Population in Lesotho compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	North Korea	Lesotho	North Korea
1960	736,500	11,722,953	-	-
1961	758,824	11,990,713	3.03%	2.28%
1962	781,814	12,262,882	3.03%	2.27%
1963	805,373	12,567,057	3.01%	2.48%
1964	829,437	12,889,770	2.99%	2.57%
1965	854,090	13,219,369	2.97%	2.56%
1966	881,870	13,569,094	3.25%	2.65%
1967	913,982	13,958,350	3.64%	2.87%
1968	948,105	14,365,596	3.73%	2.92%
1969	983,202	14,767,615	3.7%	2.8%
1970	1,019,273	15,172,775	3.67%	2.74%
1971	1,056,246	15,572,457	3.63%	2.63%
1972	1,094,063	15,975,069	3.58%	2.59%
1973	1,132,697	16,350,367	3.53%	2.35%
1974	1,172,420	16,673,121	3.51%	1.97%
1975	1,213,643	16,971,055	3.52%	1.79%
1976	1,253,214	17,243,450	3.26%	1.61%
1977	1,289,967	17,492,798	2.93%	1.45%
1978	1,327,240	17,735,995	2.89%	1.39%
1979	1,366,169	17,983,470	2.93%	1.4%
1980	1,406,521	18,236,786	2.95%	1.41%
1981	1,448,069	18,501,295	2.95%	1.45%
1982	1,490,732	18,776,357	2.95%	1.49%
1983	1,534,413	19,054,034	2.93%	1.48%
1984	1,578,986	19,335,043	2.9%	1.47%
1985	1,624,379	19,620,388	2.87%	1.48%
1986	1,666,138	19,910,855	2.57%	1.48%
1987	1,703,390	20,205,483	2.24%	1.48%
1988	1,739,841	20,503,161	2.14%	1.47%
1989	1,775,436	20,804,367	2.05%	1.47%
1990	1,809,696	21,112,137	1.93%	1.48%
1991	1,842,379	21,428,638	1.81%	1.5%
1992	1,873,274	21,750,911	1.68%	1.5%
1993	1,901,793	22,073,352	1.52%	1.48%
1994	1,927,707	22,393,975	1.36%	1.45%
1995	1,951,437	22,669,304	1.23%	1.23%
1996	1,972,418	22,895,746	1.08%	1%
1997	1,988,130	23,110,830	0.8%	0.94%
1998	1,998,049	23,311,564	0.5%	0.87%
1999	2,003,234	23,497,599	0.26%	0.8%
2000	2,003,913	23,665,910	0.03%	0.72%
2001	2,000,853	23,815,358	-0.15%	0.63%
2002	1,994,679	23,943,973	-0.31%	0.54%
2003	1,985,059	24,090,380	-0.48%	0.61%
2004	1,971,129	24,254,943	-0.7%	0.68%
2005	1,953,076	24,396,433	-0.92%	0.58%
2006	1,945,063	24,524,507	-0.41%	0.52%
2007	1,953,268	24,646,383	0.42%	0.5%
2008	1,966,541	24,764,618	0.68%	0.48%
2009	1,980,883	24,878,332	0.73%	0.46%
2010	1,996,251	24,987,258	0.78%	0.44%
2011	2,014,009	25,097,874	0.89%	0.44%
2012	2,034,354	25,211,728	1.01%	0.45%
2013	2,056,504	25,329,451	1.09%	0.47%
2014	2,080,089	25,451,262	1.15%	0.48%
2015	2,104,611	25,575,350	1.18%	0.49%
2016	2,130,422	25,698,326	1.23%	0.48%
2017	2,157,110	25,817,709	1.25%	0.46%
2018	2,183,603	25,931,147	1.23%	0.44%
2019	2,209,405	26,037,632	1.18%	0.41%
2020	2,235,727	26,136,312	1.19%	0.38%
2021	2,261,542	26,232,534	1.15%	0.37%
2022	2,286,110	26,328,845	1.09%	0.37%
2023	2,311,472	26,418,204	1.11%	0.34%
2024	2,337,423	26,498,823	1.12%	0.31%
2025	2,363,324	26,571,033	1.11%	0.27%
2026	2,389,334	26,633,682	1.1%	0.24%
2027	2,415,365	26,686,492	1.09%	0.2%
2028	2,441,435	26,729,261	1.08%	0.16%
2029	2,467,677	26,762,008	1.07%	0.12%
2030	2,493,816	26,784,894	1.06%	0.09%
2031	2,520,014	26,797,946	1.05%	0.05%
2032	2,546,489	26,801,071	1.05%	0.01%
2033	2,573,106	26,795,061	1.05%	-0.02%
2034	2,599,777	26,780,481	1.04%	-0.05%
2035	2,626,560	26,757,705	1.03%	-0.09%
2036	2,653,503	26,727,309	1.03%	-0.11%
2037	2,680,081	26,689,907	1%	-0.14%
2038	2,706,197	26,646,323	0.97%	-0.16%
2039	2,732,138	26,596,967	0.96%	-0.19%
2040	2,757,868	26,542,417	0.94%	-0.21%
2041	2,783,361	26,483,475	0.92%	-0.22%
2042	2,808,538	26,420,812	0.9%	-0.24%
2043	2,833,257	26,354,324	0.88%	-0.25%
2044	2,857,499	26,284,000	0.86%	-0.27%
2045	2,881,333	26,210,196	0.83%	-0.28%
2046	2,904,780	26,132,922	0.81%	-0.29%
2047	2,927,859	26,052,086	0.79%	-0.31%
2048	2,950,411	25,967,581	0.77%	-0.32%
2049	2,972,156	25,879,244	0.74%	-0.34%
2050	2,993,080	25,787,120	0.7%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.