Population in Lesotho compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Netherlands	Lesotho	Netherlands
1960	736,500	11,486,631	-	-
1961	758,824	11,638,712	3.03%	1.32%
1962	781,814	11,805,689	3.03%	1.43%
1963	805,373	11,965,966	3.01%	1.36%
1964	829,437	12,127,120	2.99%	1.35%
1965	854,090	12,294,732	2.97%	1.38%
1966	881,870	12,456,251	3.25%	1.31%
1967	913,982	12,598,201	3.64%	1.14%
1968	948,105	12,729,721	3.73%	1.04%
1969	983,202	12,877,984	3.7%	1.16%
1970	1,019,273	13,038,526	3.67%	1.25%
1971	1,056,246	13,194,497	3.63%	1.2%
1972	1,094,063	13,328,593	3.58%	1.02%
1973	1,132,697	13,439,322	3.53%	0.83%
1974	1,172,420	13,545,056	3.51%	0.79%
1975	1,213,643	13,666,335	3.52%	0.9%
1976	1,253,214	13,774,037	3.26%	0.79%
1977	1,289,967	13,856,185	2.93%	0.6%
1978	1,327,240	13,941,700	2.89%	0.62%
1979	1,366,169	14,038,270	2.93%	0.69%
1980	1,406,521	14,149,800	2.95%	0.79%
1981	1,448,069	14,247,208	2.95%	0.69%
1982	1,490,732	14,312,690	2.95%	0.46%
1983	1,534,413	14,367,070	2.93%	0.38%
1984	1,578,986	14,424,211	2.9%	0.4%
1985	1,624,379	14,491,632	2.87%	0.47%
1986	1,666,138	14,572,278	2.57%	0.56%
1987	1,703,390	14,665,037	2.24%	0.64%
1988	1,739,841	14,760,094	2.14%	0.65%
1989	1,775,436	14,848,907	2.05%	0.6%
1990	1,809,696	14,951,510	1.93%	0.69%
1991	1,842,379	15,069,798	1.81%	0.79%
1992	1,873,274	15,184,166	1.68%	0.76%
1993	1,901,793	15,290,368	1.52%	0.7%
1994	1,927,707	15,382,838	1.36%	0.6%
1995	1,951,437	15,459,006	1.23%	0.5%
1996	1,972,418	15,530,498	1.08%	0.46%
1997	1,988,130	15,610,650	0.8%	0.52%
1998	1,998,049	15,707,209	0.5%	0.62%
1999	2,003,234	15,812,088	0.26%	0.67%
2000	2,003,913	15,925,513	0.03%	0.72%
2001	2,000,853	16,046,180	-0.15%	0.76%
2002	1,994,679	16,148,929	-0.31%	0.64%
2003	1,985,059	16,225,302	-0.48%	0.47%
2004	1,971,129	16,281,779	-0.7%	0.35%
2005	1,953,076	16,319,868	-0.92%	0.23%
2006	1,945,063	16,346,101	-0.41%	0.16%
2007	1,953,268	16,381,696	0.42%	0.22%
2008	1,966,541	16,445,593	0.68%	0.39%
2009	1,980,883	16,530,388	0.73%	0.52%
2010	1,996,251	16,615,394	0.78%	0.51%
2011	2,014,009	16,693,074	0.89%	0.47%
2012	2,034,354	16,754,962	1.01%	0.37%
2013	2,056,504	16,804,432	1.09%	0.3%
2014	2,080,089	16,865,008	1.15%	0.36%
2015	2,104,611	16,939,923	1.18%	0.44%
2016	2,130,422	17,030,314	1.23%	0.53%
2017	2,157,110	17,131,296	1.25%	0.59%
2018	2,183,603	17,231,624	1.23%	0.59%
2019	2,209,405	17,344,874	1.18%	0.66%
2020	2,235,727	17,441,500	1.19%	0.56%
2021	2,261,542	17,533,044	1.15%	0.52%
2022	2,286,110	17,700,982	1.09%	0.96%
2023	2,311,472	17,877,117	1.11%	1%
2024	2,337,423	17,994,237	1.12%	0.66%
2025	2,363,324	18,110,800	1.11%	0.65%
2026	2,389,334	18,211,436	1.1%	0.56%
2027	2,415,365	18,299,531	1.09%	0.48%
2028	2,441,435	18,379,573	1.08%	0.44%
2029	2,467,677	18,452,044	1.07%	0.39%
2030	2,493,816	18,515,913	1.06%	0.35%
2031	2,520,014	18,571,934	1.05%	0.3%
2032	2,546,489	18,621,087	1.05%	0.26%
2033	2,573,106	18,664,975	1.05%	0.24%
2034	2,599,777	18,702,456	1.04%	0.2%
2035	2,626,560	18,733,223	1.03%	0.16%
2036	2,653,503	18,760,054	1.03%	0.14%
2037	2,680,081	18,781,793	1%	0.12%
2038	2,706,197	18,798,283	0.97%	0.09%
2039	2,732,138	18,810,276	0.96%	0.06%
2040	2,757,868	18,817,745	0.94%	0.04%
2041	2,783,361	18,820,870	0.92%	0.02%
2042	2,808,538	18,819,607	0.9%	-0.007%
2043	2,833,257	18,815,261	0.88%	-0.02%
2044	2,857,499	18,807,564	0.86%	-0.04%
2045	2,881,333	18,797,005	0.83%	-0.06%
2046	2,904,780	18,785,724	0.81%	-0.06%
2047	2,927,859	18,771,651	0.79%	-0.07%
2048	2,950,411	18,754,325	0.77%	-0.09%
2049	2,972,156	18,735,299	0.74%	-0.1%
2050	2,993,080	18,714,579	0.7%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.