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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Suriname	Lesotho	Suriname
1960	736,500	263,918	-	-
1961	758,824	272,791	3.03%	3.36%
1962	781,814	283,912	3.03%	4.08%
1963	805,373	297,034	3.01%	4.62%
1964	829,437	309,041	2.99%	4.04%
1965	854,090	320,000	2.97%	3.55%
1966	881,870	331,135	3.25%	3.48%
1967	913,982	342,679	3.64%	3.49%
1968	948,105	354,616	3.73%	3.48%
1969	983,202	366,906	3.7%	3.47%
1970	1,019,273	379,442	3.67%	3.42%
1971	1,056,246	391,932	3.63%	3.29%
1972	1,094,063	397,413	3.58%	1.4%
1973	1,132,697	395,772	3.53%	-0.41%
1974	1,172,420	393,676	3.51%	-0.53%
1975	1,213,643	391,170	3.52%	-0.64%
1976	1,253,214	388,289	3.26%	-0.74%
1977	1,289,967	385,067	2.93%	-0.83%
1978	1,327,240	381,502	2.89%	-0.93%
1979	1,366,169	377,602	2.93%	-1.02%
1980	1,406,521	375,377	2.95%	-0.59%
1981	1,448,069	375,459	2.95%	0.02%
1982	1,490,732	376,555	2.95%	0.29%
1983	1,534,413	378,746	2.93%	0.58%
1984	1,578,986	382,193	2.9%	0.91%
1985	1,624,379	386,972	2.87%	1.25%
1986	1,666,138	392,330	2.57%	1.38%
1987	1,703,390	396,911	2.24%	1.17%
1988	1,739,841	402,227	2.14%	1.34%
1989	1,775,436	408,409	2.05%	1.54%
1990	1,809,696	412,493	1.93%	1%
1991	1,842,379	415,013	1.81%	0.61%
1992	1,873,274	417,589	1.68%	0.62%
1993	1,901,793	419,352	1.52%	0.42%
1994	1,927,707	422,375	1.36%	0.72%
1995	1,951,437	429,606	1.23%	1.71%
1996	1,972,418	438,830	1.08%	2.15%
1997	1,988,130	448,067	0.8%	2.1%
1998	1,998,049	457,406	0.5%	2.08%
1999	2,003,234	466,916	0.26%	2.08%
2000	2,003,913	476,643	0.03%	2.08%
2001	2,000,853	486,560	-0.15%	2.08%
2002	1,994,679	496,551	-0.31%	2.05%
2003	1,985,059	506,414	-0.48%	1.99%
2004	1,971,129	513,923	-0.7%	1.48%
2005	1,953,076	519,313	-0.92%	1.05%
2006	1,945,063	524,997	-0.41%	1.09%
2007	1,953,268	531,016	0.42%	1.15%
2008	1,966,541	537,245	0.68%	1.17%
2009	1,980,883	543,568	0.73%	1.18%
2010	1,996,251	549,923	0.78%	1.17%
2011	2,014,009	556,269	0.89%	1.15%
2012	2,034,354	562,633	1.01%	1.14%
2013	2,056,504	569,020	1.09%	1.14%
2014	2,080,089	575,373	1.15%	1.12%
2015	2,104,611	581,627	1.18%	1.09%
2016	2,130,422	587,757	1.23%	1.05%
2017	2,157,110	593,713	1.25%	1.01%
2018	2,183,603	599,513	1.23%	0.98%
2019	2,209,405	605,768	1.18%	1.04%
2020	2,235,727	612,317	1.19%	1.08%
2021	2,261,542	617,896	1.15%	0.91%
2022	2,286,110	623,164	1.09%	0.85%
2023	2,311,472	628,886	1.11%	0.92%
2024	2,337,423	634,431	1.12%	0.88%
2025	2,363,324	639,852	1.11%	0.85%
2026	2,389,334	645,257	1.1%	0.84%
2027	2,415,365	650,564	1.09%	0.82%
2028	2,441,435	655,783	1.08%	0.8%
2029	2,467,677	660,793	1.07%	0.76%
2030	2,493,816	665,650	1.06%	0.74%
2031	2,520,014	670,421	1.05%	0.72%
2032	2,546,489	675,070	1.05%	0.69%
2033	2,573,106	679,573	1.05%	0.67%
2034	2,599,777	683,911	1.04%	0.64%
2035	2,626,560	688,189	1.03%	0.63%
2036	2,653,503	692,343	1.03%	0.6%
2037	2,680,081	696,213	1%	0.56%
2038	2,706,197	699,908	0.97%	0.53%
2039	2,732,138	703,569	0.96%	0.52%
2040	2,757,868	707,156	0.94%	0.51%
2041	2,783,361	710,619	0.92%	0.49%
2042	2,808,538	713,900	0.9%	0.46%
2043	2,833,257	716,999	0.88%	0.43%
2044	2,857,499	719,920	0.86%	0.41%
2045	2,881,333	722,759	0.83%	0.39%
2046	2,904,780	725,322	0.81%	0.35%
2047	2,927,859	727,726	0.79%	0.33%
2048	2,950,411	730,038	0.77%	0.32%
2049	2,972,156	732,021	0.74%	0.27%
2050	2,993,080	733,898	0.7%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.