Lesotho - Population Growth 2000
0.03%
−0.23pp from 1999
Lesotho's population growth was 0.03% in 2000, decreased +0.23pp from 0.26% in 1999. This was the 26th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2000▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Timor-Leste | -11.36% | 6.5% |
| 2nd | Curaçao | -4.08% | -14.7% |
| 3rd | Kosovo | -3.76% | 64.2% |
| 4th | Georgia | -1.94% | 5.5% |
| 5th | Poland | -1.04% | -12,478.2% |
| 6th | Croatia | -0.99% | -128.3% |
| 7th | Latvia | -0.96% | -18.4% |
| 8th | Ukraine | -0.84% | -5.0% |
| 9th | Lithuania | -0.70% | 0.9% |
| 10th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | -0.66% | 4.9% |
| 11th | Albania | -0.64% | -0.6% |
| 12th | Dominica | -0.52% | -42.0% |
| 13th | Bulgaria | -0.49% | 11.9% |
| 14th | Belarus | -0.47% | -4.7% |
| 15th | Russian Federation | -0.42% | -36.0% |
| 16th | Serbia | -0.32% | 11.7% |
| 17th | Czechia | -0.28% | -174.4% |
| 18th | Hungary | -0.26% | 8.3% |
| 19th | Moldova | -0.20% | -29.5% |
| 20th | Nauru | -0.19% | -73.0% |
| 21st | Barbados | -0.17% | -660.9% |
| 22nd | Slovak Republic | -0.14% | -232.7% |
| 23rd | Romania | -0.13% | 17.5% |
| 24th | Andorra | -0.04% | -107.6% |
| 25th | Montenegro | -0.03% | 93.3% |
| 26th | Lesotho | 0.03% | -86.9% |
| 27th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.04% | -30.7% |
| 28th | Italy | 0.05% | 169.3% |
| 29th | Guyana | 0.05% | -61.1% |
| 30th | Gibraltar | 0.06% | -59.6% |
| 31st | European Union | 0.12% | -27.4% |
| 32nd | Germany | 0.14% | 109.5% |
| 33rd | Monaco | 0.14% | -68.6% |
| 34th | Greenland | 0.15% | - |
| 35th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.16% | -3.9% |
| 36th | Sweden | 0.16% | 106.1% |
| 37th | Japan | 0.17% | -8.4% |
| 38th | Finland | 0.21% | -10.6% |
| 39th | Austria | 0.24% | 23.6% |
| 40th | Belgium | 0.24% | 5.8% |
| 41st | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.28% | -44.8% |
| 42nd | Kazakhstan | 0.29% | 123.7% |
| 43rd | Slovenia | 0.30% | 314.5% |
| 44th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.33% | 19.8% |
| 45th | Cuba | 0.33% | -2.0% |
| 46th | Denmark | 0.33% | 1.0% |
| 47th | United Kingdom | 0.36% | 7.2% |
| 48th | Uruguay | 0.37% | -17.6% |
| 49th | Channel Islands | 0.38% | -14.5% |
| 50th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.38% | 12.6% |
| 51st | Greece | 0.41% | 6.7% |
| 52nd | Spain | 0.45% | 10.3% |
| 53rd | North Macedonia | 0.46% | -4.7% |
| 54th | Estonia | 0.48% | 64.3% |
| 55th | El Salvador | 0.50% | -11.5% |
| 56th | Tuvalu | 0.50% | 6.1% |
| 57th | Switzerland | 0.56% | 17.8% |
| 58th | New Zealand | 0.59% | 11.8% |
| 59th | Tonga | 0.62% | -4.7% |
| 60th | Malta | 0.65% | 8.8% |
| 61st | Norway | 0.65% | -5.2% |
| 62nd | Grenada | 0.68% | 0.2% |
| 63rd | France | 0.69% | 33.0% |
| 64th | Jamaica | 0.69% | -10.8% |
| 65th | Bermuda | 0.69% | -12.8% |
| 66th | Portugal | 0.70% | 24.3% |
| 67th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.71% | -28.7% |
| 68th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0.71% | -10.2% |
| 69th | Netherlands | 0.71% | 7.4% |
| 70th | Macao SAR, China | 0.75% | -37.9% |
| 71st | Samoa | 0.78% | 2.1% |
| 72nd | China | 0.79% | -9.0% |
| 73rd | Rwanda | 0.81% | -1.1% |
| 74th | Azerbaijan | 0.82% | -6.4% |
| 75th | Korea | 0.84% | 17.6% |
| 76th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.88% | -7.7% |
| 77th | Seychelles | 0.89% | -54.6% |
| 78th | South Africa | 0.91% | -16.1% |
| 79th | Zimbabwe | 0.92% | -43.3% |
| 80th | Canada | 0.93% | 14.6% |
| 81st | Mauritius | 0.98% | -22.7% |
| 82nd | Marshall Islands | 1.00% | 2.9% |
| 83rd | Eswatini | 1.03% | -5.5% |
| 84th | Aruba | 1.03% | -24.0% |
| 85th | American Samoa | 1.07% | -34.5% |
| 86th | Fiji | 1.09% | -6.2% |
| 87th | São Tomé and Principe | 1.10% | -7.9% |
| 88th | United States | 1.11% | -3.1% |
| 89th | Guam | 1.12% | -14.5% |
| 90th | Myanmar | 1.12% | -6.1% |
| 91st | Tunisia | 1.12% | -5.8% |
| 92nd | Viet Nam | 1.13% | -13.3% |
| 93rd | Thailand | 1.13% | -9.8% |
| 94th | Argentina | 1.13% | -1.7% |
| 95th | Australia | 1.14% | 4.6% |
| 96th | Isle of Man | 1.16% | -7.6% |
| 97th | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.19% | -19.9% |
| 98th | Chile | 1.20% | -4.9% |
| 99th | Afghanistan | 1.21% | -67.5% |
| 100th | St. Lucia | 1.21% | -6.7% |
| 101st | Tajikistan | 1.22% | 136.8% |
| 102nd | Uzbekistan | 1.26% | -10.0% |
| 103rd | San Marino | 1.28% | 0.5% |
| 104th | Türkiye | 1.28% | -4.0% |
| 105th | Oman | 1.29% | -5.2% |
| 106th | Liechtenstein | 1.31% | -24.5% |
| 107th | Bahamas, The | 1.31% | -1.9% |
| 108th | Mongolia | 1.33% | -5.9% |
| 109th | Ireland | 1.33% | 18.3% |
| 110th | Faroe Islands | 1.34% | 27.3% |
| 111th | Luxembourg | 1.34% | -0.5% |
| 112th | Iceland | 1.37% | 13.2% |
| 113th | Brazil | 1.38% | -5.6% |
| 114th | Nicaragua | 1.38% | -3.8% |
| 115th | Algeria | 1.40% | 0.8% |
| 116th | Morocco | 1.40% | -3.7% |
| 117th | Indonesia | 1.43% | -4.7% |
| 118th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.44% | 5.8% |
| 119th | Palau | 1.45% | -27.8% |
| 120th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.48% | 3.6% |
| 121st | Cabo Verde | 1.51% | -0.6% |
| 122nd | Eritrea | 1.54% | 4.3% |
| 123rd | Mexico | 1.54% | -3.5% |
| 124th | Peru | 1.56% | -9.7% |
| 125th | French Polynesia | 1.57% | -0.6% |
| 126th | Cambodia | 1.59% | -6.8% |
| 127th | Dominican Republic | 1.62% | -0.1% |
| 128th | Colombia | 1.64% | -5.8% |
| 129th | Maldives | 1.65% | -3.4% |
| 130th | Libya | 1.65% | 10.7% |
| 131st | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.68% | -2.3% |
| 132nd | Lao PDR | 1.68% | -3.9% |
| 133rd | Armenia | 1.68% | 230.6% |
| 134th | Kiribati | 1.69% | -0.5% |
| 135th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.72% | -1.6% |
| 136th | Lebanon | 1.73% | -1.6% |
| 137th | Nepal | 1.73% | -7.0% |
| 138th | Singapore | 1.73% | 116.7% |
| 139th | Ecuador | 1.74% | -2.3% |
| 140th | Cyprus | 1.75% | -3.3% |
| 141st | Sri Lanka | 1.82% | -1.9% |
| 142nd | Bangladesh | 1.83% | -3.8% |
| 143rd | Haiti | 1.85% | -0.1% |
| 144th | India | 1.88% | -1.2% |
| 145th | Comoros | 1.92% | 7.7% |
| 146th | Paraguay | 1.93% | -7.1% |
| 147th | Costa Rica | 1.94% | -6.5% |
| 148th | Guinea | 1.96% | -12.5% |
| 149th | Panama | 1.96% | -0.9% |
| 150th | Turkmenistan | 1.99% | 8.7% |
| 151st | Guinea-Bissau | 2.01% | 5.8% |
| 152nd | Suriname | 2.06% | 0.2% |
| 153rd | New Caledonia | 2.07% | -0.1% |
| 154th | Jordan | 2.07% | -3.5% |
| 155th | Burundi | 2.08% | -13.3% |
| 156th | Botswana | 2.13% | -1.3% |
| 157th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 2.16% | -3.1% |
| 158th | Brunei Darussalam | 2.17% | -2.4% |
| 159th | Mozambique | 2.20% | -1.9% |
| 160th | Solomon Islands | 2.29% | -14.9% |
| 161st | Vanuatu | 2.30% | 10.9% |
| 162nd | Malaysia | 2.34% | -1.7% |
| 163rd | Namibia | 2.35% | -5.4% |
| 164th | Guatemala | 2.38% | -5.6% |
| 165th | Philippines | 2.38% | -6.9% |
| 166th | Malawi | 2.40% | 2.7% |
| 167th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.40% | 296.2% |
| 168th | Senegal | 2.41% | 1.7% |
| 169th | Sierra Leone | 2.42% | 367.4% |
| 170th | Bhutan | 2.42% | 6.1% |
| 171st | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.49% | -2.0% |
| 172nd | Sudan | 2.50% | -0.4% |
| 173rd | Ghana | 2.51% | 2.9% |
| 174th | West Bank and Gaza | 2.56% | 0.0% |
| 175th | British Virgin Islands | 2.56% | 1.3% |
| 176th | Gabon | 2.59% | 1.4% |
| 177th | Cameroon | 2.63% | -0.8% |
| 178th | Bahrain | 2.64% | 0.1% |
| 179th | Israel | 2.64% | 3.8% |
| 180th | Nigeria | 2.67% | 1.5% |
| 181st | Honduras | 2.73% | 4.0% |
| 182nd | Gambia, The | 2.74% | -1.4% |
| 183rd | Central African Republic | 2.75% | 0.5% |
| 184th | Togo | 2.76% | -2.5% |
| 185th | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.77% | -15.1% |
| 186th | Mauritania | 2.78% | 4.1% |
| 187th | Zambia | 2.81% | 4.9% |
| 188th | Pakistan | 2.82% | 3.8% |
| 189th | Kuwait | 2.84% | -4.7% |
| 190th | Tanzania | 2.84% | 6.1% |
| 191st | Mali | 2.91% | 4.8% |
| 192nd | Burkina Faso | 2.98% | 1.8% |
| 193rd | Kenya | 3.01% | 4.5% |
| 194th | Benin | 3.08% | -0.6% |
| 195th | Yemen, Republic of | 3.08% | -1.2% |
| 196th | Djibouti | 3.14% | -10.1% |
| 197th | Uganda | 3.14% | -3.0% |
| 198th | Madagascar | 3.17% | -2.3% |
| 199th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.21% | -4.5% |
| 200th | Belize | 3.27% | -5.1% |
| 201st | Iraq | 3.28% | 1.4% |
| 202nd | Angola | 3.31% | 0.5% |
| 203rd | Papua New Guinea | 3.45% | -0.9% |
| 204th | Chad | 3.46% | -1.5% |
| 205th | Niger | 3.47% | 0.8% |
| 206th | Cayman Islands | 3.57% | -1.5% |
| 207th | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.63% | -49.5% |
| 208th | Liberia | 3.70% | -32.9% |
| 209th | Congo, Republic of | 3.83% | 41.9% |
| 210th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 4.00% | -1.1% |
| 211th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.20% | -1.1% |
| 212th | South Sudan | 4.42% | 66.0% |
| 213th | Saudi Arabia | 4.46% | 23.2% |
| 214th | Qatar | 5.17% | -3.6% |
| 215th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.26% | 33.8% |
| 216th | United Arab Emirates | 6.74% | -5.9% |
FAQ
What was Lesotho's population growth in 2000?▾
Lesotho's population growth in 2000 was 0.03%. This ranked 26th globally.
How did Lesotho's population growth change in 2000?▾
Lesotho's population growth decreased by 86.9% in 2000 compared to 1999.
Which country had the highest population growth in 2000?▾
United Arab Emirates had the highest population growth in 2000 at 6.74%.
What is the population growth of Lesotho in 2000?▾
The population growth of Lesotho in 2000 was 0.03%. This ranked 26th globally.
How does 2000 compare to 1999 for Lesotho's population growth?▾
Lesotho's population growth went from 0.26% in 1999 to 0.03% in 2000, a 86.9% decrease.
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