Lesotho vs United Arab Emirates statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 10.9M in The United Arab Emirates (ranked 88/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 27,421 sq mi for The United Arab Emirates (ranked 137th vs. 117th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and The United Arab Emirates ranks 29/197 ($537B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while The United Arab Emirates ranks 24/197 ($49,378).

Lesotho and United Arab Emirates: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	UAE
1960	$34,579,986	-
1961	$35,699,986	-
1962	$41,859,983	-
1963	$47,039,981	-
1964	$51,939,979	-
1965	$54,879,978	-
1966	$56,699,977	-
1967	$59,261,976	-
1968	$61,445,975	-
1969	$65,967,974	-
1970	$68,739,973	$685,986,701
1971	$76,480,285	$939,893,600
1972	$80,913,200	$1,415,086,929
1973	$121,188,716	$4,231,243,616
1974	$150,851,317	$11,651,505,689
1975	$149,558,896	$14,720,728,249
1976	$147,660,037	$19,213,158,779
1977	$193,315,048	$24,871,775,165
1978	$266,570,067	$23,775,764,225
1979	$290,134,593	$31,225,659,621
1980	$431,542,537	$43,599,160,050
1981	$434,188,034	$49,333,424,135
1982	$348,741,684	$46,622,718,605
1983	$386,699,309	$42,803,323,345
1984	$333,163,670	$41,807,954,236
1985	$268,629,926	$40,603,650,232
1986	$318,858,423	$33,943,612,095
1987	$402,768,324	$36,384,908,744
1988	$470,395,801	$36,275,674,203
1989	$495,409,233	$41,464,995,914
1990	$596,410,264	$50,701,443,748
1991	$704,325,367	$51,552,165,622
1992	$831,029,862	$54,239,171,888
1993	$835,582,062	$55,625,170,253
1994	$878,250,945	$59,305,093,980
1995	$1,001,894,000	$65,743,666,576
1996	$946,112,493	$73,571,233,996
1997	$998,004,259	$78,839,008,445
1998	$928,460,893	$75,674,336,283
1999	$912,773,681	$84,445,473,111
2000	$887,291,688	$104,337,372,362
2001	$825,706,961	$103,311,640,572
2002	$775,777,239	$109,816,201,498
2003	$1,157,825,435	$124,346,358,067
2004	$1,511,236,656	$147,824,370,320
2005	$1,682,343,527	$180,617,467,965
2006	$1,800,092,564	$222,116,541,865
2007	$1,682,131,785	$257,916,133,424
2008	$1,766,902,709	$315,474,615,739
2009	$1,740,894,965	$253,547,358,747
2010	$2,234,754,242	$300,189,052,689
2011	$2,579,409,620	$360,832,739,551
2012	$2,477,702,216	$384,610,125,391
2013	$2,367,112,932	$400,218,529,748
2014	$2,441,063,054	$414,105,366,753
2015	$2,359,686,725	$370,275,469,571
2016	$2,114,426,452	$369,255,326,236
2017	$2,306,741,672	$390,516,804,030
2018	$2,556,247,292	$427,049,432,158
2019	$2,390,702,296	$417,989,721,743
2020	$2,053,699,870	$349,473,015,330
2021	$2,412,130,022	$415,178,792,757
2022	$2,354,980,884	$502,731,935,194
2023	$2,117,962,430	$514,130,432,648
2024	$2,271,541,846	$537,078,829,135

Lesotho and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	UAE
1960	$47	-
1961	$47	-
1962	$53.5	-
1963	$58.4	-
1964	$62.6	-
1965	$64.3	-
1966	$64.3	-
1967	$64.8	-
1968	$64.8	-
1969	$67.1	-
1970	$67.4	$2,394
1971	$72.4	$2,805
1972	$74	$3,675
1973	$107	$9,696
1974	$128.7	$23,823
1975	$123.2	$27,117
1976	$117.8	$31,197
1977	$149.9	$35,020
1978	$200.8	$29,379
1979	$212.4	$34,238
1980	$307	$42,925
1981	$299.8	$44,854
1982	$233.9	$39,972
1983	$252	$34,650
1984	$211	$32,012
1985	$165.4	$29,468
1986	$191.4	$23,132
1987	$236.5	$23,113
1988	$270.4	$21,570
1989	$279	$23,167
1990	$330	$26,710
1991	$382	$25,691
1992	$444	$25,648
1993	$439	$25,033
1994	$456	$25,473
1995	$513	$27,003
1996	$480	$28,323
1997	$502	$27,983
1998	$465	$24,889
1999	$456	$25,856
2000	$443	$29,866
2001	$413	$27,745
2002	$389	$27,754
2003	$583	$29,660
2004	$767	$33,377
2005	$861	$38,719
2006	$925	$44,343
2007	$861	$45,855
2008	$898	$50,054
2009	$879	$37,803
2010	$1,119	$43,697
2011	$1,281	$50,789
2012	$1,218	$52,034
2013	$1,151	$52,024
2014	$1,174	$51,381
2015	$1,121	$43,535
2016	$992	$41,326
2017	$1,069	$42,341
2018	$1,171	$45,690
2019	$1,082	$44,251
2020	$919	$37,174
2021	$1,067	$43,360
2022	$1,030	$49,899
2023	$916	$49,041
2024	$972	$49,378

Lesotho vs. United Arab Emirates life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	UAE
1950	44.6	42.1
1951	45.2	42.9
1952	45.9	43.6
1953	46.6	44.4
1954	47.3	45.2
1955	48	46
1956	48.6	46.9
1957	49.2	47.8
1958	49.6	48.8
1959	49.9	49.7
1960	50.2	50.7
1961	50.3	51.6
1962	50.3	52.5
1963	50.3	53.5
1964	50.3	54.5
1965	50.3	55.5
1966	50.4	56.6
1967	50.5	57.6
1968	50.8	58.7
1969	51.1	59.8
1970	51.5	60.8
1971	51.8	61.8
1972	52.3	62.7
1973	52.6	63.5
1974	52.9	64.4
1975	53.5	65.1
1976	53.9	65.8
1977	54.5	66.5
1978	55.2	67.1
1979	55.8	67.6
1980	56.5	68.2
1981	57.3	68.6
1982	58	69.1
1983	58.5	69.4
1984	59	69.8
1985	59.2	70.1
1986	59.3	70.4
1987	59.6	70.6
1988	59.6	70.8
1989	59.5	71
1990	59.3	71.1
1991	59.1	71.1
1992	58.6	71.2
1993	58.1	71.2
1994	57.3	71.2
1995	56.4	71.4
1996	55.1	71.8
1997	53.7	72.6
1998	52	73.7
1999	50.4	75
2000	48.8	76.3
2001	47.2	77.6
2002	46	78.7
2003	44.9	79.6
2004	44	80.3
2005	43.6	80.8
2006	43.2	81.2
2007	43.7	81.4
2008	44.3	81.6
2009	45.1	81.7
2010	46	81.9
2011	46.9	81.9
2012	48.2	81.9
2013	49.5	82
2014	50.8	82
2015	51.8	82.1
2016	52.9	82.2
2017	53.9	82.4
2018	54.6	82.4
2019	55.2	82.6
2020	55.1	81.9
2021	54.2	79.1
2022	56.8	80.5
2023	57.4	82.9
2024	57.8	83.1
2025	58.2	83.2

Lesotho and United Arab Emirates population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	UAE
1960	736,500	131,334
1961	758,824	137,989
1962	781,814	144,946
1963	805,373	152,211
1964	829,437	159,692
1965	854,090	167,103
1966	881,870	173,976
1967	913,982	179,700
1968	948,105	199,416
1969	983,202	239,660
1970	1,019,273	286,536
1971	1,056,246	335,027
1972	1,094,063	385,014
1973	1,132,697	436,399
1974	1,172,420	489,087
1975	1,213,643	542,856
1976	1,253,214	615,866
1977	1,289,967	710,209
1978	1,327,240	809,274
1979	1,366,169	912,010
1980	1,406,521	1,015,700
1981	1,448,069	1,099,855
1982	1,490,732	1,166,370
1983	1,534,413	1,235,305
1984	1,578,986	1,305,996
1985	1,624,379	1,377,911
1986	1,666,138	1,467,383
1987	1,703,390	1,574,244
1988	1,739,841	1,681,788
1989	1,775,436	1,789,851
1990	1,809,696	1,898,220
1991	1,842,379	2,006,626
1992	1,873,274	2,114,730
1993	1,901,793	2,222,093
1994	1,927,707	2,328,188
1995	1,951,437	2,434,662
1996	1,972,418	2,597,564
1997	1,988,130	2,817,410
1998	1,998,049	3,040,421
1999	2,003,234	3,266,009
2000	2,003,913	3,493,575
2001	2,000,853	3,723,590
2002	1,994,679	3,956,826
2003	1,985,059	4,192,457
2004	1,971,129	4,428,967
2005	1,953,076	4,664,790
2006	1,945,063	5,009,100
2007	1,953,268	5,624,635
2008	1,966,541	6,302,664
2009	1,980,883	6,707,058
2010	1,996,251	6,869,838
2011	2,014,009	7,104,538
2012	2,034,354	7,391,448
2013	2,056,504	7,693,031
2014	2,080,089	8,059,440
2015	2,104,611	8,505,237
2016	2,130,422	8,935,095
2017	2,157,110	9,223,225
2018	2,183,603	9,346,701
2019	2,209,405	9,445,785
2020	2,235,727	9,401,038
2021	2,261,542	9,575,152
2022	2,286,110	10,074,977
2023	2,311,472	10,483,751
2024	2,337,423	10,876,981

Fertility rates in Lesotho and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate

Lesotho

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	UAE
1960	5.78	6.5
1961	5.79	6.49
1962	5.79	6.49
1963	5.78	6.5
1964	5.77	6.49
1965	5.77	6.5
1966	5.76	6.5
1967	5.75	6.51
1968	5.73	6.53
1969	5.7	6.52
1970	5.7	6.52
1971	5.7	6.52
1972	5.69	6.5
1973	5.69	6.46
1974	5.75	6.41
1975	5.83	6.35
1976	5.87	6.29
1977	5.85	6.22
1978	5.82	6.15
1979	5.79	6.06
1980	5.75	5.95
1981	5.69	5.81
1982	5.63	5.66
1983	5.56	5.48
1984	5.48	5.3
1985	5.4	5.13
1986	5.32	5
1987	5.22	4.88
1988	5.1	4.77
1989	4.96	4.65
1990	4.81	4.51
1991	4.68	4.25
1992	4.54	4.09
1993	4.37	3.82
1994	4.21	3.76
1995	4.13	3.28
1996	4.06	3.06
1997	3.98	2.83
1998	3.82	2.77
1999	3.67	2.79
2000	3.61	2.73
2001	3.63	2.62
2002	3.68	2.54
2003	3.62	2.49
2004	3.51	2.38
2005	3.43	2.23
2006	3.41	1.96
2007	3.44	1.79
2008	3.39	1.52
2009	3.31	1.58
2010	3.25	1.57
2011	3.34	1.54
2012	3.3	1.53
2013	3.28	1.53
2014	3.24	1.48
2015	3.22	1.42
2016	3.18	1.37
2017	3.11	1.35
2018	3.02	1.29
2019	2.92	1.25
2020	2.85	1.29
2021	2.77	1.16
2022	2.72	1.15
2023	2.69	1.2

Lesotho and United Arab Emirates demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	UAE
1960	17.5	19.6
1961	17.4	20.1
1962	17.4	20.6
1963	17.4	21
1964	17.5	21.5
1965	17.5	22
1966	17.5	22.6
1967	17.6	23.3
1968	17.8	23.5
1969	18	23.1
1970	18.2	23
1971	18.3	23.2
1972	18.5	23.6
1973	18.6	24.1
1974	18.8	24.7
1975	18.9	25.4
1976	19	25.6
1977	19	25.4
1978	18.9	25.5
1979	18.8	25.8
1980	18.8	26.2
1981	18.7	26.4
1982	18.6	26.4
1983	18.6	26.4
1984	18.5	26.4
1985	18.4	26.6
1986	18.6	26.5
1987	18.7	26.1
1988	18.6	25.9
1989	18.5	25.8
1990	18.4	25.8
1991	18.4	26
1992	18.4	26.4
1993	18.4	26.8
1994	18.5	27.4
1995	18.6	28
1996	18.6	28.1
1997	18.8	27.9
1998	18.9	27.9
1999	19.1	28
2000	19.2	28.2
2001	19.4	28.6
2002	19.5	29.1
2003	19.7	29.6
2004	19.8	30.3
2005	19.9	30.9
2006	20	31.4
2007	20.2	31.6
2008	20.4	31.6
2009	20.6	31.6
2010	20.7	31.7
2011	20.9	31.7
2012	21	31.7
2013	21.1	31.7
2014	21.2	31.8
2015	21.3	31.8
2016	21.4	31.8
2017	21.6	31.8
2018	21.7	31.8
2019	21.8	31.8
2020	22	31.8
2021	22.1	31.9
2022	22.3	31.9
2023	22.5	32.2
2024	22.7	32.6

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