 1.95% |
| 1976 | 1,253,214 | 30,758,811 | 3.26% | 1.93% |
| 1977 | 1,289,967 | 31,355,966 | 2.93% | 1.94% |
| 1978 | 1,327,240 | 31,972,976 | 2.89% | 1.97% |
| 1979 | 1,366,169 | 32,596,550 | 2.93% | 1.95% |
| 1980 | 1,406,521 | 33,227,204 | 2.95% | 1.93% |
| 1981 | 1,448,069 | 33,858,783 | 2.95% | 1.9% |
| 1982 | 1,490,732 | 34,482,965 | 2.95% | 1.84% |
| 1983 | 1,534,413 | 35,162,715 | 2.93% | 1.97% |
| 1984 | 1,578,986 | 35,899,313 | 2.9% | 2.09% |
| 1985 | 1,624,379 | 36,622,827 | 2.87% | 2.02% |
| 1986 | 1,666,138 | 37,314,878 | 2.57% | 1.89% |
| 1987 | 1,703,390 | 37,971,594 | 2.24% | 1.76% |
| 1988 | 1,739,841 | 38,600,927 | 2.14% | 1.66% |
| 1989 | 1,775,436 | 39,214,618 | 2.05% | 1.59% |
| 1990 | 1,809,696 | 39,817,251 | 1.93% | 1.54% |
| 1991 | 1,842,379 | 40,394,154 | 1.81% | 1.45% |
| 1992 | 1,873,274 | 40,950,342 | 1.68% | 1.38% |
| 1993 | 1,901,793 | 41,502,429 | 1.52% | 1.35% |
| 1994 | 1,927,707 | 42,055,143 | 1.36% | 1.33% |
| 1995 | 1,951,437 | 42,605,338 | 1.23% | 1.31% |
| 1996 | 1,972,418 | 43,154,860 | 1.08% | 1.29% |
| 1997 | 1,988,130 | 43,708,798 | 0.8% | 1.28% |
| 1998 | 1,998,049 | 44,257,793 | 0.5% | 1.26% |
| 1999 | 2,003,234 | 44,787,724 | 0.26% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 2,003,913 | 45,290,841 | 0.03% | 1.12% |
| 2001 | 2,000,853 | 45,771,139 | -0.15% | 1.06% |
| 2002 | 1,994,679 | 46,232,653 | -0.31% | 1.01% |
| 2003 | 1,985,059 | 46,667,192 | -0.48% | 0.94% |
| 2004 | 1,971,129 | 47,068,772 | -0.7% | 0.86% |
| 2005 | 1,953,076 | 47,438,365 | -0.92% | 0.79% |
| 2006 | 1,945,063 | 47,785,135 | -0.41% | 0.73% |
| 2007 | 1,953,268 | 48,125,043 | 0.42% | 0.71% |
| 2008 | 1,966,541 | 48,390,793 | 0.68% | 0.55% |
| 2009 | 1,980,883 | 48,660,459 | 0.73% | 0.56% |
| 2010 | 1,996,251 | 49,024,382 | 0.78% | 0.75% |
| 2011 | 2,014,009 | 49,419,820 | 0.89% | 0.81% |
| 2012 | 2,034,354 | 49,837,446 | 1.01% | 0.85% |
| 2013 | 2,056,504 | 50,262,658 | 1.09% | 0.85% |
| 2014 | 2,080,089 | 50,681,634 | 1.15% | 0.83% |
| 2015 | 2,104,611 | 51,089,056 | 1.18% | 0.8% |
| 2016 | 2,130,422 | 51,495,696 | 1.23% | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 2,157,110 | 51,894,938 | 1.25% | 0.78% |
| 2018 | 2,183,603 | 52,272,247 | 1.23% | 0.73% |
| 2019 | 2,209,405 | 52,640,713 | 1.18% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 2,235,727 | 53,016,522 | 1.19% | 0.71% |
| 2021 | 2,261,542 | 53,387,102 | 1.15% | 0.7% |
| 2022 | 2,286,110 | 53,756,787 | 1.09% | 0.69% |
| 2023 | 2,311,472 | 54,133,798 | 1.11% | 0.7% |
| 2024 | 2,337,423 | 54,500,091 | 1.12% | 0.68% |
| 2025 | 2,363,324 | 54,850,652 | 1.11% | 0.64% |
| 2026 | 2,389,334 | 55,184,831 | 1.1% | 0.61% |
| 2027 | 2,415,365 | 55,502,494 | 1.09% | 0.58% |
| 2028 | 2,441,435 | 55,802,778 | 1.08% | 0.54% |
| 2029 | 2,467,677 | 56,085,147 | 1.07% | 0.51% |
| 2030 | 2,493,816 | 56,351,028 | 1.06% | 0.47% |
| 2031 | 2,520,014 | 56,601,632 | 1.05% | 0.44% |
| 2032 | 2,546,489 | 56,836,048 | 1.05% | 0.41% |
| 2033 | 2,573,106 | 57,054,552 | 1.05% | 0.38% |
| 2034 | 2,599,777 | 57,257,183 | 1.04% | 0.36% |
| 2035 | 2,626,560 | 57,444,471 | 1.03% | 0.33% |
| 2036 | 2,653,503 | 57,616,158 | 1.03% | 0.3% |
| 2037 | 2,680,081 | 57,773,912 | 1% | 0.27% |
| 2038 | 2,706,197 | 57,919,868 | 0.97% | 0.25% |
| 2039 | 2,732,138 | 58,052,183 | 0.96% | 0.23% |
| 2040 | 2,757,868 | 58,169,863 | 0.94% | 0.2% |
| 2041 | 2,783,361 | 58,274,275 | 0.92% | 0.18% |
| 2042 | 2,808,538 | 58,365,927 | 0.9% | 0.16% |
| 2043 | 2,833,257 | 58,443,291 | 0.88% | 0.13% |
| 2044 | 2,857,499 | 58,506,418 | 0.86% | 0.11% |
| 2045 | 2,881,333 | 58,558,173 | 0.83% | 0.09% |
| 2046 | 2,904,780 | 58,596,775 | 0.81% | 0.07% |
| 2047 | 2,927,859 | 58,620,774 | 0.79% | 0.04% |
| 2048 | 2,950,411 | 58,632,733 | 0.77% | 0.02% |
| 2049 | 2,972,156 | 58,633,128 | 0.74% | 0.001% |
| 2050 | 2,993,080 | 58,623,237 | 0.7% | -0.02% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Myanmar gained 3,710,561 people (a 7.77% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Myanmar's population increased by 3,692,606 (a 7.17% growth).
Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Myanmar was ranked 26th in 2006 and ranked 27th 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 Myanmar will increase by 6.22% to 58,623,237 people and rank change from 27th to 35th.
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Population differences between Lesotho and Myanmar
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| Life expectancy | 58.6 years | 67.5 years |
| Average age | 25.8 years | 32.6 years |
| Median age | 22.7 years | 30.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.7:51.3 | 49.8:50.2 |
| Fertility rate | 2.69 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 199.4 ppl/mi² | 216.3 ppl/mi² |
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