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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Switzerland	Lesotho	Switzerland
1960	736,500	5,327,827	-	-
1961	758,824	5,434,294	3.03%	2%
1962	781,814	5,573,815	3.03%	2.57%
1963	805,373	5,694,247	3.01%	2.16%
1964	829,437	5,789,228	2.99%	1.67%
1965	854,090	5,856,472	2.97%	1.16%
1966	881,870	5,918,002	3.25%	1.05%
1967	913,982	5,991,785	3.64%	1.25%
1968	948,105	6,067,714	3.73%	1.27%
1969	983,202	6,136,387	3.7%	1.13%
1970	1,019,273	6,180,877	3.67%	0.73%
1971	1,056,246	6,213,399	3.63%	0.53%
1972	1,094,063	6,260,956	3.58%	0.77%
1973	1,132,697	6,307,347	3.53%	0.74%
1974	1,172,420	6,341,405	3.51%	0.54%
1975	1,213,643	6,338,632	3.52%	-0.04%
1976	1,253,214	6,302,504	3.26%	-0.57%
1977	1,289,967	6,281,174	2.93%	-0.34%
1978	1,327,240	6,281,738	2.89%	0.009%
1979	1,366,169	6,294,365	2.93%	0.2%
1980	1,406,521	6,319,408	2.95%	0.4%
1981	1,448,069	6,354,074	2.95%	0.55%
1982	1,490,732	6,391,309	2.95%	0.59%
1983	1,534,413	6,418,773	2.93%	0.43%
1984	1,578,986	6,441,865	2.9%	0.36%
1985	1,624,379	6,470,365	2.87%	0.44%
1986	1,666,138	6,504,124	2.57%	0.52%
1987	1,703,390	6,545,106	2.24%	0.63%
1988	1,739,841	6,593,386	2.14%	0.74%
1989	1,775,436	6,646,912	2.05%	0.81%
1990	1,809,696	6,715,519	1.93%	1.03%
1991	1,842,379	6,799,978	1.81%	1.26%
1992	1,873,274	6,875,364	1.68%	1.11%
1993	1,901,793	6,938,265	1.52%	0.91%
1994	1,927,707	6,993,795	1.36%	0.8%
1995	1,951,437	7,040,687	1.23%	0.67%
1996	1,972,418	7,071,850	1.08%	0.44%
1997	1,988,130	7,088,906	0.8%	0.24%
1998	1,998,049	7,110,001	0.5%	0.3%
1999	2,003,234	7,143,991	0.26%	0.48%
2000	2,003,913	7,184,250	0.03%	0.56%
2001	2,000,853	7,229,854	-0.15%	0.63%
2002	1,994,679	7,284,753	-0.31%	0.76%
2003	1,985,059	7,339,001	-0.48%	0.74%
2004	1,971,129	7,389,625	-0.7%	0.69%
2005	1,953,076	7,437,115	-0.92%	0.64%
2006	1,945,063	7,483,934	-0.41%	0.63%
2007	1,953,268	7,551,117	0.42%	0.9%
2008	1,966,541	7,647,675	0.68%	1.28%
2009	1,980,883	7,743,831	0.73%	1.26%
2010	1,996,251	7,824,909	0.78%	1.05%
2011	2,014,009	7,912,398	0.89%	1.12%
2012	2,034,354	7,996,861	1.01%	1.07%
2013	2,056,504	8,089,346	1.09%	1.16%
2014	2,080,089	8,188,649	1.15%	1.23%
2015	2,104,611	8,282,396	1.18%	1.14%
2016	2,130,422	8,373,338	1.23%	1.1%
2017	2,157,110	8,451,840	1.25%	0.94%
2018	2,183,603	8,514,329	1.23%	0.74%
2019	2,209,405	8,575,280	1.18%	0.72%
2020	2,235,727	8,638,167	1.19%	0.73%
2021	2,261,542	8,704,546	1.15%	0.77%
2022	2,286,110	8,777,088	1.09%	0.83%
2023	2,311,472	8,888,822	1.11%	1.27%
2024	2,337,423	9,005,582	1.12%	1.31%
2025	2,363,324	9,051,441	1.11%	0.51%
2026	2,389,334	9,092,200	1.1%	0.45%
2027	2,415,365	9,128,649	1.09%	0.4%
2028	2,441,435	9,161,558	1.08%	0.36%
2029	2,467,677	9,190,268	1.07%	0.31%
2030	2,493,816	9,215,844	1.06%	0.28%
2031	2,520,014	9,239,801	1.05%	0.26%
2032	2,546,489	9,260,664	1.05%	0.23%
2033	2,573,106	9,278,524	1.05%	0.19%
2034	2,599,777	9,295,500	1.04%	0.18%
2035	2,626,560	9,310,659	1.03%	0.16%
2036	2,653,503	9,323,296	1.03%	0.14%
2037	2,680,081	9,334,565	1%	0.12%
2038	2,706,197	9,344,395	0.97%	0.11%
2039	2,732,138	9,353,187	0.96%	0.09%
2040	2,757,868	9,363,095	0.94%	0.11%
2041	2,783,361	9,372,148	0.92%	0.1%
2042	2,808,538	9,380,579	0.9%	0.09%
2043	2,833,257	9,389,228	0.88%	0.09%
2044	2,857,499	9,396,409	0.86%	0.08%
2045	2,881,333	9,402,783	0.83%	0.07%
2046	2,904,780	9,408,721	0.81%	0.06%
2047	2,927,859	9,415,274	0.79%	0.07%
2048	2,950,411	9,422,270	0.77%	0.07%
2049	2,972,156	9,427,479	0.74%	0.06%
2050	2,993,080	9,430,133	0.7%	0.03%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Switzerland gained 889,404 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 719,260 (a 8.59% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Switzerland was ranked 96th in 2006 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.71% to 9,430,133 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.