Population in Lesotho compared to Saint Kitts and Nevis: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and Saint Kitts and Nevis: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Saint Kitts	Lesotho	Saint Kitts
1960	736,500	55,810	-	-
1961	758,824	55,334	3.03%	-0.85%
1962	781,814	54,461	3.03%	-1.58%
1963	805,373	53,441	3.01%	-1.87%
1964	829,437	52,326	2.99%	-2.09%
1965	854,090	51,139	2.97%	-2.27%
1966	881,870	49,898	3.25%	-2.43%
1967	913,982	48,605	3.64%	-2.59%
1968	948,105	47,245	3.73%	-2.8%
1969	983,202	45,731	3.7%	-3.2%
1970	1,019,273	44,606	3.67%	-2.46%
1971	1,056,246	44,206	3.63%	-0.9%
1972	1,094,063	44,033	3.58%	-0.39%
1973	1,132,697	43,880	3.53%	-0.35%
1974	1,172,420	43,738	3.51%	-0.32%
1975	1,213,643	43,606	3.52%	-0.3%
1976	1,253,214	43,482	3.26%	-0.28%
1977	1,289,967	43,358	2.93%	-0.29%
1978	1,327,240	43,217	2.89%	-0.33%
1979	1,366,169	43,033	2.93%	-0.43%
1980	1,406,521	42,850	2.95%	-0.43%
1981	1,448,069	42,698	2.95%	-0.35%
1982	1,490,732	42,532	2.95%	-0.39%
1983	1,534,413	42,334	2.93%	-0.47%
1984	1,578,986	42,113	2.9%	-0.52%
1985	1,624,379	41,874	2.87%	-0.57%
1986	1,666,138	41,618	2.57%	-0.61%
1987	1,703,390	41,348	2.24%	-0.65%
1988	1,739,841	41,062	2.14%	-0.69%
1989	1,775,436	40,758	2.05%	-0.74%
1990	1,809,696	40,432	1.93%	-0.8%
1991	1,842,379	40,358	1.81%	-0.18%
1992	1,873,274	40,715	1.68%	0.88%
1993	1,901,793	41,242	1.52%	1.29%
1994	1,927,707	41,776	1.36%	1.29%
1995	1,951,437	42,326	1.23%	1.32%
1996	1,972,418	42,877	1.08%	1.3%
1997	1,988,130	43,428	0.8%	1.29%
1998	1,998,049	43,998	0.5%	1.31%
1999	2,003,234	44,601	0.26%	1.37%
2000	2,003,913	45,248	0.03%	1.45%
2001	2,000,853	45,761	-0.15%	1.13%
2002	1,994,679	46,020	-0.31%	0.57%
2003	1,985,059	46,176	-0.48%	0.34%
2004	1,971,129	46,315	-0.7%	0.3%
2005	1,953,076	46,437	-0.92%	0.26%
2006	1,945,063	46,569	-0.41%	0.28%
2007	1,953,268	46,706	0.42%	0.29%
2008	1,966,541	46,835	0.68%	0.28%
2009	1,980,883	46,916	0.73%	0.17%
2010	1,996,251	46,846	0.78%	-0.15%
2011	2,014,009	46,886	0.89%	0.09%
2012	2,034,354	47,033	1.01%	0.31%
2013	2,056,504	47,069	1.09%	0.08%
2014	2,080,089	47,089	1.15%	0.04%
2015	2,104,611	47,087	1.18%	-0.004%
2016	2,130,422	47,075	1.23%	-0.03%
2017	2,157,110	47,050	1.25%	-0.05%
2018	2,183,603	47,008	1.23%	-0.09%
2019	2,209,405	46,952	1.18%	-0.12%
2020	2,235,727	46,870	1.19%	-0.17%
2021	2,261,542	46,763	1.15%	-0.23%
2022	2,286,110	46,709	1.09%	-0.12%
2023	2,311,472	46,758	1.11%	0.1%
2024	2,337,423	46,843	1.12%	0.18%
2025	2,363,324	46,920	1.11%	0.17%
2026	2,389,334	46,992	1.1%	0.15%
2027	2,415,365	47,049	1.09%	0.12%
2028	2,441,435	47,093	1.08%	0.09%
2029	2,467,677	47,112	1.07%	0.04%
2030	2,493,816	47,132	1.06%	0.04%
2031	2,520,014	47,125	1.05%	-0.01%
2032	2,546,489	47,105	1.05%	-0.04%
2033	2,573,106	47,066	1.05%	-0.08%
2034	2,599,777	47,007	1.04%	-0.13%
2035	2,626,560	46,930	1.03%	-0.16%
2036	2,653,503	46,825	1.03%	-0.23%
2037	2,680,081	46,717	1%	-0.23%
2038	2,706,197	46,594	0.97%	-0.26%
2039	2,732,138	46,463	0.96%	-0.28%
2040	2,757,868	46,315	0.94%	-0.32%
2041	2,783,361	46,154	0.92%	-0.35%
2042	2,808,538	45,983	0.9%	-0.37%
2043	2,833,257	45,783	0.88%	-0.43%
2044	2,857,499	45,579	0.86%	-0.45%
2045	2,881,333	45,362	0.83%	-0.48%
2046	2,904,780	45,147	0.81%	-0.47%
2047	2,927,859	44,925	0.79%	-0.49%
2048	2,950,411	44,699	0.77%	-0.51%
2049	2,972,156	44,478	0.74%	-0.49%
2050	2,993,080	44,251	0.7%	-0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Saint Kitts and Nevis gained 506 people (a 1.09% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Saint Kitts and Nevis' population decreased by -83 (a 0.18% decline).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Saint Kitts and Nevis was ranked 190th in 2006 and ranked 189th 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis will decrease by 5.83% to 44,251 people and will still be ranked 189th.