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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Russia	Lesotho	Russia
1960	736,500	119,897,000	-	-
1961	758,824	121,236,000	3.03%	1.12%
1962	781,814	122,591,000	3.03%	1.12%
1963	805,373	123,960,000	3.01%	1.12%
1964	829,437	125,345,000	2.99%	1.12%
1965	854,090	126,745,000	2.97%	1.12%
1966	881,870	127,468,000	3.25%	0.57%
1967	913,982	128,196,000	3.64%	0.57%
1968	948,105	128,928,000	3.73%	0.57%
1969	983,202	129,664,000	3.7%	0.57%
1970	1,019,273	130,404,000	3.67%	0.57%
1971	1,056,246	131,155,000	3.63%	0.58%
1972	1,094,063	131,909,000	3.58%	0.57%
1973	1,132,697	132,669,000	3.53%	0.58%
1974	1,172,420	133,432,000	3.51%	0.58%
1975	1,213,643	134,200,000	3.52%	0.58%
1976	1,253,214	135,147,000	3.26%	0.71%
1977	1,289,967	136,100,000	2.93%	0.71%
1978	1,327,240	137,060,000	2.89%	0.71%
1979	1,366,169	138,027,000	2.93%	0.71%
1980	1,406,521	139,010,000	2.95%	0.71%
1981	1,448,069	139,941,000	2.95%	0.67%
1982	1,490,732	140,823,000	2.95%	0.63%
1983	1,534,413	141,668,000	2.93%	0.6%
1984	1,578,986	142,745,000	2.9%	0.76%
1985	1,624,379	143,858,000	2.87%	0.78%
1986	1,666,138	144,894,000	2.57%	0.72%
1987	1,703,390	145,908,000	2.24%	0.7%
1988	1,739,841	146,857,000	2.14%	0.65%
1989	1,775,436	147,721,000	2.05%	0.59%
1990	1,809,696	147,969,406	1.93%	0.17%
1991	1,842,379	148,394,216	1.81%	0.29%
1992	1,873,274	148,538,197	1.68%	0.1%
1993	1,901,793	148,458,777	1.52%	-0.05%
1994	1,927,707	148,407,912	1.36%	-0.03%
1995	1,951,437	148,375,787	1.23%	-0.02%
1996	1,972,418	148,160,129	1.08%	-0.15%
1997	1,988,130	147,915,361	0.8%	-0.17%
1998	1,998,049	147,670,784	0.5%	-0.17%
1999	2,003,234	147,214,776	0.26%	-0.31%
2000	2,003,913	146,596,869	0.03%	-0.42%
2001	2,000,853	145,976,482	-0.15%	-0.42%
2002	1,994,679	145,306,497	-0.31%	-0.46%
2003	1,985,059	144,648,618	-0.48%	-0.45%
2004	1,971,129	144,067,316	-0.7%	-0.4%
2005	1,953,076	143,518,814	-0.92%	-0.38%
2006	1,945,063	143,049,637	-0.41%	-0.33%
2007	1,953,268	142,805,114	0.42%	-0.17%
2008	1,966,541	142,742,366	0.68%	-0.04%
2009	1,980,883	142,785,348	0.73%	0.03%
2010	1,996,251	142,849,468	0.78%	0.04%
2011	2,014,009	143,018,195	0.89%	0.12%
2012	2,034,354	143,378,447	1.01%	0.25%
2013	2,056,504	143,805,638	1.09%	0.3%
2014	2,080,089	144,237,223	1.15%	0.3%
2015	2,104,611	144,640,716	1.18%	0.28%
2016	2,130,422	145,015,460	1.23%	0.26%
2017	2,157,110	145,293,260	1.25%	0.19%
2018	2,183,603	145,398,106	1.23%	0.07%
2019	2,209,405	145,453,291	1.18%	0.04%
2020	2,235,727	145,245,148	1.19%	-0.14%
2021	2,261,542	144,746,762	1.15%	-0.34%
2022	2,286,110	144,236,933	1.09%	-0.35%
2023	2,311,472	143,826,130	1.11%	-0.28%
2024	2,337,423	143,533,851	1.12%	-0.2%
2025	2,363,324	142,718,132	1.11%	-0.57%
2026	2,389,334	142,120,553	1.1%	-0.42%
2027	2,415,365	141,773,330	1.09%	-0.24%
2028	2,441,435	141,402,326	1.08%	-0.26%
2029	2,467,677	141,021,009	1.07%	-0.27%
2030	2,493,816	140,628,883	1.06%	-0.28%
2031	2,520,014	140,218,596	1.05%	-0.29%
2032	2,546,489	139,807,207	1.05%	-0.29%
2033	2,573,106	139,414,947	1.05%	-0.28%
2034	2,599,777	139,034,543	1.04%	-0.27%
2035	2,626,560	138,666,694	1.03%	-0.26%
2036	2,653,503	138,311,757	1.03%	-0.26%
2037	2,680,081	137,968,177	1%	-0.25%
2038	2,706,197	137,643,032	0.97%	-0.24%
2039	2,732,138	137,336,299	0.96%	-0.22%
2040	2,757,868	137,053,347	0.94%	-0.21%
2041	2,783,361	136,795,588	0.92%	-0.19%
2042	2,808,538	136,558,692	0.9%	-0.17%
2043	2,833,257	136,335,849	0.88%	-0.16%
2044	2,857,499	136,124,845	0.86%	-0.15%
2045	2,881,333	135,933,758	0.83%	-0.14%
2046	2,904,780	135,756,848	0.81%	-0.13%
2047	2,927,859	135,574,181	0.79%	-0.13%
2048	2,950,411	135,372,557	0.77%	-0.15%
2049	2,972,156	135,156,911	0.74%	-0.16%
2050	2,993,080	134,923,391	0.7%	-0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.