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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Uganda	Lesotho	Uganda
1960	736,500	7,640,973	-	-
1961	758,824	7,862,217	3.03%	2.9%
1962	781,814	8,092,231	3.03%	2.93%
1963	805,373	8,333,663	3.01%	2.98%
1964	829,437	8,586,363	2.99%	3.03%
1965	854,090	8,849,203	2.97%	3.06%
1966	881,870	9,122,864	3.25%	3.09%
1967	913,982	9,408,924	3.64%	3.14%
1968	948,105	9,708,632	3.73%	3.19%
1969	983,202	10,014,858	3.7%	3.15%
1970	1,019,273	10,321,603	3.67%	3.06%
1971	1,056,246	10,618,206	3.63%	2.87%
1972	1,094,063	10,885,796	3.58%	2.52%
1973	1,132,697	11,144,236	3.53%	2.37%
1974	1,172,420	11,424,846	3.51%	2.52%
1975	1,213,643	11,725,240	3.52%	2.63%
1976	1,253,214	12,037,294	3.26%	2.66%
1977	1,289,967	12,359,669	2.93%	2.68%
1978	1,327,240	12,692,113	2.89%	2.69%
1979	1,366,169	13,002,163	2.93%	2.44%
1980	1,406,521	13,275,741	2.95%	2.1%
1981	1,448,069	13,556,452	2.95%	2.11%
1982	1,490,732	13,873,631	2.95%	2.34%
1983	1,534,413	14,221,881	2.93%	2.51%
1984	1,578,986	14,607,677	2.9%	2.71%
1985	1,624,379	15,023,681	2.87%	2.85%
1986	1,666,138	15,467,579	2.57%	2.95%
1987	1,703,390	15,954,170	2.24%	3.15%
1988	1,739,841	16,470,483	2.14%	3.24%
1989	1,775,436	17,010,698	2.05%	3.28%
1990	1,809,696	17,569,897	1.93%	3.29%
1991	1,842,379	18,155,901	1.81%	3.34%
1992	1,873,274	18,785,032	1.68%	3.47%
1993	1,901,793	19,445,161	1.52%	3.51%
1994	1,927,707	20,108,801	1.36%	3.41%
1995	1,951,437	20,665,667	1.23%	2.77%
1996	1,972,418	21,231,550	1.08%	2.74%
1997	1,988,130	21,856,046	0.8%	2.94%
1998	1,998,049	22,515,806	0.5%	3.02%
1999	2,003,234	23,257,281	0.26%	3.29%
2000	2,003,913	24,000,150	0.03%	3.19%
2001	2,000,853	24,745,676	-0.15%	3.11%
2002	1,994,679	25,532,870	-0.31%	3.18%
2003	1,985,059	26,352,124	-0.48%	3.21%
2004	1,971,129	27,154,515	-0.7%	3.04%
2005	1,953,076	27,963,289	-0.92%	2.98%
2006	1,945,063	28,794,003	-0.41%	2.97%
2007	1,953,268	29,653,430	0.42%	2.98%
2008	1,966,541	30,539,553	0.68%	2.99%
2009	1,980,883	31,451,151	0.73%	2.98%
2010	1,996,251	32,390,802	0.78%	2.99%
2011	2,014,009	33,354,543	0.89%	2.98%
2012	2,034,354	34,337,438	1.01%	2.95%
2013	2,056,504	35,337,042	1.09%	2.91%
2014	2,080,089	36,395,539	1.15%	3%
2015	2,104,611	37,531,446	1.18%	3.12%
2016	2,130,422	38,799,152	1.23%	3.38%
2017	2,157,110	40,177,388	1.25%	3.55%
2018	2,183,603	41,565,831	1.23%	3.46%
2019	2,209,405	42,999,637	1.18%	3.45%
2020	2,235,727	44,457,152	1.19%	3.39%
2021	2,261,542	45,910,930	1.15%	3.27%
2022	2,286,110	47,312,719	1.09%	3.05%
2023	2,311,472	48,656,601	1.11%	2.84%
2024	2,337,423	50,015,092	1.12%	2.79%
2025	2,363,324	51,384,895	1.11%	2.74%
2026	2,389,334	52,761,471	1.1%	2.68%
2027	2,415,365	54,144,274	1.09%	2.62%
2028	2,441,435	55,532,564	1.08%	2.56%
2029	2,467,677	56,922,797	1.07%	2.5%
2030	2,493,816	58,312,944	1.06%	2.44%
2031	2,520,014	59,703,537	1.05%	2.38%
2032	2,546,489	61,089,060	1.05%	2.32%
2033	2,573,106	62,464,116	1.05%	2.25%
2034	2,599,777	63,833,872	1.04%	2.19%
2035	2,626,560	65,205,570	1.03%	2.15%
2036	2,653,503	66,573,737	1.03%	2.1%
2037	2,680,081	67,942,634	1%	2.06%
2038	2,706,197	69,312,210	0.97%	2.02%
2039	2,732,138	70,669,875	0.96%	1.96%
2040	2,757,868	72,020,414	0.94%	1.91%
2041	2,783,361	73,372,658	0.92%	1.88%
2042	2,808,538	74,730,004	0.9%	1.85%
2043	2,833,257	76,090,991	0.88%	1.82%
2044	2,857,499	77,449,517	0.86%	1.79%
2045	2,881,333	78,797,995	0.83%	1.74%
2046	2,904,780	80,139,174	0.81%	1.7%
2047	2,927,859	81,478,503	0.79%	1.67%
2048	2,950,411	82,812,102	0.77%	1.64%
2049	2,972,156	84,130,056	0.74%	1.59%
2050	2,993,080	85,431,202	0.7%	1.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Uganda gained 10,005,149 people (a 34.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 13,977,431 (a 36% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Uganda was ranked 38th in 2006 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 61.9% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.