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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Nigeria	Lesotho	Nigeria
1960	736,500	45,053,782	-	-
1961	758,824	45,989,310	3.03%	2.08%
1962	781,814	46,965,292	3.03%	2.12%
1963	805,373	47,973,575	3.01%	2.15%
1964	829,437	49,012,016	2.99%	2.16%
1965	854,090	50,086,764	2.97%	2.19%
1966	881,870	51,188,234	3.25%	2.2%
1967	913,982	52,293,065	3.64%	2.16%
1968	948,105	53,432,783	3.73%	2.18%
1969	983,202	54,631,914	3.7%	2.24%
1970	1,019,273	55,893,838	3.67%	2.31%
1971	1,056,246	57,214,684	3.63%	2.36%
1972	1,094,063	58,601,748	3.58%	2.42%
1973	1,132,697	60,082,139	3.53%	2.53%
1974	1,172,420	61,679,144	3.51%	2.66%
1975	1,213,643	63,410,815	3.52%	2.81%
1976	1,253,214	65,258,009	3.26%	2.91%
1977	1,289,967	67,234,590	2.93%	3.03%
1978	1,327,240	69,326,532	2.89%	3.11%
1979	1,366,169	71,498,242	2.93%	3.13%
1980	1,406,521	73,764,641	2.95%	3.17%
1981	1,448,069	76,068,103	2.95%	3.12%
1982	1,490,732	78,378,701	2.95%	3.04%
1983	1,534,413	80,438,260	2.93%	2.63%
1984	1,578,986	82,526,443	2.9%	2.6%
1985	1,624,379	84,897,973	2.87%	2.87%
1986	1,666,138	87,235,953	2.57%	2.75%
1987	1,703,390	89,591,716	2.24%	2.7%
1988	1,739,841	92,020,090	2.14%	2.71%
1989	1,775,436	94,531,014	2.05%	2.73%
1990	1,809,696	97,120,925	1.93%	2.74%
1991	1,842,379	99,720,162	1.81%	2.68%
1992	1,873,274	102,372,770	1.68%	2.66%
1993	1,901,793	105,122,069	1.52%	2.69%
1994	1,927,707	107,935,714	1.36%	2.68%
1995	1,951,437	110,819,428	1.23%	2.67%
1996	1,972,418	113,754,779	1.08%	2.65%
1997	1,988,130	116,754,792	0.8%	2.64%
1998	1,998,049	119,846,254	0.5%	2.65%
1999	2,003,234	123,047,320	0.26%	2.67%
2000	2,003,913	126,382,494	0.03%	2.71%
2001	2,000,853	129,862,595	-0.15%	2.75%
2002	1,994,679	133,471,989	-0.31%	2.78%
2003	1,985,059	137,202,644	-0.48%	2.8%
2004	1,971,129	141,057,045	-0.7%	2.81%
2005	1,953,076	145,017,253	-0.92%	2.81%
2006	1,945,063	149,077,334	-0.41%	2.8%
2007	1,953,268	153,267,261	0.42%	2.81%
2008	1,966,541	157,595,014	0.68%	2.82%
2009	1,980,883	162,049,464	0.73%	2.83%
2010	1,996,251	166,642,886	0.78%	2.83%
2011	2,014,009	171,379,598	0.89%	2.84%
2012	2,034,354	176,200,625	1.01%	2.81%
2013	2,056,504	181,049,443	1.09%	2.75%
2014	2,080,089	185,896,915	1.15%	2.68%
2015	2,104,611	190,671,878	1.18%	2.57%
2016	2,130,422	195,443,700	1.23%	2.5%
2017	2,157,110	200,254,579	1.25%	2.46%
2018	2,183,603	204,938,755	1.23%	2.34%
2019	2,209,405	209,485,641	1.18%	2.22%
2020	2,235,727	213,996,181	1.19%	2.15%
2021	2,261,542	218,529,286	1.15%	2.12%
2022	2,286,110	223,150,896	1.09%	2.11%
2023	2,311,472	227,882,945	1.11%	2.12%
2024	2,337,423	232,679,478	1.12%	2.1%
2025	2,363,324	237,527,783	1.11%	2.08%
2026	2,389,334	242,431,830	1.1%	2.06%
2027	2,415,365	247,374,258	1.09%	2.04%
2028	2,441,435	252,346,128	1.08%	2.01%
2029	2,467,677	257,352,638	1.07%	1.98%
2030	2,493,816	262,380,975	1.06%	1.95%
2031	2,520,014	267,421,079	1.05%	1.92%
2032	2,546,489	272,483,635	1.05%	1.89%
2033	2,573,106	277,555,116	1.05%	1.86%
2034	2,599,777	282,622,388	1.04%	1.83%
2035	2,626,560	287,685,757	1.03%	1.79%
2036	2,653,503	292,739,390	1.03%	1.76%
2037	2,680,081	297,773,236	1%	1.72%
2038	2,706,197	302,782,350	0.97%	1.68%
2039	2,732,138	307,764,754	0.96%	1.65%
2040	2,757,868	312,710,403	0.94%	1.61%
2041	2,783,361	317,607,237	0.92%	1.57%
2042	2,808,538	322,450,302	0.9%	1.52%
2043	2,833,257	327,243,941	0.88%	1.49%
2044	2,857,499	331,983,354	0.86%	1.45%
2045	2,881,333	336,662,502	0.83%	1.41%
2046	2,904,780	341,281,757	0.81%	1.37%
2047	2,927,859	345,844,004	0.79%	1.34%
2048	2,950,411	350,347,757	0.77%	1.3%
2049	2,972,156	354,792,418	0.74%	1.27%
2050	2,993,080	359,185,550	0.7%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.