Population in Lesotho compared to Somalia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and Somalia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Somalia	Lesotho	Somalia
1960	736,500	2,876,331	-	-
1961	758,824	2,952,054	3.03%	2.63%
1962	781,814	3,030,091	3.03%	2.64%
1963	805,373	3,110,361	3.01%	2.65%
1964	829,437	3,192,796	2.99%	2.65%
1965	854,090	3,277,874	2.97%	2.66%
1966	881,870	3,365,106	3.25%	2.66%
1967	913,982	3,454,537	3.64%	2.66%
1968	948,105	3,546,590	3.73%	2.66%
1969	983,202	3,641,015	3.7%	2.66%
1970	1,019,273	3,738,448	3.67%	2.68%
1971	1,056,246	3,837,691	3.63%	2.65%
1972	1,094,063	3,939,436	3.58%	2.65%
1973	1,132,697	4,045,592	3.53%	2.69%
1974	1,172,420	4,151,842	3.51%	2.63%
1975	1,213,643	4,257,535	3.52%	2.55%
1976	1,253,214	4,365,812	3.26%	2.54%
1977	1,289,967	4,484,050	2.93%	2.71%
1978	1,327,240	4,814,892	2.89%	7.38%
1979	1,366,169	5,449,117	2.93%	13.2%
1980	1,406,521	5,936,154	2.95%	8.94%
1981	1,448,069	5,982,849	2.95%	0.79%
1982	1,490,732	6,003,840	2.95%	0.35%
1983	1,534,413	6,198,430	2.93%	3.24%
1984	1,578,986	6,428,389	2.9%	3.71%
1985	1,624,379	6,693,289	2.87%	4.12%
1986	1,666,138	6,974,788	2.57%	4.21%
1987	1,703,390	7,228,302	2.24%	3.63%
1988	1,739,841	7,235,360	2.14%	0.1%
1989	1,775,436	7,114,817	2.05%	-1.67%
1990	1,809,696	7,082,811	1.93%	-0.45%
1991	1,842,379	6,813,760	1.81%	-3.8%
1992	1,873,274	6,495,107	1.68%	-4.68%
1993	1,901,793	6,681,399	1.52%	2.87%
1994	1,927,707	7,026,797	1.36%	5.17%
1995	1,951,437	7,285,007	1.23%	3.67%
1996	1,972,418	7,554,474	1.08%	3.7%
1997	1,988,130	7,824,525	0.8%	3.57%
1998	1,998,049	8,155,417	0.5%	4.23%
1999	2,003,234	8,492,059	0.26%	4.13%
2000	2,003,913	8,838,713	0.03%	4.08%
2001	2,000,853	9,198,493	-0.15%	4.07%
2002	1,994,679	9,550,063	-0.31%	3.82%
2003	1,985,059	9,909,157	-0.48%	3.76%
2004	1,971,129	10,280,998	-0.7%	3.75%
2005	1,953,076	10,644,228	-0.92%	3.53%
2006	1,945,063	10,975,502	-0.41%	3.11%
2007	1,953,268	11,322,582	0.42%	3.16%
2008	1,966,541	11,663,084	0.68%	3.01%
2009	1,980,883	11,961,201	0.73%	2.56%
2010	1,996,251	12,261,756	0.78%	2.51%
2011	2,014,009	12,348,830	0.89%	0.71%
2012	2,034,354	12,461,160	1.01%	0.91%
2013	2,056,504	12,869,594	1.09%	3.28%
2014	2,080,089	13,339,491	1.15%	3.65%
2015	2,104,611	13,806,963	1.18%	3.5%
2016	2,130,422	14,348,740	1.23%	3.92%
2017	2,157,110	14,916,629	1.25%	3.96%
2018	2,183,603	15,452,487	1.23%	3.59%
2019	2,209,405	16,030,971	1.18%	3.74%
2020	2,235,727	16,651,191	1.19%	3.87%
2021	2,261,542	17,271,431	1.15%	3.72%
2022	2,286,110	17,801,897	1.09%	3.07%
2023	2,311,472	18,358,615	1.11%	3.13%
2024	2,337,423	19,009,151	1.12%	3.54%
2025	2,363,324	19,654,737	1.11%	3.4%
2026	2,389,334	20,305,905	1.1%	3.31%
2027	2,415,365	20,959,056	1.09%	3.22%
2028	2,441,435	21,601,810	1.08%	3.07%
2029	2,467,677	22,247,714	1.07%	2.99%
2030	2,493,816	22,915,042	1.06%	3%
2031	2,520,014	23,589,793	1.05%	2.94%
2032	2,546,489	24,258,789	1.05%	2.84%
2033	2,573,106	24,921,830	1.05%	2.73%
2034	2,599,777	25,593,666	1.04%	2.7%
2035	2,626,560	26,294,943	1.03%	2.74%
2036	2,653,503	27,009,199	1.03%	2.72%
2037	2,680,081	27,731,170	1%	2.67%
2038	2,706,197	28,455,755	0.97%	2.61%
2039	2,732,138	29,167,897	0.96%	2.5%
2040	2,757,868	29,896,286	0.94%	2.5%
2041	2,783,361	30,635,956	0.92%	2.47%
2042	2,808,538	31,350,028	0.9%	2.33%
2043	2,833,257	32,057,980	0.88%	2.26%
2044	2,857,499	32,780,417	0.86%	2.25%
2045	2,881,333	33,510,163	0.83%	2.23%
2046	2,904,780	34,248,030	0.81%	2.2%
2047	2,927,859	34,996,366	0.79%	2.19%
2048	2,950,411	35,743,960	0.77%	2.14%
2049	2,972,156	36,474,683	0.74%	2.04%
2050	2,993,080	37,206,497	0.7%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.