Population in Lesotho compared to Saint Lucia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Saint Lucia	Lesotho	Saint Lucia
1960	736,500	92,585	-	-
1961	758,824	93,490	3.03%	0.98%
1962	781,814	94,505	3.03%	1.09%
1963	805,373	95,519	3.01%	1.07%
1964	829,437	96,505	2.99%	1.03%
1965	854,090	97,493	2.97%	1.02%
1966	881,870	98,463	3.25%	0.99%
1967	913,982	99,504	3.64%	1.06%
1968	948,105	100,675	3.73%	1.18%
1969	983,202	101,879	3.7%	1.2%
1970	1,019,273	103,165	3.67%	1.26%
1971	1,056,246	104,564	3.63%	1.36%
1972	1,094,063	106,002	3.58%	1.38%
1973	1,132,697	107,498	3.53%	1.41%
1974	1,172,420	109,076	3.51%	1.47%
1975	1,213,643	110,725	3.52%	1.51%
1976	1,253,214	112,425	3.26%	1.54%
1977	1,289,967	114,135	2.93%	1.52%
1978	1,327,240	115,834	2.89%	1.49%
1979	1,366,169	117,528	2.93%	1.46%
1980	1,406,521	119,290	2.95%	1.5%
1981	1,448,069	121,166	2.95%	1.57%
1982	1,490,732	123,087	2.95%	1.59%
1983	1,534,413	125,044	2.93%	1.59%
1984	1,578,986	127,067	2.9%	1.62%
1985	1,624,379	129,159	2.87%	1.65%
1986	1,666,138	131,239	2.57%	1.61%
1987	1,703,390	133,227	2.24%	1.51%
1988	1,739,841	135,000	2.14%	1.33%
1989	1,775,436	136,512	2.05%	1.12%
1990	1,809,696	137,857	1.93%	0.99%
1991	1,842,379	139,520	1.81%	1.21%
1992	1,873,274	141,617	1.68%	1.5%
1993	1,901,793	143,726	1.52%	1.49%
1994	1,927,707	145,890	1.36%	1.51%
1995	1,951,437	148,208	1.23%	1.59%
1996	1,972,418	150,436	1.08%	1.5%
1997	1,988,130	152,569	0.8%	1.42%
1998	1,998,049	154,677	0.5%	1.38%
1999	2,003,234	156,702	0.26%	1.31%
2000	2,003,913	158,616	0.03%	1.22%
2001	2,000,853	160,237	-0.15%	1.02%
2002	1,994,679	161,641	-0.31%	0.88%
2003	1,985,059	162,976	-0.48%	0.83%
2004	1,971,129	164,239	-0.7%	0.77%
2005	1,953,076	165,450	-0.92%	0.74%
2006	1,945,063	166,639	-0.41%	0.72%
2007	1,953,268	167,758	0.42%	0.67%
2008	1,966,541	168,808	0.68%	0.63%
2009	1,980,883	169,869	0.73%	0.63%
2010	1,996,251	170,906	0.78%	0.61%
2011	2,014,009	171,801	0.89%	0.52%
2012	2,034,354	172,587	1.01%	0.46%
2013	2,056,504	173,369	1.09%	0.45%
2014	2,080,089	174,138	1.15%	0.44%
2015	2,104,611	174,905	1.18%	0.44%
2016	2,130,422	175,646	1.23%	0.42%
2017	2,157,110	176,342	1.25%	0.4%
2018	2,183,603	177,017	1.23%	0.38%
2019	2,209,405	177,661	1.18%	0.36%
2020	2,235,727	178,250	1.19%	0.33%
2021	2,261,542	178,522	1.15%	0.15%
2022	2,286,110	178,781	1.09%	0.15%
2023	2,311,472	179,285	1.11%	0.28%
2024	2,337,423	179,744	1.12%	0.26%
2025	2,363,324	180,148	1.11%	0.23%
2026	2,389,334	180,489	1.1%	0.19%
2027	2,415,365	180,771	1.09%	0.16%
2028	2,441,435	181,003	1.08%	0.13%
2029	2,467,677	181,198	1.07%	0.11%
2030	2,493,816	181,360	1.06%	0.09%
2031	2,520,014	181,463	1.05%	0.06%
2032	2,546,489	181,495	1.05%	0.02%
2033	2,573,106	181,458	1.05%	-0.02%
2034	2,599,777	181,354	1.04%	-0.06%
2035	2,626,560	181,177	1.03%	-0.1%
2036	2,653,503	180,948	1.03%	-0.13%
2037	2,680,081	180,636	1%	-0.17%
2038	2,706,197	180,230	0.97%	-0.22%
2039	2,732,138	179,781	0.96%	-0.25%
2040	2,757,868	179,296	0.94%	-0.27%
2041	2,783,361	178,760	0.92%	-0.3%
2042	2,808,538	178,187	0.9%	-0.32%
2043	2,833,257	177,593	0.88%	-0.33%
2044	2,857,499	176,937	0.86%	-0.37%
2045	2,881,333	176,243	0.83%	-0.39%
2046	2,904,780	175,520	0.81%	-0.41%
2047	2,927,859	174,726	0.79%	-0.45%
2048	2,950,411	173,877	0.77%	-0.49%
2049	2,972,156	172,991	0.74%	-0.51%
2050	2,993,080	172,081	0.7%	-0.53%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Saint Lucia gained 9,455 people (a 5.71% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 5,516 (a 3.15% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2005 and ranked 178th 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 Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.62% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.