Afghanistan vs Lesotho statistics compared

Afghanistan has a population of 42.6M (ranked 36/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). Afghanistan's land area is 251,827 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 40th vs. 137th).

By GDP, Afghanistan ranks 137/197 ($17.2B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, Afghanistan ranks 196/197 ($414), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Afghanistan and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Afghanistan and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

Afghanistan

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	Afghanistan	Lesotho
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
1971	-	$76,480,285
1972	-	$80,913,200
1973	-	$121,188,716
1974	-	$150,851,317
1975	-	$149,558,896
1976	-	$147,660,037
1977	-	$193,315,048
1978	-	$266,570,067
1979	-	$290,134,593
1980	-	$431,542,537
1981	-	$434,188,034
1982	-	$348,741,684
1983	-	$386,699,309
1984	-	$333,163,670
1985	-	$268,629,926
1986	-	$318,858,423
1987	-	$402,768,324
1988	-	$470,395,801
1989	-	$495,409,233
1990	-	$596,410,264
1991	-	$704,325,367
1992	-	$831,029,862
1993	-	$835,582,062
1994	-	$878,250,945
1995	-	$1,001,894,000
1996	-	$946,112,493
1997	-	$998,004,259
1998	-	$928,460,893
1999	-	$912,773,681
2000	$3,521,418,060	$887,291,688
2001	$2,813,571,754	$825,706,961
2002	$3,825,701,439	$775,777,239
2003	$4,520,946,819	$1,157,825,435
2004	$5,224,896,719	$1,511,236,656
2005	$6,203,256,539	$1,682,343,527
2006	$6,971,758,282	$1,800,092,564
2007	$9,747,886,187	$1,682,131,785
2008	$10,109,297,048	$1,766,902,709
2009	$12,416,152,732	$1,740,894,965
2010	$15,856,668,556	$2,234,754,242
2011	$17,805,098,206	$2,579,409,620
2012	$19,907,329,778	$2,477,702,216
2013	$20,146,416,758	$2,367,112,932
2014	$20,497,128,556	$2,441,063,054
2015	$19,134,221,645	$2,359,686,725
2016	$18,116,572,395	$2,114,426,452
2017	$18,753,456,498	$2,306,741,672
2018	$18,053,222,687	$2,556,247,292
2019	$18,799,444,490	$2,390,702,296
2020	$19,955,929,052	$2,053,699,870
2021	$14,259,995,441	$2,412,130,022
2022	$14,497,243,872	$2,354,980,884
2023	$17,152,234,637	$2,117,962,430
2024	-	$2,271,541,846

Afghanistan and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

Afghanistan

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Afghanistan	Lesotho
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
1971	-	$72.4
1972	-	$74
1973	-	$107
1974	-	$128.7
1975	-	$123.2
1976	-	$117.8
1977	-	$149.9
1978	-	$200.8
1979	-	$212.4
1980	-	$307
1981	-	$299.8
1982	-	$233.9
1983	-	$252
1984	-	$211
1985	-	$165.4
1986	-	$191.4
1987	-	$236.5
1988	-	$270.4
1989	-	$279
1990	-	$330
1991	-	$382
1992	-	$444
1993	-	$439
1994	-	$456
1995	-	$513
1996	-	$480
1997	-	$502
1998	-	$465
1999	-	$456
2000	$174.9	$443
2001	$138.7	$413
2002	$179	$389
2003	$198.9	$583
2004	$221.8	$767
2005	$254.2	$861
2006	$274.2	$925
2007	$376	$861
2008	$382	$898
2009	$452	$879
2010	$561	$1,119
2011	$607	$1,281
2012	$651	$1,218
2013	$637	$1,151
2014	$625	$1,174
2015	$566	$1,121
2016	$522	$992
2017	$525	$1,069
2018	$491	$1,171
2019	$497	$1,082
2020	$511	$919
2021	$356	$1,067
2022	$357	$1,030
2023	$414	$916
2024	-	$972

Afghanistan vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Afghanistan

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Afghanistan	Lesotho
1950	28.2	44.6
1951	28.6	45.2
1952	29	45.9
1953	29.5	46.6
1954	29.7	47.3
1955	30.4	48
1956	30.8	48.6
1957	31.3	49.2
1958	31.8	49.6
1959	32.3	49.9
1960	32.8	50.2
1961	33.3	50.3
1962	33.8	50.3
1963	34.2	50.3
1964	34.7	50.3
1965	35.1	50.3
1966	35.6	50.4
1967	36	50.5
1968	36.5	50.8
1969	37	51.1
1970	37.5	51.5
1971	37.9	51.8
1972	38.4	52.3
1973	39	52.6
1974	39.5	52.9
1975	40	53.5
1976	40.5	53.9
1977	41.1	54.5
1978	40.1	55.2
1979	38.8	55.8
1980	39.3	56.5
1981	39.4	57.3
1982	36.1	58
1983	36.5	58.5
1984	31.5	59
1985	32.1	59.2
1986	38.4	59.3
1987	38.8	59.6
1988	43.2	59.6
1989	44.5	59.5
1990	45.1	59.3
1991	45.5	59.1
1992	46.6	58.6
1993	51	58.1
1994	51	57.3
1995	52.1	56.4
1996	52.8	55.1
1997	53.2	53.7
1998	52.5	52
1999	54.5	50.4
2000	55	48.8
2001	55.5	47.2
2002	56.2	46
2003	57.2	44.9
2004	57.8	44
2005	58.2	43.6
2006	58.6	43.2
2007	59	43.7
2008	59.7	44.3
2009	60.2	45.1
2010	60.7	46
2011	61.3	46.9
2012	61.7	48.2
2013	62.2	49.5
2014	62.3	50.8
2015	62.3	51.8
2016	62.6	52.9
2017	62.4	53.9
2018	62.4	54.6
2019	62.9	55.2
2020	61.5	55.1
2021	60.4	54.2
2022	65.6	56.8
2023	66	57.4
2024	66.3	57.8
2025	66.5	58.2

Afghanistan and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

Afghanistan

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	Afghanistan	Lesotho
1960	9,035,043	736,500
1961	9,214,083	758,824
1962	9,404,406	781,814
1963	9,604,487	805,373
1964	9,814,318	829,437
1965	10,036,008	854,090
1966	10,266,395	881,870
1967	10,505,959	913,982
1968	10,756,922	948,105
1969	11,017,409	983,202
1970	11,290,128	1,019,273
1971	11,567,667	1,056,246
1972	11,853,696	1,094,063
1973	12,157,999	1,132,697
1974	12,469,127	1,172,420
1975	12,773,954	1,213,643
1976	13,059,851	1,253,214
1977	13,340,756	1,289,967
1978	13,611,441	1,327,240
1979	13,655,567	1,366,169
1980	13,169,311	1,406,521
1981	11,937,581	1,448,069
1982	10,991,378	1,490,732
1983	10,917,982	1,534,413
1984	11,190,221	1,578,986
1985	11,426,852	1,624,379
1986	11,420,074	1,666,138
1987	11,387,818	1,703,390
1988	11,523,298	1,739,841
1989	11,874,088	1,775,436
1990	12,045,660	1,809,696
1991	12,238,879	1,842,379
1992	13,278,974	1,873,274
1993	14,943,172	1,901,793
1994	16,250,794	1,927,707
1995	17,065,836	1,951,437
1996	17,763,266	1,972,418
1997	18,452,091	1,988,130
1998	19,159,996	1,998,049
1999	19,887,785	2,003,234
2000	20,130,327	2,003,913
2001	20,284,307	2,000,853
2002	21,378,117	1,994,679
2003	22,733,049	1,985,059
2004	23,560,654	1,971,129
2005	24,404,567	1,953,076
2006	25,424,094	1,945,063
2007	25,909,852	1,953,268
2008	26,482,622	1,966,541
2009	27,466,101	1,980,883
2010	28,284,089	1,996,251
2011	29,347,708	2,014,009
2012	30,560,034	2,034,354
2013	31,622,704	2,056,504
2014	32,792,523	2,080,089
2015	33,831,764	2,104,611
2016	34,700,612	2,130,422
2017	35,688,935	2,157,110
2018	36,743,039	2,183,603
2019	37,856,121	2,209,405
2020	39,068,979	2,235,727
2021	40,000,412	2,261,542
2022	40,578,842	2,286,110
2023	41,454,761	2,311,472
2024	42,647,492	2,337,423

Fertility rates in Afghanistan and Lesotho

Fertility rate

Afghanistan

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Afghanistan	Lesotho
1960	7.28	5.78
1961	7.28	5.79
1962	7.29	5.79
1963	7.3	5.78
1964	7.3	5.77
1965	7.31	5.77
1966	7.32	5.76
1967	7.34	5.75
1968	7.36	5.73
1969	7.39	5.7
1970	7.4	5.7
1971	7.43	5.7
1972	7.45	5.69
1973	7.49	5.69
1974	7.53	5.75
1975	7.54	5.83
1976	7.56	5.87
1977	7.59	5.85
1978	7.6	5.82
1979	7.61	5.79
1980	7.64	5.75
1981	7.62	5.69
1982	7.6	5.63
1983	7.57	5.56
1984	7.55	5.48
1985	7.55	5.4
1986	7.55	5.32
1987	7.55	5.22
1988	7.55	5.1
1989	7.56	4.96
1990	7.58	4.81
1991	7.63	4.68
1992	7.7	4.54
1993	7.76	4.37
1994	7.77	4.21
1995	7.77	4.13
1996	7.76	4.06
1997	7.73	3.98
1998	7.69	3.82
1999	7.64	3.67
2000	7.57	3.61
2001	7.45	3.63
2002	7.32	3.68
2003	7.17	3.62
2004	7.02	3.51
2005	6.86	3.43
2006	6.69	3.41
2007	6.51	3.44
2008	6.39	3.39
2009	6.3	3.31
2010	6.2	3.25
2011	6.09	3.34
2012	5.99	3.3
2013	5.88	3.28
2014	5.77	3.24
2015	5.65	3.22
2016	5.54	3.18
2017	5.43	3.11
2018	5.33	3.02
2019	5.24	2.92
2020	5.15	2.85
2021	5.04	2.77
2022	4.93	2.72
2023	4.84	2.69

Afghanistan and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

Afghanistan

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Afghanistan	Lesotho
1960	18.9	17.5
1961	18.9	17.4
1962	18.8	17.4
1963	18.7	17.4
1964	18.6	17.5
1965	18.6	17.5
1966	18.5	17.5
1967	18.4	17.6
1968	18.3	17.8
1969	18.2	18
1970	18.1	18.2
1971	17.9	18.3
1972	17.8	18.5
1973	17.7	18.6
1974	17.6	18.8
1975	17.5	18.9
1976	17.4	19
1977	17.3	19
1978	17.2	18.9
1979	17	18.8
1980	16.9	18.8
1981	16.8	18.7
1982	16.7	18.6
1983	16.6	18.6
1984	16.5	18.5
1985	16.4	18.4
1986	16.3	18.6
1987	16.3	18.7
1988	16.2	18.6
1989	16.1	18.5
1990	16.1	18.4
1991	16	18.4
1992	15.9	18.4
1993	15.8	18.4
1994	15.7	18.5
1995	15.6	18.6
1996	15.5	18.6
1997	15.3	18.8
1998	15.2	18.9
1999	15.1	19.1
2000	15	19.2
2001	14.9	19.4
2002	14.9	19.5
2003	14.9	19.7
2004	14.9	19.8
2005	15	19.9
2006	15.1	20
2007	15.2	20.2
2008	15.3	20.4
2009	15.5	20.6
2010	15.7	20.7
2011	15.9	20.9
2012	16	21
2013	16.2	21.1
2014	16.4	21.2
2015	16.6	21.3
2016	16.8	21.4
2017	17	21.6
2018	17.1	21.7
2019	17.3	21.8
2020	17.5	22
2021	17.6	22.1
2022	17.8	22.3
2023	18	22.5
2024	18.2	22.7

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