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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Nepal	Lesotho	Nepal
1960	736,500	10,123,658	-	-
1961	758,824	10,318,396	3.03%	1.92%
1962	781,814	10,521,116	3.03%	1.96%
1963	805,373	10,729,818	3.01%	1.98%
1964	829,437	10,946,392	2.99%	2.02%
1965	854,090	11,173,411	2.97%	2.07%
1966	881,870	11,408,710	3.25%	2.11%
1967	913,982	11,652,716	3.64%	2.14%
1968	948,105	11,906,266	3.73%	2.18%
1969	983,202	12,167,036	3.7%	2.19%
1970	1,019,273	12,436,190	3.67%	2.21%
1971	1,056,246	12,710,061	3.63%	2.2%
1972	1,094,063	12,989,099	3.58%	2.2%
1973	1,132,697	13,275,239	3.53%	2.2%
1974	1,172,420	13,568,435	3.51%	2.21%
1975	1,213,643	13,870,695	3.52%	2.23%
1976	1,253,214	14,177,649	3.26%	2.21%
1977	1,289,967	14,499,175	2.93%	2.27%
1978	1,327,240	14,839,695	2.89%	2.35%
1979	1,366,169	15,190,590	2.93%	2.36%
1980	1,406,521	15,553,105	2.95%	2.39%
1981	1,448,069	15,922,423	2.95%	2.37%
1982	1,490,732	16,297,987	2.95%	2.36%
1983	1,534,413	16,689,119	2.93%	2.4%
1984	1,578,986	17,085,242	2.9%	2.37%
1985	1,624,379	17,477,692	2.87%	2.3%
1986	1,666,138	17,868,124	2.57%	2.23%
1987	1,703,390	18,250,505	2.24%	2.14%
1988	1,739,841	18,638,661	2.14%	2.13%
1989	1,775,436	19,057,807	2.05%	2.25%
1990	1,809,696	19,524,573	1.93%	2.45%
1991	1,842,379	20,036,500	1.81%	2.62%
1992	1,873,274	20,609,707	1.68%	2.86%
1993	1,901,793	21,180,159	1.52%	2.77%
1994	1,927,707	21,717,479	1.36%	2.54%
1995	1,951,437	22,245,439	1.23%	2.43%
1996	1,972,418	22,741,862	1.08%	2.23%
1997	1,988,130	23,219,463	0.8%	2.1%
1998	1,998,049	23,680,357	0.5%	1.98%
1999	2,003,234	24,125,199	0.26%	1.88%
2000	2,003,913	24,546,509	0.03%	1.75%
2001	2,000,853	24,946,748	-0.15%	1.63%
2002	1,994,679	25,328,981	-0.31%	1.53%
2003	1,985,059	25,688,758	-0.48%	1.42%
2004	1,971,129	26,016,656	-0.7%	1.28%
2005	1,953,076	26,309,458	-0.92%	1.13%
2006	1,945,063	26,565,425	-0.41%	0.97%
2007	1,953,268	26,788,492	0.42%	0.84%
2008	1,966,541	26,990,037	0.68%	0.75%
2009	1,980,883	27,173,035	0.73%	0.68%
2010	1,996,251	27,341,952	0.78%	0.62%
2011	2,014,009	27,464,494	0.89%	0.45%
2012	2,034,354	27,534,915	1.01%	0.26%
2013	2,056,504	27,589,996	1.09%	0.2%
2014	2,080,089	27,672,370	1.15%	0.3%
2015	2,104,611	27,823,629	1.18%	0.55%
2016	2,130,422	27,955,462	1.23%	0.47%
2017	2,157,110	28,011,258	1.25%	0.2%
2018	2,183,603	28,079,689	1.23%	0.24%
2019	2,209,405	28,414,064	1.18%	1.19%
2020	2,235,727	28,966,574	1.19%	1.94%
2021	2,261,542	29,475,010	1.15%	1.76%
2022	2,286,110	29,715,436	1.09%	0.82%
2023	2,311,472	29,694,614	1.11%	-0.07%
2024	2,337,423	29,651,054	1.12%	-0.15%
2025	2,363,324	29,618,120	1.11%	-0.11%
2026	2,389,334	29,629,406	1.1%	0.04%
2027	2,415,365	29,727,164	1.09%	0.33%
2028	2,441,435	29,947,588	1.08%	0.74%
2029	2,467,677	30,232,115	1.07%	0.95%
2030	2,493,816	30,509,999	1.06%	0.92%
2031	2,520,014	30,780,916	1.05%	0.89%
2032	2,546,489	31,045,411	1.05%	0.86%
2033	2,573,106	31,304,035	1.05%	0.83%
2034	2,599,777	31,555,068	1.04%	0.8%
2035	2,626,560	31,798,003	1.03%	0.77%
2036	2,653,503	32,033,714	1.03%	0.74%
2037	2,680,081	32,262,286	1%	0.71%
2038	2,706,197	32,484,801	0.97%	0.69%
2039	2,732,138	32,700,695	0.96%	0.66%
2040	2,757,868	32,909,540	0.94%	0.64%
2041	2,783,361	33,112,254	0.92%	0.62%
2042	2,808,538	33,309,062	0.9%	0.59%
2043	2,833,257	33,499,440	0.88%	0.57%
2044	2,857,499	33,683,331	0.86%	0.55%
2045	2,881,333	33,861,058	0.83%	0.53%
2046	2,904,780	34,032,994	0.81%	0.51%
2047	2,927,859	34,197,261	0.79%	0.48%
2048	2,950,411	34,352,077	0.77%	0.45%
2049	2,972,156	34,500,201	0.74%	0.43%
2050	2,993,080	34,642,021	0.7%	0.41%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Nepal gained 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Nepal's population increased by 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2005 and ranked 52nd 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 Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.