Population in El Salvador compared to Lesotho: Trends, Charts, Rankings

El Salvador and Lesotho: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Lesotho	El Salvador	Lesotho
1960	2,791,459	736,500	-	-
1961	2,870,016	758,824	2.81%	3.03%
1962	2,949,204	781,814	2.76%	3.03%
1963	3,028,679	805,373	2.69%	3.01%
1964	3,111,883	829,437	2.75%	2.99%
1965	3,199,466	854,090	2.81%	2.97%
1966	3,290,961	881,870	2.86%	3.25%
1967	3,385,184	913,982	2.86%	3.64%
1968	3,480,773	948,105	2.82%	3.73%
1969	3,576,485	983,202	2.75%	3.7%
1970	3,668,796	1,019,273	2.58%	3.67%
1971	3,757,523	1,056,246	2.42%	3.63%
1972	3,846,830	1,094,063	2.38%	3.58%
1973	3,938,068	1,132,697	2.37%	3.53%
1974	4,029,671	1,172,420	2.33%	3.51%
1975	4,120,449	1,213,643	2.25%	3.52%
1976	4,210,310	1,253,214	2.18%	3.26%
1977	4,301,256	1,289,967	2.16%	2.93%
1978	4,394,114	1,327,240	2.16%	2.89%
1979	4,480,388	1,366,169	1.96%	2.93%
1980	4,540,382	1,406,521	1.34%	2.95%
1981	4,570,599	1,448,069	0.67%	2.95%
1982	4,622,477	1,490,732	1.14%	2.95%
1983	4,707,367	1,534,413	1.84%	2.93%
1984	4,798,003	1,578,986	1.93%	2.9%
1985	4,894,706	1,624,379	2.02%	2.87%
1986	4,992,769	1,666,138	2%	2.57%
1987	5,092,441	1,703,390	2%	2.24%
1988	5,195,833	1,739,841	2.03%	2.14%
1989	5,298,979	1,775,436	1.99%	2.05%
1990	5,399,726	1,809,696	1.9%	1.93%
1991	5,495,077	1,842,379	1.77%	1.81%
1992	5,585,609	1,873,274	1.65%	1.68%
1993	5,659,957	1,901,793	1.33%	1.52%
1994	5,714,129	1,927,707	0.96%	1.36%
1995	5,762,131	1,951,437	0.84%	1.23%
1996	5,805,286	1,972,418	0.75%	1.08%
1997	5,844,578	1,988,130	0.68%	0.8%
1998	5,880,781	1,998,049	0.62%	0.5%
1999	5,913,900	2,003,234	0.56%	0.26%
2000	5,943,366	2,003,913	0.5%	0.03%
2001	5,968,060	2,000,853	0.42%	-0.15%
2002	5,986,631	1,994,679	0.31%	-0.31%
2003	5,998,599	1,985,059	0.2%	-0.48%
2004	6,004,671	1,971,129	0.1%	-0.7%
2005	6,005,578	1,953,076	0.02%	-0.92%
2006	6,002,319	1,945,063	-0.05%	-0.41%
2007	6,009,824	1,953,268	0.13%	0.42%
2008	6,029,297	1,966,541	0.32%	0.68%
2009	6,048,279	1,980,883	0.31%	0.73%
2010	6,068,249	1,996,251	0.33%	0.78%
2011	6,090,127	2,014,009	0.36%	0.89%
2012	6,113,975	2,034,354	0.39%	1.01%
2013	6,138,839	2,056,504	0.41%	1.09%
2014	6,162,955	2,080,089	0.39%	1.15%
2015	6,183,676	2,104,611	0.34%	1.18%
2016	6,200,800	2,130,422	0.28%	1.23%
2017	6,213,533	2,157,110	0.21%	1.25%
2018	6,219,807	2,183,603	0.1%	1.23%
2019	6,222,318	2,209,405	0.04%	1.18%
2020	6,234,673	2,235,727	0.2%	1.19%
2021	6,255,782	2,261,542	0.34%	1.15%
2022	6,280,319	2,286,110	0.39%	1.09%
2023	6,309,624	2,311,472	0.47%	1.11%
2024	6,338,193	2,337,423	0.45%	1.12%
2025	6,365,499	2,363,324	0.43%	1.11%
2026	6,391,250	2,389,334	0.4%	1.1%
2027	6,416,437	2,415,365	0.39%	1.09%
2028	6,440,931	2,441,435	0.38%	1.08%
2029	6,464,413	2,467,677	0.36%	1.07%
2030	6,486,202	2,493,816	0.34%	1.06%
2031	6,506,399	2,520,014	0.31%	1.05%
2032	6,525,787	2,546,489	0.3%	1.05%
2033	6,544,657	2,573,106	0.29%	1.05%
2034	6,562,182	2,599,777	0.27%	1.04%
2035	6,578,179	2,626,560	0.24%	1.03%
2036	6,593,325	2,653,503	0.23%	1.03%
2037	6,607,014	2,680,081	0.21%	1%
2038	6,619,816	2,706,197	0.19%	0.97%
2039	6,631,169	2,732,138	0.17%	0.96%
2040	6,640,751	2,757,868	0.14%	0.94%
2041	6,649,288	2,783,361	0.13%	0.92%
2042	6,656,208	2,808,538	0.1%	0.9%
2043	6,661,886	2,833,257	0.09%	0.88%
2044	6,665,748	2,857,499	0.06%	0.86%
2045	6,668,028	2,881,333	0.03%	0.83%
2046	6,669,403	2,904,780	0.02%	0.81%
2047	6,669,832	2,927,859	0.006%	0.79%
2048	6,669,220	2,950,411	-0.009%	0.77%
2049	6,666,756	2,972,156	-0.04%	0.74%
2050	6,663,341	2,993,080	-0.05%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th in 2026. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2006 and ranked 143rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) El Salvador's population will grow by 4.25% to 6,663,341 people with a rank change from 111th to 116th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.