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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Syria	Lesotho	Syria
1960	736,500	4,673,500	-	-
1961	758,824	4,815,466	3.03%	3.04%
1962	781,814	4,959,340	3.03%	2.99%
1963	805,373	5,110,467	3.01%	3.05%
1964	829,437	5,269,087	2.99%	3.1%
1965	854,090	5,435,267	2.97%	3.15%
1966	881,870	5,609,047	3.25%	3.2%
1967	913,982	5,790,198	3.64%	3.23%
1968	948,105	5,978,742	3.73%	3.26%
1969	983,202	6,175,166	3.7%	3.29%
1970	1,019,273	6,380,609	3.67%	3.33%
1971	1,056,246	6,598,094	3.63%	3.41%
1972	1,094,063	6,826,024	3.58%	3.45%
1973	1,132,697	7,060,321	3.53%	3.43%
1974	1,172,420	7,302,160	3.51%	3.43%
1975	1,213,643	7,554,364	3.52%	3.45%
1976	1,253,214	7,817,320	3.26%	3.48%
1977	1,289,967	8,090,501	2.93%	3.49%
1978	1,327,240	8,372,759	2.89%	3.49%
1979	1,366,169	8,661,909	2.93%	3.45%
1980	1,406,521	8,957,663	2.95%	3.41%
1981	1,448,069	9,260,189	2.95%	3.38%
1982	1,490,732	9,572,511	2.95%	3.37%
1983	1,534,413	9,904,809	2.93%	3.47%
1984	1,578,986	10,258,398	2.9%	3.57%
1985	1,624,379	10,625,672	2.87%	3.58%
1986	1,666,138	11,002,844	2.57%	3.55%
1987	1,703,390	11,388,923	2.24%	3.51%
1988	1,739,841	11,782,264	2.14%	3.45%
1989	1,775,436	12,179,060	2.05%	3.37%
1990	1,809,696	12,579,208	1.93%	3.29%
1991	1,842,379	12,980,821	1.81%	3.19%
1992	1,873,274	13,385,571	1.68%	3.12%
1993	1,901,793	13,795,686	1.52%	3.06%
1994	1,927,707	14,208,583	1.36%	2.99%
1995	1,951,437	14,616,801	1.23%	2.87%
1996	1,972,418	15,018,104	1.08%	2.75%
1997	1,988,130	15,417,542	0.8%	2.66%
1998	1,998,049	15,820,413	0.5%	2.61%
1999	2,003,234	16,228,061	0.26%	2.58%
2000	2,003,913	16,637,888	0.03%	2.53%
2001	2,000,853	17,051,338	-0.15%	2.48%
2002	1,994,679	17,468,332	-0.31%	2.45%
2003	1,985,059	17,889,296	-0.48%	2.41%
2004	1,971,129	18,336,875	-0.7%	2.5%
2005	1,953,076	18,814,091	-0.92%	2.6%
2006	1,945,063	19,637,022	-0.41%	4.37%
2007	1,953,268	20,884,125	0.42%	6.35%
2008	1,966,541	21,636,564	0.68%	3.6%
2009	1,980,883	21,976,969	0.73%	1.57%
2010	1,996,251	22,482,421	0.78%	2.3%
2011	2,014,009	22,878,098	0.89%	1.76%
2012	2,034,354	22,759,763	1.01%	-0.52%
2013	2,056,504	21,666,917	1.09%	-4.8%
2014	2,080,089	20,273,659	1.15%	-6.43%
2015	2,104,611	19,424,618	1.18%	-4.19%
2016	2,130,422	19,193,834	1.23%	-1.19%
2017	2,157,110	19,224,668	1.25%	0.16%
2018	2,183,603	19,577,845	1.23%	1.84%
2019	2,209,405	20,353,534	1.18%	3.96%
2020	2,235,727	21,049,429	1.19%	3.42%
2021	2,261,542	21,628,839	1.15%	2.75%
2022	2,286,110	22,462,173	1.09%	3.85%
2023	2,311,472	23,594,623	1.11%	5.04%
2024	2,337,423	24,672,760	1.12%	4.57%
2025	2,363,324	25,620,422	1.11%	3.84%
2026	2,389,334	26,472,499	1.1%	3.33%
2027	2,415,365	27,261,544	1.09%	2.98%
2028	2,441,435	28,006,558	1.08%	2.73%
2029	2,467,677	28,719,309	1.07%	2.54%
2030	2,493,816	29,395,545	1.06%	2.35%
2031	2,520,014	30,029,824	1.05%	2.16%
2032	2,546,489	30,633,661	1.05%	2.01%
2033	2,573,106	31,212,478	1.05%	1.89%
2034	2,599,777	31,768,138	1.04%	1.78%
2035	2,626,560	32,294,792	1.03%	1.66%
2036	2,653,503	32,788,153	1.03%	1.53%
2037	2,680,081	33,258,407	1%	1.43%
2038	2,706,197	33,710,718	0.97%	1.36%
2039	2,732,138	34,131,238	0.96%	1.25%
2040	2,757,868	34,533,185	0.94%	1.18%
2041	2,783,361	34,916,936	0.92%	1.11%
2042	2,808,538	35,279,863	0.9%	1.04%
2043	2,833,257	35,623,325	0.88%	0.97%
2044	2,857,499	35,944,394	0.86%	0.9%
2045	2,881,333	36,265,295	0.83%	0.89%
2046	2,904,780	36,583,260	0.81%	0.88%
2047	2,927,859	36,878,640	0.79%	0.81%
2048	2,950,411	37,171,029	0.77%	0.79%
2049	2,972,156	37,477,690	0.74%	0.83%
2050	2,993,080	37,793,378	0.7%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.