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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Tanzania	Lesotho	Tanzania
1960	736,500	9,901,419	-	-
1961	758,824	10,187,886	3.03%	2.89%
1962	781,814	10,487,756	3.03%	2.94%
1963	805,373	10,799,528	3.01%	2.97%
1964	829,437	11,127,826	2.99%	3.04%
1965	854,090	11,470,728	2.97%	3.08%
1966	881,870	11,827,459	3.25%	3.11%
1967	913,982	12,200,109	3.64%	3.15%
1968	948,105	12,602,076	3.73%	3.29%
1969	983,202	13,036,700	3.7%	3.45%
1970	1,019,273	13,492,677	3.67%	3.5%
1971	1,056,246	13,971,451	3.63%	3.55%
1972	1,094,063	14,479,308	3.58%	3.63%
1973	1,132,697	15,010,101	3.53%	3.67%
1974	1,172,420	15,561,630	3.51%	3.67%
1975	1,213,643	16,138,361	3.52%	3.71%
1976	1,253,214	16,736,211	3.26%	3.7%
1977	1,289,967	17,352,929	2.93%	3.68%
1978	1,327,240	17,976,566	2.89%	3.59%
1979	1,366,169	18,592,038	2.93%	3.42%
1980	1,406,521	19,189,769	2.95%	3.21%
1981	1,448,069	19,784,703	2.95%	3.1%
1982	1,490,732	20,398,571	2.95%	3.1%
1983	1,534,413	21,079,874	2.93%	3.34%
1984	1,578,986	21,779,066	2.9%	3.32%
1985	1,624,379	22,501,693	2.87%	3.32%
1986	1,666,138	23,258,959	2.57%	3.37%
1987	1,703,390	24,030,378	2.24%	3.32%
1988	1,739,841	24,769,686	2.14%	3.08%
1989	1,775,436	25,438,759	2.05%	2.7%
1990	1,809,696	26,110,207	1.93%	2.64%
1991	1,842,379	26,780,436	1.81%	2.57%
1992	1,873,274	27,457,588	1.68%	2.53%
1993	1,901,793	28,332,692	1.52%	3.19%
1994	1,927,707	29,442,356	1.36%	3.92%
1995	1,951,437	30,383,497	1.23%	3.2%
1996	1,972,418	30,945,762	1.08%	1.85%
1997	1,988,130	31,578,089	0.8%	2.04%
1998	1,998,049	32,420,458	0.5%	2.67%
1999	2,003,234	33,300,330	0.26%	2.71%
2000	2,003,913	34,260,139	0.03%	2.88%
2001	2,000,853	35,198,299	-0.15%	2.74%
2002	1,994,679	36,121,304	-0.31%	2.62%
2003	1,985,059	37,089,555	-0.48%	2.68%
2004	1,971,129	38,109,668	-0.7%	2.75%
2005	1,953,076	39,182,076	-0.92%	2.81%
2006	1,945,063	40,294,902	-0.41%	2.84%
2007	1,953,268	41,435,512	0.42%	2.83%
2008	1,966,541	42,570,728	0.68%	2.74%
2009	1,980,883	43,633,982	0.73%	2.5%
2010	1,996,251	44,758,488	0.78%	2.58%
2011	2,014,009	46,029,367	0.89%	2.84%
2012	2,034,354	47,374,260	1.01%	2.92%
2013	2,056,504	48,824,128	1.09%	3.06%
2014	2,080,089	50,351,512	1.15%	3.13%
2015	2,104,611	52,020,962	1.18%	3.32%
2016	2,130,422	53,824,013	1.23%	3.47%
2017	2,157,110	55,652,890	1.25%	3.4%
2018	2,183,603	57,437,145	1.23%	3.21%
2019	2,209,405	59,174,891	1.18%	3.03%
2020	2,235,727	60,972,798	1.19%	3.04%
2021	2,261,542	62,830,412	1.15%	3.05%
2022	2,286,110	64,711,821	1.09%	2.99%
2023	2,311,472	66,617,606	1.11%	2.95%
2024	2,337,423	68,560,157	1.12%	2.92%
2025	2,363,324	70,545,858	1.11%	2.9%
2026	2,389,334	72,563,773	1.1%	2.86%
2027	2,415,365	74,604,804	1.09%	2.81%
2028	2,441,435	76,670,483	1.08%	2.77%
2029	2,467,677	78,773,192	1.07%	2.74%
2030	2,493,816	80,913,118	1.06%	2.72%
2031	2,520,014	83,087,927	1.05%	2.69%
2032	2,546,489	85,293,126	1.05%	2.65%
2033	2,573,106	87,520,491	1.05%	2.61%
2034	2,599,777	89,788,673	1.04%	2.59%
2035	2,626,560	92,091,418	1.03%	2.56%
2036	2,653,503	94,420,808	1.03%	2.53%
2037	2,680,081	96,775,766	1%	2.49%
2038	2,706,197	99,156,465	0.97%	2.46%
2039	2,732,138	101,567,525	0.96%	2.43%
2040	2,757,868	103,999,350	0.94%	2.39%
2041	2,783,361	106,448,475	0.92%	2.35%
2042	2,808,538	108,926,272	0.9%	2.33%
2043	2,833,257	111,433,788	0.88%	2.3%
2044	2,857,499	113,966,263	0.86%	2.27%
2045	2,881,333	116,525,463	0.83%	2.25%
2046	2,904,780	119,109,670	0.81%	2.22%
2047	2,927,859	121,721,018	0.79%	2.19%
2048	2,950,411	124,351,294	0.77%	2.16%
2049	2,972,156	126,981,394	0.74%	2.12%
2050	2,993,080	129,621,083	0.7%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.