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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	United Kingdom	Lesotho	United Kingdom
1960	736,500	52,400,000	-	-
1961	758,824	52,800,000	3.03%	0.76%
1962	781,814	53,250,000	3.03%	0.85%
1963	805,373	53,650,000	3.01%	0.75%
1964	829,437	54,000,000	2.99%	0.65%
1965	854,090	54,348,050	2.97%	0.64%
1966	881,870	54,648,500	3.25%	0.55%
1967	913,982	54,943,600	3.64%	0.54%
1968	948,105	55,211,700	3.73%	0.49%
1969	983,202	55,441,750	3.7%	0.42%
1970	1,019,273	55,663,250	3.67%	0.4%
1971	1,056,246	55,896,223	3.63%	0.42%
1972	1,094,063	56,086,065	3.58%	0.34%
1973	1,132,697	56,194,527	3.53%	0.19%
1974	1,172,420	56,229,974	3.51%	0.06%
1975	1,213,643	56,225,800	3.52%	-0.007%
1976	1,253,214	56,211,968	3.26%	-0.02%
1977	1,289,967	56,193,492	2.93%	-0.03%
1978	1,327,240	56,196,504	2.89%	0.005%
1979	1,366,169	56,246,951	2.93%	0.09%
1980	1,406,521	56,314,216	2.95%	0.12%
1981	1,448,069	56,333,829	2.95%	0.03%
1982	1,490,732	56,313,641	2.95%	-0.04%
1983	1,534,413	56,332,848	2.93%	0.03%
1984	1,578,986	56,422,072	2.9%	0.16%
1985	1,624,379	56,550,268	2.87%	0.23%
1986	1,666,138	56,681,396	2.57%	0.23%
1987	1,703,390	56,802,050	2.24%	0.21%
1988	1,739,841	56,928,327	2.14%	0.22%
1989	1,775,436	57,076,711	2.05%	0.26%
1990	1,809,696	57,247,586	1.93%	0.3%
1991	1,842,379	57,424,897	1.81%	0.31%
1992	1,873,274	57,580,402	1.68%	0.27%
1993	1,901,793	57,718,614	1.52%	0.24%
1994	1,927,707	57,865,745	1.36%	0.25%
1995	1,951,437	58,019,030	1.23%	0.26%
1996	1,972,418	58,166,950	1.08%	0.25%
1997	1,988,130	58,316,954	0.8%	0.26%
1998	1,998,049	58,487,141	0.5%	0.29%
1999	2,003,234	58,682,466	0.26%	0.33%
2000	2,003,913	58,892,514	0.03%	0.36%
2001	2,000,853	59,119,673	-0.15%	0.39%
2002	1,994,679	59,370,479	-0.31%	0.42%
2003	1,985,059	59,647,577	-0.48%	0.47%
2004	1,971,129	59,987,905	-0.7%	0.57%
2005	1,953,076	60,401,206	-0.92%	0.69%
2006	1,945,063	60,846,820	-0.41%	0.74%
2007	1,953,268	61,322,463	0.42%	0.78%
2008	1,966,541	61,806,995	0.68%	0.79%
2009	1,980,883	62,276,270	0.73%	0.76%
2010	1,996,251	62,766,365	0.78%	0.79%
2011	2,014,009	63,258,810	0.89%	0.78%
2012	2,034,354	63,711,000	1.01%	0.71%
2013	2,056,504	64,139,000	1.09%	0.67%
2014	2,080,089	64,620,000	1.15%	0.75%
2015	2,104,611	65,088,000	1.18%	0.72%
2016	2,130,422	65,607,000	1.23%	0.8%
2017	2,157,110	65,966,000	1.25%	0.55%
2018	2,183,603	66,289,000	1.23%	0.49%
2019	2,209,405	66,631,000	1.18%	0.52%
2020	2,235,727	66,744,000	1.19%	0.17%
2021	2,261,542	66,984,000	1.15%	0.36%
2022	2,286,110	67,604,000	1.09%	0.93%
2023	2,311,472	68,492,000	1.11%	1.31%
2024	2,337,423	69,226,000	1.12%	1.07%
2025	2,363,324	69,639,673	1.11%	0.6%
2026	2,389,334	70,020,350	1.1%	0.55%
2027	2,415,365	70,382,853	1.09%	0.52%
2028	2,441,435	70,732,699	1.08%	0.5%
2029	2,467,677	71,061,482	1.07%	0.46%
2030	2,493,816	71,377,535	1.06%	0.44%
2031	2,520,014	71,678,351	1.05%	0.42%
2032	2,546,489	71,959,934	1.05%	0.39%
2033	2,573,106	72,234,509	1.05%	0.38%
2034	2,599,777	72,497,650	1.04%	0.36%
2035	2,626,560	72,749,096	1.03%	0.35%
2036	2,653,503	72,990,847	1.03%	0.33%
2037	2,680,081	73,218,850	1%	0.31%
2038	2,706,197	73,441,349	0.97%	0.3%
2039	2,732,138	73,658,392	0.96%	0.3%
2040	2,757,868	73,868,334	0.94%	0.29%
2041	2,783,361	74,074,316	0.92%	0.28%
2042	2,808,538	74,275,779	0.9%	0.27%
2043	2,833,257	74,475,035	0.88%	0.27%
2044	2,857,499	74,667,284	0.86%	0.26%
2045	2,881,333	74,848,605	0.83%	0.24%
2046	2,904,780	75,020,949	0.81%	0.23%
2047	2,927,859	75,184,478	0.79%	0.22%
2048	2,950,411	75,337,543	0.77%	0.2%
2049	2,972,156	75,476,141	0.74%	0.18%
2050	2,993,080	75,600,588	0.7%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.