Lesotho vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 137th vs. 60th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 175/197 ($2.27B) and Zimbabwe ranks 102/197 ($41.5B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 181/197 ($972), while Zimbabwe ranks 148/197 ($2,497).

Lesotho and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Zimbabwe
1960	$34,579,986	$1,053,528,036
1961	$35,699,986	$1,097,206,526
1962	$41,859,983	$1,118,172,226
1963	$47,039,981	$1,160,103,724
1964	$51,939,979	$1,217,759,447
1965	$54,879,978	$1,312,105,394
1966	$56,699,977	$1,282,403,936
1967	$59,261,976	$1,397,715,282
1968	$61,445,975	$1,480,355,355
1969	$65,967,974	$1,748,891,294
1970	$68,739,973	$1,885,168,339
1971	$76,480,285	$2,179,828,710
1972	$80,913,200	$2,679,096,597
1973	$121,188,716	$3,311,043,292
1974	$150,851,317	$3,984,194,614
1975	$149,558,896	$4,373,532,601
1976	$147,660,037	$4,320,576,877
1977	$193,315,048	$4,366,610,469
1978	$266,570,067	$4,353,822,343
1979	$290,134,593	$5,180,102,910
1980	$431,542,537	$6,682,278,300
1981	$434,188,034	$8,015,464,252
1982	$348,741,684	$8,544,060,905
1983	$386,699,309	$7,768,031,182
1984	$333,163,670	$6,355,369,172
1985	$268,629,926	$5,640,137,575
1986	$318,858,423	$6,220,698,247
1987	$402,768,324	$6,744,657,033
1988	$470,395,801	$7,818,774,177
1989	$495,409,233	$8,290,553,535
1990	$596,410,264	$8,788,301,546
1991	$704,325,367	$8,646,000,000
1992	$831,029,862	$6,755,000,000
1993	$835,582,062	$6,567,250,000
1994	$878,250,945	$6,894,250,000
1995	$1,001,894,000	$7,115,000,000
1996	$946,112,493	$8,557,500,000
1997	$998,004,259	$8,534,000,000
1998	$928,460,893	$6,405,250,000
1999	$912,773,681	$6,861,500,000
2000	$887,291,688	$6,693,250,000
2001	$825,706,961	$6,780,750,000
2002	$775,777,239	$6,345,250,000
2003	$1,157,825,435	$5,730,500,000
2004	$1,511,236,656	$5,808,500,000
2005	$1,682,343,527	$5,758,250,000
2006	$1,800,092,564	$5,446,750,000
2007	$1,682,131,785	$5,294,750,000
2008	$1,766,902,709	$4,418,000,000
2009	$1,740,894,965	$9,670,750,000
2010	$2,234,754,242	$12,047,750,000
2011	$2,579,409,620	$14,109,000,000
2012	$2,477,702,216	$17,123,500,000
2013	$2,367,112,932	$19,100,750,000
2014	$2,441,063,054	$19,505,500,000
2015	$2,359,686,725	$19,973,250,000
2016	$2,114,426,452	$20,559,250,000
2017	$2,306,741,672	$51,035,657,371
2018	$2,556,247,292	$34,141,666,667
2019	$2,390,702,296	$33,357,695,635
2020	$2,053,699,864	$31,980,334,561
2021	$2,412,130,057	$41,287,673,690
2022	$2,354,980,960	$40,757,561,709
2023	$2,117,962,445	$35,871,779,681
2024	$2,271,759,455	$41,539,411,516

Lesotho and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Zimbabwe
1960	$47	$276.6
1961	$47	$279.2
1962	$53.5	$275.7
1963	$58.4	$277.1
1964	$62.6	$281.9
1965	$64.3	$294.3
1966	$64.3	$278.7
1967	$64.8	$294.4
1968	$64.8	$302
1969	$67.1	$346
1970	$67.4	$361
1971	$72.4	$406
1972	$74	$483
1973	$107	$579
1974	$128.7	$674
1975	$123.2	$717
1976	$117.8	$687
1977	$149.9	$677
1978	$200.8	$665
1979	$212.4	$779
1980	$307	$949
1981	$299.8	$1,069
1982	$233.9	$1,096
1983	$252	$959
1984	$211	$757
1985	$165.4	$649
1986	$191.4	$693
1987	$236.5	$726
1988	$270.4	$816
1989	$279	$840
1990	$330	$867
1991	$382	$831
1992	$444	$631
1993	$439	$605
1994	$456	$634
1995	$513	$648
1996	$480	$767
1997	$502	$751
1998	$465	$552
1999	$456	$582
2000	$443	$563
2001	$413	$566
2002	$389	$525
2003	$583	$468
2004	$767	$470
2005	$861	$461
2006	$925	$431
2007	$861	$414
2008	$898	$341
2009	$879	$736
2010	$1,119	$902
2011	$1,281	$1,038
2012	$1,218	$1,239
2013	$1,151	$1,363
2014	$1,174	$1,373
2015	$1,121	$1,387
2016	$992	$1,408
2017	$1,069	$3,445
2018	$1,171	$2,271
2019	$1,082	$2,184
2020	$919	$2,060
2021	$1,067	$2,614
2022	$1,030	$2,536
2023	$916	$2,195
2024	$972	$2,497

Lesotho vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Zimbabwe
1950	44.6	49.4
1951	45.2	49.8
1952	45.9	50.2
1953	46.6	50.6
1954	47.3	51
1955	48	51.4
1956	48.6	51.8
1957	49.2	52.2
1958	49.6	52.6
1959	49.9	53
1960	50.2	53.5
1961	50.3	54
1962	50.3	54.5
1963	50.3	54.9
1964	50.3	55.4
1965	50.3	55.9
1966	50.4	56.4
1967	50.5	56.8
1968	50.8	57.1
1969	51.1	57.5
1970	51.5	57.8
1971	51.8	58
1972	52.3	58.2
1973	52.6	58.1
1974	52.9	58.2
1975	53.5	58.2
1976	53.9	57.6
1977	54.5	57
1978	55.2	54.7
1979	55.8	54.9
1980	56.5	59.1
1981	57.3	59.4
1982	58	59.9
1983	58.5	60
1984	59	60.6
1985	59.2	60.9
1986	59.3	61
1987	59.6	60.7
1988	59.6	60.2
1989	59.5	59.4
1990	59.3	58.3
1991	59.1	57
1992	58.6	55.6
1993	58.1	54
1994	57.3	52.5
1995	56.4	51.1
1996	55.1	49
1997	53.7	48.5
1998	52	47.6
1999	50.4	46.4
2000	48.8	46
2001	47.2	44.5
2002	46	45.9
2003	44.9	45.4
2004	44	46
2005	43.6	46.6
2006	43.2	47.1
2007	43.7	47.6
2008	44.3	48.5
2009	45.1	49.7
2010	46	51.9
2011	46.9	53.9
2012	48.2	55.4
2013	49.5	56.8
2014	50.8	58.1
2015	51.8	59
2016	52.9	59.8
2017	53.9	60.3
2018	54.6	60.9
2019	55.2	61.1
2020	55.1	61.5
2021	54.2	60.1
2022	56.8	62.4
2023	57.4	62.8
2024	57.8	63.1
2025	58.2	63.3
2026	58.6	63.6

Lesotho and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Zimbabwe
1960	736,500	3,809,389
1961	758,824	3,930,401
1962	781,814	4,055,959
1963	805,373	4,185,877
1964	829,437	4,320,006
1965	854,090	4,458,462
1966	881,870	4,601,217
1967	913,982	4,748,307
1968	948,105	4,900,440
1969	983,202	5,058,181
1970	1,019,273	5,215,918
1971	1,056,246	5,374,712
1972	1,094,063	5,542,445
1973	1,132,697	5,720,404
1974	1,172,420	5,908,328
1975	1,213,643	6,098,658
1976	1,253,214	6,287,105
1977	1,289,967	6,449,512
1978	1,327,240	6,543,575
1979	1,366,169	6,647,556
1980	1,406,521	7,041,303
1981	1,448,069	7,498,635
1982	1,490,732	7,796,496
1983	1,534,413	8,098,404
1984	1,578,986	8,391,488
1985	1,624,379	8,686,813
1986	1,666,138	8,982,578
1987	1,703,390	9,284,644
1988	1,739,841	9,583,094
1989	1,775,436	9,864,798
1990	1,809,696	10,137,281
1991	1,842,379	10,404,816
1992	1,873,274	10,702,700
1993	1,901,793	10,860,288
1994	1,927,707	10,873,148
1995	1,951,437	10,974,599
1996	1,972,418	11,158,360
1997	1,988,130	11,369,827
1998	1,998,049	11,594,297
1999	2,003,234	11,783,458
2000	2,003,913	11,892,055
2001	2,000,853	11,971,901
2002	1,994,679	12,087,653
2003	1,985,059	12,232,323
2004	1,971,129	12,365,896
2005	1,953,076	12,483,432
2006	1,945,063	12,636,445
2007	1,953,268	12,804,058
2008	1,966,541	12,959,149
2009	1,980,883	13,142,790
2010	1,996,251	13,356,548
2011	2,014,009	13,595,424
2012	2,034,354	13,817,887
2013	2,056,504	14,013,808
2014	2,080,089	14,207,359
2015	2,104,611	14,399,013
2016	2,130,422	14,600,294
2017	2,157,110	14,812,482
2018	2,183,603	15,034,452
2019	2,209,405	15,271,368
2020	2,235,727	15,526,888
2021	2,261,542	15,797,210
2022	2,286,110	16,069,056
2023	2,311,472	16,340,822
2024	2,337,423	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Zimbabwe
1960	5.78	7.2
1961	5.79	7.21
1962	5.79	7.23
1963	5.78	7.23
1964	5.77	7.23
1965	5.77	7.23
1966	5.76	7.2
1967	5.75	7.16
1968	5.73	7.11
1969	5.7	7.04
1970	5.7	6.98
1971	5.7	6.94
1972	5.69	6.94
1973	5.69	6.94
1974	5.75	6.88
1975	5.83	6.83
1976	5.87	6.77
1977	5.85	6.71
1978	5.82	6.66
1979	5.79	6.59
1980	5.75	6.52
1981	5.69	6.45
1982	5.63	6.33
1983	5.56	6.2
1984	5.48	6.04
1985	5.4	5.87
1986	5.32	5.69
1987	5.22	5.5
1988	5.1	5.28
1989	4.96	5.07
1990	4.81	4.88
1991	4.68	4.72
1992	4.54	4.57
1993	4.37	4.39
1994	4.21	4.28
1995	4.13	4.15
1996	4.06	4.11
1997	3.98	4.08
1998	3.82	4.07
1999	3.67	4.06
2000	3.61	4.01
2001	3.63	3.98
2002	3.68	3.93
2003	3.62	3.86
2004	3.51	3.78
2005	3.43	3.69
2006	3.41	3.64
2007	3.44	3.68
2008	3.39	3.78
2009	3.31	3.95
2010	3.25	4.04
2011	3.34	4.13
2012	3.3	4.13
2013	3.28	4.11
2014	3.24	4.01
2015	3.22	3.91
2016	3.18	3.83
2017	3.11	3.77
2018	3.02	3.74
2019	2.92	3.75
2020	2.85	3.75
2021	2.77	3.77
2022	2.72	3.77
2023	2.69	3.72

Lesotho and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Zimbabwe
1960	17.5	16.4
1961	17.4	16.2
1962	17.4	16
1963	17.4	15.8
1964	17.5	15.7
1965	17.5	15.7
1966	17.5	15.7
1967	17.6	15.7
1968	17.8	15.7
1969	18	15.7
1970	18.2	15.7
1971	18.3	15.8
1972	18.5	15.8
1973	18.6	15.8
1974	18.8	15.9
1975	18.9	15.9
1976	19	15.8
1977	19	15.8
1978	18.9	15.7
1979	18.8	15.6
1980	18.8	15.6
1981	18.7	15.7
1982	18.6	15.8
1983	18.6	15.8
1984	18.5	15.8
1985	18.4	15.9
1986	18.6	15.9
1987	18.7	15.9
1988	18.6	15.9
1989	18.5	16.1
1990	18.4	16.3
1991	18.4	16.5
1992	18.4	16.4
1993	18.4	16.3
1994	18.5	16.4
1995	18.6	16.6
1996	18.6	16.9
1997	18.8	17.2
1998	18.9	17.5
1999	19.1	17.7
2000	19.2	17.8
2001	19.4	18
2002	19.5	18.1
2003	19.7	18.2
2004	19.8	18.3
2005	19.9	18.3
2006	20	18.5
2007	20.2	18.5
2008	20.4	18.5
2009	20.6	18.4
2010	20.7	18.3
2011	20.9	18.2
2012	21	18.1
2013	21.1	18
2014	21.2	18
2015	21.3	18
2016	21.4	18
2017	21.6	18.1
2018	21.7	18.2
2019	21.8	18.3
2020	22	18.5
2021	22.1	18.6
2022	22.3	18.7
2023	22.5	18.9
2024	22.7	19

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