Population in Lesotho compared to New Zealand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	New Zealand	Lesotho	New Zealand
1960	736,500	2,371,800	-	-
1961	758,824	2,419,700	3.03%	2.02%
1962	781,814	2,482,000	3.03%	2.57%
1963	805,373	2,531,800	3.01%	2.01%
1964	829,437	2,585,400	2.99%	2.12%
1965	854,090	2,628,400	2.97%	1.66%
1966	881,870	2,675,900	3.25%	1.81%
1967	913,982	2,724,100	3.64%	1.8%
1968	948,105	2,748,100	3.73%	0.88%
1969	983,202	2,772,800	3.7%	0.9%
1970	1,019,273	2,810,700	3.67%	1.37%
1971	1,056,246	2,853,000	3.63%	1.5%
1972	1,094,063	2,903,900	3.58%	1.78%
1973	1,132,697	2,961,300	3.53%	1.98%
1974	1,172,420	3,023,700	3.51%	2.11%
1975	1,213,643	3,083,100	3.52%	1.96%
1976	1,253,214	3,110,500	3.26%	0.89%
1977	1,289,967	3,120,200	2.93%	0.31%
1978	1,327,240	3,121,200	2.89%	0.03%
1979	1,366,169	3,109,000	2.93%	-0.39%
1980	1,406,521	3,112,900	2.95%	0.13%
1981	1,448,069	3,124,900	2.95%	0.39%
1982	1,490,732	3,156,100	2.95%	1%
1983	1,534,413	3,199,300	2.93%	1.37%
1984	1,578,986	3,227,100	2.9%	0.87%
1985	1,624,379	3,247,100	2.87%	0.62%
1986	1,666,138	3,246,300	2.57%	-0.02%
1987	1,703,390	3,274,400	2.24%	0.87%
1988	1,739,841	3,283,400	2.14%	0.27%
1989	1,775,436	3,299,200	2.05%	0.48%
1990	1,809,696	3,329,800	1.93%	0.93%
1991	1,842,379	3,495,100	1.81%	4.96%
1992	1,873,274	3,531,700	1.68%	1.05%
1993	1,901,793	3,572,200	1.52%	1.15%
1994	1,927,707	3,620,000	1.36%	1.34%
1995	1,951,437	3,673,400	1.23%	1.48%
1996	1,972,418	3,732,000	1.08%	1.6%
1997	1,988,130	3,781,300	0.8%	1.32%
1998	1,998,049	3,815,000	0.5%	0.89%
1999	2,003,234	3,835,100	0.26%	0.53%
2000	2,003,913	3,857,700	0.03%	0.59%
2001	2,000,853	3,880,500	-0.15%	0.59%
2002	1,994,679	3,948,500	-0.31%	1.75%
2003	1,985,059	4,027,200	-0.48%	1.99%
2004	1,971,129	4,087,500	-0.7%	1.5%
2005	1,953,076	4,133,900	-0.92%	1.14%
2006	1,945,063	4,184,600	-0.41%	1.23%
2007	1,953,268	4,223,800	0.42%	0.94%
2008	1,966,541	4,259,800	0.68%	0.85%
2009	1,980,883	4,302,600	0.73%	1%
2010	1,996,251	4,350,700	0.78%	1.12%
2011	2,014,009	4,384,000	0.89%	0.77%
2012	2,034,354	4,408,100	1.01%	0.55%
2013	2,056,504	4,442,100	1.09%	0.77%
2014	2,080,089	4,516,500	1.15%	1.67%
2015	2,104,611	4,609,400	1.18%	2.06%
2016	2,130,422	4,714,100	1.23%	2.27%
2017	2,157,110	4,813,600	1.25%	2.11%
2018	2,183,603	4,900,600	1.23%	1.81%
2019	2,209,405	4,970,300	1.18%	1.42%
2020	2,235,727	5,072,400	1.19%	2.05%
2021	2,261,542	5,084,600	1.15%	0.24%
2022	2,286,110	5,081,700	1.09%	-0.06%
2023	2,311,472	5,200,000	1.11%	2.33%
2024	2,337,423	5,287,500	1.12%	1.68%
2025	2,363,324	5,325,989	1.11%	0.73%
2026	2,389,334	5,362,071	1.1%	0.68%
2027	2,415,365	5,395,933	1.09%	0.63%
2028	2,441,435	5,427,327	1.08%	0.58%
2029	2,467,677	5,456,502	1.07%	0.54%
2030	2,493,816	5,483,630	1.06%	0.5%
2031	2,520,014	5,509,118	1.05%	0.46%
2032	2,546,489	5,533,087	1.05%	0.44%
2033	2,573,106	5,555,912	1.05%	0.41%
2034	2,599,777	5,577,658	1.04%	0.39%
2035	2,626,560	5,598,481	1.03%	0.37%
2036	2,653,503	5,618,949	1.03%	0.37%
2037	2,680,081	5,638,796	1%	0.35%
2038	2,706,197	5,658,606	0.97%	0.35%
2039	2,732,138	5,677,983	0.96%	0.34%
2040	2,757,868	5,696,537	0.94%	0.33%
2041	2,783,361	5,715,286	0.92%	0.33%
2042	2,808,538	5,733,881	0.9%	0.33%
2043	2,833,257	5,750,997	0.88%	0.3%
2044	2,857,499	5,766,545	0.86%	0.27%
2045	2,881,333	5,780,970	0.83%	0.25%
2046	2,904,780	5,794,046	0.81%	0.23%
2047	2,927,859	5,805,663	0.79%	0.2%
2048	2,950,411	5,816,692	0.77%	0.19%
2049	2,972,156	5,826,512	0.74%	0.17%
2050	2,993,080	5,836,471	0.7%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.