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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Tonga	Lesotho	Tonga
1960	736,500	66,170	-	-
1961	758,824	68,037	3.03%	2.82%
1962	781,814	69,940	3.03%	2.8%
1963	805,373	71,885	3.01%	2.78%
1964	829,437	73,879	2.99%	2.77%
1965	854,090	75,924	2.97%	2.77%
1966	881,870	78,002	3.25%	2.74%
1967	913,982	79,814	3.64%	2.32%
1968	948,105	81,353	3.73%	1.93%
1969	983,202	82,885	3.7%	1.88%
1970	1,019,273	84,401	3.67%	1.83%
1971	1,056,246	85,896	3.63%	1.77%
1972	1,094,063	87,356	3.58%	1.7%
1973	1,132,697	88,805	3.53%	1.66%
1974	1,172,420	90,683	3.51%	2.11%
1975	1,213,643	93,017	3.52%	2.57%
1976	1,253,214	95,325	3.26%	2.48%
1977	1,289,967	96,725	2.93%	1.47%
1978	1,327,240	97,204	2.89%	0.5%
1979	1,366,169	97,544	2.93%	0.35%
1980	1,406,521	97,769	2.95%	0.23%
1981	1,448,069	97,909	2.95%	0.14%
1982	1,490,732	97,980	2.95%	0.07%
1983	1,534,413	97,998	2.93%	0.02%
1984	1,578,986	97,990	2.9%	-0.008%
1985	1,624,379	97,984	2.87%	-0.006%
1986	1,666,138	98,010	2.57%	0.03%
1987	1,703,390	98,376	2.24%	0.37%
1988	1,739,841	98,969	2.14%	0.6%
1989	1,775,436	99,403	2.05%	0.44%
1990	1,809,696	99,700	1.93%	0.3%
1991	1,842,379	99,895	1.81%	0.2%
1992	1,873,274	100,022	1.68%	0.13%
1993	1,901,793	100,103	1.52%	0.08%
1994	1,927,707	100,166	1.36%	0.06%
1995	1,951,437	100,225	1.23%	0.06%
1996	1,972,418	100,275	1.08%	0.05%
1997	1,988,130	100,674	0.8%	0.4%
1998	1,998,049	101,388	0.5%	0.71%
1999	2,003,234	102,046	0.26%	0.65%
2000	2,003,913	102,677	0.03%	0.62%
2001	2,000,853	103,288	-0.15%	0.6%
2002	1,994,679	103,874	-0.31%	0.57%
2003	1,985,059	104,464	-0.48%	0.57%
2004	1,971,129	105,071	-0.7%	0.58%
2005	1,953,076	105,671	-0.92%	0.57%
2006	1,945,063	106,253	-0.41%	0.55%
2007	1,953,268	106,726	0.42%	0.45%
2008	1,966,541	107,020	0.68%	0.28%
2009	1,980,883	107,203	0.73%	0.17%
2010	1,996,251	107,400	0.78%	0.18%
2011	2,014,009	107,570	0.89%	0.16%
2012	2,034,354	107,460	1.01%	-0.1%
2013	2,056,504	107,078	1.09%	-0.36%
2014	2,080,089	106,609	1.15%	-0.44%
2015	2,104,611	106,095	1.18%	-0.48%
2016	2,130,422	105,524	1.23%	-0.54%
2017	2,157,110	105,356	1.25%	-0.16%
2018	2,183,603	105,567	1.23%	0.2%
2019	2,209,405	105,669	1.18%	0.1%
2020	2,235,727	105,704	1.19%	0.03%
2021	2,261,542	105,490	1.15%	-0.2%
2022	2,286,110	105,042	1.09%	-0.42%
2023	2,311,472	104,597	1.11%	-0.42%
2024	2,337,423	104,175	1.12%	-0.4%
2025	2,363,324	103,744	1.11%	-0.41%
2026	2,389,334	103,290	1.1%	-0.44%
2027	2,415,365	102,899	1.09%	-0.38%
2028	2,441,435	102,568	1.08%	-0.32%
2029	2,467,677	102,280	1.07%	-0.28%
2030	2,493,816	102,069	1.06%	-0.21%
2031	2,520,014	101,927	1.05%	-0.14%
2032	2,546,489	101,837	1.05%	-0.09%
2033	2,573,106	101,807	1.05%	-0.03%
2034	2,599,777	101,806	1.04%	-0.001%
2035	2,626,560	101,833	1.03%	0.03%
2036	2,653,503	101,895	1.03%	0.06%
2037	2,680,081	101,993	1%	0.1%
2038	2,706,197	102,173	0.97%	0.18%
2039	2,732,138	102,367	0.96%	0.19%
2040	2,757,868	102,568	0.94%	0.2%
2041	2,783,361	102,805	0.92%	0.23%
2042	2,808,538	103,038	0.9%	0.23%
2043	2,833,257	103,306	0.88%	0.26%
2044	2,857,499	103,612	0.86%	0.3%
2045	2,881,333	103,928	0.83%	0.3%
2046	2,904,780	104,232	0.81%	0.29%
2047	2,927,859	104,502	0.79%	0.26%
2048	2,950,411	104,744	0.77%	0.23%
2049	2,972,156	104,975	0.74%	0.22%
2050	2,993,080	105,193	0.7%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Tonga lost 729 people (a 0.69% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,234 (a 2.12% decline).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2006 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.84% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.