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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Uzbekistan	Lesotho	Uzbekistan
1960	736,500	8,209,109	-	-
1961	758,824	8,517,711	3.03%	3.76%
1962	781,814	8,854,368	3.03%	3.95%
1963	805,373	9,202,246	3.01%	3.93%
1964	829,437	9,557,611	2.99%	3.86%
1965	854,090	9,921,681	2.97%	3.81%
1966	881,870	10,289,294	3.25%	3.71%
1967	913,982	10,659,180	3.64%	3.59%
1968	948,105	11,032,155	3.73%	3.5%
1969	983,202	11,403,150	3.7%	3.36%
1970	1,019,273	11,762,638	3.67%	3.15%
1971	1,056,246	12,111,511	3.63%	2.97%
1972	1,094,063	12,465,106	3.58%	2.92%
1973	1,132,697	12,831,047	3.53%	2.94%
1974	1,172,420	13,209,011	3.51%	2.95%
1975	1,213,643	13,598,521	3.52%	2.95%
1976	1,253,214	13,998,620	3.26%	2.94%
1977	1,289,967	14,408,822	2.93%	2.93%
1978	1,327,240	14,816,349	2.89%	2.83%
1979	1,366,169	15,215,587	2.93%	2.69%
1980	1,406,521	15,619,936	2.95%	2.66%
1981	1,448,069	16,035,032	2.95%	2.66%
1982	1,490,732	16,462,736	2.95%	2.67%
1983	1,534,413	16,908,400	2.93%	2.71%
1984	1,578,986	17,378,846	2.9%	2.78%
1985	1,624,379	17,875,339	2.87%	2.86%
1986	1,666,138	18,395,621	2.57%	2.91%
1987	1,703,390	18,930,070	2.24%	2.91%
1988	1,739,841	19,460,630	2.14%	2.8%
1989	1,775,436	19,977,183	2.05%	2.65%
1990	1,809,696	20,464,956	1.93%	2.44%
1991	1,842,379	20,962,910	1.81%	2.43%
1992	1,873,274	21,485,090	1.68%	2.49%
1993	1,901,793	21,987,955	1.52%	2.34%
1994	1,927,707	22,463,291	1.36%	2.16%
1995	1,951,437	22,917,589	1.23%	2.02%
1996	1,972,418	23,351,981	1.08%	1.9%
1997	1,988,130	23,758,960	0.8%	1.74%
1998	1,998,049	24,134,929	0.5%	1.58%
1999	2,003,234	24,476,008	0.26%	1.41%
2000	2,003,913	24,787,054	0.03%	1.27%
2001	2,000,853	25,090,283	-0.15%	1.22%
2002	1,994,679	25,399,980	-0.31%	1.23%
2003	1,985,059	25,711,259	-0.48%	1.23%
2004	1,971,129	26,029,350	-0.7%	1.24%
2005	1,953,076	26,356,975	-0.92%	1.26%
2006	1,945,063	26,699,043	-0.41%	1.3%
2007	1,953,268	27,076,008	0.42%	1.41%
2008	1,966,541	27,494,774	0.68%	1.55%
2009	1,980,883	27,939,328	0.73%	1.62%
2010	1,996,251	28,385,506	0.78%	1.6%
2011	2,014,009	28,823,196	0.89%	1.54%
2012	2,034,354	29,261,903	1.01%	1.52%
2013	2,056,504	29,724,065	1.09%	1.58%
2014	2,080,089	30,222,994	1.15%	1.68%
2015	2,104,611	30,749,346	1.18%	1.74%
2016	2,130,422	31,284,568	1.23%	1.74%
2017	2,157,110	31,819,178	1.25%	1.71%
2018	2,183,603	32,373,490	1.23%	1.74%
2019	2,209,405	32,964,701	1.18%	1.83%
2020	2,235,727	33,586,372	1.19%	1.89%
2021	2,261,542	34,243,696	1.15%	1.96%
2022	2,286,110	34,938,955	1.09%	2.03%
2023	2,311,472	35,652,307	1.11%	2.04%
2024	2,337,423	36,361,859	1.12%	1.99%
2025	2,363,324	37,053,425	1.11%	1.9%
2026	2,389,334	37,724,224	1.1%	1.81%
2027	2,415,365	38,376,104	1.09%	1.73%
2028	2,441,435	39,010,995	1.08%	1.65%
2029	2,467,677	39,634,353	1.07%	1.6%
2030	2,493,816	40,248,246	1.06%	1.55%
2031	2,520,014	40,850,310	1.05%	1.5%
2032	2,546,489	41,442,243	1.05%	1.45%
2033	2,573,106	42,026,366	1.05%	1.41%
2034	2,599,777	42,603,253	1.04%	1.37%
2035	2,626,560	43,175,104	1.03%	1.34%
2036	2,653,503	43,744,382	1.03%	1.32%
2037	2,680,081	44,313,638	1%	1.3%
2038	2,706,197	44,885,866	0.97%	1.29%
2039	2,732,138	45,461,988	0.96%	1.28%
2040	2,757,868	46,044,151	0.94%	1.28%
2041	2,783,361	46,636,742	0.92%	1.29%
2042	2,808,538	47,240,035	0.9%	1.29%
2043	2,833,257	47,851,671	0.88%	1.29%
2044	2,857,499	48,470,624	0.86%	1.29%
2045	2,881,333	49,096,060	0.83%	1.29%
2046	2,904,780	49,724,395	0.81%	1.28%
2047	2,927,859	50,351,710	0.79%	1.26%
2048	2,950,411	50,975,927	0.77%	1.24%
2049	2,972,156	51,596,108	0.74%	1.22%
2050	2,993,080	52,210,749	0.7%	1.19%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Uzbekistan gained 4,392,371 people (a 16.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Uzbekistan's population increased by 6,842,917 (a 22.3% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Uzbekistan was ranked 42nd in 2005 and still ranked 42nd 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 Uzbekistan will increase by 38.9% to 52,210,749 people and rank change from 42nd to 39th.