Population in Lesotho compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Philippines	Lesotho	Philippines
1960	736,500	27,891,897	-	-
1961	758,824	28,792,621	3.03%	3.23%
1962	781,814	29,723,536	3.03%	3.23%
1963	805,373	30,674,731	3.01%	3.2%
1964	829,437	31,643,032	2.99%	3.16%
1965	854,090	32,625,316	2.97%	3.1%
1966	881,870	33,617,170	3.25%	3.04%
1967	913,982	34,621,320	3.64%	2.99%
1968	948,105	35,638,342	3.73%	2.94%
1969	983,202	36,660,799	3.7%	2.87%
1970	1,019,273	37,622,204	3.67%	2.62%
1971	1,056,246	38,518,659	3.63%	2.38%
1972	1,094,063	39,408,560	3.58%	2.31%
1973	1,132,697	40,294,130	3.53%	2.25%
1974	1,172,420	41,174,341	3.51%	2.18%
1975	1,213,643	42,120,826	3.52%	2.3%
1976	1,253,214	43,201,488	3.26%	2.57%
1977	1,289,967	44,367,962	2.93%	2.7%
1978	1,327,240	45,575,281	2.89%	2.72%
1979	1,366,169	46,807,103	2.93%	2.7%
1980	1,406,521	48,043,740	2.95%	2.64%
1981	1,448,069	49,311,727	2.95%	2.64%
1982	1,490,732	50,695,707	2.95%	2.81%
1983	1,534,413	52,194,620	2.93%	2.96%
1984	1,578,986	53,726,181	2.9%	2.93%
1985	1,624,379	55,213,006	2.87%	2.77%
1986	1,666,138	56,645,077	2.57%	2.59%
1987	1,703,390	58,157,496	2.24%	2.67%
1988	1,739,841	59,739,052	2.14%	2.72%
1989	1,775,436	61,265,260	2.05%	2.55%
1990	1,809,696	62,854,666	1.93%	2.59%
1991	1,842,379	64,382,249	1.81%	2.43%
1992	1,873,274	65,926,125	1.68%	2.4%
1993	1,901,793	67,530,621	1.52%	2.43%
1994	1,927,707	69,019,291	1.36%	2.2%
1995	1,951,437	70,546,246	1.23%	2.21%
1996	1,972,418	72,190,242	1.08%	2.33%
1997	1,988,130	73,908,810	0.8%	2.38%
1998	1,998,049	75,791,024	0.5%	2.55%
1999	2,003,234	77,753,257	0.26%	2.59%
2000	2,003,913	79,625,397	0.03%	2.41%
2001	2,000,853	81,401,488	-0.15%	2.23%
2002	1,994,679	83,068,889	-0.31%	2.05%
2003	1,985,059	84,731,835	-0.48%	2%
2004	1,971,129	86,394,504	-0.7%	1.96%
2005	1,953,076	88,015,962	-0.92%	1.88%
2006	1,945,063	89,508,986	-0.41%	1.7%
2007	1,953,268	91,075,184	0.42%	1.75%
2008	1,966,541	92,699,095	0.68%	1.78%
2009	1,980,883	94,384,250	0.73%	1.82%
2010	1,996,251	96,337,125	0.78%	2.07%
2011	2,014,009	98,248,614	0.89%	1.98%
2012	2,034,354	100,175,512	1.01%	1.96%
2013	2,056,504	102,076,336	1.09%	1.9%
2014	2,080,089	103,767,130	1.15%	1.66%
2015	2,104,611	105,312,992	1.18%	1.49%
2016	2,130,422	106,735,719	1.23%	1.35%
2017	2,157,110	108,119,693	1.25%	1.3%
2018	2,183,603	109,465,287	1.23%	1.24%
2019	2,209,405	110,804,683	1.18%	1.22%
2020	2,235,727	112,081,264	1.19%	1.15%
2021	2,261,542	113,100,950	1.15%	0.91%
2022	2,286,110	113,964,338	1.09%	0.76%
2023	2,311,472	114,891,199	1.11%	0.81%
2024	2,337,423	115,843,670	1.12%	0.83%
2025	2,363,324	116,786,968	1.11%	0.81%
2026	2,389,334	117,724,479	1.1%	0.8%
2027	2,415,365	118,656,426	1.09%	0.79%
2028	2,441,435	119,583,984	1.08%	0.78%
2029	2,467,677	120,502,132	1.07%	0.77%
2030	2,493,816	121,408,897	1.06%	0.75%
2031	2,520,014	122,301,606	1.05%	0.74%
2032	2,546,489	123,180,341	1.05%	0.72%
2033	2,573,106	124,049,036	1.05%	0.71%
2034	2,599,777	124,904,124	1.04%	0.69%
2035	2,626,560	125,740,977	1.03%	0.67%
2036	2,653,503	126,558,232	1.03%	0.65%
2037	2,680,081	127,352,607	1%	0.63%
2038	2,706,197	128,118,535	0.97%	0.6%
2039	2,732,138	128,850,047	0.96%	0.57%
2040	2,757,868	129,546,666	0.94%	0.54%
2041	2,783,361	130,209,810	0.92%	0.51%
2042	2,808,538	130,837,005	0.9%	0.48%
2043	2,833,257	131,427,404	0.88%	0.45%
2044	2,857,499	131,979,673	0.86%	0.42%
2045	2,881,333	132,492,038	0.83%	0.39%
2046	2,904,780	132,962,001	0.81%	0.35%
2047	2,927,859	133,385,290	0.79%	0.32%
2048	2,950,411	133,759,436	0.77%	0.28%
2049	2,972,156	134,089,011	0.74%	0.25%
2050	2,993,080	134,373,439	0.7%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2005 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.