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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Senegal	Lesotho	Senegal
1960	736,500	3,340,907	-	-
1961	758,824	3,436,375	3.03%	2.86%
1962	781,814	3,534,686	3.03%	2.86%
1963	805,373	3,635,876	3.01%	2.86%
1964	829,437	3,740,535	2.99%	2.88%
1965	854,090	3,849,788	2.97%	2.92%
1966	881,870	3,964,299	3.25%	2.97%
1967	913,982	4,083,870	3.64%	3.02%
1968	948,105	4,207,587	3.73%	3.03%
1969	983,202	4,334,974	3.7%	3.03%
1970	1,019,273	4,466,328	3.67%	3.03%
1971	1,056,246	4,601,864	3.63%	3.03%
1972	1,094,063	4,741,631	3.58%	3.04%
1973	1,132,697	4,885,181	3.53%	3.03%
1974	1,172,420	5,029,437	3.51%	2.95%
1975	1,213,643	5,170,810	3.52%	2.81%
1976	1,253,214	5,308,564	3.26%	2.66%
1977	1,289,967	5,439,549	2.93%	2.47%
1978	1,327,240	5,568,096	2.89%	2.36%
1979	1,366,169	5,702,895	2.93%	2.42%
1980	1,406,521	5,845,638	2.95%	2.5%
1981	1,448,069	5,997,160	2.95%	2.59%
1982	1,490,732	6,156,961	2.95%	2.66%
1983	1,534,413	6,324,504	2.93%	2.72%
1984	1,578,986	6,499,364	2.9%	2.76%
1985	1,624,379	6,683,287	2.87%	2.83%
1986	1,666,138	6,878,192	2.57%	2.92%
1987	1,703,390	7,081,530	2.24%	2.96%
1988	1,739,841	7,289,618	2.14%	2.94%
1989	1,775,436	7,502,207	2.05%	2.92%
1990	1,809,696	7,720,523	1.93%	2.91%
1991	1,842,379	7,943,085	1.81%	2.88%
1992	1,873,274	8,168,395	1.68%	2.84%
1993	1,901,793	8,396,288	1.52%	2.79%
1994	1,927,707	8,624,078	1.36%	2.71%
1995	1,951,437	8,848,101	1.23%	2.6%
1996	1,972,418	9,067,014	1.08%	2.47%
1997	1,988,130	9,283,495	0.8%	2.39%
1998	1,998,049	9,502,952	0.5%	2.36%
1999	2,003,234	9,730,887	0.26%	2.4%
2000	2,003,913	9,968,260	0.03%	2.44%
2001	2,000,853	10,212,942	-0.15%	2.45%
2002	1,994,679	10,466,214	-0.31%	2.48%
2003	1,985,059	10,721,176	-0.48%	2.44%
2004	1,971,129	10,975,704	-0.7%	2.37%
2005	1,953,076	11,235,472	-0.92%	2.37%
2006	1,945,063	11,500,094	-0.41%	2.36%
2007	1,953,268	11,770,344	0.42%	2.35%
2008	1,966,541	12,048,959	0.68%	2.37%
2009	1,980,883	12,337,389	0.73%	2.39%
2010	1,996,251	12,635,413	0.78%	2.42%
2011	2,014,009	12,958,897	0.89%	2.56%
2012	2,034,354	13,310,495	1.01%	2.71%
2013	2,056,504	13,710,849	1.09%	3.01%
2014	2,080,089	14,152,102	1.15%	3.22%
2015	2,104,611	14,593,331	1.18%	3.12%
2016	2,130,422	15,034,521	1.23%	3.02%
2017	2,157,110	15,475,002	1.25%	2.93%
2018	2,183,603	15,914,498	1.23%	2.84%
2019	2,209,405	16,352,922	1.18%	2.75%
2020	2,235,727	16,789,219	1.19%	2.67%
2021	2,261,542	17,220,867	1.15%	2.57%
2022	2,286,110	17,651,103	1.09%	2.5%
2023	2,311,472	18,077,573	1.11%	2.42%
2024	2,337,423	18,501,984	1.12%	2.35%
2025	2,363,324	18,931,964	1.11%	2.32%
2026	2,389,334	19,366,546	1.1%	2.3%
2027	2,415,365	19,807,242	1.09%	2.28%
2028	2,441,435	20,254,562	1.08%	2.26%
2029	2,467,677	20,706,628	1.07%	2.23%
2030	2,493,816	21,163,189	1.06%	2.2%
2031	2,520,014	21,623,709	1.05%	2.18%
2032	2,546,489	22,085,928	1.05%	2.14%
2033	2,573,106	22,548,831	1.05%	2.1%
2034	2,599,777	23,012,018	1.04%	2.05%
2035	2,626,560	23,476,591	1.03%	2.02%
2036	2,653,503	23,942,221	1.03%	1.98%
2037	2,680,081	24,407,574	1%	1.94%
2038	2,706,197	24,872,512	0.97%	1.9%
2039	2,732,138	25,335,991	0.96%	1.86%
2040	2,757,868	25,797,506	0.94%	1.82%
2041	2,783,361	26,257,464	0.92%	1.78%
2042	2,808,538	26,716,424	0.9%	1.75%
2043	2,833,257	27,174,896	0.88%	1.72%
2044	2,857,499	27,632,997	0.86%	1.69%
2045	2,881,333	28,089,695	0.83%	1.65%
2046	2,904,780	28,546,280	0.81%	1.63%
2047	2,927,859	29,002,001	0.79%	1.6%
2048	2,950,411	29,457,233	0.77%	1.57%
2049	2,972,156	29,911,840	0.74%	1.54%
2050	2,993,080	30,364,944	0.7%	1.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Senegal gained 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Senegal's population increased by 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Senegal was ranked 72nd in 2006 and ranked 68th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Lesotho's population will grow by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people with a rank change from 143rd to 141st. The population of Senegal will increase by 56.8% to 30,364,944 people and rank change from 68th to 63rd.