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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Rwanda	Lesotho	Rwanda
1960	736,500	3,022,294	-	-
1961	758,824	3,106,779	3.03%	2.8%
1962	781,814	3,186,025	3.03%	2.55%
1963	805,373	3,258,890	3.01%	2.29%
1964	829,437	3,334,834	2.99%	2.33%
1965	854,090	3,423,210	2.97%	2.65%
1966	881,870	3,521,626	3.25%	2.87%
1967	913,982	3,629,577	3.64%	3.07%
1968	948,105	3,744,010	3.73%	3.15%
1969	983,202	3,861,271	3.7%	3.13%
1970	1,019,273	3,980,669	3.67%	3.09%
1971	1,056,246	4,100,044	3.63%	3%
1972	1,094,063	4,220,335	3.58%	2.93%
1973	1,132,697	4,345,047	3.53%	2.96%
1974	1,172,420	4,474,228	3.51%	2.97%
1975	1,213,643	4,607,728	3.52%	2.98%
1976	1,253,214	4,745,954	3.26%	3%
1977	1,289,967	4,888,240	2.93%	3%
1978	1,327,240	5,035,171	2.89%	3.01%
1979	1,366,169	5,189,541	2.93%	3.07%
1980	1,406,521	5,353,259	2.95%	3.15%
1981	1,448,069	5,527,230	2.95%	3.25%
1982	1,490,732	5,711,549	2.95%	3.33%
1983	1,534,413	5,905,311	2.93%	3.39%
1984	1,578,986	6,107,627	2.9%	3.43%
1985	1,624,379	6,317,228	2.87%	3.43%
1986	1,666,138	6,531,881	2.57%	3.4%
1987	1,703,390	6,749,493	2.24%	3.33%
1988	1,739,841	6,968,071	2.14%	3.24%
1989	1,775,436	7,184,706	2.05%	3.11%
1990	1,809,696	7,375,307	1.93%	2.65%
1991	1,842,379	7,526,966	1.81%	2.06%
1992	1,873,274	7,683,266	1.68%	2.08%
1993	1,901,793	7,981,132	1.52%	3.88%
1994	1,927,707	6,792,352	1.36%	-14.9%
1995	1,951,437	5,674,118	1.23%	-16.5%
1996	1,972,418	6,708,764	1.08%	18.2%
1997	1,988,130	7,755,238	0.8%	15.6%
1998	1,998,049	8,081,681	0.5%	4.21%
1999	2,003,234	8,147,912	0.26%	0.82%
2000	2,003,913	8,213,931	0.03%	0.81%
2001	2,000,853	8,287,094	-0.15%	0.89%
2002	1,994,679	8,400,180	-0.31%	1.36%
2003	1,985,059	8,586,875	-0.48%	2.22%
2004	1,971,129	8,816,844	-0.7%	2.68%
2005	1,953,076	9,054,528	-0.92%	2.7%
2006	1,945,063	9,299,246	-0.41%	2.7%
2007	1,953,268	9,549,933	0.42%	2.7%
2008	1,966,541	9,804,269	0.68%	2.66%
2009	1,980,883	10,060,432	0.73%	2.61%
2010	1,996,251	10,317,553	0.78%	2.56%
2011	2,014,009	10,573,733	0.89%	2.48%
2012	2,034,354	10,829,901	1.01%	2.42%
2013	2,056,504	11,093,340	1.09%	2.43%
2014	2,080,089	11,364,757	1.15%	2.45%
2015	2,104,611	11,640,022	1.18%	2.42%
2016	2,130,422	11,919,183	1.23%	2.4%
2017	2,157,110	12,202,060	1.25%	2.37%
2018	2,183,603	12,487,996	1.23%	2.34%
2019	2,209,405	12,776,103	1.18%	2.31%
2020	2,235,727	13,065,837	1.19%	2.27%
2021	2,261,542	13,355,260	1.15%	2.22%
2022	2,286,110	13,651,030	1.09%	2.21%
2023	2,311,472	13,954,471	1.11%	2.22%
2024	2,337,423	14,256,567	1.12%	2.16%
2025	2,363,324	14,569,343	1.11%	2.19%
2026	2,389,334	14,889,694	1.1%	2.2%
2027	2,415,365	15,214,324	1.09%	2.18%
2028	2,441,435	15,536,461	1.08%	2.12%
2029	2,467,677	15,844,649	1.07%	1.98%
2030	2,493,816	16,154,698	1.06%	1.96%
2031	2,520,014	16,473,106	1.05%	1.97%
2032	2,546,489	16,771,820	1.05%	1.81%
2033	2,573,106	17,073,475	1.05%	1.8%
2034	2,599,777	17,402,250	1.04%	1.93%
2035	2,626,560	17,746,315	1.03%	1.98%
2036	2,653,503	18,076,769	1.03%	1.86%
2037	2,680,081	18,395,838	1%	1.77%
2038	2,706,197	18,729,778	0.97%	1.82%
2039	2,732,138	19,076,783	0.96%	1.85%
2040	2,757,868	19,440,762	0.94%	1.91%
2041	2,783,361	19,806,170	0.92%	1.88%
2042	2,808,538	20,153,979	0.9%	1.76%
2043	2,833,257	20,500,826	0.88%	1.72%
2044	2,857,499	20,837,079	0.86%	1.64%
2045	2,881,333	21,152,650	0.83%	1.51%
2046	2,904,780	21,459,144	0.81%	1.45%
2047	2,927,859	21,764,578	0.79%	1.42%
2048	2,950,411	22,086,112	0.77%	1.48%
2049	2,972,156	22,403,887	0.74%	1.44%
2050	2,993,080	22,707,896	0.7%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.