Population in Lesotho compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Vatican	Lesotho	Vatican
1960	736,500	-	-	-
1961	758,824	-	3.03%	-
1962	781,814	-	3.03%	-
1963	805,373	-	3.01%	-
1964	829,437	-	2.99%	-
1965	854,090	-	2.97%	-
1966	881,870	-	3.25%	-
1967	913,982	-	3.64%	-
1968	948,105	-	3.73%	-
1969	983,202	-	3.7%	-
1970	1,019,273	-	3.67%	-
1971	1,056,246	-	3.63%	-
1972	1,094,063	-	3.58%	-
1973	1,132,697	-	3.53%	-
1974	1,172,420	-	3.51%	-
1975	1,213,643	-	3.52%	-
1976	1,253,214	-	3.26%	-
1977	1,289,967	-	2.93%	-
1978	1,327,240	-	2.89%	-
1979	1,366,169	-	2.93%	-
1980	1,406,521	-	2.95%	-
1981	1,448,069	-	2.95%	-
1982	1,490,732	-	2.95%	-
1983	1,534,413	-	2.93%	-
1984	1,578,986	-	2.9%	-
1985	1,624,379	-	2.87%	-
1986	1,666,138	-	2.57%	-
1987	1,703,390	-	2.24%	-
1988	1,739,841	-	2.14%	-
1989	1,775,436	-	2.05%	-
1990	1,809,696	-	1.93%	-
1991	1,842,379	-	1.81%	-
1992	1,873,274	-	1.68%	-
1993	1,901,793	-	1.52%	-
1994	1,927,707	-	1.36%	-
1995	1,951,437	-	1.23%	-
1996	1,972,418	-	1.08%	-
1997	1,988,130	-	0.8%	-
1998	1,998,049	-	0.5%	-
1999	2,003,234	-	0.26%	-
2000	2,003,913	880	0.03%	-
2001	2,000,853	890	-0.15%	1.14%
2002	1,994,679	900	-0.31%	1.12%
2003	1,985,059	911	-0.48%	1.22%
2004	1,971,129	921	-0.7%	1.1%
2005	1,953,076	921	-0.92%	0%
2006	1,945,063	932	-0.41%	1.19%
2007	1,953,268	821	0.42%	-11.9%
2008	1,966,541	824	0.68%	0.37%
2009	1,980,883	826	0.73%	0.24%
2010	1,996,251	829	0.78%	0.36%
2011	2,014,009	832	0.89%	0.36%
2012	2,034,354	836	1.01%	0.48%
2013	2,056,504	839	1.09%	0.36%
2014	2,080,089	842	1.15%	0.36%
2015	2,104,611	1,000	1.18%	18.8%
2016	2,130,422	-	1.23%	0%
2017	2,157,110	1,000	1.25%	0%
2018	2,183,603	-	1.23%	0%
2019	2,209,405	1,000	1.18%	0%
2020	2,235,727	987	1.19%	-1.29%
2021	2,261,542	970	1.15%	-1.68%
2022	2,286,110	944	1.09%	-2.66%
2023	2,311,472	922	1.11%	-2.34%
2024	2,337,423	933	1.12%	1.2%
2025	2,363,324	939	1.11%	0.59%
2026	2,389,334	952	1.1%	1.37%
2027	2,415,365	974	1.09%	2.32%
2028	2,441,435	985	1.08%	1.13%
2029	2,467,677	983	1.07%	-0.19%
2030	2,493,816	976	1.06%	-0.75%
2031	2,520,014	968	1.05%	-0.75%
2032	2,546,489	968	1.05%	0%
2033	2,573,106	988	1.05%	2.09%
2034	2,599,777	992	1.04%	0.37%
2035	2,626,560	1,000	1.03%	0.74%
2036	2,653,503	998	1.03%	-0.18%
2037	2,680,081	1,003	1%	0.55%
2038	2,706,197	1,022	0.97%	1.83%
2039	2,732,138	1,060	0.96%	3.78%
2040	2,757,868	1,095	0.94%	3.3%
2041	2,783,361	1,127	0.92%	2.86%
2042	2,808,538	1,149	0.9%	1.96%
2043	2,833,257	1,169	0.88%	1.76%
2044	2,857,499	1,186	0.86%	1.42%
2045	2,881,333	1,209	0.83%	2.02%
2046	2,904,780	1,224	0.81%	1.22%
2047	2,927,859	1,248	0.79%	1.95%
2048	2,950,411	1,272	0.77%	1.92%
2049	2,972,156	1,296	0.74%	1.88%
2050	2,993,080	1,325	0.7%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.