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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Taiwan	Lesotho	Taiwan
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 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.