Population in Lesotho compared to the Seychelles: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Seychelles	Lesotho	Seychelles
1960	736,500	41,700	-	-
1961	758,824	42,889	3.03%	2.85%
1962	781,814	44,042	3.03%	2.69%
1963	805,373	45,176	3.01%	2.57%
1964	829,437	46,322	2.99%	2.54%
1965	854,090	47,500	2.97%	2.54%
1966	881,870	48,699	3.25%	2.52%
1967	913,982	49,911	3.64%	2.49%
1968	948,105	51,134	3.73%	2.45%
1969	983,202	52,365	3.7%	2.41%
1970	1,019,273	53,600	3.67%	2.36%
1971	1,056,246	54,695	3.63%	2.04%
1972	1,094,063	56,029	3.58%	2.44%
1973	1,132,697	56,892	3.53%	1.54%
1974	1,172,420	57,937	3.51%	1.84%
1975	1,213,643	59,292	3.52%	2.34%
1976	1,253,214	60,504	3.26%	2.04%
1977	1,289,967	61,786	2.93%	2.12%
1978	1,327,240	62,150	2.89%	0.59%
1979	1,366,169	62,686	2.93%	0.86%
1980	1,406,521	63,261	2.95%	0.92%
1981	1,448,069	64,035	2.95%	1.22%
1982	1,490,732	64,413	2.95%	0.59%
1983	1,534,413	64,335	2.93%	-0.12%
1984	1,578,986	64,717	2.9%	0.59%
1985	1,624,379	65,244	2.87%	0.81%
1986	1,666,138	65,652	2.57%	0.63%
1987	1,703,390	68,499	2.24%	4.34%
1988	1,739,841	68,755	2.14%	0.37%
1989	1,775,436	69,167	2.05%	0.6%
1990	1,809,696	69,507	1.93%	0.49%
1991	1,842,379	70,439	1.81%	1.34%
1992	1,873,274	70,763	1.68%	0.46%
1993	1,901,793	72,253	1.52%	2.11%
1994	1,927,707	74,205	1.36%	2.7%
1995	1,951,437	75,304	1.23%	1.48%
1996	1,972,418	76,417	1.08%	1.48%
1997	1,988,130	77,319	0.8%	1.18%
1998	1,998,049	78,846	0.5%	1.97%
1999	2,003,234	80,410	0.26%	1.98%
2000	2,003,913	81,131	0.03%	0.9%
2001	2,000,853	81,202	-0.15%	0.09%
2002	1,994,679	83,723	-0.31%	3.1%
2003	1,985,059	82,781	-0.48%	-1.13%
2004	1,971,129	82,475	-0.7%	-0.37%
2005	1,953,076	82,858	-0.92%	0.46%
2006	1,945,063	84,600	-0.41%	2.1%
2007	1,953,268	85,033	0.42%	0.51%
2008	1,966,541	86,956	0.68%	2.26%
2009	1,980,883	87,298	0.73%	0.39%
2010	1,996,251	89,770	0.78%	2.83%
2011	2,014,009	87,441	0.89%	-2.59%
2012	2,034,354	88,303	1.01%	0.99%
2013	2,056,504	89,949	1.09%	1.86%
2014	2,080,089	91,359	1.15%	1.57%
2015	2,104,611	93,419	1.18%	2.25%
2016	2,130,422	94,677	1.23%	1.35%
2017	2,157,110	95,843	1.25%	1.23%
2018	2,183,603	96,762	1.23%	0.96%
2019	2,209,405	97,625	1.18%	0.89%
2020	2,235,727	98,462	1.19%	0.86%
2021	2,261,542	99,258	1.15%	0.81%
2022	2,286,110	119,878	1.09%	20.8%
2023	2,311,472	119,773	1.11%	-0.09%
2024	2,337,423	121,354	1.12%	1.32%
2025	2,363,324	123,549	1.11%	1.81%
2026	2,389,334	125,581	1.1%	1.64%
2027	2,415,365	127,380	1.09%	1.43%
2028	2,441,435	128,883	1.08%	1.18%
2029	2,467,677	130,011	1.07%	0.87%
2030	2,493,816	130,635	1.06%	0.48%
2031	2,520,014	130,989	1.05%	0.27%
2032	2,546,489	131,305	1.05%	0.24%
2033	2,573,106	131,578	1.05%	0.21%
2034	2,599,777	131,816	1.04%	0.18%
2035	2,626,560	132,027	1.03%	0.16%
2036	2,653,503	132,202	1.03%	0.13%
2037	2,680,081	132,348	1%	0.11%
2038	2,706,197	132,467	0.97%	0.09%
2039	2,732,138	132,552	0.96%	0.06%
2040	2,757,868	132,631	0.94%	0.06%
2041	2,783,361	132,681	0.92%	0.04%
2042	2,808,538	132,700	0.9%	0.01%
2043	2,833,257	132,698	0.88%	-0.001%
2044	2,857,499	132,665	0.86%	-0.03%
2045	2,881,333	132,613	0.83%	-0.04%
2046	2,904,780	132,531	0.81%	-0.06%
2047	2,927,859	132,415	0.79%	-0.09%
2048	2,950,411	132,264	0.77%	-0.11%
2049	2,972,156	132,085	0.74%	-0.14%
2050	2,993,080	131,885	0.7%	-0.15%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,077 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 30,923 (a 32.7% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2006 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.