Population in Lesotho compared to the Solomon Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and the Solomon Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Solomon Islands	Lesotho	Solomon Islands
1960	736,500	139,688	-	-
1961	758,824	142,912	3.03%	2.31%
1962	781,814	146,201	3.03%	2.3%
1963	805,373	149,589	3.01%	2.32%
1964	829,437	153,085	2.99%	2.34%
1965	854,090	156,686	2.97%	2.35%
1966	881,870	160,393	3.25%	2.37%
1967	913,982	164,245	3.64%	2.4%
1968	948,105	168,282	3.73%	2.46%
1969	983,202	172,476	3.7%	2.49%
1970	1,019,273	176,579	3.67%	2.38%
1971	1,056,246	180,637	3.63%	2.3%
1972	1,094,063	184,994	3.58%	2.41%
1973	1,132,697	189,774	3.53%	2.58%
1974	1,172,420	195,041	3.51%	2.78%
1975	1,213,643	200,744	3.52%	2.92%
1976	1,253,214	207,194	3.26%	3.21%
1977	1,289,967	214,418	2.93%	3.49%
1978	1,327,240	222,029	2.89%	3.55%
1979	1,366,169	229,953	2.93%	3.57%
1980	1,406,521	238,135	2.95%	3.56%
1981	1,448,069	246,555	2.95%	3.54%
1982	1,490,732	255,200	2.95%	3.51%
1983	1,534,413	264,068	2.93%	3.47%
1984	1,578,986	273,163	2.9%	3.44%
1985	1,624,379	282,455	2.87%	3.4%
1986	1,666,138	291,842	2.57%	3.32%
1987	1,703,390	301,414	2.24%	3.28%
1988	1,739,841	311,265	2.14%	3.27%
1989	1,775,436	321,282	2.05%	3.22%
1990	1,809,696	331,435	1.93%	3.16%
1991	1,842,379	341,738	1.81%	3.11%
1992	1,873,274	352,205	1.68%	3.06%
1993	1,901,793	362,839	1.52%	3.02%
1994	1,927,707	373,675	1.36%	2.99%
1995	1,951,437	384,733	1.23%	2.96%
1996	1,972,418	396,009	1.08%	2.93%
1997	1,988,130	407,474	0.8%	2.9%
1998	1,998,049	419,071	0.5%	2.85%
1999	2,003,234	430,500	0.26%	2.73%
2000	2,003,913	440,469	0.03%	2.32%
2001	2,000,853	449,125	-0.15%	1.97%
2002	1,994,679	457,671	-0.31%	1.9%
2003	1,985,059	466,154	-0.48%	1.85%
2004	1,971,129	474,611	-0.7%	1.81%
2005	1,953,076	483,080	-0.92%	1.78%
2006	1,945,063	491,594	-0.41%	1.76%
2007	1,953,268	500,156	0.42%	1.74%
2008	1,966,541	508,790	0.68%	1.73%
2009	1,980,883	518,141	0.73%	1.84%
2010	1,996,251	532,968	0.78%	2.86%
2011	2,014,009	552,945	0.89%	3.75%
2012	2,034,354	573,606	1.01%	3.74%
2013	2,056,504	594,945	1.09%	3.72%
2014	2,080,089	616,908	1.15%	3.69%
2015	2,104,611	639,415	1.18%	3.65%
2016	2,130,422	662,379	1.23%	3.59%
2017	2,157,110	685,672	1.25%	3.52%
2018	2,183,603	709,101	1.23%	3.42%
2019	2,209,405	728,147	1.18%	2.69%
2020	2,235,727	744,498	1.19%	2.25%
2021	2,261,542	762,591	1.15%	2.43%
2022	2,286,110	781,066	1.09%	2.42%
2023	2,311,472	800,005	1.11%	2.42%
2024	2,337,423	819,198	1.12%	2.4%
2025	2,363,324	838,646	1.11%	2.37%
2026	2,389,334	858,283	1.1%	2.34%
2027	2,415,365	878,097	1.09%	2.31%
2028	2,441,435	898,073	1.08%	2.27%
2029	2,467,677	918,152	1.07%	2.24%
2030	2,493,816	938,340	1.06%	2.2%
2031	2,520,014	958,614	1.05%	2.16%
2032	2,546,489	978,977	1.05%	2.12%
2033	2,573,106	999,314	1.05%	2.08%
2034	2,599,777	1,019,534	1.04%	2.02%
2035	2,626,560	1,039,655	1.03%	1.97%
2036	2,653,503	1,059,521	1.03%	1.91%
2037	2,680,081	1,079,088	1%	1.85%
2038	2,706,197	1,098,284	0.97%	1.78%
2039	2,732,138	1,117,085	0.96%	1.71%
2040	2,757,868	1,135,445	0.94%	1.64%
2041	2,783,361	1,153,450	0.92%	1.59%
2042	2,808,538	1,171,334	0.9%	1.55%
2043	2,833,257	1,189,113	0.88%	1.52%
2044	2,857,499	1,206,729	0.86%	1.48%
2045	2,881,333	1,224,188	0.83%	1.45%
2046	2,904,780	1,241,491	0.81%	1.41%
2047	2,927,859	1,258,611	0.79%	1.38%
2048	2,950,411	1,275,579	0.77%	1.35%
2049	2,972,156	1,292,414	0.74%	1.32%
2050	2,993,080	1,309,098	0.7%	1.29%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 215,004 (a 33.6% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. The Solomon Islands was ranked 166th in 2005 and ranked 161st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Lesotho's population will grow by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people with a rank change from 144th to 141st. The population of the Solomon Islands will increase by 53.2% to 1,309,098 people and rank change from 161st to 156th.