Population in Lesotho compared to South Sudan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	South Sudan	Lesotho	South Sudan
1960	736,500	2,931,559	-	-
1961	758,824	2,976,724	3.03%	1.54%
1962	781,814	3,024,308	3.03%	1.6%
1963	805,373	3,072,669	3.01%	1.6%
1964	829,437	3,129,918	2.99%	1.86%
1965	854,090	3,189,835	2.97%	1.91%
1966	881,870	3,236,423	3.25%	1.46%
1967	913,982	3,277,648	3.64%	1.27%
1968	948,105	3,321,528	3.73%	1.34%
1969	983,202	3,365,533	3.7%	1.32%
1970	1,019,273	3,409,614	3.67%	1.31%
1971	1,056,246	3,468,646	3.63%	1.73%
1972	1,094,063	3,542,497	3.58%	2.13%
1973	1,132,697	3,627,383	3.53%	2.4%
1974	1,172,420	3,723,259	3.51%	2.64%
1975	1,213,643	3,821,494	3.52%	2.64%
1976	1,253,214	3,921,910	3.26%	2.63%
1977	1,289,967	4,024,032	2.93%	2.6%
1978	1,327,240	4,127,657	2.89%	2.58%
1979	1,366,169	4,232,605	2.93%	2.54%
1980	1,406,521	4,339,030	2.95%	2.51%
1981	1,448,069	4,447,272	2.95%	2.49%
1982	1,490,732	4,557,686	2.95%	2.48%
1983	1,534,413	4,661,574	2.93%	2.28%
1984	1,578,986	4,750,627	2.9%	1.91%
1985	1,624,379	4,834,296	2.87%	1.76%
1986	1,666,138	4,921,240	2.57%	1.8%
1987	1,703,390	4,962,395	2.24%	0.84%
1988	1,739,841	4,848,029	2.14%	-2.3%
1989	1,775,436	4,713,229	2.05%	-2.78%
1990	1,809,696	4,737,633	1.93%	0.52%
1991	1,842,379	4,836,677	1.81%	2.09%
1992	1,873,274	4,909,749	1.68%	1.51%
1993	1,901,793	4,956,002	1.52%	0.94%
1994	1,927,707	5,071,184	1.36%	2.32%
1995	1,951,437	5,225,836	1.23%	3.05%
1996	1,972,418	5,356,925	1.08%	2.51%
1997	1,988,130	5,509,136	0.8%	2.84%
1998	1,998,049	5,620,068	0.5%	2.01%
1999	2,003,234	5,771,628	0.26%	2.7%
2000	2,003,913	6,032,267	0.03%	4.52%
2001	2,000,853	6,308,391	-0.15%	4.58%
2002	1,994,679	6,596,806	-0.31%	4.57%
2003	1,985,059	6,903,127	-0.48%	4.64%
2004	1,971,129	7,233,041	-0.7%	4.78%
2005	1,953,076	7,590,143	-0.92%	4.94%
2006	1,945,063	7,976,526	-0.41%	5.09%
2007	1,953,268	8,388,788	0.42%	5.17%
2008	1,966,541	8,817,647	0.68%	5.11%
2009	1,980,883	9,243,556	0.73%	4.83%
2010	1,996,251	9,745,953	0.78%	5.44%
2011	2,014,009	10,288,109	0.89%	5.56%
2012	2,034,354	10,756,240	1.01%	4.55%
2013	2,056,504	11,166,275	1.09%	3.81%
2014	2,080,089	11,235,073	1.15%	0.62%
2015	2,104,611	11,107,561	1.18%	-1.13%
2016	2,130,422	10,830,102	1.23%	-2.5%
2017	2,157,110	10,259,154	1.25%	-5.27%
2018	2,183,603	10,122,977	1.23%	-1.33%
2019	2,209,405	10,423,384	1.18%	2.97%
2020	2,235,727	10,698,467	1.19%	2.64%
2021	2,261,542	10,865,780	1.15%	1.56%
2022	2,286,110	11,021,177	1.09%	1.43%
2023	2,311,472	11,483,374	1.11%	4.19%
2024	2,337,423	11,943,408	1.12%	4.01%
2025	2,363,324	12,188,793	1.11%	2.05%
2026	2,389,334	12,436,036	1.1%	2.03%
2027	2,415,365	12,687,301	1.09%	2.02%
2028	2,441,435	12,941,503	1.08%	2%
2029	2,467,677	13,198,080	1.07%	1.98%
2030	2,493,816	13,457,446	1.06%	1.97%
2031	2,520,014	13,725,413	1.05%	1.99%
2032	2,546,489	13,996,343	1.05%	1.97%
2033	2,573,106	14,261,762	1.05%	1.9%
2034	2,599,777	14,527,550	1.04%	1.86%
2035	2,626,560	14,798,602	1.03%	1.87%
2036	2,653,503	15,070,098	1.03%	1.83%
2037	2,680,081	15,335,700	1%	1.76%
2038	2,706,197	15,595,968	0.97%	1.7%
2039	2,732,138	15,850,696	0.96%	1.63%
2040	2,757,868	16,101,470	0.94%	1.58%
2041	2,783,361	16,350,149	0.92%	1.54%
2042	2,808,538	16,593,361	0.9%	1.49%
2043	2,833,257	16,829,209	0.88%	1.42%
2044	2,857,499	17,060,176	0.86%	1.37%
2045	2,881,333	17,286,412	0.83%	1.33%
2046	2,904,780	17,509,693	0.81%	1.29%
2047	2,927,859	17,728,331	0.79%	1.25%
2048	2,950,411	17,938,437	0.77%	1.19%
2049	2,972,156	18,142,893	0.74%	1.14%
2050	2,993,080	18,341,968	0.7%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Lesotho increased by 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Lesotho gained 259,196 (a 12.2% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2006 and is 143rd in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.