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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Romania	Lesotho	Romania
1960	736,500	18,406,905	-	-
1961	758,824	18,555,250	3.03%	0.81%
1962	781,814	18,676,550	3.03%	0.65%
1963	805,373	18,797,850	3.01%	0.65%
1964	829,437	18,919,126	2.99%	0.65%
1965	854,090	19,031,576	2.97%	0.59%
1966	881,870	19,215,450	3.25%	0.97%
1967	913,982	19,534,242	3.64%	1.66%
1968	948,105	19,799,831	3.73%	1.36%
1969	983,202	20,009,141	3.7%	1.06%
1970	1,019,273	20,250,398	3.67%	1.21%
1971	1,056,246	20,461,567	3.63%	1.04%
1972	1,094,063	20,657,957	3.58%	0.96%
1973	1,132,697	20,835,681	3.53%	0.86%
1974	1,172,420	21,029,429	3.51%	0.93%
1975	1,213,643	21,293,583	3.52%	1.26%
1976	1,253,214	21,551,634	3.26%	1.21%
1977	1,289,967	21,756,096	2.93%	0.95%
1978	1,327,240	21,951,464	2.89%	0.9%
1979	1,366,169	22,090,488	2.93%	0.63%
1980	1,406,521	22,207,282	2.95%	0.53%
1981	1,448,069	22,353,070	2.95%	0.66%
1982	1,490,732	22,475,741	2.95%	0.55%
1983	1,534,413	22,560,478	2.93%	0.38%
1984	1,578,986	22,640,547	2.9%	0.35%
1985	1,624,379	22,732,999	2.87%	0.41%
1986	1,666,138	22,836,841	2.57%	0.46%
1987	1,703,390	22,949,430	2.24%	0.49%
1988	1,739,841	23,057,662	2.14%	0.47%
1989	1,775,436	23,161,458	2.05%	0.45%
1990	1,809,696	23,201,835	1.93%	0.17%
1991	1,842,379	23,001,155	1.81%	-0.86%
1992	1,873,274	22,794,284	1.68%	-0.9%
1993	1,901,793	22,763,280	1.52%	-0.14%
1994	1,927,707	22,730,211	1.36%	-0.15%
1995	1,951,437	22,684,270	1.23%	-0.2%
1996	1,972,418	22,619,004	1.08%	-0.29%
1997	1,988,130	22,553,978	0.8%	-0.29%
1998	1,998,049	22,507,344	0.5%	-0.21%
1999	2,003,234	22,472,040	0.26%	-0.16%
2000	2,003,913	22,442,971	0.03%	-0.13%
2001	2,000,853	22,131,970	-0.15%	-1.39%
2002	1,994,679	21,730,496	-0.31%	-1.81%
2003	1,985,059	21,574,326	-0.48%	-0.72%
2004	1,971,129	21,451,748	-0.7%	-0.57%
2005	1,953,076	21,319,685	-0.92%	-0.62%
2006	1,945,063	21,193,760	-0.41%	-0.59%
2007	1,953,268	20,882,982	0.42%	-1.47%
2008	1,966,541	20,537,875	0.68%	-1.65%
2009	1,980,883	20,367,487	0.73%	-0.83%
2010	1,996,251	20,246,871	0.78%	-0.59%
2011	2,014,009	20,147,528	0.89%	-0.49%
2012	2,034,354	20,058,035	1.01%	-0.44%
2013	2,056,504	19,983,693	1.09%	-0.37%
2014	2,080,089	19,908,979	1.15%	-0.37%
2015	2,104,611	19,815,616	1.18%	-0.47%
2016	2,130,422	19,702,267	1.23%	-0.57%
2017	2,157,110	19,588,715	1.25%	-0.58%
2018	2,183,603	19,473,970	1.23%	-0.59%
2019	2,209,405	19,371,648	1.18%	-0.53%
2020	2,235,727	19,265,250	1.19%	-0.55%
2021	2,261,542	19,122,059	1.15%	-0.74%
2022	2,286,110	19,048,502	1.09%	-0.38%
2023	2,311,472	19,059,479	1.11%	0.06%
2024	2,337,423	19,069,340	1.12%	0.05%
2025	2,363,324	18,962,595	1.11%	-0.56%
2026	2,389,334	18,854,232	1.1%	-0.57%
2027	2,415,365	18,744,883	1.09%	-0.58%
2028	2,441,435	18,634,894	1.08%	-0.59%
2029	2,467,677	18,523,736	1.07%	-0.6%
2030	2,493,816	18,411,878	1.06%	-0.6%
2031	2,520,014	18,299,820	1.05%	-0.61%
2032	2,546,489	18,187,406	1.05%	-0.61%
2033	2,573,106	18,074,282	1.05%	-0.62%
2034	2,599,777	17,960,330	1.04%	-0.63%
2035	2,626,560	17,845,182	1.03%	-0.64%
2036	2,653,503	17,728,480	1.03%	-0.65%
2037	2,680,081	17,611,384	1%	-0.66%
2038	2,706,197	17,493,684	0.97%	-0.67%
2039	2,732,138	17,375,991	0.96%	-0.67%
2040	2,757,868	17,258,810	0.94%	-0.67%
2041	2,783,361	17,140,535	0.92%	-0.69%
2042	2,808,538	17,022,168	0.9%	-0.69%
2043	2,833,257	16,904,427	0.88%	-0.69%
2044	2,857,499	16,786,029	0.86%	-0.7%
2045	2,881,333	16,667,734	0.83%	-0.7%
2046	2,904,780	16,550,066	0.81%	-0.71%
2047	2,927,859	16,431,566	0.79%	-0.72%
2048	2,950,411	16,312,099	0.77%	-0.73%
2049	2,972,156	16,192,424	0.74%	-0.73%
2050	2,993,080	16,072,989	0.7%	-0.74%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th 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 Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.