Belgium vs Lesotho statistics compared

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 136th vs. 137th).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Belgium and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Belgium and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

Belgium

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	Belgium	Lesotho
1960	$11,810,619,368	$34,579,986
1961	$12,561,701,694	$35,699,986
1962	$13,436,827,167	$41,859,983
1963	$14,445,805,381	$47,039,981
1964	$16,168,044,450	$51,939,979
1965	$17,597,783,297	$54,879,978
1966	$18,894,891,312	$56,699,977
1967	$20,252,508,995	$59,261,976
1968	$21,654,856,965	$61,445,975
1969	$24,019,653,475	$65,967,974
1970	$26,706,196,047	$68,739,973
1971	$29,821,661,870	$76,480,285
1972	$37,209,418,019	$80,913,200
1973	$47,743,801,490	$121,188,716
1974	$56,033,077,879	$150,851,317
1975	$65,678,189,097	$149,558,896
1976	$71,113,882,968	$147,660,037
1977	$82,839,905,459	$193,315,048
1978	$101,246,526,194	$266,570,067
1979	$116,315,456,797	$290,134,593
1980	$126,829,314,388	$431,542,537
1981	$104,730,018,470	$434,188,034
1982	$92,095,926,188	$348,741,684
1983	$87,184,239,053	$386,699,309
1984	$83,349,530,159	$333,163,670
1985	$86,268,264,148	$268,629,926
1986	$120,018,787,249	$318,858,423
1987	$149,394,404,106	$402,768,324
1988	$162,299,103,675	$470,395,801
1989	$164,221,056,511	$495,409,233
1990	$205,331,747,948	$596,410,264
1991	$210,510,999,409	$704,325,367
1992	$234,781,652,447	$831,029,862
1993	$224,721,795,709	$835,582,062
1994	$244,884,129,491	$878,250,945
1995	$288,025,588,396	$1,001,894,000
1996	$279,201,433,225	$946,112,493
1997	$252,708,051,421	$998,004,259
1998	$258,528,339,631	$928,460,893
1999	$258,245,733,221	$912,773,681
2000	$236,792,460,312	$887,291,688
2001	$236,746,141,604	$825,706,961
2002	$258,383,599,375	$775,777,239
2003	$318,082,528,507	$1,157,825,435
2004	$369,214,712,443	$1,511,236,656
2005	$385,714,762,230	$1,682,343,527
2006	$408,259,840,869	$1,800,092,564
2007	$470,922,156,309	$1,682,131,785
2008	$517,328,087,920	$1,766,902,709
2009	$485,014,525,992	$1,740,894,965
2010	$481,556,503,720	$2,234,754,242
2011	$527,196,649,049	$2,579,409,620
2012	$498,414,364,945	$2,477,702,216
2013	$524,097,026,599	$2,367,112,932
2014	$537,987,419,164	$2,441,063,054
2015	$461,044,767,545	$2,359,686,725
2016	$474,271,566,740	$2,114,426,452
2017	$500,908,767,352	$2,306,741,672
2018	$542,638,913,428	$2,556,247,292
2019	$536,726,344,405	$2,390,702,296
2020	$529,694,473,502	$2,053,699,870
2021	$598,522,422,242	$2,412,130,022
2022	$593,614,574,326	$2,354,980,884
2023	$644,655,275,112	$2,117,962,430
2024	$664,564,181,487	$2,271,541,846

Belgium and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

Belgium

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belgium	Lesotho
1960	$1,290	$47
1961	$1,368	$47
1962	$1,457	$53.5
1963	$1,555	$58.4
1964	$1,724	$62.6
1965	$1,860	$64.3
1966	$1,983	$64.3
1967	$2,114	$64.8
1968	$2,251	$64.8
1969	$2,490	$67.1
1970	$2,766	$67.4
1971	$3,083	$72.4
1972	$3,832	$74
1973	$4,901	$107
1974	$5,734	$128.7
1975	$6,701	$123.2
1976	$7,243	$117.8
1977	$8,427	$149.9
1978	$10,290	$200.8
1979	$11,811	$212.4
1980	$12,864	$307
1981	$10,623	$299.8
1982	$9,344	$233.9
1983	$8,846	$252
1984	$8,457	$211
1985	$8,751	$165.4
1986	$12,170	$191.4
1987	$15,136	$236.5
1988	$16,391	$270.4
1989	$16,525	$279
1990	$20,600	$330
1991	$21,042	$382
1992	$23,373	$444
1993	$22,284	$439
1994	$24,209	$456
1995	$28,414	$513
1996	$27,490	$480
1997	$24,821	$502
1998	$25,338	$465
1999	$25,253	$456
2000	$23,099	$443
2001	$23,015	$413
2002	$25,006	$389
2003	$30,655	$583
2004	$35,429	$767
2005	$36,810	$861
2006	$38,705	$925
2007	$44,319	$861
2008	$48,303	$898
2009	$44,923	$879
2010	$44,197	$1,119
2011	$47,761	$1,281
2012	$44,874	$1,218
2013	$46,965	$1,151
2014	$47,996	$1,174
2015	$40,894	$1,121
2016	$41,855	$992
2017	$44,035	$1,069
2018	$47,487	$1,171
2019	$46,717	$1,082
2020	$45,906	$919
2021	$51,658	$1,067
2022	$50,822	$1,030
2023	$54,690	$916
2024	$55,955	$972

Belgium vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belgium

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belgium	Lesotho
1950	66.3	44.6
1951	66.7	45.2
1952	68	45.9
1953	68.4	46.6
1954	68.6	47.3
1955	68.5	48
1956	68.8	48.6
1957	69.2	49.2
1958	69.9	49.6
1959	70.3	49.9
1960	69.6	50.2
1961	70.5	50.3
1962	70.2	50.3
1963	70	50.3
1964	70.7	50.3
1965	70.6	50.3
1966	70.6	50.4
1967	70.9	50.5
1968	70.6	50.8
1969	70.7	51.1
1970	70.9	51.5
1971	71.1	51.8
1972	71.4	52.3
1973	71.6	52.6
1974	72	52.9
1975	72	53.5
1976	72.1	53.9
1977	72.8	54.5
1978	72.7	55.2
1979	73.2	55.8
1980	73.2	56.5
1981	73.7	57.3
1982	73.9	58
1983	73.9	58.5
1984	74.4	59
1985	74.5	59.2
1986	74.7	59.3
1987	75.3	59.6
1988	75.6	59.6
1989	75.6	59.5
1990	76.1	59.3
1991	76.2	59.1
1992	76.4	58.6
1993	76.4	58.1
1994	76.7	57.3
1995	76.8	56.4
1996	77.2	55.1
1997	77.4	53.7
1998	77.5	52
1999	77.6	50.4
2000	77.8	48.8
2001	78.1	47.2
2002	78.2	46
2003	78.3	44.9
2004	79	44
2005	79.1	43.6
2006	79.4	43.2
2007	79.5	43.7
2008	79.6	44.3
2009	79.8	45.1
2010	80	46
2011	80.4	46.9
2012	80.3	48.2
2013	80.5	49.5
2014	81.1	50.8
2015	80.9	51.8
2016	81.3	52.9
2017	81.4	53.9
2018	81.5	54.6
2019	81.8	55.2
2020	80.8	55.1
2021	81.7	54.2
2022	81.2	56.8
2023	82.1	57.4
2024	82.3	57.8
2025	82.4	58.2

Belgium and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

Belgium

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	Belgium	Lesotho
1960	9,153,489	736,500
1961	9,183,948	758,824
1962	9,220,578	781,814
1963	9,289,770	805,373
1964	9,378,113	829,437
1965	9,463,667	854,090
1966	9,527,807	881,870
1967	9,580,991	913,982
1968	9,618,756	948,105
1969	9,646,032	983,202
1970	9,655,549	1,019,273
1971	9,673,162	1,056,246
1972	9,711,115	1,094,063
1973	9,741,720	1,132,697
1974	9,772,419	1,172,420
1975	9,800,700	1,213,643
1976	9,818,227	1,253,214
1977	9,830,358	1,289,967
1978	9,839,534	1,327,240
1979	9,848,382	1,366,169
1980	9,859,242	1,406,521
1981	9,858,982	1,448,069
1982	9,856,303	1,490,732
1983	9,855,520	1,534,413
1984	9,855,372	1,578,986
1985	9,858,308	1,624,379
1986	9,861,823	1,666,138
1987	9,870,234	1,703,390
1988	9,901,664	1,739,841
1989	9,937,697	1,775,436
1990	9,967,379	1,809,696
1991	10,004,486	1,842,379
1992	10,045,158	1,873,274
1993	10,084,475	1,901,793
1994	10,115,603	1,927,707
1995	10,136,811	1,951,437
1996	10,156,637	1,972,418
1997	10,181,245	1,988,130
1998	10,203,008	1,998,049
1999	10,226,419	2,003,234
2000	10,251,250	2,003,913
2001	10,286,570	2,000,853
2002	10,332,785	1,994,679
2003	10,376,133	1,985,059
2004	10,421,137	1,971,129
2005	10,478,617	1,953,076
2006	10,547,958	1,945,063
2007	10,625,700	1,953,268
2008	10,709,973	1,966,541
2009	10,796,493	1,980,883
2010	10,895,586	1,996,251
2011	11,038,264	2,014,009
2012	11,106,932	2,034,354
2013	11,159,407	2,056,504
2014	11,209,057	2,080,089
2015	11,274,196	2,104,611
2016	11,331,422	2,130,422
2017	11,375,158	2,157,110
2018	11,427,054	2,183,603
2019	11,488,980	2,209,405
2020	11,538,604	2,235,727
2021	11,586,195	2,261,542
2022	11,680,210	2,286,110
2023	11,787,423	2,311,472
2024	11,876,844	2,337,423

Fertility rates in Belgium and Lesotho

Fertility rate

Belgium

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	Lesotho
1960	2.54	5.78
1961	2.63	5.79
1962	2.59	5.79
1963	2.68	5.78
1964	2.71	5.77
1965	2.61	5.77
1966	2.52	5.76
1967	2.41	5.75
1968	2.31	5.73
1969	2.27	5.7
1970	2.25	5.7
1971	2.21	5.7
1972	2.09	5.69
1973	1.95	5.69
1974	1.83	5.75
1975	1.74	5.83
1976	1.73	5.87
1977	1.71	5.85
1978	1.69	5.82
1979	1.69	5.79
1980	1.68	5.75
1981	1.66	5.69
1982	1.61	5.63
1983	1.57	5.56
1984	1.54	5.48
1985	1.51	5.4
1986	1.54	5.32
1987	1.54	5.22
1988	1.57	5.1
1989	1.58	4.96
1990	1.62	4.81
1991	1.66	4.68
1992	1.65	4.54
1993	1.61	4.37
1994	1.56	4.21
1995	1.56	4.13
1996	1.59	4.06
1997	1.6	3.98
1998	1.6	3.82
1999	1.62	3.67
2000	1.67	3.61
2001	1.67	3.63
2002	1.65	3.68
2003	1.67	3.62
2004	1.72	3.51
2005	1.76	3.43
2006	1.8	3.41
2007	1.82	3.44
2008	1.85	3.39
2009	1.84	3.31
2010	1.86	3.25
2011	1.81	3.34
2012	1.8	3.3
2013	1.76	3.28
2014	1.74	3.24
2015	1.7	3.22
2016	1.68	3.18
2017	1.65	3.11
2018	1.62	3.02
2019	1.6	2.92
2020	1.55	2.85
2021	1.6	2.77
2022	1.53	2.72
2023	1.47	2.69

Belgium and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

Belgium

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belgium	Lesotho
1960	34.9	17.5
1961	34.9	17.4
1962	34.9	17.4
1963	34.9	17.4
1964	34.8	17.5
1965	34.8	17.5
1966	34.7	17.5
1967	34.7	17.6
1968	34.7	17.8
1969	34.6	18
1970	34.5	18.2
1971	34.4	18.3
1972	34.3	18.5
1973	34.3	18.6
1974	34.3	18.8
1975	34.2	18.9
1976	34.1	19
1977	34.1	19
1978	34.1	18.9
1979	34.1	18.8
1980	34.2	18.8
1981	34.3	18.7
1982	34.5	18.6
1983	34.8	18.6
1984	35	18.5
1985	35.2	18.4
1986	35.4	18.6
1987	35.6	18.7
1988	35.9	18.6
1989	36.1	18.5
1990	36.3	18.4
1991	36.5	18.4
1992	36.7	18.4
1993	37	18.4
1994	37.2	18.5
1995	37.5	18.6
1996	37.8	18.6
1997	38.1	18.8
1998	38.3	18.9
1999	38.6	19.1
2000	38.9	19.2
2001	39.2	19.4
2002	39.4	19.5
2003	39.7	19.7
2004	40	19.8
2005	40.2	19.9
2006	40.4	20
2007	40.6	20.2
2008	40.7	20.4
2009	40.8	20.6
2010	40.8	20.7
2011	40.9	20.9
2012	41.1	21
2013	41.2	21.1
2014	41.3	21.2
2015	41.4	21.3
2016	41.4	21.4
2017	41.6	21.6
2018	41.7	21.7
2019	41.8	21.8
2020	41.9	22
2021	42	22.1
2022	42.2	22.3
2023	42.4	22.5
2024	42.7	22.7

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