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 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Lesotho gained 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 279,606 (a 13.3% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th in 2025. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2005 and still ranked 144th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) El Salvador's population will grow by 4.34% to 6,663,341 people with a rank change from 112th to 116th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 144th to 141st.