Population in Lesotho compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	UAE	Lesotho	UAE
1960	736,500	131,334	-	-
1961	758,824	137,989	3.03%	5.07%
1962	781,814	144,946	3.03%	5.04%
1963	805,373	152,211	3.01%	5.01%
1964	829,437	159,692	2.99%	4.91%
1965	854,090	167,103	2.97%	4.64%
1966	881,870	173,976	3.25%	4.11%
1967	913,982	179,700	3.64%	3.29%
1968	948,105	199,416	3.73%	11%
1969	983,202	239,660	3.7%	20.2%
1970	1,019,273	286,536	3.67%	19.6%
1971	1,056,246	335,027	3.63%	16.9%
1972	1,094,063	385,014	3.58%	14.9%
1973	1,132,697	436,399	3.53%	13.3%
1974	1,172,420	489,087	3.51%	12.1%
1975	1,213,643	542,856	3.52%	11%
1976	1,253,214	615,866	3.26%	13.4%
1977	1,289,967	710,209	2.93%	15.3%
1978	1,327,240	809,274	2.89%	13.9%
1979	1,366,169	912,010	2.93%	12.7%
1980	1,406,521	1,015,700	2.95%	11.4%
1981	1,448,069	1,099,855	2.95%	8.29%
1982	1,490,732	1,166,370	2.95%	6.05%
1983	1,534,413	1,235,305	2.93%	5.91%
1984	1,578,986	1,305,996	2.9%	5.72%
1985	1,624,379	1,377,911	2.87%	5.51%
1986	1,666,138	1,467,383	2.57%	6.49%
1987	1,703,390	1,574,244	2.24%	7.28%
1988	1,739,841	1,681,788	2.14%	6.83%
1989	1,775,436	1,789,851	2.05%	6.43%
1990	1,809,696	1,898,220	1.93%	6.05%
1991	1,842,379	2,006,626	1.81%	5.71%
1992	1,873,274	2,114,730	1.68%	5.39%
1993	1,901,793	2,222,093	1.52%	5.08%
1994	1,927,707	2,328,188	1.36%	4.77%
1995	1,951,437	2,434,662	1.23%	4.57%
1996	1,972,418	2,597,564	1.08%	6.69%
1997	1,988,130	2,817,410	0.8%	8.46%
1998	1,998,049	3,040,421	0.5%	7.92%
1999	2,003,234	3,266,009	0.26%	7.42%
2000	2,003,913	3,493,575	0.03%	6.97%
2001	2,000,853	3,723,590	-0.15%	6.58%
2002	1,994,679	3,956,826	-0.31%	6.26%
2003	1,985,059	4,192,457	-0.48%	5.96%
2004	1,971,129	4,428,967	-0.7%	5.64%
2005	1,953,076	4,664,790	-0.92%	5.32%
2006	1,945,063	5,009,100	-0.41%	7.38%
2007	1,953,268	5,624,635	0.42%	12.3%
2008	1,966,541	6,302,664	0.68%	12.1%
2009	1,980,883	6,707,058	0.73%	6.42%
2010	1,996,251	6,869,838	0.78%	2.43%
2011	2,014,009	7,104,538	0.89%	3.42%
2012	2,034,354	7,391,448	1.01%	4.04%
2013	2,056,504	7,693,031	1.09%	4.08%
2014	2,080,089	8,059,440	1.15%	4.76%
2015	2,104,611	8,505,237	1.18%	5.53%
2016	2,130,422	8,935,095	1.23%	5.05%
2017	2,157,110	9,223,225	1.25%	3.22%
2018	2,183,603	9,346,701	1.23%	1.34%
2019	2,209,405	9,445,785	1.18%	1.06%
2020	2,235,727	9,401,038	1.19%	-0.47%
2021	2,261,542	9,575,152	1.15%	1.85%
2022	2,286,110	10,074,977	1.09%	5.22%
2023	2,311,472	10,483,751	1.11%	4.06%
2024	2,337,423	10,986,400	1.12%	4.79%
2025	2,363,324	11,304,093	1.11%	2.89%
2026	2,389,334	11,531,926	1.1%	2.02%
2027	2,415,365	11,712,175	1.09%	1.56%
2028	2,441,435	11,868,257	1.08%	1.33%
2029	2,467,677	12,010,111	1.07%	1.2%
2030	2,493,816	12,145,577	1.06%	1.13%
2031	2,520,014	12,281,573	1.05%	1.12%
2032	2,546,489	12,421,758	1.05%	1.14%
2033	2,573,106	12,565,679	1.05%	1.16%
2034	2,599,777	12,712,942	1.04%	1.17%
2035	2,626,560	12,863,015	1.03%	1.18%
2036	2,653,503	13,015,458	1.03%	1.19%
2037	2,680,081	13,169,969	1%	1.19%
2038	2,706,197	13,326,337	0.97%	1.19%
2039	2,732,138	13,484,193	0.96%	1.18%
2040	2,757,868	13,643,197	0.94%	1.18%
2041	2,783,361	13,803,349	0.92%	1.17%
2042	2,808,538	13,964,553	0.9%	1.17%
2043	2,833,257	14,126,724	0.88%	1.16%
2044	2,857,499	14,289,828	0.86%	1.15%
2045	2,881,333	14,453,775	0.83%	1.15%
2046	2,904,780	14,619,554	0.81%	1.15%
2047	2,927,859	14,788,991	0.79%	1.16%
2048	2,950,411	14,961,419	0.77%	1.17%
2049	2,972,156	15,135,496	0.74%	1.16%
2050	2,993,080	15,310,628	0.7%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.