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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Spain	Lesotho	Spain
1960	736,500	30,455,000	-	-
1961	758,824	30,739,250	3.03%	0.93%
1962	781,814	31,023,366	3.03%	0.92%
1963	805,373	31,296,651	3.01%	0.88%
1964	829,437	31,609,195	2.99%	1%
1965	854,090	31,954,292	2.97%	1.09%
1966	881,870	32,283,194	3.25%	1.03%
1967	913,982	32,682,947	3.64%	1.24%
1968	948,105	33,113,134	3.73%	1.32%
1969	983,202	33,441,054	3.7%	0.99%
1970	1,019,273	33,814,531	3.67%	1.12%
1971	1,056,246	34,224,490	3.63%	1.21%
1972	1,094,063	34,604,469	3.58%	1.11%
1973	1,132,697	34,988,947	3.53%	1.11%
1974	1,172,420	35,373,335	3.51%	1.1%
1975	1,213,643	35,757,900	3.52%	1.09%
1976	1,253,214	36,137,812	3.26%	1.06%
1977	1,289,967	36,511,638	2.93%	1.03%
1978	1,327,240	36,864,898	2.89%	0.97%
1979	1,366,169	37,191,330	2.93%	0.89%
1980	1,406,521	37,491,165	2.95%	0.81%
1981	1,448,069	37,758,631	2.95%	0.71%
1982	1,490,732	37,986,012	2.95%	0.6%
1983	1,534,413	38,171,525	2.93%	0.49%
1984	1,578,986	38,330,364	2.9%	0.42%
1985	1,624,379	38,469,512	2.87%	0.36%
1986	1,666,138	38,584,624	2.57%	0.3%
1987	1,703,390	38,684,815	2.24%	0.26%
1988	1,739,841	38,766,939	2.14%	0.21%
1989	1,775,436	38,827,764	2.05%	0.16%
1990	1,809,696	38,867,322	1.93%	0.1%
1991	1,842,379	38,966,376	1.81%	0.25%
1992	1,873,274	39,157,685	1.68%	0.49%
1993	1,901,793	39,361,262	1.52%	0.52%
1994	1,927,707	39,549,108	1.36%	0.48%
1995	1,951,437	39,724,050	1.23%	0.44%
1996	1,972,418	39,889,852	1.08%	0.42%
1997	1,988,130	40,057,389	0.8%	0.42%
1998	1,998,049	40,223,509	0.5%	0.41%
1999	2,003,234	40,386,875	0.26%	0.41%
2000	2,003,913	40,567,864	0.03%	0.45%
2001	2,000,853	40,850,412	-0.15%	0.7%
2002	1,994,679	41,431,558	-0.31%	1.42%
2003	1,985,059	42,187,645	-0.48%	1.82%
2004	1,971,129	42,921,895	-0.7%	1.74%
2005	1,953,076	43,653,155	-0.92%	1.7%
2006	1,945,063	44,397,319	-0.41%	1.7%
2007	1,953,268	45,226,803	0.42%	1.87%
2008	1,966,541	45,954,106	0.68%	1.61%
2009	1,980,883	46,362,946	0.73%	0.89%
2010	1,996,251	46,576,897	0.78%	0.46%
2011	2,014,009	46,742,697	0.89%	0.36%
2012	2,034,354	46,773,055	1.01%	0.06%
2013	2,056,504	46,604,197	1.09%	-0.36%
2014	2,080,089	46,460,733	1.15%	-0.31%
2015	2,104,611	46,422,303	1.18%	-0.08%
2016	2,130,422	46,458,139	1.23%	0.08%
2017	2,157,110	46,571,232	1.25%	0.24%
2018	2,183,603	46,782,011	1.23%	0.45%
2019	2,209,405	47,118,501	1.18%	0.72%
2020	2,235,727	47,359,424	1.19%	0.51%
2021	2,261,542	47,443,821	1.15%	0.18%
2022	2,286,110	47,786,102	1.09%	0.72%
2023	2,311,472	48,347,910	1.11%	1.18%
2024	2,337,423	48,807,137	1.12%	0.95%
2025	2,363,324	48,786,181	1.11%	-0.04%
2026	2,389,334	48,746,279	1.1%	-0.08%
2027	2,415,365	48,696,847	1.09%	-0.1%
2028	2,441,435	48,642,132	1.08%	-0.11%
2029	2,467,677	48,578,166	1.07%	-0.13%
2030	2,493,816	48,501,513	1.06%	-0.16%
2031	2,520,014	48,412,854	1.05%	-0.18%
2032	2,546,489	48,321,195	1.05%	-0.19%
2033	2,573,106	48,230,054	1.05%	-0.19%
2034	2,599,777	48,136,421	1.04%	-0.19%
2035	2,626,560	48,036,650	1.03%	-0.21%
2036	2,653,503	47,929,957	1.03%	-0.22%
2037	2,680,081	47,819,257	1%	-0.23%
2038	2,706,197	47,706,580	0.97%	-0.24%
2039	2,732,138	47,588,878	0.96%	-0.25%
2040	2,757,868	47,463,597	0.94%	-0.26%
2041	2,783,361	47,332,618	0.92%	-0.28%
2042	2,808,538	47,194,588	0.9%	-0.29%
2043	2,833,257	47,052,293	0.88%	-0.3%
2044	2,857,499	46,902,636	0.86%	-0.32%
2045	2,881,333	46,738,565	0.83%	-0.35%
2046	2,904,780	46,564,383	0.81%	-0.37%
2047	2,927,859	46,381,681	0.79%	-0.39%
2048	2,950,411	46,190,642	0.77%	-0.41%
2049	2,972,156	45,985,428	0.74%	-0.44%
2050	2,993,080	45,769,362	0.7%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.