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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Yemen	Lesotho	Yemen
1960	736,500	5,532,301	-	-
1961	758,824	5,655,232	3.03%	2.22%
1962	781,814	5,782,221	3.03%	2.25%
1963	805,373	5,911,135	3.01%	2.23%
1964	829,437	6,048,006	2.99%	2.32%
1965	854,090	6,195,593	2.97%	2.44%
1966	881,870	6,351,494	3.25%	2.52%
1967	913,982	6,516,444	3.64%	2.6%
1968	948,105	6,690,524	3.73%	2.67%
1969	983,202	6,875,859	3.7%	2.77%
1970	1,019,273	7,065,279	3.67%	2.75%
1971	1,056,246	7,257,462	3.63%	2.72%
1972	1,094,063	7,460,068	3.58%	2.79%
1973	1,132,697	7,672,796	3.53%	2.85%
1974	1,172,420	7,896,783	3.51%	2.92%
1975	1,213,643	8,133,598	3.52%	3%
1976	1,253,214	8,384,113	3.26%	3.08%
1977	1,289,967	8,648,222	2.93%	3.15%
1978	1,327,240	8,926,586	2.89%	3.22%
1979	1,366,169	9,224,194	2.93%	3.33%
1980	1,406,521	9,543,358	2.95%	3.46%
1981	1,448,069	9,882,362	2.95%	3.55%
1982	1,490,732	10,241,006	2.95%	3.63%
1983	1,534,413	10,621,499	2.93%	3.72%
1984	1,578,986	11,025,597	2.9%	3.8%
1985	1,624,379	11,453,825	2.87%	3.88%
1986	1,666,138	11,901,040	2.57%	3.9%
1987	1,703,390	12,369,912	2.24%	3.94%
1988	1,739,841	12,859,708	2.14%	3.96%
1989	1,775,436	13,364,174	2.05%	3.92%
1990	1,809,696	13,887,862	1.93%	3.92%
1991	1,842,379	14,430,201	1.81%	3.91%
1992	1,873,274	14,989,494	1.68%	3.88%
1993	1,901,793	15,563,914	1.52%	3.83%
1994	1,927,707	16,149,147	1.36%	3.76%
1995	1,951,437	16,740,058	1.23%	3.66%
1996	1,972,418	17,313,177	1.08%	3.42%
1997	1,988,130	17,873,936	0.8%	3.24%
1998	1,998,049	18,446,013	0.5%	3.2%
1999	2,003,234	19,029,420	0.26%	3.16%
2000	2,003,913	19,624,141	0.03%	3.13%
2001	2,000,853	20,226,147	-0.15%	3.07%
2002	1,994,679	20,835,086	-0.31%	3.01%
2003	1,985,059	21,456,379	-0.48%	2.98%
2004	1,971,129	22,095,167	-0.7%	2.98%
2005	1,953,076	22,790,085	-0.92%	3.15%
2006	1,945,063	23,543,083	-0.41%	3.3%
2007	1,953,268	24,318,082	0.42%	3.29%
2008	1,966,541	25,111,941	0.68%	3.26%
2009	1,980,883	25,927,724	0.73%	3.25%
2010	1,996,251	26,754,387	0.78%	3.19%
2011	2,014,009	27,582,897	0.89%	3.1%
2012	2,034,354	28,433,647	1.01%	3.08%
2013	2,056,504	29,312,952	1.09%	3.09%
2014	2,080,089	30,226,309	1.15%	3.12%
2015	2,104,611	31,159,379	1.18%	3.09%
2016	2,130,422	32,109,010	1.23%	3.05%
2017	2,157,110	33,090,921	1.25%	3.06%
2018	2,183,603	34,085,182	1.23%	3%
2019	2,209,405	35,111,408	1.18%	3.01%
2020	2,235,727	36,134,863	1.19%	2.91%
2021	2,261,542	37,140,230	1.15%	2.78%
2022	2,286,110	38,222,876	1.09%	2.92%
2023	2,311,472	39,390,799	1.11%	3.06%
2024	2,337,423	40,583,164	1.12%	3.03%
2025	2,363,324	41,773,871	1.11%	2.93%
2026	2,389,334	42,961,650	1.1%	2.84%
2027	2,415,365	44,145,620	1.09%	2.76%
2028	2,441,435	45,323,685	1.08%	2.67%
2029	2,467,677	46,497,573	1.07%	2.59%
2030	2,493,816	47,667,649	1.06%	2.52%
2031	2,520,014	48,827,503	1.05%	2.43%
2032	2,546,489	49,979,089	1.05%	2.36%
2033	2,573,106	51,129,867	1.05%	2.3%
2034	2,599,777	52,279,989	1.04%	2.25%
2035	2,626,560	53,429,308	1.03%	2.2%
2036	2,653,503	54,578,046	1.03%	2.15%
2037	2,680,081	55,724,259	1%	2.1%
2038	2,706,197	56,872,152	0.97%	2.06%
2039	2,732,138	58,024,713	0.96%	2.03%
2040	2,757,868	59,181,514	0.94%	1.99%
2041	2,783,361	60,345,667	0.92%	1.97%
2042	2,808,538	61,517,965	0.9%	1.94%
2043	2,833,257	62,696,517	0.88%	1.92%
2044	2,857,499	63,880,172	0.86%	1.89%
2045	2,881,333	65,066,344	0.83%	1.86%
2046	2,904,780	66,253,578	0.81%	1.82%
2047	2,927,859	67,438,796	0.79%	1.79%
2048	2,950,411	68,620,844	0.77%	1.75%
2049	2,972,156	69,799,794	0.74%	1.72%
2050	2,993,080	70,976,389	0.7%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Lesotho's population will grow by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people with a rank change from 143rd to 141st. The population of Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.