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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Turkey	Lesotho	Turkey
1960	736,500	28,329,898	-	-
1961	758,824	29,119,238	3.03%	2.79%
1962	781,814	29,916,147	3.03%	2.74%
1963	805,373	30,726,841	3.01%	2.71%
1964	829,437	31,543,072	2.99%	2.66%
1965	854,090	32,345,220	2.97%	2.54%
1966	881,870	33,177,672	3.25%	2.57%
1967	913,982	34,050,421	3.64%	2.63%
1968	948,105	34,921,684	3.73%	2.56%
1969	983,202	35,787,774	3.7%	2.48%
1970	1,019,273	36,638,465	3.67%	2.38%
1971	1,056,246	37,518,611	3.63%	2.4%
1972	1,094,063	38,430,221	3.58%	2.43%
1973	1,132,697	39,329,533	3.53%	2.34%
1974	1,172,420	40,210,234	3.51%	2.24%
1975	1,213,643	41,053,126	3.52%	2.1%
1976	1,253,214	41,899,984	3.26%	2.06%
1977	1,289,967	42,773,298	2.93%	2.08%
1978	1,327,240	43,645,306	2.89%	2.04%
1979	1,366,169	44,510,429	2.93%	1.98%
1980	1,406,521	45,408,815	2.95%	2.02%
1981	1,448,069	46,321,190	2.95%	2.01%
1982	1,490,732	47,322,096	2.95%	2.16%
1983	1,534,413	48,447,410	2.93%	2.38%
1984	1,578,986	49,574,069	2.9%	2.33%
1985	1,624,379	50,687,115	2.87%	2.25%
1986	1,666,138	51,777,772	2.57%	2.15%
1987	1,703,390	52,843,670	2.24%	2.06%
1988	1,739,841	53,909,626	2.14%	2.02%
1989	1,775,436	54,976,723	2.05%	1.98%
1990	1,809,696	56,015,628	1.93%	1.89%
1991	1,842,379	57,009,887	1.81%	1.77%
1992	1,873,274	57,990,118	1.68%	1.72%
1993	1,901,793	58,999,167	1.52%	1.74%
1994	1,927,707	60,033,836	1.36%	1.75%
1995	1,951,437	61,024,503	1.23%	1.65%
1996	1,972,418	61,951,134	1.08%	1.52%
1997	1,988,130	62,852,966	0.8%	1.46%
1998	1,998,049	63,734,383	0.5%	1.4%
1999	2,003,234	64,591,923	0.26%	1.35%
2000	2,003,913	65,425,961	0.03%	1.29%
2001	2,000,853	66,245,128	-0.15%	1.25%
2002	1,994,679	67,048,795	-0.31%	1.21%
2003	1,985,059	67,831,730	-0.48%	1.17%
2004	1,971,129	68,592,617	-0.7%	1.12%
2005	1,953,076	69,329,557	-0.92%	1.07%
2006	1,945,063	70,045,349	-0.41%	1.03%
2007	1,953,268	70,158,112	0.42%	0.16%
2008	1,966,541	71,051,678	0.68%	1.27%
2009	1,980,883	72,039,206	0.73%	1.39%
2010	1,996,251	73,142,150	0.78%	1.53%
2011	2,014,009	74,223,629	0.89%	1.48%
2012	2,034,354	75,175,827	1.01%	1.28%
2013	2,056,504	76,147,624	1.09%	1.29%
2014	2,080,089	77,181,884	1.15%	1.36%
2015	2,104,611	78,218,479	1.18%	1.34%
2016	2,130,422	79,277,962	1.23%	1.35%
2017	2,157,110	80,312,698	1.25%	1.31%
2018	2,183,603	81,407,204	1.23%	1.36%
2019	2,209,405	82,579,440	1.18%	1.44%
2020	2,235,727	83,384,680	1.19%	0.98%
2021	2,261,542	84,147,318	1.15%	0.91%
2022	2,286,110	84,979,913	1.09%	0.99%
2023	2,311,472	85,325,965	1.11%	0.41%
2024	2,337,423	85,518,661	1.12%	0.23%
2025	2,363,324	85,725,557	1.11%	0.24%
2026	2,389,334	85,960,835	1.1%	0.27%
2027	2,415,365	86,227,115	1.09%	0.31%
2028	2,441,435	86,502,744	1.08%	0.32%
2029	2,467,677	86,771,652	1.07%	0.31%
2030	2,493,816	87,037,680	1.06%	0.31%
2031	2,520,014	87,297,191	1.05%	0.3%
2032	2,546,489	87,537,075	1.05%	0.27%
2033	2,573,106	87,762,403	1.05%	0.26%
2034	2,599,777	87,974,138	1.04%	0.24%
2035	2,626,560	88,172,739	1.03%	0.23%
2036	2,653,503	88,364,318	1.03%	0.22%
2037	2,680,081	88,545,669	1%	0.21%
2038	2,706,197	88,707,268	0.97%	0.18%
2039	2,732,138	88,849,956	0.96%	0.16%
2040	2,757,868	88,975,510	0.94%	0.14%
2041	2,783,361	89,083,304	0.92%	0.12%
2042	2,808,538	89,177,769	0.9%	0.11%
2043	2,833,257	89,254,147	0.88%	0.09%
2044	2,857,499	89,311,458	0.86%	0.06%
2045	2,881,333	89,349,806	0.83%	0.04%
2046	2,904,780	89,375,429	0.81%	0.03%
2047	2,927,859	89,383,765	0.79%	0.009%
2048	2,950,411	89,361,174	0.77%	-0.03%
2049	2,972,156	89,306,566	0.74%	-0.06%
2050	2,993,080	89,218,346	0.7%	-0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.