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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Myanmar	Lesotho	Myanmar
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 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Myanmar gained 3,650,691 people (a 7.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Myanmar's population increased by 4,030,034 (a 7.89% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Myanmar was ranked 27th in 2005 and still ranked 27th 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 Myanmar will increase by 6.36% to 58,623,237 people and rank change from 27th to 35th.