Lesotho vs Uruguay: Population by world region

Lesotho
3.26 million people
in 2100
Uruguay
2.25 million people
in 2100
Lesotho rank
139th
Uruguay rank
142nd

Population by world region over time

  • Lesotho
  • Uruguay
01.0M2.0M3.0M100015502100

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 3.26 million people against 2.25 million people in Uruguay, a difference of 1.01 million people.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.5 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 139th and Uruguay ranks 142nd of 239 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 28 and Uruguay in 20.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Uruguay Difference Ahead
1000s 32,003 people 14,091 people 17,912 people Lesotho
1100s 36,575 people 15,670 people 20,905 people Lesotho
1200s 41,800 people 17,428 people 24,372 people Lesotho
1300s 47,772 people 19,386 people 28,386 people Lesotho
1400s 54,597 people 21,566 people 33,031 people Lesotho
1500s 62,396 people 23,995 people 38,401 people Lesotho
1600s 71,310 people 26,701 people 44,609 people Lesotho
1700s 81,497 people 29,719 people 51,778 people Lesotho
1710s 83,845 people 31,284 people 52,561 people Lesotho
1720s 86,364 people 32,930 people 53,434 people Lesotho
1730s 89,075 people 34,663 people 54,412 people Lesotho
1740s 92,002 people 36,488 people 55,514 people Lesotho
1750s 95,175 people 38,408 people 56,767 people Lesotho
1760s 98,627 people 40,430 people 58,197 people Lesotho
1770s 102,399 people 42,557 people 59,842 people Lesotho
1780s 106,543 people 44,797 people 61,746 people Lesotho
1790s 111,118 people 47,155 people 63,963 people Lesotho
1800s 276,361 people 55,000 people 221,361 people Lesotho
1810s 276,280 people 55,033 people 221,248 people Lesotho
1820s 258,645 people 63,118 people 195,527 people Lesotho
1830s 223,600 people 84,338 people 139,261 people Lesotho
1840s 193,146 people 112,982 people 80,164 people Lesotho
1850s 183,902 people 169,884 people 14,018 people Lesotho
1860s 196,543 people 273,980 people 77,437 people Uruguay
1870s 210,234 people 396,887 people 186,654 people Uruguay
1880s 224,622 people 562,422 people 337,800 people Uruguay
1890s 239,734 people 791,888 people 552,154 people Uruguay
1900s 263,050 people 999,894 people 736,844 people Uruguay
1910s 297,013 people 1.23 million people 928,627 people Uruguay
1920s 351,695 people 1.54 million people 1.19 million people Uruguay
1930s 431,156 people 1.85 million people 1.42 million people Uruguay
1940s 524,074 people 2.10 million people 1.58 million people Uruguay
1950s 639,760 people 2.36 million people 1.72 million people Uruguay
1960s 849,324 people 2.66 million people 1.81 million people Uruguay
1970s 1.19 million people 2.86 million people 1.67 million people Uruguay
1980s 1.60 million people 3.01 million people 1.42 million people Uruguay
1990s 1.93 million people 3.18 million people 1.25 million people Uruguay
2000s 1.98 million people 3.29 million people 1.31 million people Uruguay
2010s 2.10 million people 3.36 million people 1.26 million people Uruguay
2020s 2.35 million people 3.39 million people 1.04 million people Uruguay
2030s 2.61 million people 3.36 million people 745,698 people Uruguay
2040s 2.87 million people 3.30 million people 436,606 people Uruguay
2050s 3.08 million people 3.19 million people 118,297 people Uruguay
2060s 3.22 million people 3.03 million people 187,106 people Lesotho
2070s 3.29 million people 2.84 million people 456,256 people Lesotho
2080s 3.31 million people 2.62 million people 695,088 people Lesotho
2090s 3.29 million people 2.38 million people 911,678 people Lesotho
2100s 3.26 million people 2.25 million people 1.01 million people Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Lesotho or Uruguay?
Lesotho, at 3.26 million people against 2.25 million people in Uruguay as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Lesotho and Uruguay?
1.01 million people, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Uruguay?
318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Lesotho and Uruguay rank globally for population by world region?
Lesotho ranks 139th and Uruguay ranks 142nd of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population by world region
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.