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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Niger	Lesotho	Niger
1960	736,500	3,505,050	-	-
1961	758,824	3,608,162	3.03%	2.94%
1962	781,814	3,714,520	3.03%	2.95%
1963	805,373	3,823,873	3.01%	2.94%
1964	829,437	3,935,814	2.99%	2.93%
1965	854,090	4,049,695	2.97%	2.89%
1966	881,870	4,165,544	3.25%	2.86%
1967	913,982	4,283,590	3.64%	2.83%
1968	948,105	4,403,637	3.73%	2.8%
1969	983,202	4,525,725	3.7%	2.77%
1970	1,019,273	4,650,275	3.67%	2.75%
1971	1,056,246	4,776,225	3.63%	2.71%
1972	1,094,063	4,904,845	3.58%	2.69%
1973	1,132,697	5,037,865	3.53%	2.71%
1974	1,172,420	5,174,953	3.51%	2.72%
1975	1,213,643	5,317,019	3.52%	2.75%
1976	1,253,214	5,464,962	3.26%	2.78%
1977	1,289,967	5,619,716	2.93%	2.83%
1978	1,327,240	5,782,932	2.89%	2.9%
1979	1,366,169	5,955,556	2.93%	2.99%
1980	1,406,521	6,135,971	2.95%	3.03%
1981	1,448,069	6,322,006	2.95%	3.03%
1982	1,490,732	6,512,732	2.95%	3.02%
1983	1,534,413	6,708,644	2.93%	3.01%
1984	1,578,986	6,909,971	2.9%	3%
1985	1,624,379	7,118,457	2.87%	3.02%
1986	1,666,138	7,335,811	2.57%	3.05%
1987	1,703,390	7,561,150	2.24%	3.07%
1988	1,739,841	7,793,748	2.14%	3.08%
1989	1,775,436	8,034,780	2.05%	3.09%
1990	1,809,696	8,286,059	1.93%	3.13%
1991	1,842,379	8,546,900	1.81%	3.15%
1992	1,873,274	8,817,633	1.68%	3.17%
1993	1,901,793	9,100,789	1.52%	3.21%
1994	1,927,707	9,398,258	1.36%	3.27%
1995	1,951,437	9,714,529	1.23%	3.37%
1996	1,972,418	10,044,852	1.08%	3.4%
1997	1,988,130	10,383,969	0.8%	3.38%
1998	1,998,049	10,741,413	0.5%	3.44%
1999	2,003,234	11,117,411	0.26%	3.5%
2000	2,003,913	11,509,630	0.03%	3.53%
2001	2,000,853	11,920,647	-0.15%	3.57%
2002	1,994,679	12,349,144	-0.31%	3.59%
2003	1,985,059	12,796,984	-0.48%	3.63%
2004	1,971,129	13,265,836	-0.7%	3.66%
2005	1,953,076	13,756,192	-0.92%	3.7%
2006	1,945,063	14,268,581	-0.41%	3.72%
2007	1,953,268	14,803,610	0.42%	3.75%
2008	1,966,541	15,361,915	0.68%	3.77%
2009	1,980,883	15,943,675	0.73%	3.79%
2010	1,996,251	16,548,835	0.78%	3.8%
2011	2,014,009	17,176,283	0.89%	3.79%
2012	2,034,354	17,836,769	1.01%	3.85%
2013	2,056,504	18,519,898	1.09%	3.83%
2014	2,080,089	19,215,909	1.15%	3.76%
2015	2,104,611	19,939,498	1.18%	3.77%
2016	2,130,422	20,685,753	1.23%	3.74%
2017	2,157,110	21,435,446	1.25%	3.62%
2018	2,183,603	22,188,069	1.23%	3.51%
2019	2,209,405	22,947,757	1.18%	3.42%
2020	2,235,727	23,717,613	1.19%	3.35%
2021	2,261,542	24,502,140	1.15%	3.31%
2022	2,286,110	25,311,973	1.09%	3.31%
2023	2,311,472	26,159,867	1.11%	3.35%
2024	2,337,423	27,032,412	1.12%	3.34%
2025	2,363,324	27,917,825	1.11%	3.28%
2026	2,389,334	28,814,872	1.1%	3.21%
2027	2,415,365	29,723,688	1.09%	3.15%
2028	2,441,435	30,643,561	1.08%	3.09%
2029	2,467,677	31,575,091	1.07%	3.04%
2030	2,493,816	32,518,069	1.06%	2.99%
2031	2,520,014	33,469,616	1.05%	2.93%
2032	2,546,489	34,428,638	1.05%	2.87%
2033	2,573,106	35,397,029	1.05%	2.81%
2034	2,599,777	36,372,374	1.04%	2.76%
2035	2,626,560	37,353,462	1.03%	2.7%
2036	2,653,503	38,340,142	1.03%	2.64%
2037	2,680,081	39,330,372	1%	2.58%
2038	2,706,197	40,323,460	0.97%	2.52%
2039	2,732,138	41,318,407	0.96%	2.47%
2040	2,757,868	42,316,733	0.94%	2.42%
2041	2,783,361	43,319,236	0.92%	2.37%
2042	2,808,538	44,326,115	0.9%	2.32%
2043	2,833,257	45,337,248	0.88%	2.28%
2044	2,857,499	46,353,160	0.86%	2.24%
2045	2,881,333	47,374,113	0.83%	2.2%
2046	2,904,780	48,397,993	0.81%	2.16%
2047	2,927,859	49,423,853	0.79%	2.12%
2048	2,950,411	50,452,202	0.77%	2.08%
2049	2,972,156	51,482,559	0.74%	2.04%
2050	2,993,080	52,513,870	0.7%	2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Niger gained 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Niger's population increased by 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Niger was ranked 64th in 2006 and ranked 53rd 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 Niger will increase by 82.2% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.