Population in Lesotho compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Papua New Guinea	Lesotho	Papua New Guinea
1960	736,500	1,995,110	-	-
1961	758,824	2,046,127	3.03%	2.56%
1962	781,814	2,093,919	3.03%	2.34%
1963	805,373	2,141,376	3.01%	2.27%
1964	829,437	2,188,325	2.99%	2.19%
1965	854,090	2,235,820	2.97%	2.17%
1966	881,870	2,285,774	3.25%	2.23%
1967	913,982	2,337,532	3.64%	2.26%
1968	948,105	2,390,803	3.73%	2.28%
1969	983,202	2,446,927	3.7%	2.35%
1970	1,019,273	2,505,628	3.67%	2.4%
1971	1,056,246	2,566,421	3.63%	2.43%
1972	1,094,063	2,628,432	3.58%	2.42%
1973	1,132,697	2,690,629	3.53%	2.37%
1974	1,172,420	2,752,671	3.51%	2.31%
1975	1,213,643	2,814,820	3.52%	2.26%
1976	1,253,214	2,877,327	3.26%	2.22%
1977	1,289,967	2,940,327	2.93%	2.19%
1978	1,327,240	3,003,714	2.89%	2.16%
1979	1,366,169	3,067,341	2.93%	2.12%
1980	1,406,521	3,131,512	2.95%	2.09%
1981	1,448,069	3,197,019	2.95%	2.09%
1982	1,490,732	3,264,291	2.95%	2.1%
1983	1,534,413	3,333,633	2.93%	2.12%
1984	1,578,986	3,405,198	2.9%	2.15%
1985	1,624,379	3,478,936	2.87%	2.17%
1986	1,666,138	3,554,793	2.57%	2.18%
1987	1,703,390	3,632,543	2.24%	2.19%
1988	1,739,841	3,711,880	2.14%	2.18%
1989	1,775,436	3,796,078	2.05%	2.27%
1990	1,809,696	3,896,481	1.93%	2.64%
1991	1,842,379	4,021,837	1.81%	3.22%
1992	1,873,274	4,166,699	1.68%	3.6%
1993	1,901,793	4,320,872	1.52%	3.7%
1994	1,927,707	4,480,208	1.36%	3.69%
1995	1,951,437	4,644,278	1.23%	3.66%
1996	1,972,418	4,813,361	1.08%	3.64%
1997	1,988,130	4,987,883	0.8%	3.63%
1998	1,998,049	5,166,390	0.5%	3.58%
1999	2,003,234	5,349,333	0.26%	3.54%
2000	2,003,913	5,537,064	0.03%	3.51%
2001	2,000,853	5,728,435	-0.15%	3.46%
2002	1,994,679	5,924,003	-0.31%	3.41%
2003	1,985,059	6,123,997	-0.48%	3.38%
2004	1,971,129	6,328,041	-0.7%	3.33%
2005	1,953,076	6,535,905	-0.92%	3.28%
2006	1,945,063	6,747,720	-0.41%	3.24%
2007	1,953,268	6,963,345	0.42%	3.2%
2008	1,966,541	7,183,002	0.68%	3.15%
2009	1,980,883	7,406,438	0.73%	3.11%
2010	1,996,251	7,633,523	0.78%	3.07%
2011	2,014,009	7,859,346	0.89%	2.96%
2012	2,034,354	8,081,390	1.01%	2.83%
2013	2,056,504	8,302,698	1.09%	2.74%
2014	2,080,089	8,523,441	1.15%	2.66%
2015	2,104,611	8,743,246	1.18%	2.58%
2016	2,130,422	8,961,718	1.23%	2.5%
2017	2,157,110	9,178,714	1.25%	2.42%
2018	2,183,603	9,394,513	1.23%	2.35%
2019	2,209,405	9,609,010	1.18%	2.28%
2020	2,235,727	9,815,746	1.19%	2.15%
2021	2,261,542	10,012,896	1.15%	2.01%
2022	2,286,110	10,203,169	1.09%	1.9%
2023	2,311,472	10,389,635	1.11%	1.83%
2024	2,337,423	10,576,502	1.12%	1.8%
2025	2,363,324	10,762,813	1.11%	1.76%
2026	2,389,334	10,947,845	1.1%	1.72%
2027	2,415,365	11,131,268	1.09%	1.68%
2028	2,441,435	11,312,895	1.08%	1.63%
2029	2,467,677	11,492,799	1.07%	1.59%
2030	2,493,816	11,671,420	1.06%	1.55%
2031	2,520,014	11,848,221	1.05%	1.51%
2032	2,546,489	12,023,121	1.05%	1.48%
2033	2,573,106	12,196,639	1.05%	1.44%
2034	2,599,777	12,369,248	1.04%	1.42%
2035	2,626,560	12,540,596	1.03%	1.39%
2036	2,653,503	12,710,682	1.03%	1.36%
2037	2,680,081	12,879,737	1%	1.33%
2038	2,706,197	13,047,122	0.97%	1.3%
2039	2,732,138	13,212,668	0.96%	1.27%
2040	2,757,868	13,376,156	0.94%	1.24%
2041	2,783,361	13,537,361	0.92%	1.21%
2042	2,808,538	13,696,139	0.9%	1.17%
2043	2,833,257	13,853,410	0.88%	1.15%
2044	2,857,499	14,009,926	0.86%	1.13%
2045	2,881,333	14,165,578	0.83%	1.11%
2046	2,904,780	14,318,889	0.81%	1.08%
2047	2,927,859	14,469,210	0.79%	1.05%
2048	2,950,411	14,617,364	0.77%	1.02%
2049	2,972,156	14,763,600	0.74%	1%
2050	2,993,080	14,906,584	0.7%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.