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	4,979,200	1.18%	1.6%
2020	2,235,727	5,090,200	1.19%	2.23%
2021	2,261,542	5,111,300	1.15%	0.41%
2022	2,286,110	5,117,100	1.09%	0.11%
2023	2,311,472	5,245,000	1.11%	2.5%
2024	2,337,423	5,338,500	1.12%	1.78%
2025	2,363,324	5,377,360	1.11%	0.73%
2026	2,389,334	5,413,790	1.1%	0.68%
2027	2,415,365	5,447,979	1.09%	0.63%
2028	2,441,435	5,479,675	1.08%	0.58%
2029	2,467,677	5,509,133	1.07%	0.54%
2030	2,493,816	5,536,522	1.06%	0.5%
2031	2,520,014	5,562,256	1.05%	0.46%
2032	2,546,489	5,586,456	1.05%	0.44%
2033	2,573,106	5,609,501	1.05%	0.41%
2034	2,599,777	5,631,457	1.04%	0.39%
2035	2,626,560	5,652,480	1.03%	0.37%
2036	2,653,503	5,673,146	1.03%	0.37%
2037	2,680,081	5,693,185	1%	0.35%
2038	2,706,197	5,713,185	0.97%	0.35%
2039	2,732,138	5,732,750	0.96%	0.34%
2040	2,757,868	5,751,482	0.94%	0.33%
2041	2,783,361	5,770,413	0.92%	0.33%
2042	2,808,538	5,789,187	0.9%	0.33%
2043	2,833,257	5,806,468	0.88%	0.3%
2044	2,857,499	5,822,166	0.86%	0.27%
2045	2,881,333	5,836,730	0.83%	0.25%
2046	2,904,780	5,849,932	0.81%	0.23%
2047	2,927,859	5,861,661	0.79%	0.2%
2048	2,950,411	5,872,796	0.77%	0.19%
2049	2,972,156	5,882,711	0.74%	0.17%
2050	2,993,080	5,892,766	0.7%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while New Zealand gained 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 797,223 (a 17.3% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2005 and ranked 124th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.99% to 5,892,766 people and rank change from 124th to 122nd.