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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Vietnam	Lesotho	Vietnam
1960	736,500	32,531,933	-	-
1961	758,824	33,409,059	3.03%	2.7%
1962	781,814	34,288,560	3.03%	2.63%
1963	805,373	35,249,101	3.01%	2.8%
1964	829,437	36,201,563	2.99%	2.7%
1965	854,090	37,129,656	2.97%	2.56%
1966	881,870	38,024,836	3.25%	2.41%
1967	913,982	38,895,080	3.64%	2.29%
1968	948,105	39,734,609	3.73%	2.16%
1969	983,202	40,582,096	3.7%	2.13%
1970	1,019,273	41,475,230	3.67%	2.2%
1971	1,056,246	42,449,276	3.63%	2.35%
1972	1,094,063	43,429,168	3.58%	2.31%
1973	1,132,697	44,409,861	3.53%	2.26%
1974	1,172,420	45,413,537	3.51%	2.26%
1975	1,213,643	46,482,903	3.52%	2.35%
1976	1,253,214	47,684,931	3.26%	2.59%
1977	1,289,967	48,954,872	2.93%	2.66%
1978	1,327,240	50,249,552	2.89%	2.64%
1979	1,366,169	51,378,211	2.93%	2.25%
1980	1,406,521	52,490,101	2.95%	2.16%
1981	1,448,069	53,738,141	2.95%	2.38%
1982	1,490,732	55,011,289	2.95%	2.37%
1983	1,534,413	56,337,921	2.93%	2.41%
1984	1,578,986	57,706,067	2.9%	2.43%
1985	1,624,379	59,060,622	2.87%	2.35%
1986	1,666,138	60,347,048	2.57%	2.18%
1987	1,703,390	61,584,651	2.24%	2.05%
1988	1,739,841	62,843,228	2.14%	2.04%
1989	1,775,436	64,147,348	2.05%	2.08%
1990	1,809,696	65,504,552	1.93%	2.12%
1991	1,842,379	66,891,775	1.81%	2.12%
1992	1,873,274	68,260,337	1.68%	2.05%
1993	1,901,793	69,586,384	1.52%	1.94%
1994	1,927,707	70,854,391	1.36%	1.82%
1995	1,951,437	72,049,940	1.23%	1.69%
1996	1,972,418	73,156,447	1.08%	1.54%
1997	1,988,130	74,226,889	0.8%	1.46%
1998	1,998,049	75,299,660	0.5%	1.45%
1999	2,003,234	76,287,452	0.26%	1.31%
2000	2,003,913	77,154,011	0.03%	1.14%
2001	2,000,853	77,969,361	-0.15%	1.06%
2002	1,994,679	78,772,224	-0.31%	1.03%
2003	1,985,059	79,563,777	-0.48%	1%
2004	1,971,129	80,338,971	-0.7%	0.97%
2005	1,953,076	81,088,313	-0.92%	0.93%
2006	1,945,063	82,167,897	-0.41%	1.33%
2007	1,953,268	83,633,375	0.42%	1.78%
2008	1,966,541	85,175,788	0.68%	1.84%
2009	1,980,883	86,460,018	0.73%	1.51%
2010	1,996,251	87,455,152	0.78%	1.15%
2011	2,014,009	88,468,314	0.89%	1.16%
2012	2,034,354	89,510,356	1.01%	1.18%
2013	2,056,504	90,573,104	1.09%	1.19%
2014	2,080,089	91,679,578	1.15%	1.22%
2015	2,104,611	92,823,254	1.18%	1.25%
2016	2,130,422	94,000,117	1.23%	1.27%
2017	2,157,110	95,176,977	1.25%	1.25%
2018	2,183,603	96,237,319	1.23%	1.11%
2019	2,209,405	97,173,776	1.18%	0.97%
2020	2,235,727	98,079,191	1.19%	0.93%
2021	2,261,542	98,935,098	1.15%	0.87%
2022	2,286,110	99,680,655	1.09%	0.75%
2023	2,311,472	100,352,192	1.11%	0.67%
2024	2,337,423	100,987,686	1.12%	0.63%
2025	2,363,324	101,598,531	1.11%	0.6%
2026	2,389,334	102,177,434	1.1%	0.57%
2027	2,415,365	102,727,392	1.09%	0.54%
2028	2,441,435	103,255,746	1.08%	0.51%
2029	2,467,677	103,761,151	1.07%	0.49%
2030	2,493,816	104,254,900	1.06%	0.48%
2031	2,520,014	104,737,913	1.05%	0.46%
2032	2,546,489	105,204,401	1.05%	0.45%
2033	2,573,106	105,656,307	1.05%	0.43%
2034	2,599,777	106,097,515	1.04%	0.42%
2035	2,626,560	106,530,671	1.03%	0.41%
2036	2,653,503	106,945,842	1.03%	0.39%
2037	2,680,081	107,346,046	1%	0.37%
2038	2,706,197	107,732,019	0.97%	0.36%
2039	2,732,138	108,097,653	0.96%	0.34%
2040	2,757,868	108,437,634	0.94%	0.31%
2041	2,783,361	108,752,199	0.92%	0.29%
2042	2,808,538	109,040,314	0.9%	0.26%
2043	2,833,257	109,292,559	0.88%	0.23%
2044	2,857,499	109,506,274	0.86%	0.2%
2045	2,881,333	109,685,396	0.83%	0.16%
2046	2,904,780	109,827,664	0.81%	0.13%
2047	2,927,859	109,930,243	0.79%	0.09%
2048	2,950,411	109,994,024	0.77%	0.06%
2049	2,972,156	110,018,017	0.74%	0.02%
2050	2,993,080	110,008,910	0.7%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.