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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Venezuela	Lesotho	Venezuela
1960	736,500	8,160,090	-	-
1961	758,824	8,455,915	3.03%	3.63%
1962	781,814	8,756,870	3.03%	3.56%
1963	805,373	9,064,021	3.01%	3.51%
1964	829,437	9,377,712	2.99%	3.46%
1965	854,090	9,697,790	2.97%	3.41%
1966	881,870	10,024,854	3.25%	3.37%
1967	913,982	10,358,513	3.64%	3.33%
1968	948,105	10,697,530	3.73%	3.27%
1969	983,202	11,040,280	3.7%	3.2%
1970	1,019,273	11,387,790	3.67%	3.15%
1971	1,056,246	11,741,008	3.63%	3.1%
1972	1,094,063	12,099,180	3.58%	3.05%
1973	1,132,697	12,463,537	3.53%	3.01%
1974	1,172,420	12,835,351	3.51%	2.98%
1975	1,213,643	13,215,892	3.52%	2.96%
1976	1,253,214	13,606,284	3.26%	2.95%
1977	1,289,967	14,006,812	2.93%	2.94%
1978	1,327,240	14,416,684	2.89%	2.93%
1979	1,366,169	14,834,552	2.93%	2.9%
1980	1,406,521	15,258,218	2.95%	2.86%
1981	1,448,069	15,687,297	2.95%	2.81%
1982	1,490,732	16,121,874	2.95%	2.77%
1983	1,534,413	16,562,205	2.93%	2.73%
1984	1,578,986	17,008,841	2.9%	2.7%
1985	1,624,379	17,461,434	2.87%	2.66%
1986	1,666,138	17,923,536	2.57%	2.65%
1987	1,703,390	18,394,963	2.24%	2.63%
1988	1,739,841	18,871,020	2.14%	2.59%
1989	1,775,436	19,348,921	2.05%	2.53%
1990	1,809,696	19,827,010	1.93%	2.47%
1991	1,842,379	20,304,896	1.81%	2.41%
1992	1,873,274	20,780,948	1.68%	2.34%
1993	1,901,793	21,254,520	1.52%	2.28%
1994	1,927,707	21,725,188	1.36%	2.21%
1995	1,951,437	22,193,821	1.23%	2.16%
1996	1,972,418	22,662,113	1.08%	2.11%
1997	1,988,130	23,131,685	0.8%	2.07%
1998	1,998,049	23,601,337	0.5%	2.03%
1999	2,003,234	24,066,593	0.26%	1.97%
2000	2,003,913	24,526,708	0.03%	1.91%
2001	2,000,853	24,979,922	-0.15%	1.85%
2002	1,994,679	25,435,671	-0.31%	1.82%
2003	1,985,059	25,892,703	-0.48%	1.8%
2004	1,971,129	26,340,838	-0.7%	1.73%
2005	1,953,076	26,785,804	-0.92%	1.69%
2006	1,945,063	27,224,686	-0.41%	1.64%
2007	1,953,268	27,649,363	0.42%	1.56%
2008	1,966,541	28,053,696	0.68%	1.46%
2009	1,980,883	28,438,298	0.73%	1.37%
2010	1,996,251	28,813,101	0.78%	1.32%
2011	2,014,009	29,185,212	0.89%	1.29%
2012	2,034,354	29,553,826	1.01%	1.26%
2013	2,056,504	29,912,198	1.09%	1.21%
2014	2,080,089	30,254,079	1.15%	1.14%
2015	2,104,611	30,573,972	1.18%	1.06%
2016	2,130,422	30,765,720	1.23%	0.63%
2017	2,157,110	30,565,323	1.25%	-0.65%
2018	2,183,603	29,807,592	1.23%	-2.48%
2019	2,209,405	28,938,098	1.18%	-2.92%
2020	2,235,727	28,444,077	1.19%	-1.71%
2021	2,261,542	28,237,826	1.15%	-0.73%
2022	2,286,110	28,213,017	1.09%	-0.09%
2023	2,311,472	28,300,854	1.11%	0.31%
2024	2,337,423	28,405,543	1.12%	0.37%
2025	2,363,324	28,516,898	1.11%	0.39%
2026	2,389,334	28,633,718	1.1%	0.41%
2027	2,415,365	28,758,565	1.09%	0.44%
2028	2,441,435	28,885,166	1.08%	0.44%
2029	2,467,677	29,014,444	1.07%	0.45%
2030	2,493,816	29,151,809	1.06%	0.47%
2031	2,520,014	29,295,744	1.05%	0.49%
2032	2,546,489	29,442,534	1.05%	0.5%
2033	2,573,106	29,587,099	1.05%	0.49%
2034	2,599,777	29,735,159	1.04%	0.5%
2035	2,626,560	29,883,329	1.03%	0.5%
2036	2,653,503	30,020,167	1.03%	0.46%
2037	2,680,081	30,146,546	1%	0.42%
2038	2,706,197	30,268,328	0.97%	0.4%
2039	2,732,138	30,386,284	0.96%	0.39%
2040	2,757,868	30,495,445	0.94%	0.36%
2041	2,783,361	30,590,207	0.92%	0.31%
2042	2,808,538	30,674,532	0.9%	0.28%
2043	2,833,257	30,749,671	0.88%	0.24%
2044	2,857,499	30,813,805	0.86%	0.21%
2045	2,881,333	30,871,490	0.83%	0.19%
2046	2,904,780	30,923,463	0.81%	0.17%
2047	2,927,859	30,974,366	0.79%	0.16%
2048	2,950,411	31,021,600	0.77%	0.15%
2049	2,972,156	31,059,954	0.74%	0.12%
2050	2,993,080	31,094,884	0.7%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.