Australia vs Lesotho statistics compared

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 6th vs. 137th).

By GDP, Australia ranks 14/197 ($1.76T) and Lesotho ranks 175/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,604), while Lesotho ranks 181/197 ($972).

Australia and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Australia and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

Australia

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	Australia	Lesotho
1960	$18,635,682,982	$34,579,986
1961	$19,713,123,154	$35,699,986
1962	$19,953,923,193	$41,859,983
1963	$21,573,443,452	$47,039,981
1964	$23,835,843,814	$51,939,979
1965	$26,014,244,162	$54,879,978
1966	$27,349,284,376	$56,699,977
1967	$30,487,524,878	$59,261,976
1968	$32,763,365,242	$61,445,975
1969	$36,738,245,878	$65,967,974
1970	$41,395,206,623	$68,739,973
1971	$45,283,847,245	$76,480,285
1972	$52,117,990,654	$80,913,200
1973	$63,923,126,201	$121,188,716
1974	$89,086,219,602	$150,851,317
1975	$97,440,939,506	$149,558,896
1976	$105,209,354,856	$147,660,037
1977	$110,504,702,914	$193,315,048
1978	$118,660,813,780	$266,570,067
1979	$135,093,718,051	$290,134,593
1980	$150,200,557,103	$431,542,537
1981	$177,151,979,566	$434,188,034
1982	$194,323,071,831	$348,741,684
1983	$177,523,719,680	$386,699,309
1984	$193,749,932,078	$333,163,670
1985	$180,861,108,959	$268,629,926
1986	$182,707,050,923	$318,858,423
1987	$189,726,707,253	$402,768,324
1988	$236,461,079,970	$470,395,801
1989	$300,264,309,002	$495,409,233
1990	$311,840,666,465	$596,410,264
1991	$326,416,407,861	$704,325,367
1992	$325,982,966,981	$831,029,862
1993	$312,568,858,910	$835,582,062
1994	$323,269,456,935	$878,250,945
1995	$368,725,126,225	$1,001,894,000
1996	$401,962,517,479	$946,112,493
1997	$436,321,902,767	$998,004,259
1998	$400,361,527,505	$928,460,893
1999	$390,347,787,943	$912,773,681
2000	$416,901,962,163	$887,291,688
2001	$380,360,222,861	$825,706,961
2002	$396,436,967,263	$775,777,239
2003	$468,517,181,130	$1,157,825,435
2004	$615,643,050,221	$1,511,236,656
2005	$696,811,489,613	$1,682,343,527
2006	$749,708,370,333	$1,800,092,564
2007	$856,603,595,823	$1,682,131,785
2008	$1,058,448,244,064	$1,766,902,709
2009	$931,761,689,771	$1,740,894,965
2010	$1,152,566,632,022	$2,234,754,242
2011	$1,402,939,868,653	$2,579,409,620
2012	$1,552,728,401,402	$2,477,702,216
2013	$1,583,737,461,925	$2,367,112,932
2014	$1,474,677,007,566	$2,441,063,054
2015	$1,356,805,839,936	$2,359,686,725
2016	$1,211,588,128,418	$2,114,426,452
2017	$1,330,890,554,614	$2,306,741,672
2018	$1,433,144,978,762	$2,556,247,292
2019	$1,398,349,602,956	$2,390,702,296
2020	$1,333,336,461,648	$2,053,699,864
2021	$1,560,617,493,203	$2,412,130,057
2022	$1,695,627,535,476	$2,354,980,960
2023	$1,734,451,264,656	$2,117,962,445
2024	$1,757,022,451,653	$2,271,759,455

Australia and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

Australia

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Australia	Lesotho
1960	$1,813	$47
1961	$1,880	$47
1962	$1,858	$53.5
1963	$1,970	$58.4
1964	$2,134	$62.6
1965	$2,284	$64.3
1966	$2,347	$64.3
1967	$2,584	$64.8
1968	$2,728	$64.8
1969	$2,996	$67.1
1970	$3,310	$67.4
1971	$3,500	$72.4
1972	$3,955	$74
1973	$4,778	$107
1974	$6,492	$128.7
1975	$7,014	$123.2
1976	$7,497	$117.8
1977	$7,786	$149.9
1978	$8,264	$200.8
1979	$9,308	$212.4
1980	$10,223	$307
1981	$11,871	$299.8
1982	$12,798	$233.9
1983	$11,532	$252
1984	$12,436	$211
1985	$11,455	$165.4
1986	$11,406	$191.4
1987	$11,666	$236.5
1988	$14,303	$270.4
1989	$17,858	$279
1990	$18,274	$330
1991	$18,885	$382
1992	$18,650	$444
1993	$17,725	$439
1994	$18,156	$456
1995	$20,479	$513
1996	$22,056	$480
1997	$23,683	$502
1998	$21,516	$465
1999	$20,750	$456
2000	$21,909	$443
2001	$19,734	$413
2002	$20,335	$389
2003	$23,758	$583
2004	$30,886	$767
2005	$34,535	$861
2006	$36,659	$925
2007	$41,128	$861
2008	$49,811	$898
2009	$42,955	$879
2010	$52,314	$1,119
2011	$62,799	$1,281
2012	$68,301	$1,218
2013	$68,477	$1,151
2014	$62,817	$1,174
2015	$56,970	$1,121
2016	$50,084	$992
2017	$54,118	$1,069
2018	$57,410	$1,171
2019	$55,195	$1,082
2020	$51,983	$919
2021	$60,759	$1,067
2022	$65,170	$1,030
2023	$65,058	$916
2024	$64,604	$972

Australia vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Australia

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Australia	Lesotho
1950	69	44.6
1951	68.7	45.2
1952	69.1	45.9
1953	69.7	46.6
1954	69.9	47.3
1955	70.2	48
1956	70	48.6
1957	70.3	49.2
1958	70.9	49.6
1959	70.4	49.9
1960	70.9	50.2
1961	71.1	50.3
1962	70.9	50.3
1963	71	50.3
1964	70.6	50.3
1965	70.8	50.3
1966	70.7	50.4
1967	71	50.5
1968	70.7	50.8
1969	71.1	51.1
1970	70.7	51.5
1971	71.5	51.8
1972	71.8	52.3
1973	72.1	52.6
1974	71.8	52.9
1975	72.8	53.5
1976	72.8	53.9
1977	73.5	54.5
1978	73.7	55.2
1979	74.3	55.8
1980	74.6	56.5
1981	74.8	57.3
1982	74.7	58
1983	75.4	58.5
1984	75.5	59
1985	75.4	59.2
1986	76.1	59.3
1987	76.1	59.6
1988	76.3	59.6
1989	76.2	59.5
1990	77	59.3
1991	77.5	59.1
1992	77.5	58.6
1993	78	58.1
1994	77.9	57.3
1995	78.3	56.4
1996	78.3	55.1
1997	78.6	53.7
1998	79	52
1999	79.3	50.4
2000	79.6	48.8
2001	80	47.2
2002	80.1	46
2003	80.4	44.9
2004	80.7	44
2005	81.1	43.6
2006	81.3	43.2
2007	81.2	43.7
2008	81.4	44.3
2009	81.7	45.1
2010	82	46
2011	82.1	46.9
2012	82.3	48.2
2013	82.6	49.5
2014	82.5	50.8
2015	82.6	51.8
2016	82.8	52.9
2017	82.7	53.9
2018	83.3	54.6
2019	83.2	55.2
2020	83.7	55.1
2021	83.6	54.2
2022	82.8	56.8
2023	83.9	57.4
2024	84.1	57.8
2025	84.2	58.2
2026	84.3	58.6

Australia and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

Australia

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	Australia	Lesotho
1960	10,276,477	736,500
1961	10,483,000	758,824
1962	10,742,000	781,814
1963	10,950,000	805,373
1964	11,167,000	829,437
1965	11,388,000	854,090
1966	11,651,000	881,870
1967	11,799,000	913,982
1968	12,009,000	948,105
1969	12,263,000	983,202
1970	12,507,000	1,019,273
1971	12,937,000	1,056,246
1972	13,177,000	1,094,063
1973	13,380,000	1,132,697
1974	13,723,000	1,172,420
1975	13,893,000	1,213,643
1976	14,033,000	1,253,214
1977	14,192,000	1,289,967
1978	14,358,000	1,327,240
1979	14,514,000	1,366,169
1980	14,692,000	1,406,521
1981	14,923,260	1,448,069
1982	15,184,247	1,490,732
1983	15,393,472	1,534,413
1984	15,579,391	1,578,986
1985	15,788,312	1,624,379
1986	16,018,350	1,666,138
1987	16,263,874	1,703,390
1988	16,532,164	1,739,841
1989	16,814,416	1,775,436
1990	17,065,128	1,809,696
1991	17,284,036	1,842,379
1992	17,478,635	1,873,274
1993	17,634,808	1,901,793
1994	17,805,468	1,927,707
1995	18,004,882	1,951,437
1996	18,224,767	1,972,418
1997	18,423,037	1,988,130
1998	18,607,584	1,998,049
1999	18,812,264	2,003,234
2000	19,028,802	2,003,913
2001	19,274,701	2,000,853
2002	19,495,210	1,994,679
2003	19,720,737	1,985,059
2004	19,932,722	1,971,129
2005	20,176,844	1,953,076
2006	20,450,966	1,945,063
2007	20,827,622	1,953,268
2008	21,249,199	1,966,541
2009	21,691,653	1,980,883
2010	22,031,750	1,996,251
2011	22,340,024	2,014,009
2012	22,733,465	2,034,354
2013	23,128,129	2,056,504
2014	23,475,686	2,080,089
2015	23,815,995	2,104,611
2016	24,190,907	2,130,422
2017	24,592,588	2,157,110
2018	24,963,258	2,183,603
2019	25,334,826	2,209,405
2020	25,649,248	2,235,727
2021	25,685,412	2,261,542
2022	26,018,721	2,286,110
2023	26,659,922	2,311,472
2024	27,196,812	2,337,423

Fertility rates in Australia and Lesotho

Fertility rate

Australia

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	Lesotho
1960	3.45	5.78
1961	3.54	5.79
1962	3.44	5.79
1963	3.33	5.78
1964	3.15	5.77
1965	2.98	5.77
1966	2.88	5.76
1967	2.85	5.75
1968	2.89	5.73
1969	2.89	5.7
1970	2.86	5.7
1971	2.96	5.7
1972	2.74	5.69
1973	2.49	5.69
1974	2.4	5.75
1975	2.15	5.83
1976	2.06	5.87
1977	2.01	5.85
1978	1.95	5.82
1979	1.91	5.79
1980	1.89	5.75
1981	1.94	5.69
1982	1.93	5.63
1983	1.92	5.56
1984	1.84	5.48
1985	1.92	5.4
1986	1.87	5.32
1987	1.85	5.22
1988	1.83	5.1
1989	1.84	4.96
1990	1.9	4.81
1991	1.85	4.68
1992	1.89	4.54
1993	1.86	4.37
1994	1.84	4.21
1995	1.82	4.13
1996	1.8	4.06
1997	1.78	3.98
1998	1.76	3.82
1999	1.76	3.67
2000	1.76	3.61
2001	1.74	3.63
2002	1.76	3.68
2003	1.75	3.62
2004	1.77	3.51
2005	1.81	3.43
2006	1.91	3.41
2007	1.96	3.44
2008	1.98	3.39
2009	1.97	3.31
2010	1.93	3.25
2011	1.93	3.34
2012	1.92	3.3
2013	1.86	3.28
2014	1.83	3.24
2015	1.81	3.22
2016	1.75	3.18
2017	1.74	3.11
2018	1.74	3.02
2019	1.66	2.92
2020	1.58	2.85
2021	1.7	2.77
2022	1.63	2.72
2023	1.5	2.69

Australia and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

Australia

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Australia	Lesotho
1960	29.5	17.5
1961	29.3	17.4
1962	29.1	17.4
1963	28.8	17.4
1964	28.6	17.5
1965	28.3	17.5
1966	28.1	17.5
1967	28	17.6
1968	27.9	17.8
1969	27.8	18
1970	27.7	18.2
1971	27.7	18.3
1972	27.7	18.5
1973	27.8	18.6
1974	28	18.8
1975	28.1	18.9
1976	28.4	19
1977	28.6	19
1978	28.9	18.9
1979	29.1	18.8
1980	29.4	18.8
1981	29.6	18.7
1982	29.9	18.6
1983	30.2	18.6
1984	30.5	18.5
1985	30.8	18.4
1986	31.1	18.6
1987	31.3	18.7
1988	31.6	18.6
1989	31.8	18.5
1990	32.1	18.4
1991	32.4	18.4
1992	32.7	18.4
1993	33	18.4
1994	33.3	18.5
1995	33.6	18.6
1996	34	18.6
1997	34.3	18.8
1998	34.7	18.9
1999	35.1	19.1
2000	35.4	19.2
2001	35.6	19.4
2002	35.8	19.5
2003	36.1	19.7
2004	36.3	19.8
2005	36.5	19.9
2006	36.7	20
2007	36.8	20.2
2008	36.8	20.4
2009	36.9	20.6
2010	37	20.7
2011	37.1	20.9
2012	37.2	21
2013	37.2	21.1
2014	37.3	21.2
2015	37.3	21.3
2016	37.3	21.4
2017	37.4	21.6
2018	37.4	21.7
2019	37.6	21.8
2020	38	22
2021	38.3	22.1
2022	38.5	22.3
2023	38.8	22.5
2024	39	22.7

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