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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Palau	Lesotho	Palau
1960	736,500	9,328	-	-
1961	758,824	9,555	3.03%	2.43%
1962	781,814	9,793	3.03%	2.49%
1963	805,373	10,037	3.01%	2.49%
1964	829,437	10,292	2.99%	2.54%
1965	854,090	10,547	2.97%	2.48%
1966	881,870	10,805	3.25%	2.45%
1967	913,982	10,988	3.64%	1.69%
1968	948,105	11,080	3.73%	0.84%
1969	983,202	11,159	3.7%	0.71%
1970	1,019,273	11,368	3.67%	1.87%
1971	1,056,246	11,759	3.63%	3.44%
1972	1,094,063	12,194	3.58%	3.7%
1973	1,132,697	12,552	3.53%	2.94%
1974	1,172,420	12,687	3.51%	1.08%
1975	1,213,643	12,655	3.52%	-0.25%
1976	1,253,214	12,598	3.26%	-0.45%
1977	1,289,967	12,525	2.93%	-0.58%
1978	1,327,240	12,440	2.89%	-0.68%
1979	1,366,169	12,337	2.93%	-0.83%
1980	1,406,521	12,271	2.95%	-0.53%
1981	1,448,069	12,402	2.95%	1.07%
1982	1,490,732	12,694	2.95%	2.35%
1983	1,534,413	13,006	2.93%	2.46%
1984	1,578,986	13,337	2.9%	2.54%
1985	1,624,379	13,688	2.87%	2.63%
1986	1,666,138	14,024	2.57%	2.45%
1987	1,703,390	14,334	2.24%	2.21%
1988	1,739,841	14,645	2.14%	2.17%
1989	1,775,436	14,945	2.05%	2.05%
1990	1,809,696	15,259	1.93%	2.1%
1991	1,842,379	15,614	1.81%	2.33%
1992	1,873,274	15,989	1.68%	2.4%
1993	1,901,793	16,372	1.52%	2.4%
1994	1,927,707	16,770	1.36%	2.43%
1995	1,951,437	17,195	1.23%	2.53%
1996	1,972,418	17,654	1.08%	2.67%
1997	1,988,130	18,108	0.8%	2.57%
1998	1,998,049	18,524	0.5%	2.3%
1999	2,003,234	18,901	0.26%	2.04%
2000	2,003,913	19,178	0.03%	1.47%
2001	2,000,853	19,352	-0.15%	0.91%
2002	1,994,679	19,503	-0.31%	0.78%
2003	1,985,059	19,659	-0.48%	0.8%
2004	1,971,129	19,820	-0.7%	0.82%
2005	1,953,076	19,819	-0.92%	-0.005%
2006	1,945,063	19,593	-0.41%	-1.14%
2007	1,953,268	19,302	0.42%	-1.49%
2008	1,966,541	19,009	0.68%	-1.52%
2009	1,980,883	18,709	0.73%	-1.58%
2010	1,996,251	18,396	0.78%	-1.67%
2011	2,014,009	18,078	0.89%	-1.73%
2012	2,034,354	17,765	1.01%	-1.73%
2013	2,056,504	17,648	1.09%	-0.66%
2014	2,080,089	17,715	1.15%	0.38%
2015	2,104,611	17,770	1.18%	0.31%
2016	2,130,422	17,797	1.23%	0.15%
2017	2,157,110	17,812	1.25%	0.08%
2018	2,183,603	17,814	1.23%	0.01%
2019	2,209,405	17,798	1.18%	-0.09%
2020	2,235,727	17,792	1.19%	-0.03%
2021	2,261,542	17,783	1.15%	-0.05%
2022	2,286,110	17,759	1.09%	-0.13%
2023	2,311,472	17,727	1.11%	-0.18%
2024	2,337,423	17,695	1.12%	-0.18%
2025	2,363,324	17,663	1.11%	-0.18%
2026	2,389,334	17,618	1.1%	-0.25%
2027	2,415,365	17,564	1.09%	-0.31%
2028	2,441,435	17,504	1.08%	-0.34%
2029	2,467,677	17,436	1.07%	-0.39%
2030	2,493,816	17,376	1.06%	-0.34%
2031	2,520,014	17,299	1.05%	-0.44%
2032	2,546,489	17,228	1.05%	-0.41%
2033	2,573,106	17,163	1.05%	-0.38%
2034	2,599,777	17,092	1.04%	-0.41%
2035	2,626,560	17,012	1.03%	-0.47%
2036	2,653,503	16,940	1.03%	-0.43%
2037	2,680,081	16,858	1%	-0.48%
2038	2,706,197	16,779	0.97%	-0.47%
2039	2,732,138	16,689	0.96%	-0.54%
2040	2,757,868	16,604	0.94%	-0.51%
2041	2,783,361	16,510	0.92%	-0.57%
2042	2,808,538	16,403	0.9%	-0.65%
2043	2,833,257	16,302	0.88%	-0.61%
2044	2,857,499	16,202	0.86%	-0.62%
2045	2,881,333	16,097	0.83%	-0.65%
2046	2,904,780	15,977	0.81%	-0.74%
2047	2,927,859	15,863	0.79%	-0.71%
2048	2,950,411	15,749	0.77%	-0.72%
2049	2,972,156	15,632	0.74%	-0.74%
2050	2,993,080	15,515	0.7%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.