Population in Lesotho compared to Trinidad and Tobago: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and Trinidad and Tobago: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Trinidad	Lesotho	Trinidad
1960	736,500	844,943	-	-
1961	758,824	863,144	3.03%	2.15%
1962	781,814	880,194	3.03%	1.98%
1963	805,373	896,804	3.01%	1.89%
1964	829,437	912,963	2.99%	1.8%
1965	854,090	928,425	2.97%	1.69%
1966	881,870	942,937	3.25%	1.56%
1967	913,982	956,418	3.64%	1.43%
1968	948,105	969,006	3.73%	1.32%
1969	983,202	980,706	3.7%	1.21%
1970	1,019,273	991,471	3.67%	1.1%
1971	1,056,246	1,002,585	3.63%	1.12%
1972	1,094,063	1,014,921	3.58%	1.23%
1973	1,132,697	1,027,851	3.53%	1.27%
1974	1,172,420	1,040,761	3.51%	1.26%
1975	1,213,643	1,053,469	3.52%	1.22%
1976	1,253,214	1,066,311	3.26%	1.22%
1977	1,289,967	1,079,554	2.93%	1.24%
1978	1,327,240	1,093,380	2.89%	1.28%
1979	1,366,169	1,107,639	2.93%	1.3%
1980	1,406,521	1,121,744	2.95%	1.27%
1981	1,448,069	1,135,132	2.95%	1.19%
1982	1,490,732	1,147,927	2.95%	1.13%
1983	1,534,413	1,160,534	2.93%	1.1%
1984	1,578,986	1,172,984	2.9%	1.07%
1985	1,624,379	1,187,366	2.87%	1.23%
1986	1,666,138	1,203,124	2.57%	1.33%
1987	1,703,390	1,217,364	2.24%	1.18%
1988	1,739,841	1,230,069	2.14%	1.04%
1989	1,775,436	1,241,600	2.05%	0.94%
1990	1,809,696	1,252,208	1.93%	0.85%
1991	1,842,379	1,262,171	1.81%	0.8%
1992	1,873,274	1,271,674	1.68%	0.75%
1993	1,901,793	1,280,466	1.52%	0.69%
1994	1,927,707	1,288,341	1.36%	0.62%
1995	1,951,437	1,295,169	1.23%	0.53%
1996	1,972,418	1,300,928	1.08%	0.44%
1997	1,988,130	1,305,836	0.8%	0.38%
1998	1,998,049	1,310,225	0.5%	0.34%
1999	2,003,234	1,314,708	0.26%	0.34%
2000	2,003,913	1,319,774	0.03%	0.39%
2001	2,000,853	1,325,567	-0.15%	0.44%
2002	1,994,679	1,332,011	-0.31%	0.49%
2003	1,985,059	1,338,709	-0.48%	0.5%
2004	1,971,129	1,345,380	-0.7%	0.5%
2005	1,953,076	1,294,494	-0.92%	-3.78%
2006	1,945,063	1,297,944	-0.41%	0.27%
2007	1,953,268	1,303,188	0.42%	0.4%
2008	1,966,541	1,308,587	0.68%	0.41%
2009	1,980,883	1,310,106	0.73%	0.12%
2010	1,996,251	1,317,714	0.78%	0.58%
2011	2,014,009	1,328,019	0.89%	0.78%
2012	2,034,354	1,335,194	1.01%	0.54%
2013	2,056,504	1,340,557	1.09%	0.4%
2014	2,080,089	1,345,343	1.15%	0.36%
2015	2,104,611	1,349,667	1.18%	0.32%
2016	2,130,422	1,353,895	1.23%	0.31%
2017	2,157,110	1,356,633	1.25%	0.2%
2018	2,183,603	1,359,193	1.23%	0.19%
2019	2,209,405	1,363,985	1.18%	0.35%
2020	2,235,727	1,366,725	1.19%	0.2%
2021	2,261,542	1,367,558	1.15%	0.06%
2022	2,286,110	1,365,805	1.09%	-0.13%
2023	2,311,472	1,367,510	1.11%	0.12%
2024	2,337,423	1,368,333	1.12%	0.06%
2025	2,363,324	1,371,404	1.11%	0.22%
2026	2,389,334	1,373,317	1.1%	0.14%
2027	2,415,365	1,374,242	1.09%	0.07%
2028	2,441,435	1,374,318	1.08%	0.006%
2029	2,467,677	1,373,690	1.07%	-0.05%
2030	2,493,816	1,372,463	1.06%	-0.09%
2031	2,520,014	1,370,749	1.05%	-0.12%
2032	2,546,489	1,368,525	1.05%	-0.16%
2033	2,573,106	1,365,873	1.05%	-0.19%
2034	2,599,777	1,362,803	1.04%	-0.22%
2035	2,626,560	1,359,333	1.03%	-0.25%
2036	2,653,503	1,355,490	1.03%	-0.28%
2037	2,680,081	1,351,300	1%	-0.31%
2038	2,706,197	1,346,775	0.97%	-0.33%
2039	2,732,138	1,341,909	0.96%	-0.36%
2040	2,757,868	1,336,720	0.94%	-0.39%
2041	2,783,361	1,331,223	0.92%	-0.41%
2042	2,808,538	1,325,440	0.9%	-0.43%
2043	2,833,257	1,319,360	0.88%	-0.46%
2044	2,857,499	1,313,024	0.86%	-0.48%
2045	2,881,333	1,306,452	0.83%	-0.5%
2046	2,904,780	1,299,645	0.81%	-0.52%
2047	2,927,859	1,292,634	0.79%	-0.54%
2048	2,950,411	1,285,402	0.77%	-0.56%
2049	2,972,156	1,277,967	0.74%	-0.58%
2050	2,993,080	1,270,340	0.7%	-0.6%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Trinidad and Tobago gained 55,951 people (a 4.31% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Trinidad and Tobago's population increased by 19,432 (a 1.44% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Trinidad and Tobago was ranked 150th in 2006 and ranked 154th 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 Trinidad and Tobago will decrease by 7.5% to 1,270,340 people and rank change from 154th to 158th.