The latest officially reported population of Lesotho was 2,337,423 in 2024 vs 23,410,331 people in Taiwan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Lesotho's population is 2,389,618 people compared to 23,205,944 in Taiwan.
Population statistics:
- Taiwan's population is 9.71 times bigger than Lesotho's.
- Lesotho is ranked the 143rd most populous country in the world, while Taiwan is the 60th.
- The countries together account for 0.31% of the world: 0.03% for Lesotho vs 0.28% for Taiwan.
- For the last 10 years, Lesotho has had an average growth rate of +1.17% per year vs +0.03% in Taiwan.
- Since 2006, the population of Lesotho has increased from 1.95M people to 2.39M (22.9% growth), while Taiwan has grown from 22.8M to 23.2M (1.68% growth).
- Lesotho is projected to reach its peak in 2083 at 3.31M people, while Taiwan's population already peaked in 2019 at 23.6M people and is projected to decrease to 10.1M people by 2100.
Lesotho vs Taiwan: live population counter
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| Current population |
2389618
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23205944
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| Population rank | 143/197 | 60/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.28% |
| One net population change |
20.3 minutes
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7.75 minutes
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| One birth every |
9.43 minutes
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3.9 minutes
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| One death every |
21.4 minutes
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2.6 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.72 hours
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11.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -5,107 | +47,029 |
| Daily growth/decline | +71 | +186 |
| Annual growth/decline | +25,951 | +67,790 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.12% | +0.29% |
| Population growth rate rank | 94/197 | 151/197 |
Lesotho and Taiwan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 736,500 | - | - | - |
| 1961 | 758,824 | 11,030,385 | 3.03% | - |
| 1962 | 781,814 | 11,392,513 | 3.03% | 3.28% |
| 1963 | 805,373 | 11,762,101 | 3.01% | 3.24% |
| 1964 | 829,437 | 12,137,143 | 2.99% | 3.19% |
| 1965 | 854,090 | 12,511,863 | 2.97% | 3.09% |
| 1966 | 881,870 | 12,874,153 | 3.25% | 2.9% |
| 1967 | 913,982 | 13,210,344 | 3.64% | 2.61% |
| 1968 | 948,105 | 13,548,537 | 3.73% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 983,202 | 14,068,984 | 3.7% | 3.84% |
| 1970 | 1,019,273 | 14,582,944 | 3.67% | 3.65% |
| 1971 | 1,056,246 | 14,913,564 | 3.63% | 2.27% |
| 1972 | 1,094,063 | 15,220,495 | 3.58% | 2.06% |
| 1973 | 1,132,697 | 15,505,121 | 3.53% | 1.87% |
| 1974 | 1,172,420 | 15,784,817 | 3.51% | 1.8% |
| 1975 | 1,213,643 | 16,075,128 | 3.52% | 1.84% |
| 1976 | 1,253,214 | 16,401,413 | 3.26% | 2.03% |
| 1977 | 1,289,967 | 16,730,895 | 2.93% | 2.01% |
| 1978 | 1,327,240 | 17,042,272 | 2.89% | 1.86% |
| 1979 | 1,366,169 | 17,372,779 | 2.93% | 1.94% |
| 1980 | 1,406,521 | 17,704,538 | 2.95% | 1.91% |
| 1981 | 1,448,069 | 18,029,982 | 2.95% | 1.84% |
| 1982 | 1,490,732 | 18,354,855 | 2.95% | 1.8% |
| 1983 | 1,534,413 | 18,653,146 | 2.93% | 1.63% |
| 1984 | 1,578,986 | 18,929,866 | 2.9% | 1.48% |
| 1985 | 1,624,379 | 19,191,510 | 2.87% | 1.38% |
| 1986 | 1,666,138 | 19,411,454 | 2.57% | 1.15% |
| 1987 | 1,703,390 | 19,617,046 | 2.24% | 1.06% |
| 1988 | 1,739,841 | 19,839,704 | 2.14% | 1.14% |
| 1989 | 1,775,436 | 20,055,492 | 2.05% | 1.09% |
| 1990 | 1,809,696 | 20,278,946 | 1.93% | 1.11% |
| 1991 | 1,842,379 | 20,503,568 | 1.81% | 1.11% |
| 1992 | 1,873,274 | 20,704,227 | 1.68% | 0.98% |
| 1993 | 1,901,793 | 20,899,019 | 1.52% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 1,927,707 | 21,086,645 | 1.36% | 0.9% |
| 1995 | 1,951,437 | 21,267,653 | 1.23% | 0.86% |
| 1996 | 1,972,418 | 21,441,432 | 1.08% | 0.82% |
| 1997 | 1,988,130 | 21,634,124 | 0.8% | 0.9% |
| 1998 | 1,998,049 | 21,835,703 | 0.5% | 0.93% |
| 1999 | 2,003,234 | 22,010,489 | 0.26% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 2,003,913 | 22,184,530 | 0.03% | 0.79% |
| 2001 | 2,000,853 | 22,341,120 | -0.15% | 0.71% |
| 2002 | 1,994,679 | 22,463,172 | -0.31% | 0.55% |
| 2003 | 1,985,059 | 22,562,663 | -0.48% | 0.44% |
| 2004 | 1,971,129 | 22,646,836 | -0.7% | 0.37% |
| 2005 | 1,953,076 | 22,729,753 | -0.92% | 0.37% |
| 2006 | 1,945,063 | 22,823,455 | -0.41% | 0.41% |
| 2007 | 1,953,268 | 22,917,444 | 0.42% | 0.41% |
| 2008 | 1,966,541 | 22,997,696 | 0.68% | 0.35% |
| 2009 | 1,980,883 | 23,078,402 | 0.73% | 0.35% |
| 2010 | 1,996,251 | 23,140,948 | 0.78% | 0.27% |
| 2011 | 2,014,009 | 23,193,518 | 0.89% | 0.23% |
| 2012 | 2,034,354 | 23,270,367 | 1.01% | 0.33% |
| 2013 | 2,056,504 | 23,344,670 | 1.09% | 0.32% |
| 2014 | 2,080,089 | 23,403,635 | 1.15% | 0.25% |
| 2015 | 2,104,611 | 23,462,914 | 1.18% | 0.25% |
| 2016 | 2,130,422 | 23,515,945 | 1.23% | 0.23% |
| 2017 | 2,157,110 | 23,555,522 | 1.25% | 0.17% |
| 2018 | 2,183,603 | 23,580,080 | 1.23% | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,209,405 | 23,596,027 | 1.18% | 0.07% |
| 2020 | 2,235,727 | 23,582,179 | 1.19% | -0.06% |
| 2021 | 2,261,542 | 23,468,275 | 1.15% | -0.48% |
| 2022 | 2,286,110 | 23,319,977 | 1.09% | -0.63% |
| 2023 | 2,311,472 | 23,342,541 | 1.11% | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,337,423 | 23,410,331 | 1.12% | 0.29% |
| 2025 | 2,363,324 | 23,308,308 | 1.11% | -0.44% |
| 2026 | 2,389,334 | 23,205,944 | 1.1% | -0.44% |
| 2027 | 2,415,365 | 23,102,120 | 1.09% | -0.45% |
| 2028 | 2,441,435 | 22,996,693 | 1.08% | -0.46% |
| 2029 | 2,467,677 | 22,890,335 | 1.07% | -0.46% |
| 2030 | 2,493,816 | 22,781,040 | 1.06% | -0.48% |
| 2031 | 2,520,014 | 22,667,327 | 1.05% | -0.5% |
| 2032 | 2,546,489 | 22,549,689 | 1.05% | -0.52% |
| 2033 | 2,573,106 | 22,428,721 | 1.05% | -0.54% |
| 2034 | 2,599,777 | 22,302,402 | 1.04% | -0.56% |
| 2035 | 2,626,560 | 22,170,689 | 1.03% | -0.59% |
| 2036 | 2,653,503 | 22,034,775 | 1.03% | -0.61% |
| 2037 | 2,680,081 | 21,893,029 | 1% | -0.64% |
| 2038 | 2,706,197 | 21,746,001 | 0.97% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 2,732,138 | 21,594,236 | 0.96% | -0.7% |
| 2040 | 2,757,868 | 21,436,947 | 0.94% | -0.73% |
| 2041 | 2,783,361 | 21,274,187 | 0.92% | -0.76% |
| 2042 | 2,808,538 | 21,105,682 | 0.9% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 2,833,257 | 20,932,105 | 0.88% | -0.82% |
| 2044 | 2,857,499 | 20,754,623 | 0.86% | -0.85% |
| 2045 | 2,881,333 | 20,571,741 | 0.83% | -0.88% |
| 2046 | 2,904,780 | 20,384,903 | 0.81% | -0.91% |
| 2047 | 2,927,859 | 20,194,425 | 0.79% | -0.93% |
| 2048 | 2,950,411 | 19,999,753 | 0.77% | -0.96% |
| 2049 | 2,972,156 | 19,801,293 | 0.74% | -0.99% |
| 2050 | 2,993,080 | 19,598,997 | 0.7% | -1.02% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Taiwan gained 692,490 people (a 3.03% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -310,001 (a 1.32% decline).
Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Taiwan was ranked 49th in 2006 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.5% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.
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Population differences between Lesotho and Taiwan
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| Life expectancy | 58.6 years | 81.1 years |
| Average age | 25.8 years | 44.1 years |
| Median age | 22.7 years | 45.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.7:51.3 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.69 births per woman | 0.89 births per woman |
| Population density | 199.4 ppl/mi² | 1,675 ppl/mi² |
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