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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Vanuatu	Lesotho	Vanuatu
1960	736,500	64,431	-	-
1961	758,824	66,264	3.03%	2.84%
1962	781,814	68,174	3.03%	2.88%
1963	805,373	70,159	3.01%	2.91%
1964	829,437	72,219	2.99%	2.94%
1965	854,090	74,358	2.97%	2.96%
1966	881,870	76,590	3.25%	3%
1967	913,982	78,921	3.64%	3.04%
1968	948,105	81,314	3.73%	3.03%
1969	983,202	83,755	3.7%	3%
1970	1,019,273	86,266	3.67%	3%
1971	1,056,246	88,862	3.63%	3.01%
1972	1,094,063	91,562	3.58%	3.04%
1973	1,132,697	94,362	3.53%	3.06%
1974	1,172,420	97,260	3.51%	3.07%
1975	1,213,643	100,269	3.52%	3.09%
1976	1,253,214	103,388	3.26%	3.11%
1977	1,289,967	106,618	2.93%	3.12%
1978	1,327,240	109,963	2.89%	3.14%
1979	1,366,169	113,040	2.93%	2.8%
1980	1,406,521	115,660	2.95%	2.32%
1981	1,448,069	118,249	2.95%	2.24%
1982	1,490,732	121,035	2.95%	2.36%
1983	1,534,413	123,998	2.93%	2.45%
1984	1,578,986	127,109	2.9%	2.51%
1985	1,624,379	130,356	2.87%	2.55%
1986	1,666,138	133,720	2.57%	2.58%
1987	1,703,390	137,187	2.24%	2.59%
1988	1,739,841	140,756	2.14%	2.6%
1989	1,775,436	144,393	2.05%	2.58%
1990	1,809,696	148,063	1.93%	2.54%
1991	1,842,379	151,793	1.81%	2.52%
1992	1,873,274	155,608	1.68%	2.51%
1993	1,901,793	159,463	1.52%	2.48%
1994	1,927,707	163,314	1.36%	2.41%
1995	1,951,437	167,137	1.23%	2.34%
1996	1,972,418	170,911	1.08%	2.26%
1997	1,988,130	174,626	0.8%	2.17%
1998	1,998,049	178,313	0.5%	2.11%
1999	2,003,234	182,048	0.26%	2.09%
2000	2,003,913	186,281	0.03%	2.33%
2001	2,000,853	191,031	-0.15%	2.55%
2002	1,994,679	195,863	-0.31%	2.53%
2003	1,985,059	200,746	-0.48%	2.49%
2004	1,971,129	205,711	-0.7%	2.47%
2005	1,953,076	210,760	-0.92%	2.45%
2006	1,945,063	215,923	-0.41%	2.45%
2007	1,953,268	221,276	0.42%	2.48%
2008	1,966,541	226,896	0.68%	2.54%
2009	1,980,883	232,731	0.73%	2.57%
2010	1,996,251	238,248	0.78%	2.37%
2011	2,014,009	243,474	0.89%	2.19%
2012	2,034,354	248,883	1.01%	2.22%
2013	2,056,504	254,482	1.09%	2.25%
2014	2,080,089	260,240	1.15%	2.26%
2015	2,104,611	266,101	1.18%	2.25%
2016	2,130,422	272,087	1.23%	2.25%
2017	2,157,110	278,507	1.25%	2.36%
2018	2,183,603	285,259	1.23%	2.42%
2019	2,209,405	291,985	1.18%	2.36%
2020	2,235,727	298,858	1.19%	2.35%
2021	2,261,542	305,868	1.15%	2.35%
2022	2,286,110	313,046	1.09%	2.35%
2023	2,311,472	320,409	1.11%	2.35%
2024	2,337,423	327,777	1.12%	2.3%
2025	2,363,324	335,169	1.11%	2.26%
2026	2,389,334	342,565	1.1%	2.21%
2027	2,415,365	349,970	1.09%	2.16%
2028	2,441,435	357,397	1.08%	2.12%
2029	2,467,677	364,883	1.07%	2.09%
2030	2,493,816	372,429	1.06%	2.07%
2031	2,520,014	380,015	1.05%	2.04%
2032	2,546,489	387,657	1.05%	2.01%
2033	2,573,106	395,366	1.05%	1.99%
2034	2,599,777	403,188	1.04%	1.98%
2035	2,626,560	411,061	1.03%	1.95%
2036	2,653,503	419,006	1.03%	1.93%
2037	2,680,081	427,031	1%	1.92%
2038	2,706,197	435,150	0.97%	1.9%
2039	2,732,138	443,311	0.96%	1.88%
2040	2,757,868	451,509	0.94%	1.85%
2041	2,783,361	459,733	0.92%	1.82%
2042	2,808,538	468,003	0.9%	1.8%
2043	2,833,257	476,308	0.88%	1.77%
2044	2,857,499	484,636	0.86%	1.75%
2045	2,881,333	492,989	0.83%	1.72%
2046	2,904,780	501,316	0.81%	1.69%
2047	2,927,859	509,621	0.79%	1.66%
2048	2,950,411	517,889	0.77%	1.62%
2049	2,972,156	526,138	0.74%	1.59%
2050	2,993,080	534,374	0.7%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.