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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Sudan	Lesotho	Sudan
1960	736,500	8,364,489	-	-
1961	758,824	8,634,941	3.03%	3.23%
1962	781,814	8,919,028	3.03%	3.29%
1963	805,373	9,218,077	3.01%	3.35%
1964	829,437	9,531,109	2.99%	3.4%
1965	854,090	9,858,030	2.97%	3.43%
1966	881,870	10,197,578	3.25%	3.44%
1967	913,982	10,550,597	3.64%	3.46%
1968	948,105	10,917,999	3.73%	3.48%
1969	983,202	11,298,936	3.7%	3.49%
1970	1,019,273	11,695,771	3.67%	3.51%
1971	1,056,246	12,105,539	3.63%	3.5%
1972	1,094,063	12,527,856	3.58%	3.49%
1973	1,132,697	13,049,315	3.53%	4.16%
1974	1,172,420	13,580,723	3.51%	4.07%
1975	1,213,643	14,064,798	3.52%	3.56%
1976	1,253,214	14,569,716	3.26%	3.59%
1977	1,289,967	15,086,614	2.93%	3.55%
1978	1,327,240	15,695,003	2.89%	4.03%
1979	1,366,169	16,355,352	2.93%	4.21%
1980	1,406,521	17,058,905	2.95%	4.3%
1981	1,448,069	17,780,572	2.95%	4.23%
1982	1,490,732	18,486,645	2.95%	3.97%
1983	1,534,413	19,109,770	2.93%	3.37%
1984	1,578,986	19,546,528	2.9%	2.29%
1985	1,624,379	19,905,872	2.87%	1.84%
1986	1,666,138	20,288,238	2.57%	1.92%
1987	1,703,390	20,704,904	2.24%	2.05%
1988	1,739,841	21,138,431	2.14%	2.09%
1989	1,775,436	21,578,022	2.05%	2.08%
1990	1,809,696	22,021,481	1.93%	2.06%
1991	1,842,379	22,470,676	1.81%	2.04%
1992	1,873,274	22,927,355	1.68%	2.03%
1993	1,901,793	23,445,592	1.52%	2.26%
1994	1,927,707	24,043,948	1.36%	2.55%
1995	1,951,437	24,672,143	1.23%	2.61%
1996	1,972,418	25,231,528	1.08%	2.27%
1997	1,988,130	25,799,821	0.8%	2.25%
1998	1,998,049	26,458,999	0.5%	2.55%
1999	2,003,234	27,130,613	0.26%	2.54%
2000	2,003,913	27,816,745	0.03%	2.53%
2001	2,000,853	28,516,770	-0.15%	2.52%
2002	1,994,679	29,228,727	-0.31%	2.5%
2003	1,985,059	29,896,035	-0.48%	2.28%
2004	1,971,129	30,556,637	-0.7%	2.21%
2005	1,953,076	31,262,444	-0.92%	2.31%
2006	1,945,063	31,992,435	-0.41%	2.34%
2007	1,953,268	32,764,135	0.42%	2.41%
2008	1,966,541	33,623,980	0.68%	2.62%
2009	1,980,883	34,569,113	0.73%	2.81%
2010	1,996,251	35,414,399	0.78%	2.45%
2011	2,014,009	36,140,806	0.89%	2.05%
2012	2,034,354	36,923,178	1.01%	2.16%
2013	2,056,504	37,785,849	1.09%	2.34%
2014	2,080,089	38,823,318	1.15%	2.75%
2015	2,104,611	40,024,431	1.18%	3.09%
2016	2,130,422	41,259,892	1.23%	3.09%
2017	2,157,110	42,714,306	1.25%	3.53%
2018	2,183,603	44,230,596	1.23%	3.55%
2019	2,209,405	45,548,175	1.18%	2.98%
2020	2,235,727	46,789,231	1.19%	2.72%
2021	2,261,542	48,066,924	1.15%	2.73%
2022	2,286,110	49,383,346	1.09%	2.74%
2023	2,311,472	50,042,791	1.11%	1.34%
2024	2,337,423	50,448,963	1.12%	0.81%
2025	2,363,324	51,662,152	1.11%	2.4%
2026	2,389,334	53,282,718	1.1%	3.14%
2027	2,415,365	54,724,215	1.09%	2.71%
2028	2,441,435	55,993,833	1.08%	2.32%
2029	2,467,677	57,275,443	1.07%	2.29%
2030	2,493,816	58,571,624	1.06%	2.26%
2031	2,520,014	59,872,936	1.05%	2.22%
2032	2,546,489	61,179,476	1.05%	2.18%
2033	2,573,106	62,497,205	1.05%	2.15%
2034	2,599,777	63,822,356	1.04%	2.12%
2035	2,626,560	65,148,317	1.03%	2.08%
2036	2,653,503	66,470,018	1.03%	2.03%
2037	2,680,081	67,791,240	1%	1.99%
2038	2,706,197	69,107,712	0.97%	1.94%
2039	2,732,138	70,416,631	0.96%	1.89%
2040	2,757,868	71,730,604	0.94%	1.87%
2041	2,783,361	73,056,213	0.92%	1.85%
2042	2,808,538	74,387,562	0.9%	1.82%
2043	2,833,257	75,723,670	0.88%	1.8%
2044	2,857,499	77,066,454	0.86%	1.77%
2045	2,881,333	78,415,205	0.83%	1.75%
2046	2,904,780	79,767,271	0.81%	1.72%
2047	2,927,859	81,115,241	0.79%	1.69%
2048	2,950,411	82,463,202	0.77%	1.66%
2049	2,972,156	83,828,356	0.74%	1.66%
2050	2,993,080	85,206,384	0.7%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.