Population in Lesotho compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Sao Tome	Lesotho	Sao Tome
1960	736,500	68,012	-	-
1961	758,824	68,707	3.03%	1.02%
1962	781,814	69,403	3.03%	1.01%
1963	805,373	70,112	3.01%	1.02%
1964	829,437	70,865	2.99%	1.07%
1965	854,090	71,680	2.97%	1.15%
1966	881,870	72,576	3.25%	1.25%
1967	913,982	73,596	3.64%	1.41%
1968	948,105	74,765	3.73%	1.59%
1969	983,202	76,083	3.7%	1.76%
1970	1,019,273	77,626	3.67%	2.03%
1971	1,056,246	79,330	3.63%	2.2%
1972	1,094,063	81,041	3.58%	2.16%
1973	1,132,697	82,798	3.53%	2.17%
1974	1,172,420	84,672	3.51%	2.26%
1975	1,213,643	86,708	3.52%	2.4%
1976	1,253,214	88,922	3.26%	2.55%
1977	1,289,967	91,301	2.93%	2.68%
1978	1,327,240	93,794	2.89%	2.73%
1979	1,366,169	96,252	2.93%	2.62%
1980	1,406,521	98,544	2.95%	2.38%
1981	1,448,069	100,615	2.95%	2.1%
1982	1,490,732	102,508	2.95%	1.88%
1983	1,534,413	104,380	2.93%	1.83%
1984	1,578,986	106,394	2.9%	1.93%
1985	1,624,379	108,658	2.87%	2.13%
1986	1,666,138	111,150	2.57%	2.29%
1987	1,703,390	113,919	2.24%	2.49%
1988	1,739,841	116,939	2.14%	2.65%
1989	1,775,436	119,979	2.05%	2.6%
1990	1,809,696	122,980	1.93%	2.5%
1991	1,842,379	125,697	1.81%	2.21%
1992	1,873,274	128,110	1.68%	1.92%
1993	1,901,793	130,467	1.52%	1.84%
1994	1,927,707	132,732	1.36%	1.74%
1995	1,951,437	134,895	1.23%	1.63%
1996	1,972,418	136,962	1.08%	1.53%
1997	1,988,130	138,922	0.8%	1.43%
1998	1,998,049	140,751	0.5%	1.32%
1999	2,003,234	142,442	0.26%	1.2%
2000	2,003,913	144,018	0.03%	1.11%
2001	2,000,853	146,375	-0.15%	1.64%
2002	1,994,679	149,922	-0.31%	2.42%
2003	1,985,059	153,814	-0.48%	2.6%
2004	1,971,129	157,705	-0.7%	2.53%
2005	1,953,076	161,639	-0.92%	2.49%
2006	1,945,063	165,638	-0.41%	2.47%
2007	1,953,268	169,700	0.42%	2.45%
2008	1,966,541	173,793	0.68%	2.41%
2009	1,980,883	177,853	0.73%	2.34%
2010	1,996,251	181,802	0.78%	2.22%
2011	2,014,009	185,649	0.89%	2.12%
2012	2,034,354	189,439	1.01%	2.04%
2013	2,056,504	193,148	1.09%	1.96%
2014	2,080,089	196,767	1.15%	1.87%
2015	2,104,611	200,291	1.18%	1.79%
2016	2,130,422	203,689	1.23%	1.7%
2017	2,157,110	206,970	1.25%	1.61%
2018	2,183,603	210,187	1.23%	1.55%
2019	2,209,405	213,392	1.18%	1.52%
2020	2,235,727	217,435	1.19%	1.89%
2021	2,261,542	221,961	1.15%	2.08%
2022	2,286,110	226,305	1.09%	1.96%
2023	2,311,472	230,871	1.11%	2.02%
2024	2,337,423	235,536	1.12%	2.02%
2025	2,363,324	240,251	1.11%	2%
2026	2,389,334	244,987	1.1%	1.97%
2027	2,415,365	249,783	1.09%	1.96%
2028	2,441,435	254,657	1.08%	1.95%
2029	2,467,677	259,597	1.07%	1.94%
2030	2,493,816	264,560	1.06%	1.91%
2031	2,520,014	269,566	1.05%	1.89%
2032	2,546,489	274,643	1.05%	1.88%
2033	2,573,106	279,761	1.05%	1.86%
2034	2,599,777	284,911	1.04%	1.84%
2035	2,626,560	290,082	1.03%	1.81%
2036	2,653,503	295,269	1.03%	1.79%
2037	2,680,081	300,439	1%	1.75%
2038	2,706,197	305,590	0.97%	1.71%
2039	2,732,138	310,729	0.96%	1.68%
2040	2,757,868	315,833	0.94%	1.64%
2041	2,783,361	320,875	0.92%	1.6%
2042	2,808,538	325,888	0.9%	1.56%
2043	2,833,257	330,908	0.88%	1.54%
2044	2,857,499	335,919	0.86%	1.51%
2045	2,881,333	340,911	0.83%	1.49%
2046	2,904,780	345,883	0.81%	1.46%
2047	2,927,859	350,758	0.79%	1.41%
2048	2,950,411	355,569	0.77%	1.37%
2049	2,972,156	360,353	0.74%	1.35%
2050	2,993,080	365,103	0.7%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.