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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Sweden	Lesotho	Sweden
1960	736,500	7,484,656	-	-
1961	758,824	7,519,998	3.03%	0.47%
1962	781,814	7,561,588	3.03%	0.55%
1963	805,373	7,604,328	3.01%	0.57%
1964	829,437	7,661,354	2.99%	0.75%
1965	854,090	7,733,853	2.97%	0.95%
1966	881,870	7,807,797	3.25%	0.96%
1967	913,982	7,867,931	3.64%	0.77%
1968	948,105	7,912,273	3.73%	0.56%
1969	983,202	7,968,072	3.7%	0.71%
1970	1,019,273	8,042,801	3.67%	0.94%
1971	1,056,246	8,098,334	3.63%	0.69%
1972	1,094,063	8,122,300	3.58%	0.3%
1973	1,132,697	8,136,312	3.53%	0.17%
1974	1,172,420	8,159,955	3.51%	0.29%
1975	1,213,643	8,192,437	3.52%	0.4%
1976	1,253,214	8,222,286	3.26%	0.36%
1977	1,289,967	8,251,540	2.93%	0.36%
1978	1,327,240	8,275,599	2.89%	0.29%
1979	1,366,169	8,293,678	2.93%	0.22%
1980	1,406,521	8,310,531	2.95%	0.2%
1981	1,448,069	8,320,503	2.95%	0.12%
1982	1,490,732	8,325,263	2.95%	0.06%
1983	1,534,413	8,329,033	2.93%	0.05%
1984	1,578,986	8,336,605	2.9%	0.09%
1985	1,624,379	8,350,386	2.87%	0.17%
1986	1,666,138	8,369,829	2.57%	0.23%
1987	1,703,390	8,397,804	2.24%	0.33%
1988	1,739,841	8,436,489	2.14%	0.46%
1989	1,775,436	8,492,964	2.05%	0.67%
1990	1,809,696	8,558,835	1.93%	0.78%
1991	1,842,379	8,617,375	1.81%	0.68%
1992	1,873,274	8,668,067	1.68%	0.59%
1993	1,901,793	8,718,561	1.52%	0.58%
1994	1,927,707	8,780,745	1.36%	0.71%
1995	1,951,437	8,826,939	1.23%	0.53%
1996	1,972,418	8,840,998	1.08%	0.16%
1997	1,988,130	8,846,062	0.8%	0.06%
1998	1,998,049	8,850,974	0.5%	0.06%
1999	2,003,234	8,857,874	0.26%	0.08%
2000	2,003,913	8,872,109	0.03%	0.16%
2001	2,000,853	8,895,960	-0.15%	0.27%
2002	1,994,679	8,924,958	-0.31%	0.33%
2003	1,985,059	8,958,229	-0.48%	0.37%
2004	1,971,129	8,993,531	-0.7%	0.39%
2005	1,953,076	9,029,572	-0.92%	0.4%
2006	1,945,063	9,080,505	-0.41%	0.56%
2007	1,953,268	9,148,092	0.42%	0.74%
2008	1,966,541	9,219,637	0.68%	0.78%
2009	1,980,883	9,298,515	0.73%	0.86%
2010	1,996,251	9,378,126	0.78%	0.86%
2011	2,014,009	9,449,213	0.89%	0.76%
2012	2,034,354	9,519,374	1.01%	0.74%
2013	2,056,504	9,600,379	1.09%	0.85%
2014	2,080,089	9,696,110	1.15%	1%
2015	2,104,611	9,799,186	1.18%	1.06%
2016	2,130,422	9,923,085	1.23%	1.26%
2017	2,157,110	10,057,698	1.25%	1.36%
2018	2,183,603	10,175,214	1.23%	1.17%
2019	2,209,405	10,278,887	1.18%	1.02%
2020	2,235,727	10,353,442	1.19%	0.73%
2021	2,261,542	10,415,811	1.15%	0.6%
2022	2,286,110	10,486,941	1.09%	0.68%
2023	2,311,472	10,536,632	1.11%	0.47%
2024	2,337,423	10,569,709	1.12%	0.31%
2025	2,363,324	10,619,177	1.11%	0.47%
2026	2,389,334	10,663,427	1.1%	0.42%
2027	2,415,365	10,703,497	1.09%	0.38%
2028	2,441,435	10,740,420	1.08%	0.34%
2029	2,467,677	10,773,692	1.07%	0.31%
2030	2,493,816	10,803,699	1.06%	0.28%
2031	2,520,014	10,830,583	1.05%	0.25%
2032	2,546,489	10,855,855	1.05%	0.23%
2033	2,573,106	10,880,544	1.05%	0.23%
2034	2,599,777	10,903,924	1.04%	0.21%
2035	2,626,560	10,926,433	1.03%	0.21%
2036	2,653,503	10,949,062	1.03%	0.21%
2037	2,680,081	10,971,259	1%	0.2%
2038	2,706,197	10,993,203	0.97%	0.2%
2039	2,732,138	11,015,926	0.96%	0.21%
2040	2,757,868	11,039,663	0.94%	0.22%
2041	2,783,361	11,063,604	0.92%	0.22%
2042	2,808,538	11,088,299	0.9%	0.22%
2043	2,833,257	11,113,927	0.88%	0.23%
2044	2,857,499	11,139,125	0.86%	0.23%
2045	2,881,333	11,163,492	0.83%	0.22%
2046	2,904,780	11,186,803	0.81%	0.21%
2047	2,927,859	11,209,183	0.79%	0.2%
2048	2,950,411	11,230,526	0.77%	0.19%
2049	2,972,156	11,250,663	0.74%	0.18%
2050	2,993,080	11,269,877	0.7%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Sweden gained 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 855,536 (a 8.73% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2005 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.77% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.