Population in Lesotho compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Sierra Leone	Lesotho	Sierra Leone
1960	736,500	2,268,356	-	-
1961	758,824	2,304,227	3.03%	1.58%
1962	781,814	2,342,242	3.03%	1.65%
1963	805,373	2,382,258	3.01%	1.71%
1964	829,437	2,424,390	2.99%	1.77%
1965	854,090	2,468,666	2.97%	1.83%
1966	881,870	2,514,638	3.25%	1.86%
1967	913,982	2,562,384	3.64%	1.9%
1968	948,105	2,611,532	3.73%	1.92%
1969	983,202	2,661,365	3.7%	1.91%
1970	1,019,273	2,712,286	3.67%	1.91%
1971	1,056,246	2,763,222	3.63%	1.88%
1972	1,094,063	2,814,388	3.58%	1.85%
1973	1,132,697	2,866,955	3.53%	1.87%
1974	1,172,420	2,920,459	3.51%	1.87%
1975	1,213,643	2,974,657	3.52%	1.86%
1976	1,253,214	3,028,820	3.26%	1.82%
1977	1,289,967	3,085,354	2.93%	1.87%
1978	1,327,240	3,145,517	2.89%	1.95%
1979	1,366,169	3,207,499	2.93%	1.97%
1980	1,406,521	3,272,089	2.95%	2.01%
1981	1,448,069	3,338,940	2.95%	2.04%
1982	1,490,732	3,408,183	2.95%	2.07%
1983	1,534,413	3,481,646	2.93%	2.16%
1984	1,578,986	3,558,758	2.9%	2.21%
1985	1,624,379	3,638,438	2.87%	2.24%
1986	1,666,138	3,728,380	2.57%	2.47%
1987	1,703,390	3,829,718	2.24%	2.72%
1988	1,739,841	3,934,517	2.14%	2.74%
1989	1,775,436	4,034,037	2.05%	2.53%
1990	1,809,696	4,196,828	1.93%	4.04%
1991	1,842,379	4,246,267	1.81%	1.18%
1992	1,873,274	4,166,366	1.68%	-1.88%
1993	1,901,793	4,157,130	1.52%	-0.22%
1994	1,927,707	4,173,105	1.36%	0.38%
1995	1,951,437	4,179,179	1.23%	0.15%
1996	1,972,418	4,199,210	1.08%	0.48%
1997	1,988,130	4,253,716	0.8%	1.3%
1998	1,998,049	4,295,785	0.5%	0.99%
1999	2,003,234	4,318,043	0.26%	0.52%
2000	2,003,913	4,423,611	0.03%	2.44%
2001	2,000,853	4,692,716	-0.15%	6.08%
2002	1,994,679	4,971,435	-0.31%	5.94%
2003	1,985,059	5,177,687	-0.48%	4.15%
2004	1,971,129	5,355,717	-0.7%	3.44%
2005	1,953,076	5,501,712	-0.92%	2.73%
2006	1,945,063	5,624,466	-0.41%	2.23%
2007	1,953,268	5,749,352	0.42%	2.22%
2008	1,966,541	5,894,722	0.68%	2.53%
2009	1,980,883	6,055,646	0.73%	2.73%
2010	1,996,251	6,222,714	0.78%	2.76%
2011	2,014,009	6,387,251	0.89%	2.64%
2012	2,034,354	6,551,080	1.01%	2.56%
2013	2,056,504	6,714,051	1.09%	2.49%
2014	2,080,089	6,876,385	1.15%	2.42%
2015	2,104,611	7,037,655	1.18%	2.35%
2016	2,130,422	7,205,328	1.23%	2.38%
2017	2,157,110	7,379,299	1.25%	2.41%
2018	2,183,603	7,554,563	1.23%	2.38%
2019	2,209,405	7,731,991	1.18%	2.35%
2020	2,235,727	7,912,558	1.19%	2.34%
2021	2,261,542	8,094,602	1.15%	2.3%
2022	2,286,110	8,276,807	1.09%	2.25%
2023	2,311,472	8,460,512	1.11%	2.22%
2024	2,337,423	8,642,022	1.12%	2.15%
2025	2,363,324	8,819,789	1.11%	2.06%
2026	2,389,334	8,996,743	1.1%	2.01%
2027	2,415,365	9,174,695	1.09%	1.98%
2028	2,441,435	9,349,021	1.08%	1.9%
2029	2,467,677	9,520,811	1.07%	1.84%
2030	2,493,816	9,694,851	1.06%	1.83%
2031	2,520,014	9,870,295	1.05%	1.81%
2032	2,546,489	10,047,193	1.05%	1.79%
2033	2,573,106	10,221,006	1.05%	1.73%
2034	2,599,777	10,391,485	1.04%	1.67%
2035	2,626,560	10,563,163	1.03%	1.65%
2036	2,653,503	10,734,341	1.03%	1.62%
2037	2,680,081	10,902,263	1%	1.56%
2038	2,706,197	11,066,143	0.97%	1.5%
2039	2,732,138	11,230,060	0.96%	1.48%
2040	2,757,868	11,398,391	0.94%	1.5%
2041	2,783,361	11,566,213	0.92%	1.47%
2042	2,808,538	11,728,787	0.9%	1.41%
2043	2,833,257	11,887,934	0.88%	1.36%
2044	2,857,499	12,049,424	0.86%	1.36%
2045	2,881,333	12,208,872	0.83%	1.32%
2046	2,904,780	12,363,446	0.81%	1.27%
2047	2,927,859	12,512,739	0.79%	1.21%
2048	2,950,411	12,659,609	0.77%	1.17%
2049	2,972,156	12,805,136	0.74%	1.15%
2050	2,993,080	12,948,320	0.7%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.