Population in Lesotho compared to San Marino: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and San Marino: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	San Marino	Lesotho	San Marino
1960	736,500	15,428	-	-
1961	758,824	15,799	3.03%	2.4%
1962	781,814	16,183	3.03%	2.43%
1963	805,373	16,580	3.01%	2.45%
1964	829,437	16,977	2.99%	2.39%
1965	854,090	17,305	2.97%	1.93%
1966	881,870	17,523	3.25%	1.26%
1967	913,982	17,688	3.64%	0.94%
1968	948,105	17,861	3.73%	0.98%
1969	983,202	18,026	3.7%	0.92%
1970	1,019,273	18,168	3.67%	0.79%
1971	1,056,246	18,419	3.63%	1.38%
1972	1,094,063	18,787	3.58%	2%
1973	1,132,697	18,992	3.53%	1.09%
1974	1,172,420	19,030	3.51%	0.2%
1975	1,213,643	19,046	3.52%	0.08%
1976	1,253,214	19,110	3.26%	0.34%
1977	1,289,967	20,017	2.93%	4.75%
1978	1,327,240	21,026	2.89%	5.04%
1979	1,366,169	21,320	2.93%	1.4%
1980	1,406,521	21,585	2.95%	1.24%
1981	1,448,069	21,840	2.95%	1.18%
1982	1,490,732	22,055	2.95%	0.98%
1983	1,534,413	22,229	2.93%	0.79%
1984	1,578,986	22,346	2.9%	0.53%
1985	1,624,379	22,485	2.87%	0.62%
1986	1,666,138	22,636	2.57%	0.67%
1987	1,703,390	22,686	2.24%	0.22%
1988	1,739,841	22,843	2.14%	0.69%
1989	1,775,436	23,154	2.05%	1.36%
1990	1,809,696	23,475	1.93%	1.39%
1991	1,842,379	23,797	1.81%	1.37%
1992	1,873,274	24,125	1.68%	1.38%
1993	1,901,793	24,472	1.52%	1.44%
1994	1,927,707	24,823	1.36%	1.43%
1995	1,951,437	25,158	1.23%	1.35%
1996	1,972,418	25,482	1.08%	1.29%
1997	1,988,130	25,800	0.8%	1.25%
1998	1,998,049	26,125	0.5%	1.26%
1999	2,003,234	26,459	0.26%	1.28%
2000	2,003,913	26,799	0.03%	1.29%
2001	2,000,853	27,143	-0.15%	1.28%
2002	1,994,679	27,491	-0.31%	1.28%
2003	1,985,059	27,843	-0.48%	1.28%
2004	1,971,129	29,457	-0.7%	5.8%
2005	1,953,076	29,836	-0.92%	1.29%
2006	1,945,063	30,184	-0.41%	1.17%
2007	1,953,268	31,211	0.42%	3.4%
2008	1,966,541	31,662	0.68%	1.45%
2009	1,980,883	33,066	0.73%	4.43%
2010	1,996,251	33,270	0.78%	0.62%
2011	2,014,009	32,620	0.89%	-1.95%
2012	2,034,354	33,469	1.01%	2.6%
2013	2,056,504	33,041	1.09%	-1.28%
2014	2,080,089	32,655	1.15%	-1.17%
2015	2,104,611	32,897	1.18%	0.74%
2016	2,130,422	33,101	1.23%	0.62%
2017	2,157,110	33,825	1.25%	2.19%
2018	2,183,603	34,522	1.23%	2.06%
2019	2,209,405	34,663	1.18%	0.41%
2020	2,235,727	34,770	1.19%	0.31%
2021	2,261,542	34,252	1.15%	-1.49%
2022	2,286,110	33,755	1.09%	-1.45%
2023	2,311,472	33,860	1.11%	0.31%
2024	2,337,423	33,977	1.12%	0.35%
2025	2,363,324	33,969	1.11%	-0.02%
2026	2,389,334	34,003	1.1%	0.1%
2027	2,415,365	34,033	1.09%	0.09%
2028	2,441,435	34,080	1.08%	0.14%
2029	2,467,677	34,113	1.07%	0.1%
2030	2,493,816	34,133	1.06%	0.06%
2031	2,520,014	34,147	1.05%	0.04%
2032	2,546,489	34,169	1.05%	0.06%
2033	2,573,106	34,188	1.05%	0.06%
2034	2,599,777	34,195	1.04%	0.02%
2035	2,626,560	34,222	1.03%	0.08%
2036	2,653,503	34,260	1.03%	0.11%
2037	2,680,081	34,293	1%	0.1%
2038	2,706,197	34,339	0.97%	0.14%
2039	2,732,138	34,368	0.96%	0.08%
2040	2,757,868	34,365	0.94%	-0.009%
2041	2,783,361	34,364	0.92%	-0.003%
2042	2,808,538	34,379	0.9%	0.04%
2043	2,833,257	34,388	0.88%	0.03%
2044	2,857,499	34,360	0.86%	-0.08%
2045	2,881,333	34,318	0.83%	-0.12%
2046	2,904,780	34,280	0.81%	-0.11%
2047	2,927,859	34,238	0.79%	-0.12%
2048	2,950,411	34,191	0.77%	-0.14%
2049	2,972,156	34,135	0.74%	-0.16%
2050	2,993,080	34,091	0.7%	-0.13%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while San Marino gained 3,061 people (a 10.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while San Marino's population increased by 1,099 (a 3.34% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. San Marino was ranked 193rd in 2005 and still ranked 193rd 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 San Marino will increase by 0.28% to 34,091 people and rank change from 193rd to 192nd.