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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	United States	Lesotho	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	736,500	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	758,824	183,691,481	3.03%	1.67%
1962	781,814	186,537,737	3.03%	1.55%
1963	805,373	189,241,798	3.01%	1.45%
1964	829,437	191,888,791	2.99%	1.4%
1965	854,090	194,302,963	2.97%	1.26%
1966	881,870	196,560,338	3.25%	1.16%
1967	913,982	198,712,056	3.64%	1.09%
1968	948,105	200,706,052	3.73%	1%
1969	983,202	202,676,946	3.7%	0.98%
1970	1,019,273	205,052,174	3.67%	1.17%
1971	1,056,246	207,660,677	3.63%	1.27%
1972	1,094,063	209,896,021	3.58%	1.08%
1973	1,132,697	211,908,788	3.53%	0.96%
1974	1,172,420	213,853,928	3.51%	0.92%
1975	1,213,643	215,973,199	3.52%	0.99%
1976	1,253,214	218,035,164	3.26%	0.95%
1977	1,289,967	220,239,425	2.93%	1.01%
1978	1,327,240	222,584,545	2.89%	1.06%
1979	1,366,169	225,055,487	2.93%	1.11%
1980	1,406,521	226,542,250	2.95%	0.66%
1981	1,448,069	229,465,744	2.95%	1.29%
1982	1,490,732	231,664,432	2.95%	0.96%
1983	1,534,413	233,792,014	2.93%	0.92%
1984	1,578,986	235,824,908	2.9%	0.87%
1985	1,624,379	237,923,734	2.87%	0.89%
1986	1,666,138	240,132,831	2.57%	0.93%
1987	1,703,390	242,288,936	2.24%	0.9%
1988	1,739,841	244,499,004	2.14%	0.91%
1989	1,775,436	246,819,222	2.05%	0.95%
1990	1,809,696	250,131,894	1.93%	1.34%
1991	1,842,379	253,492,503	1.81%	1.34%
1992	1,873,274	256,894,189	1.68%	1.34%
1993	1,901,793	260,255,352	1.52%	1.31%
1994	1,927,707	263,435,673	1.36%	1.22%
1995	1,951,437	266,557,091	1.23%	1.18%
1996	1,972,418	269,667,391	1.08%	1.17%
1997	1,988,130	272,911,760	0.8%	1.2%
1998	1,998,049	276,115,288	0.5%	1.17%
1999	2,003,234	279,294,713	0.26%	1.15%
2000	2,003,913	282,162,411	0.03%	1.03%
2001	2,000,853	284,968,955	-0.15%	0.99%
2002	1,994,679	287,625,193	-0.31%	0.93%
2003	1,985,059	290,107,933	-0.48%	0.86%
2004	1,971,129	292,805,298	-0.7%	0.93%
2005	1,953,076	295,516,599	-0.92%	0.93%
2006	1,945,063	298,379,912	-0.41%	0.97%
2007	1,953,268	301,231,207	0.42%	0.96%
2008	1,966,541	304,093,966	0.68%	0.95%
2009	1,980,883	306,771,529	0.73%	0.88%
2010	1,996,251	309,327,143	0.78%	0.83%
2011	2,014,009	311,583,481	0.89%	0.73%
2012	2,034,354	313,877,662	1.01%	0.74%
2013	2,056,504	316,059,947	1.09%	0.7%
2014	2,080,089	318,386,329	1.15%	0.74%
2015	2,104,611	320,738,994	1.18%	0.74%
2016	2,130,422	323,071,755	1.23%	0.73%
2017	2,157,110	325,122,128	1.25%	0.63%
2018	2,183,603	326,838,199	1.23%	0.53%
2019	2,209,405	328,329,953	1.18%	0.46%
2020	2,235,727	331,526,933	1.19%	0.97%
2021	2,261,542	331,893,745	1.15%	0.11%
2022	2,286,110	333,271,411	1.09%	0.42%
2023	2,311,472	334,914,895	1.11%	0.49%
2024	2,337,423	340,110,988	1.12%	1.55%
2025	2,363,324	341,931,772	1.11%	0.54%
2026	2,389,334	343,664,369	1.1%	0.51%
2027	2,415,365	345,331,185	1.09%	0.49%
2028	2,441,435	346,981,137	1.08%	0.48%
2029	2,467,677	348,601,982	1.07%	0.47%
2030	2,493,816	350,176,974	1.06%	0.45%
2031	2,520,014	351,725,612	1.05%	0.44%
2032	2,546,489	353,249,060	1.05%	0.43%
2033	2,573,106	354,749,644	1.05%	0.42%
2034	2,599,777	356,234,239	1.04%	0.42%
2035	2,626,560	357,694,316	1.03%	0.41%
2036	2,653,503	359,119,002	1.03%	0.4%
2037	2,680,081	360,517,853	1%	0.39%
2038	2,706,197	361,895,407	0.97%	0.38%
2039	2,732,138	363,229,908	0.96%	0.37%
2040	2,757,868	364,512,364	0.94%	0.35%
2041	2,783,361	365,753,139	0.92%	0.34%
2042	2,808,538	366,969,419	0.9%	0.33%
2043	2,833,257	368,146,925	0.88%	0.32%
2044	2,857,499	369,258,123	0.86%	0.3%
2045	2,881,333	370,318,770	0.83%	0.29%
2046	2,904,780	371,328,255	0.81%	0.27%
2047	2,927,859	372,299,116	0.79%	0.26%
2048	2,950,411	373,230,539	0.77%	0.25%
2049	2,972,156	374,119,803	0.74%	0.24%
2050	2,993,080	374,986,259	0.7%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.