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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Tunisia	Lesotho	Tunisia
1960	736,500	4,267,288	-	-
1961	758,824	4,316,278	3.03%	1.15%
1962	781,814	4,369,136	3.03%	1.22%
1963	805,373	4,427,131	3.01%	1.33%
1964	829,437	4,489,869	2.99%	1.42%
1965	854,090	4,561,385	2.97%	1.59%
1966	881,870	4,652,287	3.25%	1.99%
1967	913,982	4,760,970	3.64%	2.34%
1968	948,105	4,879,899	3.73%	2.5%
1969	983,202	5,004,697	3.7%	2.56%
1970	1,019,273	5,131,396	3.67%	2.53%
1971	1,056,246	5,261,658	3.63%	2.54%
1972	1,094,063	5,396,557	3.58%	2.56%
1973	1,132,697	5,537,242	3.53%	2.61%
1974	1,172,420	5,684,674	3.51%	2.66%
1975	1,213,643	5,839,262	3.52%	2.72%
1976	1,253,214	5,996,994	3.26%	2.7%
1977	1,289,967	6,155,931	2.93%	2.65%
1978	1,327,240	6,309,390	2.89%	2.49%
1979	1,366,169	6,456,419	2.93%	2.33%
1980	1,406,521	6,606,195	2.95%	2.32%
1981	1,448,069	6,758,284	2.95%	2.3%
1982	1,490,732	6,908,642	2.95%	2.22%
1983	1,534,413	7,053,800	2.93%	2.1%
1984	1,578,986	7,220,044	2.9%	2.36%
1985	1,624,379	7,409,903	2.87%	2.63%
1986	1,666,138	7,600,301	2.57%	2.57%
1987	1,703,390	7,789,987	2.24%	2.5%
1988	1,739,841	7,974,440	2.14%	2.37%
1989	1,775,436	8,151,660	2.05%	2.22%
1990	1,809,696	8,324,509	1.93%	2.12%
1991	1,842,379	8,501,827	1.81%	2.13%
1992	1,873,274	8,682,512	1.68%	2.13%
1993	1,901,793	8,857,910	1.52%	2.02%
1994	1,927,707	9,018,448	1.36%	1.81%
1995	1,951,437	9,161,258	1.23%	1.58%
1996	1,972,418	9,294,432	1.08%	1.45%
1997	1,988,130	9,421,270	0.8%	1.36%
1998	1,998,049	9,541,667	0.5%	1.28%
1999	2,003,234	9,655,963	0.26%	1.2%
2000	2,003,913	9,764,935	0.03%	1.13%
2001	2,000,853	9,869,677	-0.15%	1.07%
2002	1,994,679	9,971,515	-0.31%	1.03%
2003	1,985,059	10,071,632	-0.48%	1%
2004	1,971,129	10,166,163	-0.7%	0.94%
2005	1,953,076	10,255,472	-0.92%	0.88%
2006	1,945,063	10,346,410	-0.41%	0.89%
2007	1,953,268	10,441,702	0.42%	0.92%
2008	1,966,541	10,542,635	0.68%	0.97%
2009	1,980,883	10,650,681	0.73%	1.02%
2010	1,996,251	10,765,980	0.78%	1.08%
2011	2,014,009	10,886,035	0.89%	1.12%
2012	2,034,354	11,009,647	1.01%	1.14%
2013	2,056,504	11,141,361	1.09%	1.2%
2014	2,080,089	11,274,288	1.15%	1.19%
2015	2,104,611	11,402,264	1.18%	1.14%
2016	2,130,422	11,528,674	1.23%	1.11%
2017	2,157,110	11,650,498	1.25%	1.06%
2018	2,183,603	11,765,514	1.23%	0.99%
2019	2,209,405	11,875,081	1.18%	0.93%
2020	2,235,727	11,974,057	1.19%	0.83%
2021	2,261,542	12,048,622	1.15%	0.62%
2022	2,286,110	12,119,334	1.09%	0.59%
2023	2,311,472	12,200,431	1.11%	0.67%
2024	2,337,423	12,277,109	1.12%	0.63%
2025	2,363,324	12,348,580	1.11%	0.58%
2026	2,389,334	12,415,147	1.1%	0.54%
2027	2,415,365	12,476,105	1.09%	0.49%
2028	2,441,435	12,531,994	1.08%	0.45%
2029	2,467,677	12,582,709	1.07%	0.4%
2030	2,493,816	12,628,154	1.06%	0.36%
2031	2,520,014	12,669,925	1.05%	0.33%
2032	2,546,489	12,709,155	1.05%	0.31%
2033	2,573,106	12,746,538	1.05%	0.29%
2034	2,599,777	12,781,017	1.04%	0.27%
2035	2,626,560	12,812,275	1.03%	0.24%
2036	2,653,503	12,842,495	1.03%	0.24%
2037	2,680,081	12,872,063	1%	0.23%
2038	2,706,197	12,900,190	0.97%	0.22%
2039	2,732,138	12,927,314	0.96%	0.21%
2040	2,757,868	12,953,871	0.94%	0.21%
2041	2,783,361	12,979,696	0.92%	0.2%
2042	2,808,538	13,005,242	0.9%	0.2%
2043	2,833,257	13,030,307	0.88%	0.19%
2044	2,857,499	13,054,103	0.86%	0.18%
2045	2,881,333	13,076,097	0.83%	0.17%
2046	2,904,780	13,095,748	0.81%	0.15%
2047	2,927,859	13,113,228	0.79%	0.13%
2048	2,950,411	13,127,662	0.77%	0.11%
2049	2,972,156	13,138,151	0.74%	0.08%
2050	2,993,080	13,145,144	0.7%	0.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Tunisia gained 1,182,264 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Tunisia's population increased by 887,139 (a 7.7% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2006 and ranked 81st 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.87% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 81st to 89th.