Population in Lesotho compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Saudi Arabia	Lesotho	Saudi Arabia
1960	736,500	2,435,403	-	-
1961	758,824	2,526,347	3.03%	3.73%
1962	781,814	2,620,910	3.03%	3.74%
1963	805,373	2,719,341	3.01%	3.76%
1964	829,437	2,821,968	2.99%	3.77%
1965	854,090	2,928,771	2.97%	3.78%
1966	881,870	3,039,887	3.25%	3.79%
1967	913,982	3,157,242	3.64%	3.86%
1968	948,105	3,282,711	3.73%	3.97%
1969	983,202	3,417,114	3.7%	4.09%
1970	1,019,273	3,562,470	3.67%	4.25%
1971	1,056,246	3,724,031	3.63%	4.54%
1972	1,094,063	3,905,722	3.58%	4.88%
1973	1,132,697	4,106,344	3.53%	5.14%
1974	1,172,420	4,323,632	3.51%	5.29%
1975	1,213,643	4,556,287	3.52%	5.38%
1976	1,253,214	4,807,933	3.26%	5.52%
1977	1,289,967	5,083,048	2.93%	5.72%
1978	1,327,240	5,381,902	2.89%	5.88%
1979	1,366,169	5,703,698	2.93%	5.98%
1980	1,406,521	6,047,997	2.95%	6.04%
1981	1,448,069	6,420,551	2.95%	6.16%
1982	1,490,732	6,824,486	2.95%	6.29%
1983	1,534,413	7,252,941	2.93%	6.28%
1984	1,578,986	7,697,307	2.9%	6.13%
1985	1,624,379	8,151,779	2.87%	5.9%
1986	1,666,138	8,628,639	2.57%	5.85%
1987	1,703,390	9,130,194	2.24%	5.81%
1988	1,739,841	9,629,165	2.14%	5.47%
1989	1,775,436	10,128,394	2.05%	5.18%
1990	1,809,696	10,640,691	1.93%	5.06%
1991	1,842,379	11,160,744	1.81%	4.89%
1992	1,873,274	11,686,676	1.68%	4.71%
1993	1,901,793	12,215,862	1.52%	4.53%
1994	1,927,707	12,750,040	1.36%	4.37%
1995	1,951,437	13,289,245	1.23%	4.23%
1996	1,972,418	13,831,009	1.08%	4.08%
1997	1,988,130	14,374,943	0.8%	3.93%
1998	1,998,049	14,922,185	0.5%	3.81%
1999	2,003,234	15,472,075	0.26%	3.69%
2000	2,003,913	16,177,722	0.03%	4.56%
2001	2,000,853	17,041,397	-0.15%	5.34%
2002	1,994,679	17,910,910	-0.31%	5.1%
2003	1,985,059	18,786,767	-0.48%	4.89%
2004	1,971,129	19,669,480	-0.7%	4.7%
2005	1,953,076	20,559,890	-0.92%	4.53%
2006	1,945,063	21,459,144	-0.41%	4.37%
2007	1,953,268	22,368,313	0.42%	4.24%
2008	1,966,541	23,287,877	0.68%	4.11%
2009	1,980,883	24,217,654	0.73%	3.99%
2010	1,996,251	23,978,487	0.78%	-0.99%
2011	2,014,009	25,091,867	0.89%	4.64%
2012	2,034,354	26,168,861	1.01%	4.29%
2013	2,056,504	27,624,004	1.09%	5.56%
2014	2,080,089	28,309,273	1.15%	2.48%
2015	2,104,611	29,816,382	1.18%	5.32%
2016	2,130,422	30,954,198	1.23%	3.82%
2017	2,157,110	30,977,355	1.25%	0.07%
2018	2,183,603	30,196,281	1.23%	-2.52%
2019	2,209,405	30,063,799	1.18%	-0.44%
2020	2,235,727	31,552,510	1.19%	4.95%
2021	2,261,542	30,784,383	1.15%	-2.43%
2022	2,286,110	32,175,224	1.09%	4.52%
2023	2,311,472	33,702,731	1.11%	4.75%
2024	2,337,423	35,300,280	1.12%	4.74%
2025	2,363,324	35,927,625	1.11%	1.78%
2026	2,389,334	36,550,694	1.1%	1.73%
2027	2,415,365	37,167,513	1.09%	1.69%
2028	2,441,435	37,775,810	1.08%	1.64%
2029	2,467,677	38,364,377	1.07%	1.56%
2030	2,493,816	38,918,375	1.06%	1.44%
2031	2,520,014	39,450,880	1.05%	1.37%
2032	2,546,489	39,983,934	1.05%	1.35%
2033	2,573,106	40,517,599	1.05%	1.33%
2034	2,599,777	41,052,423	1.04%	1.32%
2035	2,626,560	41,588,429	1.03%	1.31%
2036	2,653,503	42,125,184	1.03%	1.29%
2037	2,680,081	42,661,908	1%	1.27%
2038	2,706,197	43,198,420	0.97%	1.26%
2039	2,732,138	43,734,316	0.96%	1.24%
2040	2,757,868	44,269,571	0.94%	1.22%
2041	2,783,361	44,804,338	0.92%	1.21%
2042	2,808,538	45,338,111	0.9%	1.19%
2043	2,833,257	45,870,896	0.88%	1.18%
2044	2,857,499	46,403,116	0.86%	1.16%
2045	2,881,333	46,934,822	0.83%	1.15%
2046	2,904,780	47,465,267	0.81%	1.13%
2047	2,927,859	47,993,976	0.79%	1.11%
2048	2,950,411	48,521,364	0.77%	1.1%
2049	2,972,156	49,047,461	0.74%	1.08%
2050	2,993,080	49,572,202	0.7%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.