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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Nauru	Lesotho	Nauru
1960	736,500	4,607	-	-
1961	758,824	4,774	3.03%	3.62%
1962	781,814	4,979	3.03%	4.29%
1963	805,373	5,226	3.01%	4.96%
1964	829,437	5,515	2.99%	5.53%
1965	854,090	5,832	2.97%	5.75%
1966	881,870	6,043	3.25%	3.62%
1967	913,982	6,135	3.64%	1.52%
1968	948,105	6,328	3.73%	3.15%
1969	983,202	6,581	3.7%	4%
1970	1,019,273	6,710	3.67%	1.96%
1971	1,056,246	6,762	3.63%	0.77%
1972	1,094,063	6,812	3.58%	0.74%
1973	1,132,697	6,866	3.53%	0.79%
1974	1,172,420	6,923	3.51%	0.83%
1975	1,213,643	6,987	3.52%	0.92%
1976	1,253,214	7,064	3.26%	1.1%
1977	1,289,967	7,163	2.93%	1.4%
1978	1,327,240	7,298	2.89%	1.88%
1979	1,366,169	7,468	2.93%	2.33%
1980	1,406,521	7,649	2.95%	2.42%
1981	1,448,069	7,839	2.95%	2.48%
1982	1,490,732	8,040	2.95%	2.56%
1983	1,534,413	8,216	2.93%	2.19%
1984	1,578,986	8,377	2.9%	1.96%
1985	1,624,379	8,551	2.87%	2.08%
1986	1,666,138	8,742	2.57%	2.23%
1987	1,703,390	8,946	2.24%	2.33%
1988	1,739,841	9,165	2.14%	2.45%
1989	1,775,436	9,390	2.05%	2.45%
1990	1,809,696	9,622	1.93%	2.47%
1991	1,842,379	9,850	1.81%	2.37%
1992	1,873,274	10,021	1.68%	1.74%
1993	1,901,793	10,102	1.52%	0.81%
1994	1,927,707	10,137	1.36%	0.35%
1995	1,951,437	10,165	1.23%	0.28%
1996	1,972,418	10,183	1.08%	0.18%
1997	1,988,130	10,197	0.8%	0.14%
1998	1,998,049	10,198	0.5%	0.01%
1999	2,003,234	10,187	0.26%	-0.11%
2000	2,003,913	10,168	0.03%	-0.19%
2001	2,000,853	10,130	-0.15%	-0.37%
2002	1,994,679	10,082	-0.31%	-0.47%
2003	1,985,059	10,059	-0.48%	-0.23%
2004	1,971,129	10,060	-0.7%	0.01%
2005	1,953,076	10,049	-0.92%	-0.11%
2006	1,945,063	10,034	-0.41%	-0.15%
2007	1,953,268	10,020	0.42%	-0.14%
2008	1,966,541	10,009	0.68%	-0.11%
2009	1,980,883	10,016	0.73%	0.07%
2010	1,996,251	10,043	0.78%	0.27%
2011	2,014,009	10,098	0.89%	0.55%
2012	2,034,354	10,267	1.01%	1.67%
2013	2,056,504	10,517	1.09%	2.43%
2014	2,080,089	10,742	1.15%	2.14%
2015	2,104,611	10,954	1.18%	1.97%
2016	2,130,422	11,150	1.23%	1.79%
2017	2,157,110	11,324	1.25%	1.56%
2018	2,183,603	11,477	1.23%	1.35%
2019	2,209,405	11,587	1.18%	0.96%
2020	2,235,727	11,643	1.19%	0.48%
2021	2,261,542	11,709	1.15%	0.57%
2022	2,286,110	11,801	1.09%	0.79%
2023	2,311,472	11,875	1.11%	0.63%
2024	2,337,423	11,947	1.12%	0.61%
2025	2,363,324	12,030	1.11%	0.7%
2026	2,389,334	12,103	1.1%	0.61%
2027	2,415,365	12,196	1.09%	0.77%
2028	2,441,435	12,296	1.08%	0.82%
2029	2,467,677	12,403	1.07%	0.87%
2030	2,493,816	12,519	1.06%	0.94%
2031	2,520,014	12,645	1.05%	1%
2032	2,546,489	12,785	1.05%	1.11%
2033	2,573,106	12,921	1.05%	1.06%
2034	2,599,777	13,071	1.04%	1.16%
2035	2,626,560	13,230	1.03%	1.22%
2036	2,653,503	13,391	1.03%	1.21%
2037	2,680,081	13,541	1%	1.12%
2038	2,706,197	13,697	0.97%	1.16%
2039	2,732,138	13,857	0.96%	1.17%
2040	2,757,868	14,041	0.94%	1.33%
2041	2,783,361	14,220	0.92%	1.27%
2042	2,808,538	14,402	0.9%	1.28%
2043	2,833,257	14,579	0.88%	1.23%
2044	2,857,499	14,754	0.86%	1.2%
2045	2,881,333	14,920	0.83%	1.13%
2046	2,904,780	15,098	0.81%	1.19%
2047	2,927,859	15,268	0.79%	1.12%
2048	2,950,411	15,431	0.77%	1.07%
2049	2,972,156	15,595	0.74%	1.06%
2050	2,993,080	15,751	0.7%	1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Nauru gained 1,116 people (a 11.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 954 (a 8.56% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Nauru was ranked 196th in 2006 and ranked 195th 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 Nauru will increase by 30.1% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.