diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.api.php b/core/modules/locale/locale.api.php
index 7e7be105bc3..6ae4f4117a0 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.api.php
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ function hook_locale_translation_projects_alter(&$projects) {
     'info' => [
       'interface translation server pattern' => 'http://example.com/files/translations/%core/%project/%project-%version.%language.po',
     ],
+    // An optional key to change the order in which translation files are
+    // processed. By default, the projects are sorted alphabetically by key.
+    'weight' => 1,
   ];
 }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/src/LocaleProjectStorage.php b/core/modules/locale/src/LocaleProjectStorage.php
index 8d34d0887b6..cd441118610 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/src/LocaleProjectStorage.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/src/LocaleProjectStorage.php
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ class LocaleProjectStorage implements LocaleProjectStorageInterface {
    *
    * @var bool
    */
-  protected static $all = FALSE;
+  protected bool $all = FALSE;
+
+  /**
+   * Sorted status flag.
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   */
+  protected bool $sorted = FALSE;
 
   /**
    * Constructs a State object.
@@ -98,6 +105,7 @@ class LocaleProjectStorage implements LocaleProjectStorageInterface {
       $this->cache[$key] = $value;
     }
     $this->keyValueStore->setMultiple($data);
+    $this->sorted = FALSE;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -122,7 +130,7 @@ class LocaleProjectStorage implements LocaleProjectStorageInterface {
    */
   public function resetCache() {
     $this->cache = [];
-    static::$all = FALSE;
+    $this->sorted = $this->all = FALSE;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -159,11 +167,26 @@ class LocaleProjectStorage implements LocaleProjectStorageInterface {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function getAll() {
-    if (!static::$all) {
+    if (!$this->all) {
       $this->cache = $this->keyValueStore->getAll();
-      static::$all = TRUE;
+      $this->all = TRUE;
     }
-    return $this->cache;
+    if (!$this->sorted) {
+      // Work around PHP 8.3.0 - 8.3.3 bug by assigning $this->cache to a local
+      // variable, see https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/13285.
+      $cache = $this->cache;
+      uksort($this->cache, function ($a, $b) use ($cache) {
+        // Sort by weight, if available, and then by key. This allows locale
+        // projects to set a weight, if required, and keeps the order consistent
+        // regardless of whether the list is built from code or retrieve from
+        // the database.
+        $sort = (int) ($cache[$a]['weight'] ?? 0) <=> (int) ($cache[$b]['weight'] ?? 0);
+        return $sort ?: strcmp($a, $b);
+      });
+      $this->sorted = TRUE;
+    }
+    // Remove any NULL values as these are not valid projects.
+    return array_filter($this->cache, fn ($value) => $value !== NULL);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/tests/src/Unit/LocaleProjectStorageTest.php b/core/modules/locale/tests/src/Unit/LocaleProjectStorageTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1355a41d9be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/locale/tests/src/Unit/LocaleProjectStorageTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\locale\Unit;
+
+use Drupal\Core\KeyValueStore\KeyValueMemoryFactory;
+use Drupal\locale\LocaleProjectStorage;
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\locale\LocaleProjectStorage
+ * @group locale
+ * @runTestsInSeparateProcesses
+ */
+class LocaleProjectStorageTest extends UnitTestCase {
+
+  /**
+   * @var \Drupal\locale\LocaleProjectStorage
+   */
+  private LocaleProjectStorage $projectStorage;
+
+  /**
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\KeyValueStore\KeyValueMemoryFactory
+   */
+  private KeyValueMemoryFactory $keyValueMemoryFactory;
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp(): void {
+    parent::setUp();
+    $this->keyValueMemoryFactory = new KeyValueMemoryFactory();
+    $this->projectStorage = new LocaleProjectStorage($this->keyValueMemoryFactory);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that projects are sorted by weight and key.
+   */
+  public function testSorting(): void {
+    // There are no projects.
+    $this->assertSame([], $this->projectStorage->getAll());
+
+    // Add project 'b'.
+    $this->projectStorage->set('b', ['name' => 'b']);
+    $this->assertSame(['b'], array_keys($this->projectStorage->getAll()));
+
+    // Add project 'c' and confirm alphabetical order.
+    $this->projectStorage->set('c', ['name' => 'c']);
+    $this->assertSame(['b', 'c'], array_keys($this->projectStorage->getAll()));
+
+    // Add project 'a' and confirm 'a' is first.
+    $this->projectStorage->set('a', ['name' => 'a']);
+    $this->assertSame(['a', 'b', 'c'], array_keys($this->projectStorage->getAll()));
+
+    // Add project 'd' with a negative weight and confirm 'd' is first.
+    $this->projectStorage->set('d', ['name' => 'd', 'weight' => -1]);
+    $this->assertSame(['d', 'a', 'b', 'c'], array_keys($this->projectStorage->getAll()));
+
+    // Add project 'aa' with a positive weight and confirm 'aa' is last.
+    $this->projectStorage->set('aa', ['name' => 'aa', 'weight' => 1]);
+    $this->assertSame(['d', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'aa'], array_keys($this->projectStorage->getAll()));
+
+    // Delete project 'a'.
+    $this->projectStorage->delete('a');
+    $this->assertSame(['d', 'b', 'c', 'aa'], array_keys($this->projectStorage->getAll()));
+
+    // Add project 'e' with a lower negative weight than 'd' and confirm 'e' is
+    // first.
+    $this->projectStorage->set('e', ['name' => 'e', 'weight' => -5]);
+    $this->assertSame(['e', 'd', 'b', 'c', 'aa'], array_keys($this->projectStorage->getAll()));
+
+    // Pretend there is a container rebuild by generating a new
+    // LocaleProjectStorage object with the same data.
+    $this->projectStorage = new LocaleProjectStorage($this->keyValueMemoryFactory);
+    $this->projectStorage->set('z', ['name' => 'z']);
+    $this->assertSame(['e', 'd', 'b', 'c', 'z', 'aa'], array_keys($this->projectStorage->getAll()));
+
+    // Now delete all projects.
+    $this->projectStorage->deleteAll();
+    $this->assertSame([], $this->projectStorage->getAll());
+
+    // Add project 'z' before project 'a' and confirm 'a' is first.
+    $this->projectStorage->set('z', ['name' => 'z']);
+    $this->projectStorage->set('a', ['name' => 'a']);
+    $this->assertSame(['a', 'z'], array_keys($this->projectStorage->getAll()));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests deleted projects are not included in the count.
+   */
+  public function testDelete(): void {
+    $this->projectStorage->set('b', ['name' => 'b']);
+    $this->assertSame(['name' => 'b'], $this->projectStorage->get('b'));
+    $this->assertSame(1, $this->projectStorage->countProjects());
+    $this->projectStorage->delete('b');
+    $this->assertNull($this->projectStorage->get('b'));
+    $this->assertSame(0, $this->projectStorage->countProjects());
+  }
+
+}