Population in Lesotho compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Sri Lanka	Lesotho	Sri Lanka
1960	736,500	9,661,389	-	-
1961	758,824	9,899,372	3.03%	2.46%
1962	781,814	10,143,754	3.03%	2.47%
1963	805,373	10,395,040	3.01%	2.48%
1964	829,437	10,653,397	2.99%	2.49%
1965	854,090	10,916,965	2.97%	2.47%
1966	881,870	11,183,928	3.25%	2.45%
1967	913,982	11,457,328	3.64%	2.44%
1968	948,105	11,736,088	3.73%	2.43%
1969	983,202	12,013,858	3.7%	2.37%
1970	1,019,273	12,287,110	3.67%	2.27%
1971	1,056,246	12,551,910	3.63%	2.16%
1972	1,094,063	12,809,205	3.58%	2.05%
1973	1,132,697	13,060,916	3.53%	1.97%
1974	1,172,420	13,305,693	3.51%	1.87%
1975	1,213,643	13,548,984	3.52%	1.83%
1976	1,253,214	13,796,770	3.26%	1.83%
1977	1,289,967	14,049,371	2.93%	1.83%
1978	1,327,240	14,310,128	2.89%	1.86%
1979	1,366,169	14,579,614	2.93%	1.88%
1980	1,406,521	14,847,974	2.95%	1.84%
1981	1,448,069	15,099,414	2.95%	1.69%
1982	1,490,732	15,286,567	2.95%	1.24%
1983	1,534,413	15,388,794	2.93%	0.67%
1984	1,578,986	15,441,860	2.9%	0.34%
1985	1,624,379	15,544,154	2.87%	0.66%
1986	1,666,138	15,731,256	2.57%	1.2%
1987	1,703,390	15,916,576	2.24%	1.18%
1988	1,739,841	16,078,621	2.14%	1.02%
1989	1,775,436	16,248,557	2.05%	1.06%
1990	1,809,696	16,352,458	1.93%	0.64%
1991	1,842,379	16,475,354	1.81%	0.75%
1992	1,873,274	16,739,284	1.68%	1.6%
1993	1,901,793	17,025,918	1.52%	1.71%
1994	1,927,707	17,275,773	1.36%	1.47%
1995	1,951,437	17,564,068	1.23%	1.67%
1996	1,972,418	17,905,018	1.08%	1.94%
1997	1,988,130	18,248,200	0.8%	1.92%
1998	1,998,049	18,596,003	0.5%	1.91%
1999	2,003,234	18,944,731	0.26%	1.88%
2000	2,003,913	19,293,054	0.03%	1.84%
2001	2,000,853	19,600,362	-0.15%	1.59%
2002	1,994,679	19,805,752	-0.31%	1.05%
2003	1,985,059	19,951,521	-0.48%	0.74%
2004	1,971,129	20,087,605	-0.7%	0.68%
2005	1,953,076	20,216,524	-0.92%	0.64%
2006	1,945,063	20,352,411	-0.41%	0.67%
2007	1,953,268	20,492,545	0.42%	0.69%
2008	1,966,541	20,629,378	0.68%	0.67%
2009	1,980,883	20,756,435	0.73%	0.62%
2010	1,996,251	20,879,089	0.78%	0.59%
2011	2,014,009	21,009,048	0.89%	0.62%
2012	2,034,354	21,169,458	1.01%	0.76%
2013	2,056,504	20,585,000	1.09%	-2.76%
2014	2,080,089	20,778,000	1.15%	0.94%
2015	2,104,611	20,970,000	1.18%	0.92%
2016	2,130,422	21,209,000	1.23%	1.14%
2017	2,157,110	21,453,000	1.25%	1.15%
2018	2,183,603	21,670,000	1.23%	1.01%
2019	2,209,405	21,803,000	1.18%	0.61%
2020	2,235,727	21,919,000	1.19%	0.53%
2021	2,261,542	22,156,000	1.15%	1.08%
2022	2,286,110	22,181,000	1.09%	0.11%
2023	2,311,472	22,037,000	1.11%	-0.65%
2024	2,337,423	21,916,000	1.12%	-0.55%
2025	2,363,324	22,035,440	1.11%	0.54%
2026	2,389,334	22,148,172	1.1%	0.51%
2027	2,415,365	22,255,601	1.09%	0.49%
2028	2,441,435	22,357,682	1.08%	0.46%
2029	2,467,677	22,453,922	1.07%	0.43%
2030	2,493,816	22,546,245	1.06%	0.41%
2031	2,520,014	22,635,106	1.05%	0.39%
2032	2,546,489	22,720,118	1.05%	0.38%
2033	2,573,106	22,802,043	1.05%	0.36%
2034	2,599,777	22,879,527	1.04%	0.34%
2035	2,626,560	22,952,739	1.03%	0.32%
2036	2,653,503	23,022,027	1.03%	0.3%
2037	2,680,081	23,088,877	1%	0.29%
2038	2,706,197	23,152,480	0.97%	0.28%
2039	2,732,138	23,211,633	0.96%	0.26%
2040	2,757,868	23,265,986	0.94%	0.23%
2041	2,783,361	23,315,260	0.92%	0.21%
2042	2,808,538	23,359,578	0.9%	0.19%
2043	2,833,257	23,398,752	0.88%	0.17%
2044	2,857,499	23,433,096	0.86%	0.15%
2045	2,881,333	23,464,943	0.83%	0.14%
2046	2,904,780	23,492,738	0.81%	0.12%
2047	2,927,859	23,512,629	0.79%	0.08%
2048	2,950,411	23,525,953	0.77%	0.06%
2049	2,972,156	23,533,940	0.74%	0.03%
2050	2,993,080	23,538,230	0.7%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.