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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Zimbabwe	Lesotho	Zimbabwe
1960	736,500	3,809,389	-	-
1961	758,824	3,930,401	3.03%	3.18%
1962	781,814	4,055,959	3.03%	3.19%
1963	805,373	4,185,877	3.01%	3.2%
1964	829,437	4,320,006	2.99%	3.2%
1965	854,090	4,458,462	2.97%	3.2%
1966	881,870	4,601,217	3.25%	3.2%
1967	913,982	4,748,307	3.64%	3.2%
1968	948,105	4,900,440	3.73%	3.2%
1969	983,202	5,058,181	3.7%	3.22%
1970	1,019,273	5,215,918	3.67%	3.12%
1971	1,056,246	5,374,712	3.63%	3.04%
1972	1,094,063	5,542,445	3.58%	3.12%
1973	1,132,697	5,720,404	3.53%	3.21%
1974	1,172,420	5,908,328	3.51%	3.29%
1975	1,213,643	6,098,658	3.52%	3.22%
1976	1,253,214	6,287,105	3.26%	3.09%
1977	1,289,967	6,449,512	2.93%	2.58%
1978	1,327,240	6,543,575	2.89%	1.46%
1979	1,366,169	6,647,556	2.93%	1.59%
1980	1,406,521	7,041,303	2.95%	5.92%
1981	1,448,069	7,498,635	2.95%	6.49%
1982	1,490,732	7,796,496	2.95%	3.97%
1983	1,534,413	8,098,404	2.93%	3.87%
1984	1,578,986	8,391,488	2.9%	3.62%
1985	1,624,379	8,686,813	2.87%	3.52%
1986	1,666,138	8,982,578	2.57%	3.4%
1987	1,703,390	9,284,644	2.24%	3.36%
1988	1,739,841	9,583,094	2.14%	3.21%
1989	1,775,436	9,864,798	2.05%	2.94%
1990	1,809,696	10,137,281	1.93%	2.76%
1991	1,842,379	10,404,816	1.81%	2.64%
1992	1,873,274	10,702,700	1.68%	2.86%
1993	1,901,793	10,860,288	1.52%	1.47%
1994	1,927,707	10,873,148	1.36%	0.12%
1995	1,951,437	10,974,599	1.23%	0.93%
1996	1,972,418	11,158,360	1.08%	1.67%
1997	1,988,130	11,369,827	0.8%	1.9%
1998	1,998,049	11,594,297	0.5%	1.97%
1999	2,003,234	11,783,458	0.26%	1.63%
2000	2,003,913	11,892,055	0.03%	0.92%
2001	2,000,853	11,971,901	-0.15%	0.67%
2002	1,994,679	12,087,653	-0.31%	0.97%
2003	1,985,059	12,232,323	-0.48%	1.2%
2004	1,971,129	12,365,896	-0.7%	1.09%
2005	1,953,076	12,483,432	-0.92%	0.95%
2006	1,945,063	12,636,445	-0.41%	1.23%
2007	1,953,268	12,804,058	0.42%	1.33%
2008	1,966,541	12,959,149	0.68%	1.21%
2009	1,980,883	13,142,790	0.73%	1.42%
2010	1,996,251	13,356,548	0.78%	1.63%
2011	2,014,009	13,595,424	0.89%	1.79%
2012	2,034,354	13,817,887	1.01%	1.64%
2013	2,056,504	14,013,808	1.09%	1.42%
2014	2,080,089	14,207,359	1.15%	1.38%
2015	2,104,611	14,399,013	1.18%	1.35%
2016	2,130,422	14,600,294	1.23%	1.4%
2017	2,157,110	14,812,482	1.25%	1.45%
2018	2,183,603	15,034,452	1.23%	1.5%
2019	2,209,405	15,271,368	1.18%	1.58%
2020	2,235,727	15,526,888	1.19%	1.67%
2021	2,261,542	15,797,210	1.15%	1.74%
2022	2,286,110	16,069,056	1.09%	1.72%
2023	2,311,472	16,340,822	1.11%	1.69%
2024	2,337,423	16,634,373	1.12%	1.8%
2025	2,363,324	16,950,805	1.11%	1.9%
2026	2,389,334	17,273,591	1.1%	1.9%
2027	2,415,365	17,600,621	1.09%	1.89%
2028	2,441,435	17,932,015	1.08%	1.88%
2029	2,467,677	18,268,967	1.07%	1.88%
2030	2,493,816	18,610,356	1.06%	1.87%
2031	2,520,014	18,956,207	1.05%	1.86%
2032	2,546,489	19,311,368	1.05%	1.87%
2033	2,573,106	19,675,929	1.05%	1.89%
2034	2,599,777	20,041,125	1.04%	1.86%
2035	2,626,560	20,409,159	1.03%	1.84%
2036	2,653,503	20,778,662	1.03%	1.81%
2037	2,680,081	21,144,748	1%	1.76%
2038	2,706,197	21,512,919	0.97%	1.74%
2039	2,732,138	21,881,123	0.96%	1.71%
2040	2,757,868	22,250,123	0.94%	1.69%
2041	2,783,361	22,627,428	0.92%	1.7%
2042	2,808,538	23,000,906	0.9%	1.65%
2043	2,833,257	23,371,301	0.88%	1.61%
2044	2,857,499	23,740,630	0.86%	1.58%
2045	2,881,333	24,102,391	0.83%	1.52%
2046	2,904,780	24,462,491	0.81%	1.49%
2047	2,927,859	24,816,449	0.79%	1.45%
2048	2,950,411	25,168,419	0.77%	1.42%
2049	2,972,156	25,518,513	0.74%	1.39%
2050	2,993,080	25,866,397	0.7%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,963,849 people (a 15.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,676,871 (a 18.3% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2006 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 49.7% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.