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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Namibia	Lesotho	Namibia
1960	736,500	591,465	-	-
1961	758,824	603,067	3.03%	1.96%
1962	781,814	615,759	3.03%	2.1%
1963	805,373	629,589	3.01%	2.25%
1964	829,437	644,530	2.99%	2.37%
1965	854,090	660,558	2.97%	2.49%
1966	881,870	677,655	3.25%	2.59%
1967	913,982	696,045	3.64%	2.71%
1968	948,105	715,542	3.73%	2.8%
1969	983,202	736,120	3.7%	2.88%
1970	1,019,273	757,868	3.67%	2.95%
1971	1,056,246	780,584	3.63%	3%
1972	1,094,063	804,399	3.58%	3.05%
1973	1,132,697	828,928	3.53%	3.05%
1974	1,172,420	854,320	3.51%	3.06%
1975	1,213,643	881,032	3.52%	3.13%
1976	1,253,214	906,566	3.26%	2.9%
1977	1,289,967	931,104	2.93%	2.71%
1978	1,327,240	947,269	2.89%	1.74%
1979	1,366,169	962,825	2.93%	1.64%
1980	1,406,521	981,434	2.95%	1.93%
1981	1,448,069	992,500	2.95%	1.13%
1982	1,490,732	1,010,308	2.95%	1.79%
1983	1,534,413	1,037,511	2.93%	2.69%
1984	1,578,986	1,065,989	2.9%	2.74%
1985	1,624,379	1,096,890	2.87%	2.9%
1986	1,666,138	1,131,081	2.57%	3.12%
1987	1,703,390	1,167,889	2.24%	3.25%
1988	1,739,841	1,209,696	2.14%	3.58%
1989	1,775,436	1,288,947	2.05%	6.55%
1990	1,809,696	1,369,303	1.93%	6.23%
1991	1,842,379	1,415,684	1.81%	3.39%
1992	1,873,274	1,461,322	1.68%	3.22%
1993	1,901,793	1,508,697	1.52%	3.24%
1994	1,927,707	1,556,304	1.36%	3.16%
1995	1,951,437	1,602,170	1.23%	2.95%
1996	1,972,418	1,646,103	1.08%	2.74%
1997	1,988,130	1,689,264	0.8%	2.62%
1998	1,998,049	1,732,745	0.5%	2.57%
1999	2,003,234	1,776,368	0.26%	2.52%
2000	2,003,913	1,818,647	0.03%	2.38%
2001	2,000,853	1,857,048	-0.15%	2.11%
2002	1,994,679	1,889,970	-0.31%	1.77%
2003	1,985,059	1,917,464	-0.48%	1.45%
2004	1,971,129	1,942,082	-0.7%	1.28%
2005	1,953,076	1,966,582	-0.92%	1.26%
2006	1,945,063	1,991,888	-0.41%	1.29%
2007	1,953,268	2,018,600	0.42%	1.34%
2008	1,966,541	2,047,056	0.68%	1.41%
2009	1,980,883	2,077,394	0.73%	1.48%
2010	1,996,251	2,109,811	0.78%	1.56%
2011	2,014,009	2,146,325	0.89%	1.73%
2012	2,034,354	2,194,654	1.01%	2.25%
2013	2,056,504	2,252,508	1.09%	2.64%
2014	2,080,089	2,312,139	1.15%	2.65%
2015	2,104,611	2,374,300	1.18%	2.69%
2016	2,130,422	2,439,213	1.23%	2.73%
2017	2,157,110	2,506,853	1.25%	2.77%
2018	2,183,603	2,577,327	1.23%	2.81%
2019	2,209,405	2,650,494	1.18%	2.84%
2020	2,235,727	2,728,762	1.19%	2.95%
2021	2,261,542	2,810,548	1.15%	3%
2022	2,286,110	2,889,662	1.09%	2.81%
2023	2,311,472	2,963,095	1.11%	2.54%
2024	2,337,423	3,030,131	1.12%	2.26%
2025	2,363,324	3,092,826	1.11%	2.07%
2026	2,389,334	3,153,252	1.1%	1.95%
2027	2,415,365	3,212,910	1.09%	1.89%
2028	2,441,435	3,272,166	1.08%	1.84%
2029	2,467,677	3,330,819	1.07%	1.79%
2030	2,493,816	3,389,961	1.06%	1.78%
2031	2,520,014	3,449,508	1.05%	1.76%
2032	2,546,489	3,508,245	1.05%	1.7%
2033	2,573,106	3,565,349	1.05%	1.63%
2034	2,599,777	3,621,829	1.04%	1.58%
2035	2,626,560	3,678,888	1.03%	1.58%
2036	2,653,503	3,735,939	1.03%	1.55%
2037	2,680,081	3,792,807	1%	1.52%
2038	2,706,197	3,850,310	0.97%	1.52%
2039	2,732,138	3,907,182	0.96%	1.48%
2040	2,757,868	3,962,414	0.94%	1.41%
2041	2,783,361	4,017,690	0.92%	1.4%
2042	2,808,538	4,073,359	0.9%	1.39%
2043	2,833,257	4,129,577	0.88%	1.38%
2044	2,857,499	4,186,114	0.86%	1.37%
2045	2,881,333	4,243,359	0.83%	1.37%
2046	2,904,780	4,299,969	0.81%	1.33%
2047	2,927,859	4,355,507	0.79%	1.29%
2048	2,950,411	4,409,459	0.77%	1.24%
2049	2,972,156	4,460,507	0.74%	1.16%
2050	2,993,080	4,512,307	0.7%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Namibia gained 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 714,691 (a 29.3% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2006 and ranked 134th 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 Namibia will increase by 43.1% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.