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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Samoa	Lesotho	Samoa
1960	736,500	112,490	-	-
1961	758,824	115,496	3.03%	2.67%
1962	781,814	118,597	3.03%	2.68%
1963	805,373	121,764	3.01%	2.67%
1964	829,437	124,894	2.99%	2.57%
1965	854,090	127,978	2.97%	2.47%
1966	881,870	131,073	3.25%	2.42%
1967	913,982	133,764	3.64%	2.05%
1968	948,105	136,020	3.73%	1.69%
1969	983,202	138,233	3.7%	1.63%
1970	1,019,273	140,400	3.67%	1.57%
1971	1,056,246	142,503	3.63%	1.5%
1972	1,094,063	144,538	3.58%	1.43%
1973	1,132,697	146,516	3.53%	1.37%
1974	1,172,420	149,431	3.51%	1.99%
1975	1,213,643	153,344	3.52%	2.62%
1976	1,253,214	157,113	3.26%	2.46%
1977	1,289,967	159,753	2.93%	1.68%
1978	1,327,240	161,375	2.89%	1.02%
1979	1,366,169	162,882	2.93%	0.93%
1980	1,406,521	164,322	2.95%	0.88%
1981	1,448,069	165,678	2.95%	0.83%
1982	1,490,732	166,484	2.95%	0.49%
1983	1,534,413	166,714	2.93%	0.14%
1984	1,578,986	166,796	2.9%	0.05%
1985	1,624,379	166,849	2.87%	0.03%
1986	1,666,138	167,061	2.57%	0.13%
1987	1,703,390	167,661	2.24%	0.36%
1988	1,739,841	168,346	2.14%	0.41%
1989	1,775,436	168,768	2.05%	0.25%
1990	1,809,696	169,042	1.93%	0.16%
1991	1,842,379	169,368	1.81%	0.19%
1992	1,873,274	170,331	1.68%	0.57%
1993	1,901,793	171,774	1.52%	0.85%
1994	1,927,707	173,159	1.36%	0.81%
1995	1,951,437	174,571	1.23%	0.82%
1996	1,972,418	176,071	1.08%	0.86%
1997	1,988,130	177,547	0.8%	0.84%
1998	1,998,049	178,905	0.5%	0.76%
1999	2,003,234	180,275	0.26%	0.77%
2000	2,003,913	181,685	0.03%	0.78%
2001	2,000,853	183,166	-0.15%	0.82%
2002	1,994,679	184,471	-0.31%	0.71%
2003	1,985,059	185,430	-0.48%	0.52%
2004	1,971,129	186,249	-0.7%	0.44%
2005	1,953,076	186,978	-0.92%	0.39%
2006	1,945,063	187,709	-0.41%	0.39%
2007	1,953,268	188,753	0.42%	0.56%
2008	1,966,541	190,107	0.68%	0.72%
2009	1,980,883	191,513	0.73%	0.74%
2010	1,996,251	193,023	0.78%	0.79%
2011	2,014,009	194,713	0.89%	0.88%
2012	2,034,354	196,498	1.01%	0.92%
2013	2,056,504	198,268	1.09%	0.9%
2014	2,080,089	200,037	1.15%	0.89%
2015	2,104,611	201,782	1.18%	0.87%
2016	2,130,422	203,499	1.23%	0.85%
2017	2,157,110	205,415	1.25%	0.94%
2018	2,183,603	207,582	1.23%	1.05%
2019	2,209,405	209,780	1.18%	1.06%
2020	2,235,727	211,944	1.19%	1.03%
2021	2,261,542	213,779	1.15%	0.87%
2022	2,286,110	215,261	1.09%	0.69%
2023	2,311,472	216,663	1.11%	0.65%
2024	2,337,423	218,019	1.12%	0.63%
2025	2,363,324	219,302	1.11%	0.59%
2026	2,389,334	220,530	1.1%	0.56%
2027	2,415,365	221,772	1.09%	0.56%
2028	2,441,435	223,104	1.08%	0.6%
2029	2,467,677	224,504	1.07%	0.63%
2030	2,493,816	225,968	1.06%	0.65%
2031	2,520,014	227,581	1.05%	0.71%
2032	2,546,489	229,298	1.05%	0.75%
2033	2,573,106	231,110	1.05%	0.79%
2034	2,599,777	233,061	1.04%	0.84%
2035	2,626,560	235,172	1.03%	0.91%
2036	2,653,503	237,415	1.03%	0.95%
2037	2,680,081	239,730	1%	0.98%
2038	2,706,197	242,155	0.97%	1.01%
2039	2,732,138	244,653	0.96%	1.03%
2040	2,757,868	247,196	0.94%	1.04%
2041	2,783,361	249,796	0.92%	1.05%
2042	2,808,538	252,427	0.9%	1.05%
2043	2,833,257	255,023	0.88%	1.03%
2044	2,857,499	257,609	0.86%	1.01%
2045	2,881,333	260,250	0.83%	1.03%
2046	2,904,780	262,849	0.81%	1%
2047	2,927,859	265,365	0.79%	0.96%
2048	2,950,411	267,836	0.77%	0.93%
2049	2,972,156	270,291	0.74%	0.92%
2050	2,993,080	272,711	0.7%	0.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Samoa gained 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 18,506 (a 9.17% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2005 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.8% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.