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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Qatar	Lesotho	Qatar
1960	736,500	36,010	-	-
1961	758,824	39,680	3.03%	10.2%
1962	781,814	44,630	3.03%	12.5%
1963	805,373	50,380	3.01%	12.9%
1964	829,437	56,867	2.99%	12.9%
1965	854,090	64,065	2.97%	12.7%
1966	881,870	72,192	3.25%	12.7%
1967	913,982	81,439	3.64%	12.8%
1968	948,105	91,749	3.73%	12.7%
1969	983,202	103,025	3.7%	12.3%
1970	1,019,273	116,350	3.67%	12.9%
1971	1,056,246	131,346	3.63%	12.9%
1972	1,094,063	146,506	3.58%	11.5%
1973	1,132,697	161,841	3.53%	10.5%
1974	1,172,420	177,362	3.51%	9.59%
1975	1,213,643	193,087	3.52%	8.87%
1976	1,253,214	209,052	3.26%	8.27%
1977	1,289,967	225,285	2.93%	7.77%
1978	1,327,240	241,808	2.89%	7.33%
1979	1,366,169	258,670	2.93%	6.97%
1980	1,406,521	275,913	2.95%	6.67%
1981	1,448,069	293,553	2.95%	6.39%
1982	1,490,732	311,537	2.95%	6.13%
1983	1,534,413	329,709	2.93%	5.83%
1984	1,578,986	347,878	2.9%	5.51%
1985	1,624,379	365,940	2.87%	5.19%
1986	1,666,138	382,422	2.57%	4.5%
1987	1,703,390	397,005	2.24%	3.81%
1988	1,739,841	411,264	2.14%	3.59%
1989	1,775,436	425,646	2.05%	3.5%
1990	1,809,696	440,175	1.93%	3.41%
1991	1,842,379	454,853	1.81%	3.33%
1992	1,873,274	469,657	1.68%	3.25%
1993	1,901,793	484,545	1.52%	3.17%
1994	1,927,707	499,459	1.36%	3.08%
1995	1,951,437	514,325	1.23%	2.98%
1996	1,972,418	529,019	1.08%	2.86%
1997	1,988,130	550,500	0.8%	4.06%
1998	1,998,049	580,540	0.5%	5.46%
1999	2,003,234	612,500	0.26%	5.51%
2000	2,003,913	644,989	0.03%	5.3%
2001	2,000,853	677,925	-0.15%	5.11%
2002	1,994,679	711,205	-0.31%	4.91%
2003	1,985,059	744,682	-0.48%	4.71%
2004	1,971,129	773,332	-0.7%	3.85%
2005	1,953,076	825,408	-0.92%	6.73%
2006	1,945,063	972,831	-0.41%	17.9%
2007	1,953,268	1,208,595	0.42%	24.2%
2008	1,966,541	1,426,938	0.68%	18.1%
2009	1,980,883	1,608,903	0.73%	12.8%
2010	1,996,251	1,616,832	0.78%	0.49%
2011	2,014,009	1,624,761	0.89%	0.49%
2012	2,034,354	1,722,438	1.01%	6.01%
2013	2,056,504	1,916,426	1.09%	11.3%
2014	2,080,089	2,151,745	1.15%	12.3%
2015	2,104,611	2,344,557	1.18%	8.96%
2016	2,130,422	2,477,113	1.23%	5.65%
2017	2,157,110	2,545,820	1.25%	2.77%
2018	2,183,603	2,580,734	1.23%	1.37%
2019	2,209,405	2,638,657	1.18%	2.24%
2020	2,235,727	2,794,148	1.19%	5.89%
2021	2,261,542	2,504,910	1.15%	-10.4%
2022	2,286,110	2,657,333	1.09%	6.08%
2023	2,311,472	2,656,032	1.11%	-0.05%
2024	2,337,423	2,857,822	1.12%	7.6%
2025	2,363,324	2,921,065	1.11%	2.21%
2026	2,389,334	2,975,134	1.1%	1.85%
2027	2,415,365	3,019,526	1.09%	1.49%
2028	2,441,435	3,057,695	1.08%	1.26%
2029	2,467,677	3,092,803	1.07%	1.15%
2030	2,493,816	3,125,174	1.06%	1.05%
2031	2,520,014	3,156,754	1.05%	1.01%
2032	2,546,489	3,189,188	1.05%	1.03%
2033	2,573,106	3,222,500	1.05%	1.04%
2034	2,599,777	3,256,691	1.04%	1.06%
2035	2,626,560	3,291,711	1.03%	1.08%
2036	2,653,503	3,327,585	1.03%	1.09%
2037	2,680,081	3,364,333	1%	1.1%
2038	2,706,197	3,401,906	0.97%	1.12%
2039	2,732,138	3,440,293	0.96%	1.13%
2040	2,757,868	3,479,439	0.94%	1.14%
2041	2,783,361	3,519,302	0.92%	1.15%
2042	2,808,538	3,559,840	0.9%	1.15%
2043	2,833,257	3,601,019	0.88%	1.16%
2044	2,857,499	3,642,784	0.86%	1.16%
2045	2,881,333	3,685,111	0.83%	1.16%
2046	2,904,780	3,727,959	0.81%	1.16%
2047	2,927,859	3,771,287	0.79%	1.16%
2048	2,950,411	3,815,108	0.77%	1.16%
2049	2,972,156	3,859,368	0.74%	1.16%
2050	2,993,080	3,904,074	0.7%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Qatar gained 1,504,282 people (a 154.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 498,506 (a 20.1% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Qatar was ranked 156th in 2006 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.2% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.