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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Tajikistan	Lesotho	Tajikistan
1960	736,500	2,112,131	-	-
1961	758,824	2,181,805	3.03%	3.3%
1962	781,814	2,255,026	3.03%	3.36%
1963	805,373	2,331,736	3.01%	3.4%
1964	829,437	2,411,260	2.99%	3.41%
1965	854,090	2,492,998	2.97%	3.39%
1966	881,870	2,577,184	3.25%	3.38%
1967	913,982	2,664,130	3.64%	3.37%
1968	948,105	2,753,848	3.73%	3.37%
1969	983,202	2,845,273	3.7%	3.32%
1970	1,019,273	2,936,779	3.67%	3.22%
1971	1,056,246	3,028,837	3.63%	3.13%
1972	1,094,063	3,123,691	3.58%	3.13%
1973	1,132,697	3,222,290	3.53%	3.16%
1974	1,172,420	3,324,499	3.51%	3.17%
1975	1,213,643	3,430,425	3.52%	3.19%
1976	1,253,214	3,540,076	3.26%	3.2%
1977	1,289,967	3,653,265	2.93%	3.2%
1978	1,327,240	3,768,508	2.89%	3.15%
1979	1,366,169	3,882,691	2.93%	3.03%
1980	1,406,521	3,995,256	2.95%	2.9%
1981	1,448,069	4,109,022	2.95%	2.85%
1982	1,490,732	4,227,171	2.95%	2.88%
1983	1,534,413	4,350,874	2.93%	2.93%
1984	1,578,986	4,480,026	2.9%	2.97%
1985	1,624,379	4,619,003	2.87%	3.1%
1986	1,666,138	4,772,139	2.57%	3.32%
1987	1,703,390	4,939,059	2.24%	3.5%
1988	1,739,841	5,114,989	2.14%	3.56%
1989	1,775,436	5,267,249	2.05%	2.98%
1990	1,809,696	5,398,768	1.93%	2.5%
1991	1,842,379	5,541,205	1.81%	2.64%
1992	1,873,274	5,649,400	1.68%	1.95%
1993	1,901,793	5,724,993	1.52%	1.34%
1994	1,927,707	5,825,368	1.36%	1.75%
1995	1,951,437	5,948,584	1.23%	2.12%
1996	1,972,418	6,066,523	1.08%	1.98%
1997	1,988,130	6,139,829	0.8%	1.21%
1998	1,998,049	6,176,397	0.5%	0.6%
1999	2,003,234	6,208,370	0.26%	0.52%
2000	2,003,913	6,284,735	0.03%	1.23%
2001	2,000,853	6,407,377	-0.15%	1.95%
2002	1,994,679	6,531,669	-0.31%	1.94%
2003	1,985,059	6,658,575	-0.48%	1.94%
2004	1,971,129	6,790,547	-0.7%	1.98%
2005	1,953,076	6,924,720	-0.92%	1.98%
2006	1,945,063	7,057,566	-0.41%	1.92%
2007	1,953,268	7,194,477	0.42%	1.94%
2008	1,966,541	7,338,403	0.68%	2%
2009	1,980,883	7,490,230	0.73%	2.07%
2010	1,996,251	7,652,141	0.78%	2.16%
2011	2,014,009	7,824,785	0.89%	2.26%
2012	2,034,354	8,014,084	1.01%	2.42%
2013	2,056,504	8,216,724	1.09%	2.53%
2014	2,080,089	8,425,552	1.15%	2.54%
2015	2,104,611	8,643,840	1.18%	2.59%
2016	2,130,422	8,865,631	1.23%	2.57%
2017	2,157,110	9,085,946	1.25%	2.49%
2018	2,183,603	9,307,333	1.23%	2.44%
2019	2,209,405	9,529,966	1.18%	2.39%
2020	2,235,727	9,749,310	1.19%	2.3%
2021	2,261,542	9,966,908	1.15%	2.23%
2022	2,286,110	10,182,222	1.09%	2.16%
2023	2,311,472	10,389,799	1.11%	2.04%
2024	2,337,423	10,590,927	1.12%	1.94%
2025	2,363,324	10,786,735	1.11%	1.85%
2026	2,389,334	10,978,598	1.1%	1.78%
2027	2,415,365	11,168,387	1.09%	1.73%
2028	2,441,435	11,356,920	1.08%	1.69%
2029	2,467,677	11,545,276	1.07%	1.66%
2030	2,493,816	11,733,066	1.06%	1.63%
2031	2,520,014	11,920,472	1.05%	1.6%
2032	2,546,489	12,110,150	1.05%	1.59%
2033	2,573,106	12,302,290	1.05%	1.59%
2034	2,599,777	12,496,888	1.04%	1.58%
2035	2,626,560	12,695,586	1.03%	1.59%
2036	2,653,503	12,899,096	1.03%	1.6%
2037	2,680,081	13,104,339	1%	1.59%
2038	2,706,197	13,308,237	0.97%	1.56%
2039	2,732,138	13,511,372	0.96%	1.53%
2040	2,757,868	13,713,948	0.94%	1.5%
2041	2,783,361	13,915,192	0.92%	1.47%
2042	2,808,538	14,115,137	0.9%	1.44%
2043	2,833,257	14,311,598	0.88%	1.39%
2044	2,857,499	14,504,865	0.86%	1.35%
2045	2,881,333	14,694,858	0.83%	1.31%
2046	2,904,780	14,879,388	0.81%	1.26%
2047	2,927,859	15,059,869	0.79%	1.21%
2048	2,950,411	15,236,594	0.77%	1.17%
2049	2,972,156	15,408,032	0.74%	1.13%
2050	2,993,080	15,574,643	0.7%	1.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Tajikistan gained 1,719,120 people (a 24.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,297,014 (a 26.6% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Tajikistan was ranked 99th in 2005 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 42.4% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.